Mike Woodson to be next IUBB coach. Thad Matta to be associate AD

[Whoozhers]

Has Barrel Rick weighed in yet?


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[DWB]

4 hours ago, Hooserfan1901 said:

Pictures from his arrival yesterday, for anyone who is curious

I might be wrong on this, but wasn't Tim Garl there the 1st time Woody showed up in '73-'74?

 

 

 

[JSHoosier]

35 minutes ago, IUguy77 said:

The reason we aren’t a blue blood is because we refuse to be one. When you pay $3.5mill a year for a coach you get an average coach. If you want to be mentioned with UK, Duke, UNC and Kansas you have to spend money like they doing. IU is too cheap and stupid to do that. They keep spending money to fire bad coaches instead of spending money to hire a good one. People say this coach or that coach would never come here and that’s partially true. For $3.5mill they won’t. Try spending some money on these guys and you’ll get a different set of ears listening. This is more of the same. Only this time they are going to experiment by hiring 2 guys to try and make one good coach. Hopefully when this experiment is over we dont have to hear the hire an IU guy garbage anymore. 

This.  We refuse to act like a blue blood.  We needed to hit a homerun and send a message, but laid down a bunt.  Woodson comes from a time when IU expected to win, that's about the best thing that can be said.

[Kentuckysucks]

5 hours ago, Bowhunter said:

I’m still shocked by this hire. I will support Woodson and Dolson, but I am baffled that Woodson was chosen before the other active college coaches , that were considered great hires.

 

I personally would have went after One of the bigger name college coaches and put Woodson as a high paid assistant. But what do I know

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I liked the idea of Oats, Musselman, Beard, Drew , Enfield etc.. bringing guys with them from the school they leave. Covid year making it possible.

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The Indiana Administration is so out of touch it isn't funny. Literally no one I've talked to likes this hire.  Most seem to be irate.  Just doomed for complete failure from the get go.  You cannot possibly succeed when the majority of the fans are rooting for your demise before you even began.  That's what we have here.

[ap2345]

4 hours ago, KzooHoosier82 said:

Has anyone seem a write up of what Thad’s role will be? I’ve only seen the vague “will help out the men’s bball program”. He was a hell of a recruiter at OSU so I’m hoping he’s focusing on that end.  
 

I think this hire was Brad Stevens or bust for most fans but I think Woodson will do a tremendous job and will look to install his successor in a more planned strategic fashion, leaving this program in a much better place than when he arrived. 

He’ll be in the Comar type role. He’s not allowed to recruit since he’s not one of the 3 on staff assistants.

[JSHoosier]

I'm not rooting for this to fail, but I'm certain it will.  We hired a guy in his 60s with zero college coaching experience.

I wasn't a Stevens or bust guy either. There were a few college coaches I would've been fine with; I wanted no part of Oats and I would've felt better with him.

[Whoozhers]

The Indiana Administration is so out of touch it isn't funny. Literally no one I've talked to likes this hire.  Most seem to be irate.  Just doomed for complete failure from the get go.  You cannot possibly succeed when the majority of the fans are rooting for your demise before you even began.  That's what we have here.

Fake news.
That’s all I’m gonna say bout that.


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[Dave from Dayton]

1 minute ago, Kentuckysucks said:

The Indiana Administration is out of touch it isn't funny. Literally no one I've talked to likes this hire.  Most seem to be irate.  Just doomed for complete failure from the get go.  You cannot possibly succeed when the majority of the fans are rooting for your demise before you even began.  That's what we have here.

Friends and family that I have talked to say two things: 1. Inspired, outside-of-the-box hire; and 2. very much a positive that Indiana University hired someone who understands "our basketball culture" with the emphasis that he is a black NBA coach and college all-star!

My OSU fan...ahem...acquaintances...say that the choice mostly is inspired and great for IU. But, they also express chagrin that Matta is the Associate AD for basketball.  They are worried that the emphasis Matta brings is off-court and recruiting.  Read this and the comments:  https://www.elevenwarriors.com/college-basketball/2021/03/121961/thad-matta-hired-by-indiana-as-associate-athletic-director-for-mens-basketball-administration#comments  

Woodson has great interpersonal relationship skills.  He has coached professional basketball players.  He has evaluated their skills and helped huge talents win games.   

