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It seems to me after looking at everything, that maybe instead of there having to be a "bad guy" in this situation, what if there are really no bad guys here? Woody and Dane are both Alpha males, and both love the IU program, and both wanted to bring the program back to its previous success. They both have the same intentions for IU, but as is normal, they are different people with different ideas about how to accomplish the same task, and simply did not see eye to eye on how to accomplish that task, and didn't gel as co-workers. Thus Woody as the head coach, moved on from Dane, the assistant coach. The only thing I see as wrong in this situation, is in the wording of the press release. It did not make Woody look good at all. It made Woody appear shallow, and like he was throwing Dane under the bus. Maybe Woody did not even intend for this to be the way the press release came off. The administration and media staff at IU should have ensured that the press release made Woody and Dane look good. They did not do their job in my opinion.

I could be way off base, but I have had the feeling that the third assistant would be an NBA skills guy to help develop the players, and that they might not get announced until the NBA season is over for the team they are currently employed by. No inside knowledge, just a gut feeling.

Nice article by Tom Brew. https://www.si.com/college/indiana/basketball/tom-brew-indiana-home-run-hire-with-mike-woodson-but-lots-work-to-be-done

I think that the B1G teams staying in the NCAA bubble for the extra week after the B1G tournament ended has negatively affected the B1G teams. This is probably the reason for the losses more so than not being able to compete against these other teams. Live and learn I guess...