Mike Woodson and His Coaching Staff

[MemphisHoosier]

2 hours ago, Hoosierfan222 said:

Would that count against the three?

Is this a Nick Saban-esque Offensive Assistant role?

[Bobman1]

They'll have NBA connections, we'll have 1980s NBA connections.  Oh, Brown was ABA too.

Woody must’ve done a horrible job in New York if he’s got no connections since the 80’s.


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[yogisballin]

Is IU going full factory???

I hope. And hope for other things like getting away from adidas and going Nike or Jordan. ONLY simply bc the kids love it! That’s my only reason. Add a few alternate Jersey options as well


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[Kentuckysucks]

2 hours ago, Feathery said:

I hope with Woodson’s reputation in NYC, that we get a good recruiter for that hotbed of talent. Pitino used to raid NYC, time for IU to take advantage of that recruiting ground. 

Has Ewing been recruiting NY well?

[moyemayhem]

Larry Brown Resume:

• Played at UNC under Dean Smith
• Olympic Gold Medal Champion (player)
• ABA Champion and 3x All Star (player)
• 3x ABA Coach of the Year
• Naismith NCAA Coach of the Year
• National Runner Up as UCLA coach
• National Champion as Kansas coach
• NBA Coach of the Year as Sixers coach
• NBA Champion as Pistons coach
• Coached 8 different teams to the NBA playoffs (Nuggets, Nets, Spurs, Clippers, Pacers, Sixers, Pistons, Bobcats)

He is the history of basketball personified.

[Stuhoo]

Dale Davis played a good part of the heart of his career with Larry Brown as his coach. Not sure if that’s part of this

[Hoosierfan222]

4 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Dale Davis played a good part of the heart of his career with Larry Brown as his coach. Not sure if that’s part of this

Doubt it’s directly related. Larry Brown was supposed to be involved in a Woodson staff when he was campaigning the job back in 2017. 
 

I think Woody just really respects his basketball mind.

[jimsorgi]

11 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

To be of real help at 80 would be a big outlier.

Then again, just five years ago he built a top 20 team at SMU (a program on a 20+ year streak without a tournament berth) at age 75.

Wouldn't trust him to run a program for lots of reasons, but it is very likely he still has something to offer.

Edited March 30, 2021 by jimsorgi

[ThePaulieWalnuts]

As long as he's not involved with recruiting, I like it.  Great basketball mind.

[Hurryin' Hoosiers]

we will have the best non-bench basketball think tank in the country.

Probably have an intern working overtime figuring out job titles.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

I'm not going to speculate on who he's going to get but am very interested to see how it ends up. Makes you wonder if he has enough pull to maybe grab another NBA assistant or player development guy. Woodson doesn't seem as hard headed and closed minded as Archie. So getting great kinds around him will be great. Woodson seems to really want info and game knowledge to flow. 

[bleedhoosier]

12 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I'm not going to speculate on who he's going to get but am very interested to see how it ends up. Makes you wonder if he has enough pull to maybe grab another NBA assistant or player development guy. Woodson doesn't seem as hard headed and closed minded as Archie. So getting great kinds around him will be great. Woodson seems to really want info and game knowledge to flow. 

I liked his comment during the presser about making sure he keeps his ego because he always wants to learn from the basketball minds (referencing Thad). 

Crean was like that but too far. He was applying every coaches plays from every offensive set. 

*Asst coach holds placard that says 3 Man Weave version 3.4, wrinkle 1.2*

[Hardwood83]

17 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Would he stay within the parameters of what he was hired to do?  Honestly, I'd be concerned with him trying to worm/weasel his way into a larger role and then do we start running afoul of the NCAA if he oversteps?  I'm definitely against this idea.

Me too and from a purely practical standpoint, what does Larry have left in the tank? He clearly could coach, but at 80, this doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I'm all for collecting talent, but at some point will there be too many cooks in the kitchen? 

[Trish]

30 minutes ago, iuswingman said:

we will have the best non-bench basketball think tank in the country.

Probably have an intern working overtime figuring out job titles.

Larry Brown - Chief of Staff / Senior Advisor to Basketball Operations 

 

[Stuhoo]

For me? 

It appears to be too much. Nothing prevents CMW from consulting with Larry Brown whether Brown is on staff or not.

 

[kottke]

36 minutes ago, Trish said:

Larry Brown - Chief of Staff / Very Senior Advisor to Basketball Operations 

 

Fixed.

[T White]

16 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Gotta give it up to a dude who coaches in overalls (and I'm talking basketball; not hog tyin') 

 

HA! He looks a bit like Kevin McHale in that photo.

[PB1230]

57 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

Me too and from a purely practical standpoint, what does Larry have left in the tank? He clearly could coach, but at 80, this doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I'm all for collecting talent, but at some point will there be too many cooks in the kitchen? 

Although, I think that’s the environment Woodson is used to in the NBA, where some teams might have 4 or 5 assistants, plus multiple additional guys dedicated to scouting, analytics, etc

[iu eyedoc]

9 minutes ago, T White said:

HA! He looks a bit like Kevin McHale in that photo.

Maybe Larry is just there to score them some victory weed until Thad's medical marijuana card is approved. In the above photo I believe he is signalling he needs 6 dime bag  to his dealer in the stands. Hand signalling was much more crude and rudimentary  in the 1970's

[IU Scott]

Even the best college football coach of all time brings in a lot of former HC as consultants.  He had Steve Sarkisian in to be an offensive consultant when they still had Lane Kiffin as the OC.