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

[Hoosierfan2017]

Random but Woody was drafted in 1980 and Archie was born in October 1978. He’s been involved in the NBA almost as long as Archie has been alive, lol. You make a lot of connections when you’ve been in the league that long.

[Ghost of Rick Majerus]

1 hour ago, Bobman1 said:

Anybody know who’s next to Matta? Kinda looks like Beilein...

 

 

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[8bucks]

55 minutes ago, Dalton26 said:

An early 4 star for the 2023 class seems interested, he retweeted this tweet. 
 

 

George Hill sponsored AAU team? George Hill went to Broad Ripple as well. Not sure if that will help much with this kid but an interesting connection 

[Geometry Hoosier]

At first I wasn’t a fan of this hire, but after watching and listening to Coach over the last couple of days, I’m glad he’s here.


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[Trish]

 

What it could’ve been Brad :( 

Now Woodson is teaching the boys about Indiana Basketball in the main lobby!

[cthomas]

8 hours ago, brumdog45 said:

Just thinking.....often hear people say they are cautiously optimistic about someone getting hired, but I've never heard anyone say that they are 'cautiously pessimistic'.  Why so many degrees of optimism but only one degree of pessimism?

Pessimism, I feel sorry for you.....you're way too pigeon holed.

I have felt that way about IU football for years. Used the exact same phrase.

[Hoosierfan222]

2 minutes ago, Trish said:

 

What it could’ve been Brad :( 

Now Woodson is teaching the boys about Indiana Basketball in the main lobby!

Woodson is 63, Stevens can always come back in 10-15 years once Woody has restored the program back to what it was during his day ;)

[ap2345]

41 minutes ago, Ghost of Rick Majerus said:

Tim Garl

That’s definitely not Garl

[Ghost of Rick Majerus]

2 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

That’s definitely not Garl

You are 100% correct. It's Larry Rink! My bad, I mixed up my IU support staff. 

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[Hoosierfan1901]

Knicks fans are already wanting Woody back

[akumanina]

35 minutes ago, Hoosierfan222 said:

Woodson is 63, Stevens can always come back in 10-15 years once Woody has restored the program back to what it was during his day ;)

Well...I would rather want to have either Dane Fife or Michael Lewis as our coach. In 10-15 years, Stevens will be just one of the options, and IU certainly won't offer 7 mil/year. 

[Bobman1]

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[RaceToTheTop]

1 minute ago, Bobman1 said:

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It wasn’t that the Celtics wanted to keep Brad Steven’s....they just wanted the Mike Woodson out of the league to give the Celtics a better chance.

[IUCrazy2]

2 hours ago, Chris007 said:

I was told from someone who would know that he told us yes, then told Boston and was told he was under contract. That they were unwilling to let him out of his contract. Either way I think it worked out for the best.

The ship has obviously sailed, but man, if that is true then you have to wonder about the work environment in Boston.  If I wanted out and my employer would not let me, I would be pretty disgruntled.  Particularly with what he is facing from those fans (like getting doxxed).

[akumanina]

45 minutes ago, Trish said:

 

What it could’ve been Brad :( 

Now Woodson is teaching the boys about Indiana Basketball in the main lobby!

You know sometimes things happen for reasons. Stevens' rejection and Woodson hiring can be a blessing in disguise. Could Stevens teach players what it means to don IU jerseys? And IU pride? I don't think so. These kids really need 'spirit'. 

[Golfman25]

Love the pics in the AH lobby.  Every time I'm there I feel like I'm walking on sacred ground.  

[akumanina]

2 hours ago, BGleas said:

The Celtics can't prevent him from resigning and going to coach at a different level. 

I think you're oversimplifying things. Technically you're right. Stevens can simply resign if he wanted IU job, but what if Celtics management team and the ownership were not cool with his sudden resignation in the middle of the season? Certainly a young coach like Stevens wouldn't want to hurt those peoples' feelings because he may want to come back to the NBA down the road. Boston Celtics is a powerful NBA franchise, and if a young coach like him wants to move on, it would need to be at least a mutual decision or he should be fired for performance reason. 

[Dave from Dayton]

A really decent article about Woodson, Knight and regaining what IU has lost...from tOSU perspective of their fan site 11 Warriors: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/college-basketball/2021/03/121964/an-emperors-shadow#comments

The comments are fun, too.

[Honkyman]

The Boston Celtics could not legally have prevented Brad Stevens from taking the IU job. They could have required him to pay the Celtics a termination of contract fee, however, depending upon what the contract may require.

[BGleas]

7 hours ago, akumanina said:

I think you're oversimplifying things. Technically you're right. Stevens can simply resign if he wanted IU job, but what if Celtics management team and the ownership were not cool with his sudden resignation in the middle of the season? Certainly a young coach like Stevens wouldn't want to hurt those peoples' feelings because he may want to come back to the NBA down the road. Boston Celtics is a powerful NBA franchise, and if a young coach like him wants to move on, it would need to be at least a mutual decision or he should be fired for performance reason. 

We're all oversimplying things. There's nobody on this message board that was in the room with Stevens, Ainge, Wyc, or Dolson on IU's side. None of us know exactly what happened. 

With that said, knowing a bit about how the Celtics operate, and how these things work, I'm absolutely confident that if Brad Stevens wanted to be IU's coach, he would be IU's coach. 

The Celtics aren't going to play some game where they ruin his career or threaten his future NBA prospects, beyond owning his rights and getting compensation if he returned to the NBA. 

IMO, the most plausible scenario is that he really just wanted to stay in Boston and stay in the NBA. The next most plausible scenario is he had interest but he and the Celtics wanted him to finish this season in the NBA and IU didn't want to wait. 

I'm as confident as I can be that there wasn't a scenario where Stevens wanted the IU job and the Celtics somehow forced him to stay against his wishes.