Tasmanian Devil

On 3/28/2024 at 4:20 PM, JF87 said:

NGW said that there would be changes in the coaching staff.  We'll see. 

NGW also said not to believe an article quoting Dalton Knecht saying his IU visit had to be rescheduled because Woody decided to have knee surgery. Just sayin . . .

1 hour ago, Scooter T Washington said:

Long time reader, first time poster. 
Coach Portal should have been shown the door at seasons end and definitely after his lone recruit left. It’s obvious that coach Portal and his staff doesn't want to put in the effort that it takes to be a good recruiter, let alone a great recruiter. The writing was on the wall when MM’s mom contacted coach Portal about her son wanting to play at IU! 
Now the team is going to go from a $hit show to one of a liquid form next year and a new coach won’t have a chance at getting his hooks into the 25’ class of in state players. It’s sad. I’ve been an IU fan for over 40 years now and I’ve never been so down on any team that I support in any sport, btw I’m a Cubs fan. I feel it’s only going to get worse because who would want to play for a lame duck coach that has split the fan base? I’m not a rocket scientist nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn, but I’d guess there aren’t very many! 
Btw Chris 007 keep doing what you do! Who cares if someone is butt hurt over something you said!

Great first post. Welcome to the board.

And, for God’s sake, hurry up and get nine more posts so you can rid yourself forever of that nasty Purdue Jockstrap.

5 hours ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Heard he called it a walrus before doing so 

He tried biting the head off of a camel once - just so he could finally say he got over the hump.

1 minute ago, AH1971 said:

If you want to believe Woodson used Leal and Galloway as pawns in some elaborate “gotcha” moment to piss off the fan base at the conclusion of a shitty season, more power to you, that’s your prerogative. I think you’re giving him way too much credit.

Was it meant to deliberately piss off the fans? I don’t know - just as much as you can’t say it wasn’t pre-arranged.

For all of Leal’s contributions - or lack thereof - this year, he is returning to the tune of $225k. Hell, I’d tell people to “chill” if I got to be a benchwarmer for that kind of jack.

7 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Is announcing on their senior night that they were returning to school for their Covid year some deep state conspiracy lol?

It is if they already knew that they were returning, which they obviously knew since they announced it.

Remember also on the Friday before - two days prior to senior day - Woodson told the media he had no idea whether either of them was doing senior day. So we’re supposed to believe that in the span of 48 hours they not only decided they were going to stay, but decided to go through with being on senior day and in their speeches allude to the fact that we “needed to chill”?

if you believe all of that, I’ve got a bridge in San Francisco I’d love to sell you . . .

https://x.com/trillydonovan/status/1771712881010045333?s=46&t=1Vyi726ZcZhxVrQEg1ojSw

12 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

When we beat wisky, some people said "well, they are playing well".  We beat a Penn State team that has been playing well and it's "they suck".

If you don't want to give credit to Woodson, I'm cool with that.  Don't know how you can't be happy for the players, though.

Penn State was 5-5 in their last 10 games. They did have a win against Illinois in that span, but most of those wins were against the bottom feeders.

Today’s gonna tell us whether we’ve really turned the corner or not. Nebraska is a pretty decent team and if we beat them then, yeah, you’ve showed me something.

13 minutes ago, IUFAN1976 said:

Did anyone catch the end of the game interview by Andy Katz interviewing Woodson?  Woodson just can’t help but give a smarta** remark on a standard question that Katz asked about that play.  He could have explained what they were trying to do, like most coaches do, but instead popped by at Katz and “you seen the play”.  What real horses a**!

It's like he's trying to be snarly like Knight was, only he doesn't have the cred to back it up.

We’re too good to look this bad

3 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

Diddly squat 

Exactly.

some people are ecstatic we won four straight but who the hell did we really beat teams that are playing poorly down the stretch.

I want to see what we do against Purdue, Illinois and other really good teams then I’ll say we’ve turned the corner or not.  my money is we get thumped like we have already this year.

38 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

I understand how badly you want Woodson gone. However at least be accurate in your criticism.

