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Sure, if Woodson brought in Dalton Knecht and Reed Shepard, he could develop them. Woodson is great at developing 5 star/NBA talent…but who isn’t? If by recruiting misses you are implying that he needs that level of talent, sure. I guess that’s a recruiting miss. But what coach couldn’t win with that? And how many other coaches get along just fine without that talent? Simple question…would Cupps be better right now if he went to Purdue instead of IU? 

And of course all programs pay their players. But not all programs depend solely on out bidding other schools in the portal for the majority of their roster.
IU has zero recruits coming in and what, 6 players on roster if MM comes back? So, can Woodson use the same excuse next year if the portal doesn’t work out this spring? That he didn’t “have the type of perimeter player to develop”?

Doesn’t recruiting and development go hand in hand? The vast majority of college staffs don’t recruit the finished product. You recruit because that player can be developed in your system. You think Loyer and Smith from Purdue would be as good if they played for Woodson? You don’t recruit because you got money left in the NIL piggy bank.
This whole “let’s face it, buy talent” is an excuse for bad coaching and bad roster management. Any freaking “coach” can “buy talent”. IU isn’t the Pacers, as hard as Woodson and some others want to convince themselves of that. 

Doesn’t recruiting and development go hand in hand? The vast majority of college staffs don’t recruit the finished product. You recruit because that player can be developed in your system. You think Loyer and Smith from Purdue would be as good if they played for Woodson? You don’t recruit because you got money left in the NIL piggy bank.
This whole “let’s face it, buy talent” is an excuse for bad coaching and bad roster management. Any freaking “coach” can “buy talent”. IU isn’t the Pacers, as hard as Woodson and some others want to convince themselves of that. 

Ware is the reason we won those games. And MM getting hot. Look, Leal is a nice player, but he wouldn’t sniff the floor for Illinois, Purdue, Michigan State, Northwestern, Nebraska, or even Wisconsin. 
Leal doing what he does and being one of the best players for IU is more of a inditement on Woodson not developing others players than it is Leal being some secret weapon.

Doesn’t recruiting and development go hand in hand? The vast majority of college staffs don’t recruit the finished product. You recruit because that player can be developed in your system. You think Loyer and Smith from Purdue would be as good if they played for Woodson? You don’t recruit because you got money left in the NIL piggy bank.
This whole “let’s face it, buy talent” is an excuse for bad coaching and bad roster management. Any freaking “coach” can “buy talent”. IU isn’t the Pacers, as hard as Woodson and some others want to convince themselves of that. 

Ware is the reason we won those games. And MM getting hot. Look, Leal is a nice player, but he wouldn’t sniff the floor for Illinois, Purdue, Michigan State, Northwestern, Nebraska, or even Wisconsin. 
Leal doing what he does and being one of the best players for IU is more of a inditement on Woodson not developing others players than it is Leal being some secret weapon.

Ware is the reason we won those games. And MM getting hot. Look, Leal is a nice player, but he wouldn’t sniff the floor for Illinois, Purdue, Michigan State, Northwestern, Nebraska, or even Wisconsin. 
Leal doing what he does and being one of the best players for IU is more of a inditement on Woodson not developing others players than it is Leal being some secret weapon.

You mean like a job responsibility?

You mean like a job responsibility?

Ware is the reason we won those games. And MM getting hot. Look, Leal is a nice player, but he wouldn’t sniff the floor for Illinois, Purdue, Michigan State, Northwestern, Nebraska, or even Wisconsin. 
Leal doing what he does and being one of the best players for IU is more of a inditement on Woodson not developing others players than it is Leal being some secret weapon.

Ware is the reason we won those games. And MM getting hot. Look, Leal is a nice player, but he wouldn’t sniff the floor for Illinois, Purdue, Michigan State, Northwestern, Nebraska, or even Wisconsin. 
Leal doing what he does and being one of the best players for IU is more of a inditement on Woodson not developing others players than it is Leal being some secret weapon.

Ware is the reason we won those games. And MM getting hot. Look, Leal is a nice player, but he wouldn’t sniff the floor for Illinois, Purdue, Michigan State, Northwestern, Nebraska, or even Wisconsin. 
Leal doing what he does and being one of the best players for IU is more of a inditement on Woodson not developing others players than it is Leal being some secret weapon.

Ware is the reason we won those games. And MM getting hot. Look, Leal is a nice player, but he wouldn’t sniff the floor for Illinois, Purdue, Michigan State, Northwestern, Nebraska, or even Wisconsin. 
Leal doing what he does and being one of the best players for IU is more of a inditement on Woodson not developing others players than it is Leal being some secret weapon.

You are listing the exact reasons you don’t build a roster in the portal. You do know that, right? 

Disagree.
At this point, just make the NCAA and not get blown out. That’s about as much anyone can hope for with the current state of IU basketball.

X working out for the NBA combine?

Your last sentence is so depressing. There is a solid chance IU doesn’t make the NCAA for the next couple years…..

How much you wanna bet IU starts 2 bigs, MM at the 3, and Galloway at the 2?    
 
Prove me wrong Mike….    :)

But come to think of it, if that is the route IU does indeed go, both your 1 and 2 guards need to be high volume/high make 3 point shooters or you run the risk of teams packing the lane again all year. If you want to play like Purdue you need to have shooters like Purdue. Blackmon fits that bill.

Can’t risk losing money AND my mind lol

Uhh, we already do.

Those mean ole UK fans are the reason Cal is struggling….the fans need to just accept Cal is the best they are going to get. Who do they think they are? UK, Kansas, Duke?    :)

Those mean ole UK fans are the reason Cal is struggling….the fans need to just accept Cal is the best they are going to get. Who do they think they are? UK, Kansas, Duke?    :)

May is on the radar of how many schools? Ya know, the one that don’t care about “IN ties”?
May won more games in the NCAA last year than IU has in the last 9 years? Or is it 10?

May is on the radar of how many schools? Ya know, the one that don’t care about “IN ties”?
May won more games in the NCAA last year than IU has in the last 9 years? Or is it 10?