*RANT HERE*

[Scotty R 2,455]

13 minutes ago, Golfman25 said:

I don't know that you need a college guy, or should avoid an NBA guy or what.  What you do need is a guy that is going to adapt.  I am not sure that Woody is really doing that.  I think he's trying to get a square NBA peg into a round college hole.  Thus the "hockey" subs.  Would be nice to see him adapt some of his NBA stuff to be more college friendly.  

He hasn't done the hockey sub the last few games and didn't do it last year.

[Golfman25 5,880]

2 hours ago, HoosierHoopster said:

People used to complain about Crean’s subbing, kind of weird to see Woody continuing the multiple player subbing this far in, and I am one who thinks he needs to work on his stubbornness and adapt better. But, we’ve already seen him turn around a game this season by switching to zone in the 2nd, and he / staff generally seem to be using guys off the bench a bit better (hockey subs notwithstanding). I’m waiting to see how we look and how we’re playing and with whom when X is healthy 

Yeah. You never really know what you’ll get with him. 

[Golfman25 5,880]

2 hours ago, Scotty R said:

He hasn't done the hockey sub the last few games and didn't do it last year.

Yeah, but he’s done it over time — meaning before you know it all subs are in. 

[RaceToTheTop 26,955]

Found the answer to a couple of rants here (one was my rate, one was Josh's, I believe).

Cucumbers are thought to have been the first food that was pickled -- which is why they are called pickles despite many other food also being pickled.

https://pickleguys.com/the-history-of-pickles/#:~:text=Pickles have a very long,seeds to the Tigris valley.

The fruit orange was named prior to the color orange -- so the color orange came from the fruit, not the other way around.

[RaceToTheTop 26,955]

2 hours ago, HoosierHoopster said:

This thread is driving me to 

 

 

It's driving you to put your head sideways on a counter?

[HoosierHoopster 7,282]

7 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

It's driving you to put your head sideways on a counter?

Exactly 

[Hornsby 2,563]

I read back over all the replies on my - cool, you want Woody out, who you getting question. As expected, no real options. Thought for sure some of the most vocal would have 1 or 2 real names. As Chris said, I have my feelings as well on this growing slamming of him and where it is rooted. The results just give it a forum.

Few said - most are not calling for firing - yeah, many are. Daily on here. I won’t call them out but they do it daily and have no options. That is pointless unless you have some real solutions to offer. 

You and everyone can be frustrated but firing Woody anytime soon is just ludicrous. There is no good options.

Those same posters will then say “let us know when we can be concerned” - uh… we all are. Difference is, many of us know that saying Woody sucks, and needs to be fired, is pointless. That we need to look at where we can and maybe will improve this year, into next year etc. Seems at least more productive conversation at minimum.

You may also find, if you are willing to allow your mind to go there, there is real room for optimism still.  There is plenty to show it takes longer than 2.33 years. That playing 2 freshman and 2 soph. without their 6th year PG is a big deal. That recruiting is not as bad as you feel and more will be committing soon. That maybe we get the opposite this year. Instead of a guy leaving early that wasn’t expected, we get a guy back we didn’t expect. 

 

There is also the reality that this year is far from over and X is back soon. Even the biggest X critic could not watch Cupps last night and not realize he is a major boost for what this team needs. He is their leader. It makes a big difference. 

Nobody said fire him now. People are voicing concerns at the play so far and the roster. But make no mistake at this point in Archie's tenure I wanted him fired. It was obvious it wasn't going to work. But or course he got another year cause we are always told you have to give a guy at least four or five years. If archie was a good coach he would be killing it at a place like Rhode Island. Instead he is 14-28. That's my archie rant four wasted years. I can't even remember one thing from the archie Era.

 

We literally wasted three years after firing Sampson and four on archie. Seven years just wasted all because of administration decisions.

 

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[Class of '66 Old Fart 86,301]

Watching high school players trying to win Oscars.  Kid hits an opponent like Butkus sacking a QB and then gives him a Greg "The Hammer" Valentine elbow drop.  Ref calls a foul and the kid throws up his hands saying "what'd I do?"  And this season it seems the girls are getting just as bad.  Girl breaks the opponent's fingernail; tells her she has bad hair; opponent bursts into tears; ref calls a foul; hands go up "what'd I do?"

