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

[HoosierAloha 30,024]

15 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

That's a concern. Hence the "we should have hired him X years ago".

But at least we get through multiple recruiting cycles with Woody. I still believe that with Beilein, who is a great coach, we would have suffered from that on day one.

That's all fine and dandy but we didn't land him X years ago.  We landed him at age 63.  Does he make it through multiple recruiting cycles?  We'll see.

[hoosierbgh 1,264]

1 hour ago, hoosierjoe said:

I want the third person to continue throughout his entire tenure.  "Mike Woodson didn't think that was a charge". "Mike Woodson would like some Gatorade."

"Mike Woodson says to make sure that new banner is hung up straight"

[Stuhoo 79,288]

2 minutes ago, hoosierbgh said:

"Mike Woodson says to make sure that new banner is hung up straight"

Mike Woodson is gonna kick Jimmy's @$$.

 

[theriverpilot 5,589]

23 minutes ago, Hooserfan1901 said:

He is not fooling around

 

It might sound odd but this comment right here is what stood out most to me from the entire press conference.  To me, Woodson basically saying "don't waste my time if you're not serious and I won't waste your time if I'm hired".  I don't know, I liked the no-nonsense of it all and I think that attitude will translate well down to recruits.

[Zachetology 282]

14 hours ago, IUBBx5Banners said:

I don’t want to paste a bunch of random tweets but the overwhelming sentiment about Woody from Knicks’ fans has been incredibly grateful and positive. Just thought that was interesting and perhaps something to consider for those who slandered his nba record. 

The overwhelming sentiment from Minnesota fans to Richard Pitino has been incredibly grateful and positive. 

[OliviaPope40 6,376]

Thad Matta will be a very good edition to the staff I'm curious to see who else he gets.

[Stuhoo 79,288]

1 minute ago, theriverpilot said:

It might sound odd but this comment right here is what stood out most to me from the entire press conference.  To me, Woodson basically saying "don't waste my time if you're not serious and I won't waste your time if I'm hired".  I don't know, I liked the no-nonsense of it all and I think that attitude will translate well down to recruits.

 

Calbert is an all time great and that won't change, but the reported Zoom 'check the box interview' that Calbert supposedly got?

Woody is a grown @$$ man and wasn't having any of that.

 

[LamarCheeks 17,766]

Live in Virginia, so I tried to stream Dakich so I could hear the Woody interview. Unfortunately, I was a tad late and missed it. And after about 30 seconds, I had had enough. DD didn't trash the Matta hire, but deemed it unnecessary. MIKE DON'T NEED NOTHIN'. HE DON'T NEED ANY HELP. HE DON'T NEED NO ADVISOR. 

Um, If we're to believe Dolson, Woody asked for the resources to help and guide him through learning the ropes of coaching NCAA basketball. And by that, I don't mean Xs and Os -- or anything like that. There's a lotta sh-t you gotta know at this level. Matta knows it. Woody doesn't. 

Is he anti-Matta just because he's not an "IU guy?" ... Hell, he wants to be here, so why should that matter.

Jesus Dan -- just chill. 

[Hoosierfan222 734]

Woodson said he's going to start working on his staff after tonight and has a few names in mind. Guessing he'll be doing those 1 on 1 player meetings he was talking about today.

[mark1981 1,340]

Dan's conversation with CMW was pretty much a duplicate of the press conference. 

[go iu bb 5,410]

25 minutes ago, rcs29 said:

-Self awareness. He knows what his weaknesses are and will be but being able to embrace them and be transparent about it can't be understated.

 

This one is  huge and it's one I've been wondering about with him. If he's aware of his weaknesses he can hire complementary assistant coaches to cover those. Self awareness of strengths and weaknesses is a quality I think several of our recent coaches have lacked and it showed up in the product on the floor.

[Ryno6284 2,555]

Is this hire DD approved?

[Hoosierfan222 734]

Just now, Ryno6284 said:

Is this hire DD approved?

DD loves the hire, said it was the best guy Indiana could get. "If you don't love Woody you don't love yourself" - DD... No idea what that means but yeah lol

[Artie86 1,830]

1 hour ago, Papacap said:

But based on his answer, I’m not sure he will beg all of them to stay. I think that will depend on if he thinks they are going to fit into what he wants to do.

I picked up on that right away......He said he will go back and watch a little film of these players. In his eyes, some kids may not be able to cut it.

[mark1981 1,340]

Dan, just said that Quinn Buckner has issue with Alford.  Reason he never gets considered for job.

[Hoosierfan2017 20,695]

I bet Coach Woodson is sick and ******* tired of losing to Purdue. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 8,835]

1 minute ago, mark1981 said:

Dan, just said that Quinn Buckner has issue with Alford.  Reason he never gets considered for job.

knew I liked Quinn 

[Hoosierfan1901 6,013]

according to DD it is an $22 million/6 year contract 

[Trish 11,483]

3 minutes ago, Ryno6284 said:

Is this hire DD approved?

He was pretty excited on Friday from what posters were saying. He must've known for a while. 

[Trish 11,483]

2 minutes ago, Hooserfan1901 said:

according to DD it is an $22 million/6 year contract 

I predicted $21 million / 6 years. I was close.

This is fair. He makes more than Howard at Michigan and is still top four in the B1G. Plus, the buy-out will be pretty manageable in year 4 in comparison to Archie's contract, if it comes down that road. We don't know.