General Coach Candidate News

[go iu bb]

9 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

Honestly…this is what worries me about Woodson. The “maybe I’m retiring too soon “ comments after yesterday’s game. I know I mentioned this on the board last week…but each win empowers Woodson…he doesn’t want to leave. A couple wins in the tourney and who knows, maybe we’re stuck with him. It probably won’t happen…but the thought will be in the back of my mind… until he finally packs up his office and walks out the door. 

He's gone. The retirement idea wasn't his and staying isn't his choice.

[Motley's]

25 minutes ago, Tony! Toni! Toné! said:

 

We've hired Jonas Hayes

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Are some of you still worrying that Woody will be back next season?  Good grief people, there's no way his "retirement" will be backtracked.  There wouldn't have been any kind of farewell tribute yesterday if there was even the slightest whiff of any problems.  It was signed, sealed and delivered when the news broke 2 weeks ago.

[HoosierSadaseci]

13 minutes ago, Tony! Toni! Toné! said:

 

So we lost out on Brad, and now free to hire Beard...or Drew...or TJO...

[str8baller]

1 hour ago, Asha’man said:

I thought he was going to get fired last year. But they won the ACC tournament and got into the dance and made a run. He isn’t a good coach and he got an additional year bc of 1 run. He is the prime example of why I think k regular season success should be more important than NCAA success when hiring a new head coach. 

 

50 minutes ago, VFury said:

So much of the tournament requires the bracket to break your way. I don't get too worked up over a lack of tourney success. Getting there every year like clockwork is more important.

In general, yes. 
 

But if you want a real championship level coach capable of multiple titles they have to be able to win different ways to navigate your best teams to a title. A guy that teaches to his system well but is inflexible can hand wave away bad matchups in the regular season as only a couple of losses. But those same matchup difficulties are fatal in a single elimination tournament.  
 

That is different though from Tom Crean being carried to a FF by one of the greatest individual efforts ever with Dwayne Wade.  People shouldn’t get enamored by those runs. 

[Hoosier987]

Just now, go iu bb said:

He's gone. The retirement idea wasn't his and staying isn't his choice.

Yes. I’m well aware, it’s not his choice. 

[MrBBall]

8 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

That’s a gif of…Brad. But it’s probably the Evansville version. 

Noice

[Motley's]

4 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

He's gone. The retirement idea wasn't his and staying isn't his choice.

[HoosierSadaseci]

2 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

Yes. I’m well aware, it’s not his choice. 

Then you have nothing to worry about...

[Asha’man]

3 minutes ago, str8baller said:

 

In general, yes. 
 

But if you want a real championship level coach capable of multiple titles they have to be able to win different ways to navigate your best teams to a title. A guy that teaches to his system well but is inflexible can hand wave away bad matchups in the regular season as only a couple of losses. But those same matchup difficulties are fatal in a single elimination tournament.  
 

That is different though from Tom Crean being carried to a FF by one of the greatest individual efforts ever with Dwayne Wade.  People shouldn’t get enamored by those runs. 

It’s why you need both regular season and some post season success. But an elite coach will break through if they are consistently a top 1-4 seed in the tournament. That’s where the regular season success comes in and is so important. 

[Hoosier987]

4 minutes ago, HoosierSadaseci said:

Then you have nothing to worry about...

 Woodson still some has sympathizers/supporters. He wins a couple of games…he will try and come back…it will be up to the admin on how to move forward…I assume everything will go to plan and he won’t be back next season, but it’s still a thought. Woodson is not Mike Davis.

[OKHOOSIER]

6 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

Yeah. He hasn’t handled “his retirement” in the best way. I’m not as confident as you. I certainly wouldn’t make a bet that he would return but nonetheless, it’s in the back of my mind.

Cue up Cashy with some with news of groundswell muddling the process behind the scenes lol. I am fairly certain he is 100% gone, but the comments "thought 21 wins was enough" and "maybe I left too soon" are certainly eyebrow raising. Ultimately I think it is just Woody being Woody, but I don't think its crazy to wonder what happens if he does something silly like win the BTT and make a run to the EE. 

[Hoosier987]

Just now, OKHOOSIER said:

Cue up Cashy with some with news of groundswell muddling the process behind the scenes lol. I am fairly certain he is 100% gone, but the comments "thought 21 wins was enough" and "maybe I left too soon" are certainly eyebrow raising. Ultimately I think it is just Woody being Woody, but I don't think its crazy to wonder what happens if he does something silly like win the BTT and make a run to the EE. 

Exactly. 

[TTT]

Saturday, IU men’s basketball won a home game against a very average Ohio State basketball team with a very average Ohio State coach.  That’s it.  

Take away high paying coaching salaries.  Take away $6,000,000 NIL…how much do players and coaches really care?  Without the NIL most of the players would not even be at IU. 

In addition to wins…that kind of ridiculousness in that kind of money coaches and players should be vested in both the university and community in major ways and not just by fly by the seat of your pants but a continuous year to year culture of positive involvement.

[MrBBall]

9 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

 Woodson still some has sympathizers/supporters. He wins a couple of games…he will try and come back…it will be up to the admin on how to move forward…I assume everything will go to plan and he won’t be back next season, but it’s still a thought. Woodson is not Mike Davis.

Woodson will not be back. I’d bet over my mortgage payment he isn’t. It’s done. 

[iu eyedoc]

44 minutes ago, Tony! Toni! Toné! said:

 

Lot of potential spots for leaks

[#1fanofafrin]

[Hovadipo]

13 minutes ago, OKHOOSIER said:

Cue up Cashy with some with news of groundswell muddling the process behind the scenes lol. I am fairly certain he is 100% gone, but the comments "thought 21 wins was enough" and "maybe I left too soon" are certainly eyebrow raising. Ultimately I think it is just Woody being Woody, but I don't think its crazy to wonder what happens if he does something silly like win the BTT and make a run to the EE. 

I’m just chalking it up to his way of taking some parting shots without crossing the disparagement line. Whatever helps him sleep at night. 

[ClarkCoHoosier]

44 minutes ago, HoosierSadaseci said:

Scott's hitting the hay?...

His horse is in the barn?

[iu eyedoc]

33 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

Honestly…this is what worries me about Woodson. The “maybe I’m retiring too soon “ comments after yesterday’s game. I know I mentioned this on the board last week…but each win empowers Woodson…he doesn’t want to leave. A couple wins in the tourney and who knows, maybe we’re stuck with him. It probably won’t happen…but the thought will be in the back of my mind… until he finally packs up his office and walks out the door. 

He actually thinks a nail biter home win against a bubble team is something to crow about? I'm mystified by how a person can ignore such obvious failure.  It saddens me a bit that he makes it hard to root for this team.