Neither Wisconsin or MSU is sub .500 in either conference or overall play.

 

What have they done their last 10 games?

1 hour ago, KathywithaC said:

No.

What exactly is your affiliation to the university where you can give their perspective?

3 minutes ago, rcbowla said:

Can't live with em, can't tie em up to a post outside

Wanna bet?? 

5 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Corrected

Winner

1 minute ago, OKHOOSIER said:

The lack of official statement from the AD is one of two things IMO. Either Dolson does not want his name on a direct report because he disagrees with the decision and it his only way to protest, or, they legitimately don’t think they have to and we don’t deserve/need verification. The silence from his office during this is deafening. I don’t think it means anything we want is happening, but it is interesting. 

I’m surprised no one in the media has asked that question during a news conference or post game press conference.

1 hour ago, kottke said:

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Hey, I’m not insecure with being an Exorcist. (Hehe)

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

I have my own wife calling me a fair-weather fan also. She thinks he's an awful coach but wants him to get a 4th year since he's a nice old man. I've pulled all of my hair out already.  Go Hoosiers

Wives - can’t live with em, can’t live without em.

7 minutes ago, Golfman25 said:

Ok, that's one. Utah State is apparently another.   Still have a few to get to "lots."   

One thing to note with the Carolina success: much like recruiting one and done five star freshmen, Carolina had some building blocks already in place with Armando Bacot, and RJ Davis - much like Kentucky had with Darius Miller when they win in 2012, or Duke with Quin Cook when they won in 2015.

Whether you’re planning on building your roster with one and done’s or through the portal, you need established players already in place to make either process work to develop a championship level team. 

10 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Roncalli comes off the bench and immediately drains a half court 3 as time is expiring.  Welcome aboard and hope to see you as a frequent poster.

Post enough to get rid of the Purdue Jockstrap!

Just now, Home Jersey said:

NGW had to have the account deleted as a cover up... to conceal the fact his true identity is... Kenya Hunter!

Now that’s funny - I don’t care who you are!

26 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

The only thing that was out of Woodson's control, even with access to world class surgeons and therapy, was how quickly his knee healed. From experience I know that different people have different timeframes for getting back to whatever normal is going to be for them after a knee replacement.

That’s fair. Hindsight is always 20/20.

Had Woodson not had the surgery until May/June would have we been able to get Knecht here for a visit BEFORE he took his trip to Knoxville? Maybe, maybe not. 

What we DO know is once he got to Rocky Top, no one else got a chance. Knecht would have been an impact player for us. Critical miss.

3 minutes ago, mamasa said:

Speaking in terms of someone who has been around here forever, Chris doesn't change his info on his feelings. He shares (so grateful for that!) info of what he's told. Things change. Sources change. 

Agreed.

Chris will readily admit that something he stated prior has been proven to have been false. Hell, nobody believed Woodward & Bernstein either until John Dean and Alexander Butterfield blew Watergate wide open.

1 minute ago, Ngw7183 said:

Defend harder man. Chris himself didn’t even say that prior and now that is the reason. It wasn’t. But believe what you want.

 

Deflect all you want.

The KID HIMSELF said the visit was postponed because of Woodson’s surgery. You say “it wasn’t” - but provide nothing of context to support that statement.

Hmmm . . . believe you, or believe a direct quote from the kid? Pretty easy choice.

6 minutes ago, IUCrazy2 said:

I have no dog in this fight, but seriously..."forget what the reporter who talked to the kid and reported what the kid told him, listen to me."

Woodson's surgery had everything to do with us not getting the visit.  You can argue it didn't have anything to do with us landing Knecht because Tennessee just blew him away on the visit, but you are really operating in a murky area if that is your argument.  I am not buying the starter thing with Knecht, that is something you sus out through an agent before you commit to a visit.

Regarding the starter argument: read in the article where Knecht himself said he just wanted to compete for a starting spot. So isn’t it fair to assume that if he was willing to compete at Tennessee - where there was more of a log jam at his position - he would have been just as willing to compete at Indiana? Only makes sense to me.