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[coonhounds]

The Riddler says so, but I think he makes some things up. Others are unsure. 

Coach ss? If our insiders are wavering I am concerned

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[mdiu28]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

Yes I have heard those but it wasn't from me. GM and Assistant GM

What's your take on pushing Woody to a retirement announcement mid-season? Purely to safeguard in the event he goes on a run? Wo many things just don't add up. 

[JPCIVOP]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

Dolson’s a smart guy and with basically a year to prep I find it impossible to believe that the plan is a guy who ain’t comin’, a guy who ain’t comin’ and a guy who probably ain’t comin’. Sure, take the big swings if you need to, but then get into your actual process and nail down your guy. And it’s gonna take a minute. The downside of Woody not making it to the end of the year is the giant information vacuum that we’re going to spend the next 6-8 weeks filling with our angst and insanity. But they’ll get a good dude. They will. Not concerned about the size of the name.

This is true; with the resources and the time, I think the biggest of fish are gettable. Would just like the timeline to accelerate. 

[Hoosierfan1901]

5 minutes ago, coonhounds said:

So our insiders saying stevens is out for sure? Trying to catch up on my lunch

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The way I see it, a lot of talk, but also not enough concrete evidence. Pretty much, no one has a clue was is going on.

[Chris007]

2 minutes ago, Golfman25 said:

Well then if I am reading this right, the deal was made the morning of Feb 14.  Stevens tells Goodman he is not a candidate for the IU job, without telling him it's because he just accepted the IU job.  Perfect.  :)   

The one thing I have never been told most likely is because it hasn't happened nothing has been signed. Maybe agreed to but not signed. Not sure what happened after that. I don't like verbal agreements

[EasyEJay]

2 minutes ago, coonhounds said:

Coach ss? If our insiders are wavering I am concerned

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Yea just him and in the Trilly Discord not on here directly .
 

BTB , RTZ , Isaac , Jerry . All crickets 

[Chris007]

2 minutes ago, mdiu28 said:

What's your take on pushing Woody to a retirement announcement mid-season? Purely to safeguard in the event he goes on a run? Wo many things just don't add up. 

Well from hindsight I'm guessing if it didn't happen after that Purdue win his supporters would be saying one more year.

But I don't know for sure the reasoning behind it. 

[Golfman25]

21 minutes ago, OKHOOSIER said:

I think it was more getting one done to stop the questions. It speaks more to the fact he was never leaving Michigan in the first place after Woody got another year. Now you could, I suppose, hope that was because he (Dusty) knew he wouldn’t even be considered due to Dolson having someone else not currently coaching already locked up, but I find that highly unlikely. The most logical explanation is Dusty told us no, and knew nothing he could say would stop speculation sans extension. My opinion? Dusty was never leaving a high major that he liked after one season, and probably was never a realistic candidate. 

Well Dusty go bad advice.  Should have waited and seen what other options there were to leverage Michigan.  This is an underwhelming extension.  

[Chris007]

9 minutes ago, coonhounds said:

So our insiders saying stevens is out for sure? Trying to catch up on my lunch

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I don't think you have read what I have said. Also, I have not seen where anyone else on here that I trust is saying were out.

I like Sam but don't believe his side of things but I will say there are definitely people that do

[JPCIVOP]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Protecting our home court would be a fantastic improvement given Woody's lost 15 times in SSAH.

Didn't believe when I looked at the schedule that the win over Purdue was the first win at home since January 8th. 45 days without a home win, 0-4 in that timeframe.

[Chris007]

8 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

The Riddler says so, but I think he makes some things up. Others are unsure. 

I like the way you put that. That sums it up perfectly

[coonhounds]

I don't think you have read what I have said. Also, I have not seen where anyone else on here that I trust is saying were out.
I like Sam but don't believe his side of things but I will say there are definitely people that do

Thanks Chris it was because I wasn't reading. My app was running slow and I couldn't see previous posts. I just wanted to know what was going on before going back to work! Thanks again

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[go iu bb]

7 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

I think we are 99.9% aligned on our view of the situation. Only slight difference I have here is that I really don’t think retiring Mike midseason in any way says something about Dolson’s preparedness for the search. I don’t think he necessarily had to have a good idea about if Dusty or Brad would say yes before deciding on Mike. IMO that was purely damage control and stopping a bad situation from becoming worse. That said, I’d sure hope with basically a year to plan, Dolson knows what he’s doing…

I agree that Woodson being retired before the end of the season was damage control. I still think (or rather, hoping, I guess) that Dolson was preparing for making a basketball hire since the end of last season. I'm not on the "Woodson wouldn't have been fired unless Dolson had his man" boat. So I don't think he needed to have a good idea of if they would say yes or not before letting Woodson go, but I think he did have that info.

To me, the lack of an official statement of support for Woodson getting this year shows that Dolson was likely ready to move on. Instead of that official statement, we got a "leak." Very tepid support for Woodson. As someone said, when you start wondering if the coach should be retained or not, it is time to move on from him. So a good AD would start to prepare a bit for that to happen. 

[tyappleg]

Hubert Davis extension just announced.  So one less elite school we won't have to worry about this off-season.  

[Hoosier Guy]

42 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

@RoadToZion said yesterday it has been Brad for weeks

Also, @JerryYeagley23 hasn’t wavered either.

[Magnanimous]

19 minutes ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

You forgot Big Jake, McClintok, pale Rider, and Winchester 73

But which in my top 10 should they replace?

[JPCIVOP]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

One thing I will say about Isaac is he heard things that no one had heard. That's why I was agreeing with him on some things. Until he named a date, time, and channel. But before that, he had info in real time that I was hearing from the non-IU side. I don't believe he is located in Bloomington if he has any ties to the real Isaac Torres

I've decoded the situation... Stevens is announced on FoxSports at the appointed time - as Isaac said - and addresses the fans w/Woodson and the players on Senior Day...

[iubb]

21 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

Are we having fun yet?

 

Yes

[Hoosierfan1901]

4 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

Hubert Davis extension just announced.  So one less elite school we won't have to worry about this off-season.  

Holy smokes, you are not joking, just saw he signed an additional 2 year contract 

[Juwan Moye]

47 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

@RoadToZion said yesterday it has been Brad for weeks

Given many programs seem to be adopting the GM model now, has it been clear that Brad was being considered for the HC role? Or is it possible he’s being considered for the GM role?