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0 from Stevens. There is one poster here who used to work for the C’s and Stevens. Haven’t seen any posts from him on this and don’t expect to. Boo me all you want, I just want a real coach in waiting. I think - think - Brad would be good if he actually decided to leave his huge front office job to coach IU after quitting coaching the C’s and after 12 plus years since coaching a college game, but honestly with that length of time even that’s a question

Personally, I’m looking forward to the dreaming Brad talk to go away (again), and to getting a better idea of who the real possibles are. I don’t buy the reincarnated Brad talk for a second

Hey Mods not to be a persnickety lawyer-anal type but the thread title "They" retired - I mean, is Woodson now taking on multiple identities? I mean that might explain a few things....

In a perfect world - MSU loses every remaining game, Izzo fails to break RMK's record, and retires at end of season, walking off with Woodson into the sunset....

My 84-year old mother watching the game: "Is Izzo actually crying? I see tears! Lol" I mean, when your 84-year old mom is laughing at Izzo, life is good. :)

Izzo was literally crying -- I mean there were tears! (Which made me smile.) That guy is a complete wackjob, whinny little jackamole. Another prime example of all overlooked when winning. Can't wait until he retires. Btw, isn't it crazy when your daughter(s) turn 21? Mine turned 21 this year as well --

In fairness he took at least 19 shots to get to 19, compare Ballo. Definitely rode him to the finish line though

Of all clowns to beat on the way out the door, Izzo is the it! Buh bye Izzo you little clown!

Slowest ending in ncaa history

Nice Bako

Almost…

9 point game at MSU lol

Gonna be crazy if we somehow pull this game out

Holy crap I thought this was tomorrow night missed the prediction league, lol defines where I am with this team right now

Yeah yeah, but, uh, have you ever been banned as a mod? (he says sheepishly ducking his head….)

Paulie’s still around

Cheese was hysterical. Drunken and completely wacky, like a posting Dudley Moore

That really is the bugger question

Nope, and here's another you coffee-geekery-wannabe-guitar-playing-but-stuck-moderating-unfortunately-demoralized-Hoosier BBall-nutjobs!

Fouls siting! Good to see you around Fouls, and fwiw, I agree.

Or you could just say that was an incredibly stupid and inappropriate thing to say, and especially to a reporter. RMK was a great basketball coach and mind, one of the best ever. He was also a complete idiot at times.

Lol that's classic. Buckingham is a genuinely unique player, and some of his rifs are really hard to play. I'm a fellow electric guitarist btw,, and I know Stu is at least a wanna be player who probably has accidentally with jitters spilled his specialty coffee all of his guitar after consuming his 10th cup of the day.

Yes I think we're a couple or so pieces away, bigger and more athletic forwards/wings. Bring those in and the team looks to be in good shape for a more balanced, versatile team.

Was on the old scout board / HSN and it’s several iterations going back to around 2000 I think, got asked to mod there by Milehi (RIP) and Colonial Crester (RIP), did so for a few years, CC was really great behind the scenes, things kind of changed after they passed away, knew Stu, Jaybob and several of the crew here, good guys all around, finally made my way over here, enjoying it — and the no assholery comment above is right on. lol @Magnanimous, GoColts - there’s a name from the past. had multiple arguments with that guy so much wasted air. my favorite was his declaring that IU should have taken any Indiana HS player over Vic, because Vic wasn’t a basketball player, he was “just an athlete.” (At some point the little light went on for me to finally realize how silly it is to argue with people on a bball message board lol) I remember you now Race as Brumdog from back when. Didn’t know that was you, cool.

I'm still pretty jaded by the Miller hire, that was the risk/reward the U took with him, up and comer, and it failed, badly. There are a number of really good, x's and o's up and comer coaches out there, but that kind of candidate has to be researched into the ground, system / offense and D / type of recruits (are they players who can't get into IU on academics etc.) / ability and energy of recruiting / ability to handle the spotlight that is IU basketball / history of winning / history of program building / etc. When you hire a guy like Buzz you pretty much know what you're getting. A number of risks are resolved at the outset. Does the U go for the "safer" pick, at least for the next 4-6 years, or does it swing on risk for the longer term, young and up and coming coach who can be that next guy, like it did for RMK? And as risks go for the flip side, of a proven coach with baggage, taking the risk on Sampson obviously backfired in a big way. Fantastic coach, wish it could've worked out, but he was wrong for the program coming off the NCAA investigation at OKla, and for how the NCAA was enforcing its silly phone call rules at the time. Whichever way we go, this time the U needs to do its legwork in a big way, two failed coaching hires in a row and we're reeling as a has been program. But we're not a has been that can't be a basketball powerhouse again soon, the right guy could be either an up and comer or a known commodity, but freaking get it right this time.