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Tasmanian Devil

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    Tasmanian Devil got a reaction from cybergates in Fire Coach Woodson   
    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. 
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    Tasmanian Devil reacted to coonhounds in Fire Coach Woodson   
    People may not believe this buy nobody should believe anything posted on a message board as fact! If you spread information as fact you read on a message board you are a dumb blank. Enjoy reading all the posts and choose what posters you have more faith in than others. If someone posts something and you think it is false have a civilized back and forth and discuss. If you get angry over something you read you are also a dumb blank. If you don't want Woodson fired maybe this isn't your thread but your welcome to discuss why you feel that way!
    FIRE WOODSON IMMEDIATELY lol

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    Tasmanian Devil reacted to Scooter T Washington in Fire Coach Woodson   
    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!
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    Tasmanian Devil reacted to Banksyrules in Fire Coach Woodson   
    Now that’s a heck of an introduction. Welcome to the resistance… I mean btownbanners!
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    Tasmanian Devil got a reaction from cybergates in Fire Coach Woodson   
    Media stories?
    Pat Forde - a much heralded, respected sports journalist - quoted the kid directly. So is Forde making the story up? Is the kid lying?
     
    I’m not “picking and choosing what to say”, I’m just showing what has actually been said by those involved.
     
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    Tasmanian Devil got a reaction from cybergates in Fire Coach Woodson   
    Knecht had "no intentions of visiting"? Or @Chris007 knows what he's talking about?
    And don't take my word for it - let's hear it straight from the kid himself, shall we?
    From the article:
    "North Carolina and Kansas were in contact but playing it more deliberately, Knecht says. He took an official visit to Oregon and one to Tennessee, with a third trip to Indiana postponed by coach Mike Woodson because he had a scheduled knee surgery, according to Knecht.
    The Tennessee visit was arranged quickly. Clark believed that if he got Knecht on campus and met the rest of the team, he would commit . . . Shortly after the visit, Knecht shut down his recruitment and became a Vol."
    So, let's recap:
    Knecht had several schools contact him via phone calls and Zoom meetings. He made a trip to Oregon, but didn't commit. Mike Woodson had knee surgery April 11, 2023 Knecht made his trip the following weekend to Tennessee, heard their sales pitch, and shut down his recruitment. Now, care to tell us again how @Chris007 had it all wrong? 
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    Tasmanian Devil got a reaction from cybergates in Fire Coach Woodson   
    Woodson had his knee replacement April 11 - right when Dalton Knecht was making visits. By the time the annual Huber’s Winery event took place, Woodson felt good enough to joke to Don Fischer that he could out-run him:
    https://www.si.com/college/indiana/basketball/now-healthy-mike-woodson-has-rebuilt-indiana-basketball-roster-and-raised-national-perception
    If he could make those comments in June after having surgery in April, he easily could’ve had his surgery in mid May even or even after the Huber event, and been ready by the time practice started.
    And don’t forget -  he’s not only a multimillionaire that has the ability to schedule his surgery different than you or I, he also has at his disposable the best rehab facilities available. So there’s no reason why he couldn’t have been ready by the time practice started had he delayed his surgery to focus on recruiting. 
    That article also mentions how Woodson - in his own words - said he coached different with TJD on the roster and that this year was going to be more like his pro teams. Contrast that with his recent “inside-out” comments defending the offense we run.
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    Tasmanian Devil got a reaction from AZ Hoosier in Fire Coach Woodson   
    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.
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    Tasmanian Devil got a reaction from AZ Hoosier in Fire Coach Woodson   
    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 . . .
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    Tasmanian Devil got a reaction from AZ Hoosier in Fire Coach Woodson   
    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.
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    Tasmanian Devil got a reaction from cybergates in Fire Coach Woodson   
    Exactly.
    I’ll admit I thought Cupps would do a lot better than he has this year. Then again, I didn’t expect him to have to play a majority of minutes as a starter, as opposed to being a 10 to 15 minute backup guy.
     
    He was every bit as good as Brandon Smith in high school, but when Smith walked into Purdue, he had better players around him and a big ogre in the center to where he could play out on defense and not get burned as easy. Cupps doesn’t have that.
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    Tasmanian Devil got a reaction from AZ Hoosier in Fire Coach Woodson   
    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 . . .
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    Tasmanian Devil got a reaction from AZ Hoosier in Fire Coach Woodson   
    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.
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    Tasmanian Devil got a reaction from AZ Hoosier in Fire Coach Woodson   
    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 . . .
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    Tasmanian Devil got a reaction from AZ Hoosier in Fire Coach Woodson   
    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.
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    Tasmanian Devil got a reaction from AZ Hoosier in Fire Coach Woodson   
    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.
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    Tasmanian Devil reacted to AZ Hoosier in Fire Coach Woodson   
    Yep. What he said!
     
    And don’t forget the part about the big bumps in their NIL.
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    Tasmanian Devil got a reaction from AZ Hoosier in Fire Coach Woodson   
    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 . . .
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    Tasmanian Devil got a reaction from kottke in Fire Coach Woodson   
    https://x.com/trillydonovan/status/1771712881010045333?s=46&t=1Vyi726ZcZhxVrQEg1ojSw
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    Tasmanian Devil reacted to Stuhoo in Fire Coach Woodson   
    Among those two choices, I’m betting that “too personally “ is the far more prevalent.
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    Tasmanian Devil reacted to Chris007 in Fire Coach Woodson   
    I guess we'll delay the firing one more day. 
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    Tasmanian Devil got a reaction from hoosierfan6157 in IUBB vs Penn St - Thursday, 03.14.24 @ 9PM on BTN   
    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.
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    Tasmanian Devil got a reaction from tkbbn in Fire Coach Woodson   
    It's like he's trying to be snarly like Knight was, only he doesn't have the cred to back it up.
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    Tasmanian Devil got a reaction from tkbbn in Fire Coach Woodson   
    It's like he's trying to be snarly like Knight was, only he doesn't have the cred to back it up.
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    Tasmanian Devil got a reaction from tkbbn in Fire Coach Woodson   
    It's like he's trying to be snarly like Knight was, only he doesn't have the cred to back it up.
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