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What kind of Jekyll and Hyde team is OSU? How did THAT team beat Purdue? They looked horrible vs IU the other night. And I don't think it was IU's stellar defense that was the cause. The B1G is kind of wild this year...

Not. A. Thing.

Yep. This is a fair question. Even someone like Calbert. I don't want to cast aspirations, and I'm sure he was a hard worker, but I remember his very first game at IU, and he was very good from that very first game. Both he and Lawrence Funderburke were physical specimen on who were obviously going to be the two best players on the team from the very first day. You always wonder how good coaches really physically gifted players are going to be? They never really had to grind...

Is it possible that Chris and Tyme are the same person? Hmmm....

Be honest, though. You never would've hired someone with Woodson's background for such a prominant or high-paying position in the first place, so you never would've been forced to fire him. It's still baffling that IU hired someone with zero college coaching experience to run their flagship athletic position and paid him millions of dollars to do it. And to make matters worse, he hadn't even been a head coach in the pros for years...

Convince me that NGW (or whatever that person was), Kathy and Tyme aren't the same person...

Uh, you seemed to ignore the rest of the poster's statement, especially the part about Woody's style of play. But let's talk about player development. In the 4 years that Woody has been here, what players have show significant improvement? Sure, TJD and Ware showed improvement. Absolutely. But you're also talking about high-level elite talent there. You could also argue that Race showed <some> improvement. Not a lot, but some. Who else? MM started to a bit offensively, but fell off a cliff and still can't defend, rebound or play D. What's amazing to me is that Woody was an elite college guard and long-time NBA guard, yet he has shown very little ability to improve his backcourt players. Is Rice any better than he was at the start of the year? KC? Galloway seemed to improve and turn a corner, but has regressed recently. Leal? Obviously he shows Woody nothing in practice as he has barely gotten any minutes in 4 years. X? Nah. He was inconsistent and only showed flashes his entire career (even when he was actually healthy). We have, however, seen a few players who left IU and have seen some improvement and success elsewhere. That means that Woody either was not developing them or not using them correctly. As bad as Woody has shown himself to be as a game coach (during the game and game prep), he certainly has not shown himself to be any kind of savant when it comes to player development either. Criticism in that area is fair as well.

Uh, IU is the school that hired a dude to coach their basketball team who had never coached in college before. They ARE total morons, so...

Not as high of a percentage as Tucker...

Listening to Diebler during that timeout earlier was like listening to a masterful clinic from RMK, wasn't it? LOL

Well, except for the occasional blind poster, I would assume we all have sight, so...

Jesus. Ohio State is as bad at shooting as IU.

They really are. I wouldn't feel good at all about Diebler if I was an OSU fan. Yikes!

Yep. The whole notion that IU fans aren't patient is stupid. If fans see progress and the program developing, they'll be fine. IU fans are smart enough to realize when coaches are actually working a plan...

If I was a betting man, I would guess some kind of lower body injury. LOL

Yep. I changed my profile pic to QB when everything went haywire last Spring and QB's influence was obvious. Not changing it until the King is officially dethroned. I absolutely love what I'm hearing, but I also loved what I was hearing last Spring, until I didn't. QB needs to lose his influence. I would LOVE to have a reason to change my profile pic...

"Wake up, Armond! It's the under 16 timeout!"

Does failing on the basketball hire get you fired at IU? Really?

If hes winning when that happens, the local BPD will keep it quiet.

Sign him up. Hes perfect for this team this year. And we don't want anyone who will create a Mike Davis type of situation again...

Of course. Of course. Like I said, a stupid stupid move by Ferguson. If he really said that, then he's a complete mysogynist. I'm just saying - was she there as 'his wife' or 'his agent?' It's ok for Steven's wife to be completely outraged by that. Steven's agent might still want to be in the room, and would still be personally offended by Ferguson's comment, but wouldn't necessarily let it impact the negotiations at the moment. An agent just does their job. It's not personal...

If true, this is a massively bad move by Ferguson. I will say, though, that this shows the inherent danger of having a family member as an agent, though. Agents are like attorneys in this regard and shouldn't ever get caught up in the emotion of slights or take these kind of things personally when it comes to their client. Obviously, this would've been very difficult in this case, but still...

Zero surprise. When you "recruit" people for 2 seconds, you don't develop relationships. I get that all players are paid now, but when you get a roster of mercenaries, who are at IU due to $$$$, you're going to get the results that Woodson has. And, when things go bad, they are going to completely fall apart...

The annual Spring plane watching season has come early this year...LOL

No, it was fair. I've had my coffee now, so I'm less of a Masshole myself this morning. LOL Carry-on, everyone, with your rumors. I have plenty of work time to waste on this site today.