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Does Quinn really want an IU guy or does Quinn want "his" IU guy? If it was just an IU guy, Alford or even Dane Fife would have made more sense than Woodson.

Sometimes you have a team that doesn't shoot well. It happens to coaches. You compensate by playing great defense, but we haven't even played defense well. No offense and no defense is on the coach, plain and simple. Currently in Kenpom we have the 113 ranked offense and the 109th ranked defense. There is no foundation and no identity established. We need a real college coach.

I believe that Shrewsberry has $24 million left on his contract at Notre Dame. I would assume that he has a rather large buyout.

If we are going to have to get a proven coach, I would prefer Oats. His offense is fun to watch and although his defense stinks this year, last year his defense was ranked 3rd in Kenpom. 'If we're going to consider an older coach like Pearl, I'll throw in a few names of other older consistent winners. Tony Bennett, Randy Bennett, and Greg McDermott are all coaches that I could be happy with.

I think Dusty would be a great fit. However, the more I think about May, the more I realize that the administration is not going to push out a former IU player to hire a former IU manager even if he would be a better coach. Call it what you want, internal politics or pride. The May hiring can only happen if and when Woodson would voluntarily retire imo.

"Believed to be under consideration", means I read on a message board.

Watching Purdue at Michigan today. There's almost as many Purdue fans there as there are Michigan fans. This is where IU is heading under Woodson. Fan apathy is going to set in, and attendance will be poor. The program has lost any momentum. A change is necessary.

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Otzelberger at Iowa State has been mentioned on this board. Grant McCasland currently at Texas Tech has won everywhere he's been. Mitch Henderson from Princeton, Darian DeVries at Drake, or Schertz at ISU would be intriguing imo.

I know there's bad feelings because IU fired his sister years ago, but Tony Bennett would be that proven winner so many want. I wonder if Bennett is ready for a change of scenery.

Maybe "we're young" is code for I haven't required them to learn the plays to get playing time.

The belief is that someone has reached out to former players and some of the YouTube personalities and asked they cut coach Woodson some slack. Assembly Call postgame after Penn State didn't want to discuss the macro issues of the program, instead focusing on the issues within the game. If you want access, you have to sometimes play ball with those in charge.

Archie was a bad fit. His personality was just all wrong. Archie missed on his evaluation of several recruits which helped lead to his demise. But to be fair, Archie was hamstrung when he came into IU. Archie was a defensive oriented coach and a lot of the Crean players were offense first guys. It took a while to put in his defense. Also, if I remember correctly IU had APR issues and the Athletes Bill of Right, so he couldn't run off players to bring in a point guard he wanted.

I agree. Our primary focus is to get the ball inside. Shooting the three is an afterthought. It's difficult to get rhythm or confidence when the three is an afterthought. We did run some action to get looks from three today and we missed those as well.

We lost the turnover battle (IU 12- PSU 11) We lost the rebounding battle (IU 30-PSU 33) We lost steals (IU 5- PSU 6) We lost free throws (IU 14 of 25 - PSU 26 of 30) We lost the battle from three (IU 2 of 15 - PSU 9 of 21) This is a losing formula. We have to be extremely efficient on 2-point shots to make up for it and that's just not realistic against good teams. Still very few changes in the way we play all year. Coaching malpractice.

Made me wonder, when was the last time someone stormed the court after beating IU?

Filipowski hurt on the court storm. Probably going to see a big fine against Wake Forest.

Terrible decision by Wake

We finished 2 of 15 from three. Terrible. A very large part is on the players. When you're open, you need to knock them down. The other part is scheme. When the three is an afterthought in the offense, it's hard shoot them with rhythm and confidence.

My realistic wish list for the remainder of this IU basketball season. Xavier Johnson returns and plays his remaining games without incident. I want Xavier to graduate and feel like IU is his home. Kel'el Ware finishes the season strong and is drafted in the 1st round. MgBako continues to improve, finishes the season strong, and is drafted by an NBA team. Mike Woodson retires and is able to say that in 3 years he put 4 players in the NBA.

We could be great again if the fans would just shut up and accept mediocrity.

My guess is that Woodson still controls his own destiny. Finish 3 and 3 or better and the administration probably gives him one more year. Finish 2-4 or worse and the pressure will be on to make a change. We have the talent to win all of our remaining games. Can we improve enough to turn things around? Possibly, but it's doubtful since we've seen very little consistency in this team.

I would assume that Trey is more upset about losing and his mistakes that contributed to losing than he is about being called out by his coach. I would be disappointed if he wasn't. Trey needs to improve his shot, free throws, decision making, and rebounding. He also needs to be more vocal on the court. Trey is a senior and team captain. He needs to lead this team.

Ohio State is just trolling IU fans

Don't forget "We're young". Purdue won the Big Ten starting two freshmen guards last year. Neither Smith or Loyer were ranked in the top 75.