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This thinks always strike me as quite obviously people making semi-educated guesses and trying to pass it off as inside info. I can’t even imagine how that internal discussion on something like that would go: Ok, we’re all in agreement that if we get blown out the next two games, coach goes. If he keeps it to single digits both games, he stays. Single digits in one game? Quinn flips a ceremonial coin. Ok…good meeting everyone. Processes were had.

I’m assuming that was a typo for “players”

Kind of the nature of the business, tbh. I think IU fans have demonstrated that at worst they’re no more impatient than your average large, rabid fanbase.

I like Bennett a lot. I think his run in the ACC is a tad underrated. But honestly if we’re going the route of throwing a truckload of money at guys who retired early, I think you throw the Brad Stevens offer Jay Wright. Make him turn down $10mil/season. He’s 63 but if he coached for 7 more years it’s probably the best chance IU will conceivably have at a title in that timespan. And I’ve honestly never been a big fan of Billy Donovan but the timing could be right there for someone as he’s having another stinker of a season in Chicago.

Greg Tongel step on down! Fwiw, I guess his kids and his staffs kids all play together in middle school at a smaller school. One HS assistant told me it’s the best 8th grader team he’s ever seen. So maybe we can get a leg up on 2029 recruiting too!

Is your thesis that it’s society’s fault Woodson isn’t winning basketball games? Cause I think I’d like to hear a little more about that…

That’s actually a bad look on Ya’s part imo. That’s the HC’s call. Woodys reasoning is defensible, even though it didn’t work out. In my experience, you can bring it up again over drinks later that night if you have that kind of relationship. But showing the boss/HC up in public like that is not kosher and shouldn’t be tolerated.

I agree with your post on the odd Goode/coach/handshake thing. But the players do not seem to be on the same page. Goode, Leal, Galloway and Reneau were openly sniping at each other on the court over missed assignments. Multiple times. Nobody was on the same page for the last two possessions. This team is openly a wreck. Most of that is coaching but it looks like the players are at it among themselves. I’m sure some stories will leak out eventually. This is the worst I think I’ve seen it since the Dakich season or maybe Davis’s worst stretch.

If Crean came in—and I’ll put this possibility at under 1%—and got them to the tourney he would immediately be a top candidate for the job. If nothing else the chorus from the doofuses in the media would be loud for IU to rehire their friend. There would be a hundred podcasts and articles about how we aren’t a top job anymore and his ceiling of S16s is about all we can expect, so it’s a bargain we should jump on. Some of the younger fans might even believe it. That would be a circus I would think even this administration is competent enough to shy away from.

Yea, that is also a concern. Even good programs make missteps. They tend to correct them quickly but they get made. So much of it comes down to timing. There may not be a great coach available. But if you’re going to poach a big name, you can’t really do that by committee.

I’ll buy all this. I’m just curious why we’re supposed to believe Dolson gets free reign this time? Donors will be the same. Buckner will be lurking whether he’s on the BOT or not. President will be the same. Even if I thought Dolson would nail it if left alone, there’s no reason to believe he’ll be granted said autonomy.

I guess we’ll see. The six million they spent this year hasn’t meant much. At the end of the day you still have to have competent people in place.

That’s less than they spent to buy out Allen and Archie

If I donated millions for this team I would be off the coast of Marseille drinking myself stupid praying nobody I’ve ever met knew I was dumb enough to give money to the 3 stooges troupe of WoodsonDolsonBuckner.

He’s already behind the 8ball for the Woody extension. If he doesn’t get the basketball hire right, firing him isn’t a worse enough fate. He’ll need to be sent to some 3rd dimension where he’s tortured by disfigured genetic freaks who can’t make FTs.

I 100% agree with this in a vacuum and personally wouldn’t have brought him back after year 2. But you can’t bring him back after the last couple weeks. PU is going to be a massacre. Just end it now.

Probably. I mean seeing the quotes and what happened, we just let Woodson f it up more.

Up 4 with 38 sec to go.

We have 20+ years of having been one of the dumbest, most laughingstock programs in the country. If it weren’t for our history we wouldn’t get an ounce of respect. We’re lucky we don’t get worse, in my opinion.

PU 81 IU 64

Thank God it’s on a Friday evening when most decent folk will be out watching HS basketball.

Lmao… this program is such a s-show we have our own conspiracy theories

I think Goode is clearly frustrated with a lot of the same things we are and clearly lashed out. Probably out of competitiveness. Him and leal are probably the last people on the team I’d be angry with right now.

There was literally no reason. None. Fing zero. This is one of the few teams with two bigs that we matched up with. And they were hitting threes already. In a year where I’ve begged them to go zone at times to protect or two big lineup, this was the dumbest possible time. He’s just completely lost

Foul??? They didn’t even know if they were switching or not. Just horribly ineptly prepared which is coaching.