go iu bb

Especially when the "almost" is a stretch.

I'd think they make to much money to resort to High Life.

I quit drinking completely about 10 years ago so I've had to endure both Woodson and Miller sober. It's been rough.

Only 49 with with a winning percentage over 70%. He's making less than $3M/year at WV. Yeah, he can probably be had if we want him. Looks like it would be a good hire. Good call.

They say Woodson should go and also say that IU under him is basically a continuation of Miller stylistically. They're also in the group that thinks fans scaring off good coaches is BS. https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/01/23/potb-511-tony-adragna-on-iu-basketballs-failure-to-meet-expectations-through-20-games/

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/page/CBBblockbuster0124/mens-college-basketball-coach-year-rankings-bruce-pearl-2025 Spoiler: Woodson didn't make the list. May did.

Man, Hornsby will give the whole board alcohol poisoning in less than an hour. I'm not going to play this game.

@BGleas might have some idea since he used to work in the organization.

It's basically a bait-and-switch.

Reading the comments, Zyn also says that there is some mutual interest between IU and Coogan.

Cool, I guess. Hard to get excited about someone who may never end up here.

I have no emotional connection to Woodson the player since I was way too young to remember him. I don't like Woodson the coach even a little bit so I'm perfectly fine with him getting booed and having to hear chants for him to be fired for the rest of the season. I'm also okay with the blowout losses piling up on his record. If these things don't get someone who "loves" IU to resign/retire in the best interest of the program, he's totally earned them and can reap his rewards for all I care.

Yeah, it's ridiculous to think that with all the negative pub Woodson has been getting that coaches wouldn't know why he was fired if they fired him mid-season. Everyone who pays even a little bit of attention to college basketball knows. If they didn't know, a quick google would make it obvious.

This roster did bring in better guards than last year but it wasn't built for 4 out. Reneau was already on the roster and better as a 5 than a 4. MM was also on the roster and better as a 4 than a 3. Yet they decided to pay a bunch of money to bring Ballo in. That sealed the fate that it was mainly going to be 2 bigs all year long instead of 4 out. They also brought in guards/wings that were better at driving and mid-range shots than 3-pointers. Goode was the only 3-point shooter they brought in. So I very much disagree that this was a roster built to play 4 out. I do, however, agree that a good coach would have this team playing much better and would have a much better record.

Yes. In the offseason there was a lot of chest thumping by the Woodson defenders about the talent on the team. They pretty much ignored it when we said, "Yeah, but they'll still be 'coached' by Woodson so it still won't be a very good team." Woodson's coaching ability was also taken into account by the preseason rankings which had them lower than they should've been with the talent brought in. So a decent coach could certainly do well with if all those with eligibility remained next season. That said, there isn't anyone on this team that I would miss. I wouldn't be upset with a total turnover in the program, players included. I at very least want Woodson, all 3 assistant coaches, and Marshall to all be replaced. Others like Cheaney and Hulls, meh, don't care either way.

His hands are tied by this roster the GM gave him. He would totally play 4 out if he had the roster. But you have to play your best players together, no way around that.

I think part of the problem for him was a lack of speed bumps on Walnut.

What'd he say?

I highly doubt there was that meeting. You don't go to subordinates to check if they want to fill in temporarily before firing their boss. You fire their boss then see who wants to fill in. Someone will take the position and, since it's only temporary, it doesn't matter who. One of them would see this as a way to jumpstart their career to move from a role as AC to HC.

I'm sensing a theme here but it's hard to put my finger on what it is... Woodson needs to change his cigar brand? No, that's not it. Hmm, he needs to play more golf? Oh, Woodson should get fired! I agree.

What is this? You expect hard coaching every game? It's a long season, 82 31 whole games. You have to pace yourself.

In other words, he performed a feat that hasn't been matched at IU in over 100 years. Not even Bob Knight was able to do it. We're witnessing greatness.

Why isn't Woodson getting credit for his excellent coaching at the end of the game? He got it down to a single digit loss when they were down by 14 with 3 minutes left. That's some quality coaching.