[RaceToTheTop 26,955]

17 hours ago, Hornsby said:

Nobody said fire him now. People are voicing concerns at the play so far and the roster. But make no mistake at this point in Archie's tenure I wanted him fired.

 

To be fair, at this point in Archie's tenure he had zero 20 win seasons and no tournament bids.

[Home Jersey 9,596]

There may be a thread this post fits better under but I couldn't find a better fit at this point in the year... Woody has said he/the team is not thinking about the B10 until after Kennesaw, but that doesn't mean fans can't 

Assume we win and sit at 10-3 (2-0). 18 more big ten games - right now I see:

• 5 games that I'd say I'm confident predicting we win (IU better bring it every single night of conference play) - @ and vs. Nebraska/Minny and vs. Iowa. 
• 10 games I'd call toss ups for now - maybe optimistically on some of these (@ and vs. OSU/PSU, @ Maryland/Rutgers, vs. Wisconsin/Northwestern/Purdue/MSU)
• 3 games I'd be surprised if we won right now - @Wisconsin/Illinois/Purdue. 

At 10-3 in the non-con, if we win half the toss up games and ones I am assuming we win (maybe foolishly), that puts us at 20-11. Depending on the combination of wins, we could be on the outside looking in - like if from that group of 10, we only beat PSU 2x, vs. Northwestern and @ Maryland/Rutgers. I'm no bracketologist but that seems totally feasible to me. I think we really need to beat some combination of the ranked teams. Could see us realistically finishing anywhere from 17-14 to 22-9ish (Maaaybe 23 or 24 wins if things break right). I think we need 21/22 wins to be on the right side of the bubble. It's just got to be against the right combo of teams.

Timing wise, the rest of the schedule is clustered in 7-5-7 with 3/4 days between each game and 8 days off between each cluster. Cluster 1: Kennesaw 12/29 - @ Wisconsin 1/19; Cluster 2: @ Illinois 1/27 - @ Purdue 2/10; Cluster 3: vs. Northwestern 2/18 - vs. MSU 3/10. Second cluster looks like most challenging stretch to me at the moment, but this team's gotta bring it every night of conf play! 

If they play like they did vs. N Alabama in terms of our offensive strategy, I think we can win a lot of games. I'll be at the Rutgers game on 1/9 and will be pumped for a big win.... Jersey Mike's Arena sucks! 

Cluster 1: 
Vs Kennesaw (12/29) —— W
@ Nebraska (1/3) ——  W
Vs. OSU (1/6) —— W/L
@ Rutgers (1/9) —— W/L
Vs. Minnesota (1/12) —— W  
Vs. Purdue (1/16) —— W/L
@ Wisconsin (1/19) —— L

Cluster 2: 
@ Illinois (1/27) —— L
Vs. Iowa (1/30) —— W
Vs. PSU (2/3) —— W/L
@ OSU (2/6) —— W/L
@ Purdue (2/10) —— L

Cluster 3: 
Vs. Northwestern (2/18) —— W/L
Vs. Nebraska (2/21) —— W
@ PSU (2/24) —— W/L
Vs. Wisconsin (2/27) —— W/L
@ Maryland (3/3) —— W/L
@ Minnesota (3/6) —— W
Vs. MSU (3/10) —— W/L

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,027]

There may be a thread this post fits better under but I couldn't find a better fit at this point in the year... Woody has said he/the team is not thinking about the B10 until after Kennesaw, but that doesn't mean fans can't 
Assume we win and sit at 10-3 (2-0). 18 more big ten games - right now I see:

• 5 games that I'd say I'm confident predicting we win (IU better bring it every single night of conference play) - @ and vs. Nebraska/Minny and vs. Iowa. 
• 10 games I'd call toss ups for now - maybe optimistically on some of these (@ and vs. OSU/PSU, @ Maryland/Rutgers, vs. Wisconsin/Northwestern/Purdue/MSU)
• 3 games I'd be surprised if we won right now - @Wisconsin/Illinois/Purdue. 

