Shooter

Completely agree. There's likely a generational divide here. My dad remembers Woodson the player, and still supported him as coach last offseason. Meanwhile I just see an older guy who accomplished a lot in his day, but hasn't really kept his knowledge up to date, and is unwilling to admit that his time has passed. Not a phenomenon unique to basketball. I've seen this in my line of work, and lots of you probably have too. When IU moves on, people might look back on his entire career with more positivity. But right now he is actively damaging something really important to a lot of people. (Including him, which makes it sadder)

Look I was ready to move on last offseason. My point is, if that poster is concerned about an "IU fans are over the top" narrative, a midseason firing of a coach at 5-3 in the Big Ten won't help that.

OK, and what will the narrative be if we fire a coach mid-season who is above .500 in conference?

Yep, we just saw it last season. IU was 6-10 and staring down one of our worst seasons in modern history. And the team, with nothing really to play for, reeled off 4 straight wins (plus one more in BTT), culminating in Woodson and Leal's triumphant remarks on Senior Night.

Leal does a lot of positive things, but he needs to look at the basket sometimes on offense. As he plays more, he will start getting on scouting reports, and his angles to make the extra pass will go away if his defender knows he's not a threat to score.

As bad as we've looked, it's hard for me to believe they will fire Woody in season when he's sitting at 14-5, 5-3 Big Ten. Even though we all understand that record is a bit of fool's gold. I think he retires after the season.

Agree 100%. This is Woodson's last year, I don't really care if he gets let go during the season or afterwards. I'm going to keep rooting for my team.

Ballo and Goode were tremendous. Goode tonight was what we all want Mgbako to be - a face up 4 who hits shots, competes and is at least somewhat competent on defense.

The guys on the court at the end played really hard tonight. Really happy for them, that's a good win

Ha. Work is getting in the way of my daily intake of IUBB drama...

Maybe I missed it - is there some inside info that a midseason change is underway? Or are you just speculating?

I hope you are right. If we end up with a candidate worse than May, our administration is going to be mocked mercilessly (rightfully so).

I have no inside info but I am concerned the Dusty May ship has sailed. Two possible explanations for our decision last offseason: 1. We passed on May because we were confident we had a big big catch lined up for when Woodson retired sometime in the next 1-3 seasons. 2. We passed on May because the powers that be actually thought Woodson was a better option than him to lead our program. I want the truth to be #1... but that's not what my gut tells me

Pretty sure I've never beat the crap out of my wife, so I'm plenty happy to cast the first stone here. You guys are acting like he got a speeding ticket

The ironic thing about Mgbako liking that tweet - Woodson giving Mgbako some bench time recently for poor effort and shot selection is actually one of my favorite coaching moves he has made.