go iu bb

IU successfully avoided being used by Bruce Pearl as a bargaining chip to get a raise or other concessions from Auburn.

Yep. The problem is not enough bigs inside. Woodson will make adjustments in the offseason so we'll see the 4-in, 1-out offense he wants.

If you think that withholding judgement was why people were ripping you then you are completely wrong. It was your attitude and preaching that turned people against you quickly. Probably the same thing that I'm guessing turned the people over on HSN against you and why you are here instead of there.

Because I'm an idiot and let my hopes get up that Woodson would be gone. I know to expect to be disappointed by them in their coaching decisions but still get disappointed when they do something even worse than I expect. Even the low bar I set for them is too high. My fault.

The mood on this board is pretty morose. I'll try to lighten the mood with a joke: IU basketball

Considering how far off the info we were hearing actually was makes me question how hard Dolson was actually pushing to get rid of Woodson.

You seem pretty happy to gloat though

If he thinks another year of Woodson will make that better instead of worse, he's delusional. Also, "number of fans dressed as empty seats" is hilarious.

15-16? You're an optimist, I see.

What really pisses me off is the terrible reason for keeping him. "We gave the previous s#!tty coach too long so we have to be fair and give this s#!tty coach too long, as well." This is a big part of why I didn't want an IU former player hired in the first place - they'd have a hard time justifying firing him despite how bad they were doing so they'd keep him too long. The other part was that none of the IU former players are good coaches.

Maybe they'll pay May $2M to come as coach in waiting for next season and then Woodson is out after 1 more season. Nah, who am I kidding? IU wouldn't even do something like that. They'll let Woodson run this into the ground.

Same here about growing up in Btown and going to Purdue. I can't bring myself to root for Purdue but I can sure stop watching IU. I live in AZ now so maybe I'll just become a UofA fan.

Cursed? No. Incompetently run? Yes. This isn't bad luck, it's intentional.

Via Pony Express, otherwise he won't accept them. Even then he would probably be upset that you wanted to communicate with Mike Woodson but didn't come to Mike Woodson.

Despite him saying he was undecided, I think Stuben was also Team Woodson.

And he only got on this board because he had some extra time on his hands after retiring.

I can see both sides of the argument on May and I'm kind of in the middle but leaning more towards the pessimistic side than the optimistic side. So May wouldn't really excite me as a hire. I'm used to being disappointed and/or not excited by IU basketball hires at this point so it's par for the course. He's not Woodson so there's that.

That seems pretty obvious and common. I don't see why a Kansas fan or student would really be plugged in to the thinking of McNeeley. I'm not doubting what they're saying is true, because I believe that as well, just that this is anything more than them stating their beliefs without any more info than what we have.

If you read the quotes, he actually says, "IU was my dream job. It really was." Past tense.

It's going to be made for full sized humans and not ants, right?

True. But to be fair we also don't do well with 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 7:00, or 8:00 games.

This checks out with what my sources are telling me.

Man, that game was brutal. But I also cared more then than I do now. A lot more. I think they only lost the second half by 24 points instead of 26. They lost by exactly 50, right?

People are worried that Steven Pearl would be named as coach in waiting? He has a 100% winning percentage* at the D1 level! *His record is 1-0.

Don't be silly. He's not saying to take the QBs job, he's saying just become an executive in the front office. President or GM or something like that.