IU has already had a coach that they hired from within because of the players.  IU has already had a coach that was a cheater.  IU has already had a coach that was hired because of his resume but that overselling got old and recruiting fell off.  IU has already had a coach that won at another school but did not seem to embrace IU culture.  Why use a resume to hire another coach that is not one of us?   Try it.  You will like it!  

IU's coach is Woodson.  Get behind him and the team.  Everything else is sour grapes.

[IUc2016]

My biggest hope about this is that in 6-10 years we are kicking ourselves for not hiring him 6-10 years earlier.


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[Josh]

Is IU a blueblood?  Only three programs have NCAA titles in 4 different decades.  Sustained success.  Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina.  That's it.  That's the list.

[Its Always Sunny at IU]

4 hours ago, KzooHoosier82 said:

Has anyone seem a write up of what Thad’s role will be? I’ve only seen the vague “will help out the men’s bball program”. He was a hell of a recruiter at OSU so I’m hoping he’s focusing on that end.  
 

I think this hire was Brad Stevens or bust for most fans but I think Woodson will do a tremendous job and will look to install his successor in a more planned strategic fashion, leaving this program in a much better place than when he arrived. 

According to Doyle in the Star he's going to oversee recruiting among other duties. Let me tell you something. Look it up, Thad Matta ruled Big Ten recruiting at Ohio State. Go to Ohio State 247 and look at Matta's classes even when he was struggling with health at the end. Thad Matta is absolutely going to crush it recruiting at IU. 

[Chris007]

7 hours ago, CrossboneIU22 said:

@Chris007  Where is this picture taken from.  I don't recall anywhere around Assembly Hall or Memorial Stadium that has a drive in corridor such as this?  Its for sure not Assembly Hall correct?  Maybe it is Memorial Stadium but I can't for the life of me picture where the drive in would be?

It’s underneath AH

[LamarCheeks]

3 minutes ago, Its Always Sunny at IU said:

According to Doyle in the Star he's going to oversee recruiting among other duties. Let me tell you something. Look it up, Thad Matta ruled Big Ten recruiting at Ohio State. Go to Ohio State 247 and look at Matta's classes even when he was struggling with health at the end. Thad Matta is absolutely going to crush it recruiting at IU. 

Matta was a fantastic coach and recruiter at OSU -- until his health problems. But he won't be recruiting at IU. He's an administrator -- not a coach. 

[ap2345]

2 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Matta was a fantastic coach and recruiter at OSU -- until his health problems. But he won't be recruiting at IU. He's an administrator -- not a coach. 

I would assume that Doyel meant that Matta will help with coordinating who to recruit and how to go about doing it and then help seal the deal when they get to campus. Not that he's going to be out on the road doing it because that isn't allowed. IU has other people on coaching staffs at the university that do similar things. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

SIAP.

BTN will televise today's press conference.  Scheduled for 10:00 a.m.

[ap2345]

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

SIAP.

BTN will televise today's press conference.  Last night it was stated it would be at 10:30 this morning and I've not seen anything different this morning.

IU tweeted out 10 am last night.

[DWB]

2 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

SIAP.

BTN will televise today's press conference.  Last night it was stated it would be at 10:30 this morning and I've not seen anything different this morning.

Someone else posted earlier that it was @ 10. Probably should check out both times to make sure you don't miss it.

[LamarCheeks]

6 hours ago, southernindianahoosier2 said:

Uniforms, (Nike sponsorship, names on back, adding mascot (the Arkansas Razorback uniforms were so cool, we could do the same with a bison)) that’s an easy fix, same with a few of the other complaints.

 

A bison? 

[Its Always Sunny at IU]

8 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

I would assume that Doyel meant that Matta will help with coordinating who to recruit and how to go about doing it and then help seal the deal when they get to campus. Not that he's going to be out on the road doing it because that isn't allowed. IU has other people on coaching staffs at the university that do similar things. 

That is correct.

[LIHoosier]

3 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

A bison?