General Coach Candidate News

[Rusty Shackleford 628]

17 minutes ago, KathywithaC said:

I said a week but was only trying to estimate when our season would end, assuming we received a tournament bid.

As for what you’ve heard, it’s accurate. When it got hot after the Iowa and Illinois games, he wanted SD to publicly support him by saying he was coming back next year. Dolson told him that any evaluation of his performance was a post-season issue, and Woodson didn’t like that. He sought help from others and was told that we weren’t going to do what he wanted. I think he saw the writing on the wall and realized he wouldn’t survive. I’m not privy to every last detail and discussion, but that’s how it unfolded.

The discomfort in certain circles at IU (and from some very prominent alumni and friends) is palpable. He was and is extremely well thought of by a number of people, and no one wanted things to end this way. He’s been connected to IU for nearly 50 years, and that’s helped him build a number enduring relationships. Unfortunately, there were a few people who were concerned that his hiring would someday result in a less than happy departure, so they’ve proved to be prophetic.

This is the most reasonable thing you've said all day.

[RoadRage 2,867]

4 minutes ago, IU5355 said:

His teams have always been hard to prepare for. Cronin ran into a buzzsaw.

Is that how he got sawed-off?

[Hoosier DaDa 3,604]

3 hours ago, theriverpilot said:

Why do these guys even have their social media DMs open on their accounts??

Got to keep them open for the ladies.

[IU5355 568]

1 minute ago, RoadRage said:

Is that how he got sawed-off?

Yes. He's only 5 foot 4 now. 

[Kentuckysucks 4,155]

1 minute ago, KathywithaC said:

I think you might be surprised that many IU fans and friends don’t look at every half of every game and want to fire or extend the coach based on that 20 minutes of play. Most had high hopes for him, especially given all of the previous disappointments, and they’re genuinely sad that it didn’t work out for him and for the University. Not sure why people find that so odd or unbelievable.

Honest question.  How many times do people like you have to be wrong before you finally wake up?  The people on these boards have been a million times more correct than the people running things at IU have been for every single hiring and firing since the Knight era.  Every single one.  If you'd just hire who we tell you to you'd never be in this situation.  Is it fun for people like Dolson and Whitten to be laughed at by the rest of the country?  I assure you they are laughed at.  No one can believe how incompetent the people running IU are.  No one.  You see it from the media from people like Goodman and Rothstein.  They think you're a joke.

And here we go again most likely.  You have Chris Beard and Will Wade out there begging for the job.  But you'll screw it up again as always.  I think it's by design.

[KathywithaC 800]

5 minutes ago, QuinnB(BOT)(Perfectin76) said:

Cathy and I have known each other for many years. I am thrilled to see a friendly face (or read their words in this case). 

Go Hoosiers!

QB

We actually met your freshman year at IU . . . I’m sure you remember it vividly.

[IU5355 568]

1 minute ago, KathywithaC said:

We actually met your freshman year at IU . . . I’m sure you remember it vividly.

This is getting strange now lol

[LamarCheeks 21,401]

If memory serves, even KathyC said in one of her recents posts that good things are coming for IU hoops. 

I don't necessarily consider that a strain on the board.

I haven't the slighest clue who our next coach will be, but Chris, AP, Jerry and others seem to be optimistic, so I'm guess I'm gonna choose to be as well ... 

[Silat Player 1,543]

24 minutes ago, KathywithaC said:

I said a week but was only trying to estimate when our season would end, assuming we received a tournament bid.

As for what you’ve heard, it’s accurate. When it got hot after the Iowa and Illinois games, he wanted SD to publicly support him by saying he was coming back next year. Dolson told him that any evaluation of his performance was a post-season issue, and Woodson didn’t like that. He sought help from others and was told that we weren’t going to do what he wanted. I think he saw the writing on the wall and realized he wouldn’t survive. I’m not privy to every last detail and discussion, but that’s how it unfolded.

The discomfort in certain circles at IU (and from some very prominent alumni and friends) is palpable. He was and is extremely well thought of by a number of people, and no one wanted things to end this way. He’s been connected to IU for nearly 50 years, and that’s helped him build a number enduring relationships. Unfortunately, there were a few people who were concerned that his hiring would someday result in a less than happy departure, so they’ve proved to be prophetic.

Because a meddling or incompetent college admin hired an unqualifed coach w/o any college basketball experience to be their ... ya know... head college basketball coach? 

Who would've thought that possibly would've ended up badly? Go figure. LOL

[KathywithaC 800]

3 minutes ago, Rusty Shackleford said:

This is the most reasonable thing you've said all day.

It’s what I’ve consistently said since his announcement, since it’s what actually transpired. 

[go iu bb 8,419]

1 hour ago, Home Jersey said:

At least if Dolson is caught with his pants down and richard in hand again, this time we'll probably end up with somebody who has been a college basketball head coach before and a HC more recently than 7 years before he was hired...

Only way you can really outdo yourself on that front is hire Isiah/Wittman/Turgeon. 

Even Turgeon wouldn't be as bad as the Woodson hire.

[tyappleg 6,599]

2 minutes ago, KathywithaC said:

We actually met your freshman year at IU . . . I’m sure you remember it vividly.

?????

[KathywithaC 800]

Just now, IU5355 said:

This is getting strange now lol

Quinn met plenty of IU people when he arrived in Bloomington. You remember #34, don’t you?

[IUHAHN81 3,287]

Dolson needs to make a damn decision. I just got my 2nd write up today at work for not producing results because I'm on here too much. One more and I'm out on the streets! During this search I've pissed away my marriage and now about to lose my job. Make a call Scott! I just need my life back! 

[AZ Hoosier 10,074]

6 minutes ago, KathywithaC said:

I think you might be surprised that many IU fans and friends don’t look at every half of every game and want to fire or extend the coach based on that 20 minutes of play. Most had high hopes for him, especially given all of the previous disappointments, and they’re genuinely sad that it didn’t work out for him and for the University. Not sure why people find that so odd or unbelievable.

Clearly, if the Indiana administration has proven anything, it's that "high hopes" are grounds for epic failures... and again, having watched IU basketball for almost 60 years, there have been plenty of ups and downs, but Woodson's laissez-faire approach to coaching a college basketball team, what other outcome could there be? The fact that the majority (according to you, re: "there were a few people who were concerned") thought it would succeed tells me all I need to know about their ability to judge the potential abilities of leaders (coaches). Without a change in the decision makers who do the hiring, we are doomed.

[Home Jersey 14,142]

2 minutes ago, KathywithaC said:

We actually met your freshman year at IU . . . I’m sure you remember it vividly.

[Golfman25 6,362]

1 hour ago, KathywithaC said:

I realize plenty don’t want to address the truth of what happened, but that’s what happened. And he didn’t forgo anything. 

So are you saying, he's getting his buyout even though he "retired?"  

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52 minutes ago, SlammySammy said:

How do I block people?

Move during contact.

[KathywithaC 800]

3 minutes ago, Silat Player said:

Because a meddling or incompetent college admin hired an unqualifed coach w/o an college basketball experience to be their ... ya know... head college basketball coach? 

Who would've thought that possibly would've ended up badly? Go figure. LOL

I framed my comments from the perspective people inside or closely associated with IU, not from your perspective.

[Alford Bailey 12,966]

5 minutes ago, IU5355 said:

This is getting strange now lol

Shut up and let it play out