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If Brad had no interest he wouldn’t have let conversations drag on for weeks. He would’ve just said no immediately.

He’s possibly the worst college basketball coach I’ve ever seen if that’s baggage.

Part of the issue with our bad hires is that the administration won’t hire anyone with an ounce of baggage. They also won’t ever hire anyone that could ever become bigger than the program ever again. Stevens and May are really the only 2 that would satisfy both the fans and the administration. The fans want Beard or Pearl of the realistic candidates right now. I doubt either would ever get hired and if it’s someone else not named Stevens or May half the fan base will be rooting for them to fail from the hire and the will. That’s why while I want Woodson fired as much as anyone I have zero faith that the next hire will be much better. They won’t hire a killer. They’ll hire another yes man and the fans will have the torches and pitch forks out before he has even coached a game.

If this was anyone other top program we wouldn't have to worry about that. But this is IU. Have to keep rooting for losses unfortunately. Best scenario for all would be for Woody and Scott to negotiate a settlement and for Woody to then announce that this is his last season. But his ego is far too big. He's going with a security guard escort out of the building whenever he goes.

And to think we could've had BtownBruce

Mike Woodson is sad, sad, petty little man.

Butch can go to hell as far as I'm concerned. https://www.espn.com/ncb/news/2000/0414/481352.html

Wheels won't come off. Way too much talent. It will be somewhere in between really good and bad.

He'll win just enough this season to not get dismissed. He will continue coaching another 2 years with no extension. Dolson will do nothing.

You're forgetting Woody's massive ego. He's going nowhere voluntarily until he wins a natty.

But will the Simons and Cooks keep coughing up the dough?

Trilly says UCONN but we knew that.

Who did Dusty just land? There's a Trilly post

Sounds like he feels like he needs to win a B1G title and a natty before he's willing to retire. The fate of our program lies completely with Dolson. If Woody is going anywhere he's going kicking and screaming.

Yep. 2-5 in conference and a S16 or earlier loss is the ultimate doomsday scenario imo.

If I'm the AD I tell Tony and "his guy" that I will be doing a full coaching search and will hire "my guy" in the Spring.

A and B were all due to Trayce. And we still likely underachieved. Thank Archie for landing him.

I agree. I think the top 12 in that list is pretty solidified. Woody would be lucky to crack my top 15.

Would be obvious to me.

But the most likely scenario is somewhere in between.

Fear and trepidation? Meaning the staff has realized they once again don't have enough 3 point shooting to be elite? I imagine there is also a lot of angst over the recruiting misses and I'd bet Woody has been blaming his staff as we know he never takes accountability for anything.

I think Scherz would get serious consideration. You get Coach Cig vibes in that he's just a flat out winner. Has won big everywhere he's been.

Our schedule is an absolute abomination. Maybe we play Gonzaga but then no one else decent until January.