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

[WayneFleekHoosier]

I can't wait to see what he can do in a full recruiting cycle. He's been here less than a month and already blown me away. 

I’m excited to see the potential. The Bates commitment and the offers so far are incredibly intriguing.

I guess I don’t have to be a fair weather fan afterall. Thank goodness. Im already all in. I will be very critical of the product, as you all already know. Lol


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[NOLA Hoosier]

Just came here to say the turnaround from that absolute plank of wood Archie to Woody is shocking. I knew it would probably be pretty cool, but I am actually stunned by the progress in just a few weeks. 

[Alford Bailey]

Not sure we could ask for any more out of this staff at this point. Major upgrades to the roster and maybe not done.

[Uspshoosier]

 

5 min-13 min Fizdale talks about working for Woodson 

[Stuhoo]

59 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

 

5 min-13 min Fizdale talks about working for Woodson 

 

Fizdale: "If you don't like Woody there's something wrong with you ... he made it so fun, and we kept getting better. He just one of the coolest guys who's extremely innovative and thoughtful... "

(Later talking about Josh Smith, the most difficult player to coach Fizdale has ever met): "(Woody) has the incredible ability to move on. To get over it. (He) keeps his own ego out of it and has the incredible ability to come back the next day and say c'mon kid let's get back to work." 

 

[Hoosierfan1901]

2 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

Fizdale: "If you don't like Woody there's something wrong with you ... he made it so fun, and we kept getting better. He just one of the coolest guys who's extremely innovative and thoughtful." 

 

So National Champions after Woody’s 2nd year? Count me in!

[go iu bb]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

 

Fizdale: "If you don't like Woody there's something wrong with you ... he made it so fun, and we kept getting better. He just one of the coolest guys who's extremely innovative and thoughtful... "

(Later talking about Josh Smith, the most difficult player to coach Fizdale has ever met): "(Woody) has the incredible ability to move on. To get over it. (He) keeps his own ego out of it and has the incredible ability to come back the next day and say c'mon kid let's get back to work." 

 

So Josh Smith was incredibly difficult to coach? Can you imagine if he had ended up at IU and Mike Davis trying coach the uncoachable? I just can't imagine Davis doing well with him. Probably better for both that it never happened.

[Whoozhers]

Coach Dubya is going to restore IU Glory Days.
Really, Really excited for up coming season.
Look at the GREATS in this photo. This is our history/destiny.



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[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

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[Unexpectedflash]

10 minutes ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

 

 

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I still get confused how so many people called Mike a terrible hire but then turned around and said Tommy Lloyd was a home run hire. 

[Stuhoo]

I’m confused how message boards get a reputation of overblown reactionary complaining when unlike most columnist ‘experts’, this board identified Woody’s strengths from the get go.

Columnists must be spending too much time with the Purdue and UK boards.

 

[darB s'tI]

So what, if any, moves do Woodson and company make regarding the departure of Mike Roberts from the coaching staff?

[Dave from Dayton]

It seems that Mike Roberts had moved from the coaching staff to an administrative job working for Dolson not Woodson.  So as far as the coaching staff, it is already set.  

Roberts leaving may have been anticipated by Indiana.

[iu eyedoc]

8 minutes ago, Dave from Dayton said:

It seems that Mike Roberts had moved from the coaching staff to an administrative job working for Dolson not Woodson.  So as far as the coaching staff, it is already set.  

Roberts leaving may have been anticipated by Indiana.

A well handled situation by Dolson. Having  Hunter and Roberts around after Miller was fired and before CMW was hired certainly kept the ship from capsizing. Once CMW came on board, it seemed clear Roberts was not likely to be retained as a coach, but Dolson rewarded him for his fealty by appointing him a job in the athletic department, while allowing him to seek a more desired position in coaching.

That level of loyalty just feels right. Kudos, ADSD

[Chris007]

21 minutes ago, IU-DL said:

So what, if any, moves do Woodson and company make regarding the departure of Mike Roberts from the coaching staff?

Yeah I was wondering that too. Do we stand pat since Matta and some grad assistants can probably handle it or do we bring in an AJ or another former player to fill that role. 

[Jam]

I think they just made a job for Robert’s. Doubt it gets back filled.

[Evariste Galois]

7 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Yeah I was wondering that too. Do we stand pat since Matta and some grad assistants can probably handle it or do we bring in an AJ or another former player to fill that role. 

I would love to have a former player fill that role - maybe an A.J. or a recent player... like Hulls, Watford, Johnson, or Hartman.

Robert Johnson would allow the staff to bridge the IU generations almost completely with the former players on the staff:

• Early Knight years: Woodson
• Late Knight & Davis years: Fife
• Crean & Miller years: Johnson

[Hovadipo]

1 hour ago, Evariste Galois said:

• Crean & Miller years: Johnson

Do we want this? Nothing against Rob. 

[LamarCheeks]

Interesting thing about the Mike Roberts situation. 

It's been speculated this would happen, so it's not a surprise. But there's still no official word yet -- from Indiana (that he's leaving) or Cincy (that he's been hired). 

The only indication -- other than speculation from folks here who might have some inside info -- this is gonna happen is Goodman's tweet. Just to see if it actually had been confirmed, I googled "Mike Roberts, Indiana" and found 3-4 stories saying that he was leaving -- but the only source is Goodman's tweet. Guess nobody -- other than Goodman -- has done any reporting on it. 

Granted, it's a very small potatoes in the big world of college basketball -- but it's still interesting news to us IU fans. 

[CSP]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

Yeah I was wondering that too. Do we stand pat since Matta and some grad assistants can probably handle it or do we bring in an AJ or another former player to fill that role. 

I would assume this is going to be a recent GA from IU or from another school. Doesn't seem like a very big role.