At 10-3 in the non-con, if we win half the toss up games and ones I am assuming we win (maybe foolishly), that puts us at 20-11. Depending on the combination of wins, we could be on the outside looking in - like if from that group of 10, we only beat PSU 2x, vs. Northwestern and @ Maryland/Rutgers. I'm no bracketologist but that seems totally feasible to me. I think we really need to beat some combination of the ranked teams. Could see us realistically finishing anywhere from 17-14 to 22-9ish (Maaaybe 23 or 24 wins if things break right). I think we need 21/22 wins to be on the right side of the bubble. It's just got to be against the right combo of teams.
Timing wise, the rest of the schedule is clustered in 7-5-7 with 3/4 days between each game and 8 days off between each cluster. Cluster 1: Kennesaw 12/29 - @ Wisconsin 1/19; Cluster 2: @ Illinois 1/27 - @ Purdue 2/10; Cluster 3: vs. Northwestern 2/18 - vs. MSU 3/10. Second cluster looks like most challenging stretch to me at the moment, but this team's gotta bring it every night of conf play! 
If they play like they did vs. N Alabama in terms of our offensive strategy, I think we can win a lot of games. I'll be at the Rutgers game on 1/9 and will be pumped for a big win.... Jersey Mike's Arena sucks! 
Cluster 1: 
Vs Kennesaw (12/29) —— W
@ Nebraska (1/3) ——  W
Vs. OSU (1/6) —— W/L
@ Rutgers (1/9) —— W/L
Vs. Minnesota (1/12) —— W  
Vs. Purdue (1/16) —— W/L
@ Wisconsin (1/19) —— L
Cluster 2: 
@ Illinois (1/27) —— L
Vs. Iowa (1/30) —— W
Vs. PSU (2/3) —— W/L
@ OSU (2/6) —— W/L
@ Purdue (2/10) —— L
Cluster 3: 
Vs. Northwestern (2/18) —— W/L
Vs. Nebraska (2/21) —— W
@ PSU (2/24) —— W/L
Vs. Wisconsin (2/27) —— W/L
@ Maryland (3/3) —— W/L
@ Minnesota (3/6) —— W
Vs. MSU (3/10) —— W/L

That @ Nebraska isn’t the normal @ Nebraska. Lose that one and January can spiral a bit. Beating Purdue this year, even at home is low odds. Win both those January will look really good.


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[Stuhoo 82,634]

Mast is likely to be out when we play at Nebraska. That really should be a win. 

[Josh 12,747]

TOO MUCH SUNSHINE IN A RANT THREAD!  

 

[str8baller 5,845]

4 hours ago, Home Jersey said:

@ Minnesota (3/6) —— W

That’s never an easy game for whatever reason. But overall I like your groupings. The reality is we’ll drop one or two of the ones we’re supposed to win and upset one or two of the teams we shouldn’t beat. It’ll probably be in that tossup category where the difference is. Go 4-6 and we might be in trouble. Go 6-4 and we’re close to a lock. 

[Home Jersey 9,596]

12 minutes ago, str8baller said:

That’s never an easy game for whatever reason. But overall I like your groupings. The reality is we’ll drop one or two of the ones we’re supposed to win and upset one or two of the teams we shouldn’t beat. It’ll probably be in that tossup category where the difference is. Go 4-6 and we might be in trouble. Go 6-4 and we’re close to a lock. 

Totally agree - expect us to drop one I said we "should" win but that's why I emphasize that they've gotta bring their best every time out in conference play! I'm enjoying watching this team and cautiously optimistic about the rest of the season.

[cthomas 6,529]

On 12/20/2023 at 9:54 PM, RaceToTheTop said:

It's driving you to put your head sideways on a counter?

After a few of those, that's exactly where my head is.

[Banksyrules 5,038]

I think we should hire the FAU coach before someone else nabs him.  

[kreigh8 2,102]

12 minutes ago, Banksyrules said:

I think we should hire the FAU coach before someone else nabs him.  

Louisville has to me making that call soon, if they haven’t already through back channels

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,866]

2 minutes ago, kreigh8 said:

Louisville has to me making that call soon, if they haven’t already through back channels

Indiana needs to be making that call and talking to Woodson about a possible plan. If May is that dude... Can't think about the short amount of time Woody will be around compared to the length of time May could be around.

[kreigh8 2,102]

1 minute ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Indiana needs to be making that call and talking to Woodson about a possible plan. If May is that dude... Can't think about the short amount of time Woody will be around compared to the length of time May could be around.

Doubt Woodson isn’t ready to call it quits yet. May seems like an obvious fit, just not sure the timing is going to work out. Going to be pricy to pry him away from Louisville if he does get hired there, which seems to be another fit for May due to his hometown.