KathywithaC

I think several people, including Dolson and Woody, are grappling with the current results, the prospects for improvement, and the challenges of getting to a much better place. I’m not sure it’s fair to say that Dolson has made up his mind, and there are some others who still believe in MW. But Dolson isn’t trying to undermine Buckner or Woody by conducting some kind of shadowy PR effort. That would be counterproductive for him and could very well jeopardize both his reputation and career at IU. Plus, it’s not how he works.

It wasn’t Dolson. He and QB are friends, colleagues and devoted stewards of IU and Indiana basketball. Dolson would never undermine QB, especially that way. That’s not how he works at all.

People are getting way ahead of themselves. Some reality: 1. Buckner has great influence, but he’s not solely pulling the levers here, at least not in the way he did when he forced Glass’s hand on Crean; 2. Dolson is in charge, but he understands that situations like this require internal vetting and consensus before anything happens. This is a group sport; 3. There are some very important stakeholders who would need to do an “about face” on Pearl for him to be hired; 4. If he remains, Woody will shake up his staff; 5. The player defection possibility is very real, as is the Woodying; 6. Don’t believe the rumor that this is Dolson positioning himself publicly in an internal battle with QB. To be kind, that’s misinformed. To be accurate, it’s nonsense to those who know those two. Thats all for now.