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I'm surprised they didn't call a foul on us on that three as well.

Of course that three goes in. Because why wouldn't it?

Reneau, please, pass the ball. Just pass it man. Also we need Goode but he went back to the bench almost as fast as he came back in the game...ffs

Just an average Draymond Green play lol

If anyone watched the Tennessee vs Auburn game yesterday, refs weren't calling a single thing. It was one of the most physical games I've seen in quite awhile.

That's the life of a journalist looking for freelance work lol

Central Florida grad, minor in sports business management. This is a troll piece just for clicks and engagement. I bet she like everyone else would LOVE for us to keep Woodson. No way she's covered the sport for 4 years, with several articles about IU's struggles already this year, and is actually clueless about why we want him gone. Can you say obtuse?

She hinted that there may be something going on with Woodson mentally. She left it at that though, didn't say anything more and wouldn't answer questions about it.

Time will tell I guess.

I have no idea myself. I thought she had been vetted as someone who does work for the administration but I could be wrong on that and even then, who knows how much she actually knows about the situation.

Which makes me wonder why Kathy would even nudge us in that direction instead of remaining tight lipped about it. So either she is indeed full of it or she opened a can of worms when she wasn't supposed to.

That is a possibility but I agree, who knows.

Yeah which is why I stated that it's a rabbit hole and that I didn't know if it were true or not.

That's what rabbit hole and take it with a grain of salt means. I also said throughout the og post about it that it was literal conjecture and that I didn't know if it was true or not. I could understand your reminder if I had spouted it off as if it were true but I didn't.

That's fair, I just remember it being mentioned by Kathy so like I said, rabbit hole and take it with a grain of salt. Who knows what the actual truth is.

Facts, all of them. It's been hinted at that there are psychological issues in play with Woodson. If true, I have to wonder how severe they are, and I have to wonder how long they've been affecting him. If they were present pre hiring I then have to wonder if the administration knew and allowed the hire anyway. But that's a complicated rabbit hole in and of itself. Hell this whole situation is. Who knows what the truth is as to why he does things the way he does. I just simply cannot understand how he thinks he can win without completing a single coaching task required to be successful, especially knowing who HIS coach was. It just breaks my brain. I'm not a coach and the extent of my on court experience was getting up roughly a thousand shots a day decades ago and playing one vs one against one of the actual players at my school and even I understand this stuff. I just watch our games and the whole time I'm asking myself how he doesn't get it? Even I know you can't just chuck money to hang banners so someone please explain it to me :(

Oh I know. There is zero prep, zero effort or real thought put into any aspect of his job. Most of each game he spends sitting in his chair looking completely lost as to what's happening on the court. Northwestern repeatedly abused Mgbako with threes off screens. That's preparation and being able to recognize an advantage real time. That's X's and O's. That's just one example. We're going to see a lot more examples in many different aspects of coaching in our upcoming games. Most, if not all of the teams we're heading into will recognize our weaknesses in the film room and maximize the advantages they can glean from it on court during game time.

Also dear Lord Purdookie is going to absolutely incinerate us... We're behind everyone else watching the game because we paused for dinner but Michigan looks like a bunch of middle schoolers in comparison to PU. PU will do to us what Hulk did to Loki

Yeah it's a completely different mindset and it requires so much more insight, foresight, prep, planning, practice, among so many other things. RMK himself practiced what he taught his players on and off the court. He led by example and pushed them to heights of greatness they probably didn't even imagine for themselves. College ball has its own culture and structure and MW just doesn't understand it, or he just doesn't care. Either way it's frustrating and painful.

Both can be true lol :P

Clearly :( It goes hand in hand with the prep work too. You pay attention to the finer details in your prep work and you will learn much more and you will become much more efficient at what it is you're striving to accomplish. Its importance cannot be stressed enough.

I know it freaking hurts. I can't hate Woodson because I went back and watched his games under RMK. He was a helluva player and it's just absolutely frustrating to see the product we currently have. Literally nothing he learned under RMK translated to his coaching style or ability. I just don't get it.

Yes it is, everything you do in life benefits from that mindset! RMK wasn't just teaching his guys how to be great basketball players, but great men in life!

Exactly! That's why I said thoughtful focused reps and not just reps. You can do 10,000 and be better than you were, but being mindful and putting real effort into those reps will set you worlds apart from where you started and it will very clearly show in the finished product.

Absolutely and if you don't have that mindset to do your prep work long before you start handling your business you're all but guaranteed to fail.