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[Hornsby 3,013]

Don’t think we stand a chance…and I hope you get the opportunity to post this after the game lol 

I give us better odds of winning in Mackey or at Michigan State than I do at winning in Madison. Wisconsin owns us period. Heck I remember them taking us down in the btt when we had zeller and were the number one seed.

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[HoosierHoopster 7,457]

5 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

My dream list I guess if that's what you wanna call it... For now..

1. Tommy Lloyd  Brad Stevens

2. Scott Drew Brad Stevens

3. Chris Beard Brad Stevens

4. Billy Donovan Brad Stevens

5. Dusty May Brad Stevens

6. Steve Alford Brad Stevens

Fixed it for you. Enjoy your ban --

 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,990]

12 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

I give us better odds of winning in Mackey or at Michigan State than I do at winning in Madison. Wisconsin owns us period. Heck I remember them taking us down in the btt when we had zeller and were the number one seed.

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I think they beat the year before in the BTT too.

[southernindianahoosier2 950]

42 minutes ago, lillurk said:

I’m a little inclined to write something pro-Dusty, not because IU should make a change now but because I’ve seen some folks say he’s Not It or he’s just like Arch and I think there are reasons he’s a cut above (and as far as we can tell would meet my criteria above). But idk that the time is right.

The grapevine from Trilly that he wants the job is enough for me right now.

Conditional hypothetical here: Dusty May has a strong showing in the tournament. In this scenario IU has only 1 chance to hire him, so after this year if don’t hire in the offseason we can never have the chance to hire him again…. Do we want to move on the opportunity? 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,990]

13 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Fixed it for you. Enjoy your ban --

 

I'll die on the hill that we got screwed out of the #1 overall seed for the NCAAT.

[coonhounds 9,854]

I think they beat the year before in the BTT too.

Which game was it when the nobody went for 30 plus on us. Making every three he put up?

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[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,990]

Just now, coonhounds said:

Which game was it when the nobody went for 30 plus on us. Making every three he put up?

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That's a long list of games LOL

[lillurk 4,194]

2 minutes ago, southernindianahoosier2 said:

Conditional hypothetical here: Dusty May has a strong showing in the tournament. In this scenario IU has only 1 chance to hire him, so after this year if don’t hire in the offseason we can never have the chance to hire him again…. Do we want to move on the opportunity? 

In this circumstance then I think you have to try to make it work, yes. Especially in your scenario where he stacks another good tourney run, I think you see if you can work with Woody, Quinn etc. to massage him into retirement or some senior program advisor role or something

[IUFAN1976 4,267]

3 minutes ago, southernindianahoosier2 said:

Conditional hypothetical here: Dusty May has a strong showing in the tournament. In this scenario IU has only 1 chance to hire him, so after this year if don’t hire in the offseason we can never have the chance to hire him again…. Do we want to move on the opportunity? 

Woodson will not step aside and Dolson won’t fire him either.  I guess we are moving on

[IUFAN1976 4,267]

1 minute ago, lillurk said:

In this circumstance then I think you have to try to make it work, yes. Especially in your scenario where he stacks another good tourney run, I think you see if you can work with Woody, Quinn etc. to massage him into retirement or some senior program advisor role or something

How about a  Assistant Living facility, lol

[southernindianahoosier2 950]

16 minutes ago, IUFAN1976 said:

Woodson will not step aside and Dolson won’t fire him either.  I guess we are moving on

We need a CHANGE AGENT within a leadership role at IU 

[Home Jersey 11,382]

Just saw this now and started listening. Will post anything that stands out. SIAP. 

EDIT: Kinda weird Dolson is doing this pod with 414 followers on x.com. Early impression is that this is an amateur-ish interview. 17 mins in is where it starts to get a little more interesting. Just a softball interview to get talking points out there. Nothing I consider noteworthy. 

[Hornsby 3,013]

Woodson will not step aside and Dolson won’t fire him either.  I guess we are moving on

100% correct once dolson hired him I knew we were stunk with him for a long time unless he leaves on his own. But why would he? He gets to golf with his buddy Quinn and gets paid a ton. Life is great for woodson.

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[TTT 1,103]

This thread alone is about coaching candidates since January of 2021 and the threads before this one represent IU trying to find a men’s basketball coach during the 21st century (since about 2000).

