Kentuckysucks

F - Coaching

We'll likely win but yikes this is a badly coached team.

They should've had a banner.

You have no idea.

We'd be in a much better spot with Bruce Pearl as our coach next season vs Woody no matter how we got there. Fact.

Hasn't hurt other programs. OSU fired Matta for one bad season with a HOF caliber record. Howland went to 3 FFs in 4 years. Got fired. Alford went to 3 S16s in 4 years. Fired. We could go on and on. IUs biggest mistake besides hiring incompetent coaches is that we hold onto them way too long. Woody is about 66. Regardless of what happens he's gone in the next few years.

I just disagree. Year 3 is usually when good coaches get you rolling. They almost never take a step back. Look at the current ISU coach. Heck Archie had is in the dance in year 3 had it not been cancelled. I know this won't be popular but Trayce coming back for 2 more years likely did more damage than good for the program. Woody would've been on the hot seat last year otherwise and certainly fired after this season.

I do.

Last season they blew out Duke, Gonzaga, FSU, Marquette, and WVU.

Mike Davis is on the list no surprise. We always hire completely awful coaches outside of Sampson. There is no curse and it's not the fans fault people.

The big names the IU administration is willing to hire are not coming. There are big names who would come.

Purdue would hang a banner for that.

NBA guys are not made for college. Just a completely different animal. This has been obvious to everyone for years. Well almost everyone.

Before last season I believe he had made the tournament 8 straight seasons. The IU administration would erect a statue for those results.

And despite being a football school they have expectations in Columbus. Just making the NCAA tournament nearly every year isn't enough. Matta was fired for 2 average seasons despite multiple FFs, numerous B1G regular season and tournament titles, etc.

Fife supposedly said 2 years ago that Leal was good enough to start for many B1G teams.

Yeah I bet he gets fired right after the season.

It's what we do here...we always hold onto coaches too long. Davis should've been canned in 2001. Crean after year 3. Archie after year 2. Woody right after this season. But at IU we don't learn from our mistakes we just keep repeating them over and over.

Again, it's going to take a lot of money. Money IU likely won't want to spend. I believe his buyout drops considerably after next season. He'll be fired after year 4. All we can do is sit back and wait.

Surprising.

He doesn't care. His friendship with Woody is more important than what is best for the program.

Woody still thinks it's 1980.

We've seen that before.