madmax

I’d love one more big wing, and then a few developmental pieces to stash for next year. We have to get away from portaling a full roster every year.

This is the most juice IUBB has had since….?

I want absolutely nothing to do with Anthony Leal for next season. He is a player in theory who I should love - hometown kid, plays hard defense, stayed loyal to the program….. but I’m sorry it just never clicked for me. All his loyalty, etc. always felt performative to me. Always said the right things and yet we had some pretty underwhelming seasons with him as one of our main leaders. Not that my opinion matters, but I’d rather bring Dallas James back quite honestly.

I will fully admit to him not being my top choice of the realistic candidates - that would be Ben McCollum. Despite that, I think that this has a higher % chance to work out then any of our hires since RMK was fired given who coach DVB is and our current lot in life with NIL, etc. Time will tell.

Fascinated to see what information you provide later on about the meeting that is taking place that results in none of this happening.

Exactly. I understand folks trepidation due to Archie, etc. etc. But I think in my mind it's not just that McCollum won in D2... He won huge. They were dominant. Give me someone with that potential over many of the rumored names with known ceilings not much different than Woody.

If I coiuld, I would put money on it being McCollum or McDermott if either would take it. Scott D. will use the same strategy from the Cignetti hire. I do not believe the Brownell rumors even a bit.

Didn’t someone literally just post a couple days ago Hunter talking about how much he loved Woodson on social media. I’m guessing this wasn’t mutual.

Ok. Even still. What is better for the program? 1 to 2 years of Brooks or 3-4 years of Galloway? I'd argue that Galloway with proper development would be far, far more valuable to the program. It's not just about 2021-2022, it's about the next few years after that too.

I could definitely see that, and if that is the case then full steam ahead.

The problem is that Brooks coming would almost certainly cause drama because it would necessitate the encouraged departure of one of our current players. If one of them leaves under their own volition, so be it. But I hate to see a talented player get pushed out the door for a player whose likely going to be a 1 year rental. You know, it's funny. For all the talk about making the program more insular, being a family, establishing culture, we have an awful lot of people who are ready to kick one of our kids to the curb just to get a slightly better player(Not directed at you @WayneFleekHoosier). These two things don't really seem to jive.

Which I understand, but we’ll have to agree to disagree. Plus I don’t want any player here who wears a shirt with a picture of themself when they announce where they’re attending.(80% kidding... maybe 70%)

I get that. For instance, I had no issue with Archie giving Gelon the boot. I guess I should have also said that I think Trey has the potential to be a really, really nice player by his junior year... I’d hate to see him go elsewhere and succeed just because we want instant gratification.

I would honestly rather keep Galloway over getting any player. If the number one player in the country Chet Holmgren or whoever decided that he wanted to come I would still rather keep Galloway. He wanted to here and has seemingly never wavered from that. If that’s the difference between a trip to the E8 or S16 and a first round exit so be it.