Maybe, someday (1st quarter century 2025-2026) IU will find a men’s basketball coach or it’s going to be a long uneventful IU men’s basketball century.

[IndyResident16 567]

3 minutes ago, TTT said:

This thread alone is about coaching candidates since January of 2021 and the threads before this one represent IU trying to find a men’s basketball coach during the 21st century (since about 2000).

Maybe, someday (1st quarter century 2025-2026) IU will find a men’s basketball coach or it’s going to be a long uneventful IU men’s basketball century.

Quarter of the way there. Buckle up

[RoadRage 2,467]

18 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

100% correct once dolson hired him I knew we were stunk with him for a long time unless he leaves on his own. But why would he? He gets to golf with his buddy Quinn and gets paid a ton. Life is great for woodson.

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His buyout is chicken feed!

[TTT 1,103]

58 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Just saw this now and started listening. Will post anything that stands out. SIAP. 

EDIT: Kinda weird Dolson is doing this pod with 414 followers on x.com. Early impression is that this is an amateur-ish interview. 17 mins in is where it starts to get a little more interesting. Just a softball interview to get talking points out there. Nothing I consider noteworthy. 

Listened to it: and every one is happy and things are going great and making lots of money…Life is good….and why wouldn’t it be.

[Home Jersey 11,382]

20 minutes ago, TTT said:

Listened to it: and every one is happy and things are going great and making lots of money…Life is good….and why wouldn’t it be.

The only thing I find particularly interesting about it is the fact that this interview occurred and came out the day after Purdue. 

That tells me Dolson is feeling the tension from the fan base so wanted to get ahead of things and had the comms dept. line up this sort of interview where he can promote the facilities, football hire, give full-throated support of Woody (which he has to do at this point in the season, to expect anything different when asked a question about succession planning on a podcast is silly). Tout his player development, plug TJD, etc. But there is no way this small of a platform would land this high profile of an interview and turnaround a podcast episode same day it was conducted unless the IU comms team expressly approved every aspect of the interview (questions asked/answered, final cut, teaser clips, promo posts on social media ... which touted "Scott Dolson on succession planning." etc.)

Clearly he wanted to get a message out, which IMO is just him doing the PR aspect of his job and not necessarily insight into his actual thinking/planning. If anything, I think one could read between the lines and take this as him trying to take some heat off Woody in the immediate and in the longer run, actually be a small step in proactively managing the framing of any narratives on a potential transition.

Long winded way of me saying, I don't think we actually know anything more after this interview, lol. TLDR probably not worth the listen 

[Chris007 51,601]

4 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

The only thing I find particularly interesting about it is the fact that this interview occurred and came out the day after Purdue. 

That tells me Dolson is feeling the tension from the fan base so wanted to get ahead of things and had the comms dept. line up this sort of interview where he can promote the facilities, football hire, give full-throated support of Woody (which he has to do at this point in the season, to expect anything different when asked a question about succession planning on a podcast is silly). Tout his player development, plug TJD, etc. But there is no way this small of a platform would land this high profile of an interview and turnaround a podcast episode same day it was conducted unless the IU comms team expressly approved every aspect of the interview (questions asked/answered, final cut, teaser clips, promo posts on social media ... which touted "Scott Dolson on succession planning." etc.)

Clearly he wanted to get a message out, which IMO is just him doing the PR aspect of his job and not necessarily insight into his actual thinking/planning. If anything, I think one could read between the lines and take this as him trying to take some heat of Woody in the immediate and in the longer run, actually be a small step in proactively managing the framing of any narratives on a potential transition.

Long winded way of me saying, I don't think we actually know anything more after this interview, lol. TLDR probably not worth the listen 

I think you’re giving Scott way too much credit. My guess is this has been on the books for a while and he asked for the questions in advance. He’s a glass is always full kind of guy. 

[Home Jersey 11,382]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

I think you’re giving Scott way too much credit. My guess is this has been on the books for a while and he asked for the questions in advance. He’s a glass is always full kind of guy. 

The platform only has like 400 followers, so I guess I see your point in the sense that if Scott actually wanted to get ahead of a narrative he'd probably do the interview with a more notable outlet. I guess it's nice our AD is a kind person and helping these guys out lol