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

[RaceToTheTop 23,610]

Just now, Five Prime said:

This solidifies us a program living in the past.  

Isn't your avatar Darth Vader, a character in the 70s/80s franchise?

[Trish 11,408]

Just now, Papacap said:

So, college coaches know the NBA, even if they never worked in the NBA. But an NBA coach doesn’t know college?

 

I meant it as networking. He said Mike Woodson knows the entire NBA. Okay, no big deal. College coaches in P5's know them as well. LOL

[JSHoosier 19,568]

2 minutes ago, pumpfake said:

I have no interest in the NBA, but that's what interests young players today so there's that.  If the top recruits want to play in the NBA, and play in a system that is like and prepares them for the NBA, a veteran NBA player and coach makes sense.

I don't know how well it will translate, but Dakich claimed the previous staff did little to no instruction on shooting - Woodson was a damn fine mid-range shooter.  Hopefully he can teach the skill.

For 4 years we couldn't hit water if we fell out of a boat, so the bolded isn't much of a secret.

[Benziu 85]

So who gets to be the lucky lead assistant/associate head coach...

Fife,  Lewis,  or CC?

My vote is Lewis then Fife then CC

[LamarCheeks 16,828]

4 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

So, the biggest problem I see with Mike Woodson is that he has never recrui...

What's that? Thad Matta? The guy that ripped the heart of Indiana talent to Colombus, that Thad Matta?

He is going to be what?

Nevermind.

But Matta won't be recruiting ... 

[DChoosier 7,055]

11 minutes ago, Southside said:

He knows the MW, knows IN, knows recruiting, and likely can do most things an assistant can, just not travel on recruiting. And he's a good coach that can help Woodson with prep/gameplan/scouting, etc.

He is a longtime NBA head coach. I would be surprised if Dolson told him he was going to bring in Matta to help game plan.
 This isn’t a home run (ie Brad) but when looking at his NBA record don’t forget he was the head coach of 2 of the most mis-managed, crappy organizations in the NBA. Phil Jackson, as an example, couldn’t do squat with the Knicks and Woody was not exactly put in an ideal situation there.

We should schedule our home opener against ISU. If we can stay within 10 points it will already show improvement over Archies results...LOL

[iu eyedoc 1,635]

5 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Why hasn’t Woodson coached in years 

[Hoosier Guy 7,472]

9 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Not really what that title means. 

As long as he can help out the staff

[moyemayhem 1,261]

11 minutes ago, Treesh said:

I fully agree. We now have full evidence that the media has been right. Indiana isn't a job anymore.

Let's be honest here, this guy wouldn't even be considered if he didn't play here. 

On the other hand, you could also say that Woodson wouldn't even consider coming back to college unless he could coach at Indiana.

[Hardwood83 4,499]

38 minutes ago, madmax said:

Absolute joke

Bad joke then, because I don't find it funny at all.

Please tell me Doyel is wrong and Dolson isn't a complete buffoon. 

This will be catastrophic. 

[Bowhunter 2,656]

You guys tell me Woodson is better than waiting on Musselman, Oats, or taking Beard if possible


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[Papacap 442]

Just now, Treesh said:

I meant it as networking. He said Mike Woodson knows the entire NBA. Okay, no big deal. College coaches in P5's know them as well. LOL

Agree there. And I get the concern about lack of college experience. I just think the way the college game is going, this approach makes sense. 

[TheWatShot 13,335]

I give the mods permission to ban my account. Really wanted to believe this program could still be big time and make a big time hire, but it looks like that time has passed. 

 

It's been real, guys. I've loved the community aspect of this forum, but I just don't think I have the stomach for IU basketball anymore if this is where we are now. 

[iu eyedoc 1,635]

4 minutes ago, BGleas said:

Matta won't be able to recruit or coach, even in practice, in his role. 

Not in homes and not formally, but he sure as hell will have back channels with coaches that will be solid gold.

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27 minutes ago, dreachon said:

Can we get Michael Lewis to come on as assistant coach too?

 

This whole time Dolson wasn't talkign to just one guy, he was building an entire departmental overhaul for IU basketball. This sounds very exciting. 

This is organization building 101 — like it

[theriverpilot 5,589]

I don’t dislike the hire but this is a disappointing result. With the resources at our disposal, we could have made a bigger splash. I still don’t think Woodson would be on the list if he wasn’t a former player. 
 
Fan apathy is at an all-time high after some truly irrelevant basketball the last 5 years or so. If this hire fails, I don’t know where IU basketball will be. People will just stop watching. 

Huge risk by Dolson. If this hire fails then it could be REALLY ugly four years from now. Imagine an IU guy getting booed in AH. But if it succeeds, then Dolson will be looked back on as a genius


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[Ghost of Rick Majerus 806]

I like it.

Bring in somebody who wants to be here. Somebody who has coached on the big stage. Surround him with some experience and this could be awesome. 

The Hoosiers have my 100% support. 

 

[rcbowla 6,734]

That confuses me too. He’s going to be an assistant to Scott. I don’t really understand. We’ll see how it plays out

In SD's press conference he mentioned finding someone as a CEO of sorts for the basketball program and made it sound that'd be in addition to the coach. Maybe this was his plan all along?

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[Magnanimous 4,399]

It’s the smart move. Tessio was always smarter.

[Papacap 442]

1 minute ago, Bowhunter said:

You guys tell me Woodson is better than waiting on Musselman, Oats, or taking Beard if possible


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OK. Hiring Woodson is better than waiting in Musselman, Oats or beard.

Edited March 28, 2021 by Papacap