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Yes, I've already stated that in this thread that I would not only stop watching and supporting the basketball team, I would actively root against them. After the last 25-30 years, it wouldn't be nearly as hard as it would've been 25 years ago. They might not get me back as a fan. I would still root for other IU sports like football, soccer, swimming, and women's basketball. This thread going off the rails is why I'm even more confident now that Beard will not be IU's next coach unless the IU brass want to fracture the fan base. I know they don't read this board but they have to be aware what the effect of hiring someone with Beard's background of domestic violence would be.

What an absurd post, even for you. Woodson won't get year 5 no matter how much you'd love that. I'm not even going to bother addressing the rest of the absurdity.

Beard gets a lot of love due to his Bob Knight connection. He was an assistant coach or student manager or something at TT under Knight.

The thing is, he won't be offered the job. So whether or not he'd accept is moot. Not a realistic candidate because he won't be an actual candidate.

Will Wade isn't a realistic candidate so I don't believe you. Just because your fantasy is different than others' fantasies doesn't make your fantasy realistic.

The Beard discussion has happened many times on this board, including in this thread, so there's no reason to rehash that.

Yes, it's the "coaching" and the system which makes them look much worse than they actually are.

I bet Kathy shows up tomorrow to tell us we're just being emotional over a single loss.

26 to 4. About what I expect from a Woodson coached team going into Wisconsin. I'm starting to think that maybe he should get fired, he's not very good.

Yep. Any idea who the rest of the severance payments go to?

This isn't just basketball related but here is info on how the athletic department fared in FY 2024: Indiana Indiana University brought in a record $173.5 million in revenue, an increase of $28.8 million from the previous year. The athletics department reported $176.6 million in expenses, an increase of $37.6 million year-over-year, resulting in a $3.1 million budget deficit. IU generated $26.4 million from ticket sales (up $1.9 million from 2023), $23.6 million from donor contributions (up $4 million), and $50.8 million in media rights (up $3 million). The biggest increase in expenses came from coaching salaries, which cost $32.5 million, an increase of $6.6 million, and $22.1 million was paid in severance, an increase of $18.5 million. https://swimswam.com/ncaa-financial-reports-texas-posts-largest-operating-budget-ever-big-ten-schools-in-trouble/

Such a joke. He may as well say, "I have no idea what I'm doing."

They are not together anymore.

They get 30 days after a coach leaves. Sometimes athletes also let their intentions to enter the portal be known but don't officially enter until the window.

I can't speak for others but I would. I would start the Fire Beard thread the minute I saw the news and root for them to lose every game until he was gone. Luckily, the chances of him getting hired are pretty much 0%. For now, let's just fire Woodson.

I don't know about minority but there are plenty of people on each side who feel strongly about their opinions. That division alone is why I think he would be a bad hire even if I didn't have a strong opinion on him, which I do.

You think most of us want Beard if not Stevens? That is incorrect. There certainly are some who have said so and plenty of others who want nothing to do with him. It would be a divisive hire so even in the unlikely event the admin were to look past his baggage, he would be a bad hire just because there would be plenty of fans who wouldn't ignore that baggage.

Why do people keep calling Stevens fat? So rude, he won't come to IU because the fans keep referring to him as a "White Whale" and it hurts his feelings. Then Scotty is right and it's the fans' fault.

I found this kind of humorous in the article. They're just so opposed to being seen as a bad team, so instead of saying they're sixth seventh in the conference they say it this way: "two spots outside of fourth place in the conference standings"

It looks like the last game he played was Dec 10 which is also early enough in the season to qualify for a medical redshirt.

UK, UL, and UNC have all fired coaches after 2-3 years. If there were negative takes on those firings, they were few and far between. Hell, Davis at UNC is in year 4 and has a much better record than Woodson but his seat is still hot.

I like stories like that since it kills the narrative some push that no one outside of IU knows what's going on so won't understand if Woodson is fired. Firing Woodson now or at the end of the season isn't bad optics. Keeping him another year would be.

We've got ~1300 pages to to catch the College Bball Thread and only about a month to do so. The Woodson defenders are always good at helping pad the page count. Plus he's unintentionally hilarious with his horrible takes.

So Wade is better than Steve Lutz and Mike Woodson? Really setting that bar high, eh?