Fire Coach Woodson + Assessment of Former Posters

[Whoozhers 3,638]

After doing extensive research I have found what Woodson was referring to as The True fan….

He is harkening back to when fans got in for free and didn’t say a word.

[Hoosier DaDa 2,044]

2 hours ago, tyappleg said:

https://www.thebiglead.com/posts/mike-woodson-indiana-job-not-done-01hrbxhtz0r9

Who on this board is Ryan Phillips?  His article at least nailed my thoughts, feelings and all around why in the "F" doesn't the administration see all this and let Woody GO!

[Alford Bailey 12,273]

4 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

Did you read the OPs post i responded to? He did not seem to account for a young P5 coach just starting to have success, especially at a school that is not a typical power house. I agree he does not match those lower level guys but there are guys like him that are different from P5 guys with more sustained success.

Yea I agree. There is always a guy like TJ out there. Guys were suggesting Schertz and that’s silly. He’s going to SLU which is the next logical step.

[JSHoosier 19,611]

Just now, iubhounds2 said:

Can you believe this was posted on Twitter this morning? Is this the first step in the transfer portal by the IU staff? IMO it's ridiculous. 

 

5 NCAA championships

22 B1G titles

46 All-Americans

1 administration that always manages to somehow get even dumber

[HoosierMatty 424]

So if Dolson has to get a proven winner like Pearl, does that mean Pearl said no ?

[Chris007 42,395]

1 minute ago, HoosierMatty said:

So if Dolson has to get a proven winner like Pearl, does that mean Pearl said no ?

It meant more like talk to me if you're serious after we lose in the NCAA. I think IU just is moving on with the Portal

[Hornsby 1,629]

The third person has said no a couple of times already. 
It makes you wonder when we only reached out to three people how serious we were. We need to have a full-fledged search.
Woodson needs to announce his retirement, so we can openly start talking to other coaches to gauge the real interest. 
Dusty is putting his staff together for Louisville so he will be out for next season. 

Amazing we will waste another year of recruiting just to massage Woodson’s ego. Woodson is going to leave the new coach in a bad spot for 2026 recruiting as well. 2025 is obviously dead in the water now.

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[OKHOOSIER 1,879]

4 minutes ago, HoosierMatty said:

So if Dolson has to get a proven winner like Pearl, does that mean Pearl said no ?

I would guess that's more related to him coaching a FF caliber team at the moment. My guess is if we want Bruce we need auburn to bounce early. Root for UCONN to the FF lol

[DougJr74 21]

8 minutes ago, iubhounds2 said:

Can you believe this was posted on Twitter this morning? Is this the first step in the transfer portal by the IU staff? IMO it's ridiculous. 

 

This used to be Indiana basketball.

[BleedCubbieBlue 1,393]

3 minutes ago, iubhounds2 said:

No. He has always said that if makes it to the Final 4 with his current team, he will stay at and retire at AU.

Does that mean I have to root for Yale? Yuck.

[OKHOOSIER 1,879]

4 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

It meant more like talk to me if you're serious after we lose in the NCAA. I think IU just is moving on with the Portal

I initially read this as Pearl. The brain is funny thing when it wants something to be true. 

[JerryYeagley23 2,882]

7 minutes ago, HoosierMatty said:

So if Dolson has to get a proven winner like Pearl, does that mean Pearl said no ?

Not no, more like not right now. 

[Hornsby 1,629]

Jerry gave a great recap a couple of pages back. Was asked to retire of course said NO. Expectations were put in place for next year which won't be met. 

Plus these portal expectations are absurd. How do they determine if the portal was successful before any of them ever put on an iu jersey. The portal is a crap shoot you have no idea if they will work out or not. This whole thing is a giant mess. But hey nba legend mike woodson has his dream job.

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[JSHoosier 19,611]

6 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

It meant more like talk to me if you're serious after we lose in the NCAA. I think IU just is moving on with the Portal

I'd be rooting for Yale ready to call Pearl. What they're doing so just so stupid it's mind boggling; I know they weren't serious when they hired Woodson but they're somehow even more unserious than I thought.

[JSHoosier 19,611]

2 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

Plus these portal expectations are absurd. How do they determine if the portal was successful before any of them ever put on an iu jersey. The portal is a crap shoot you have no idea if they will work out or not. This whole thing is a giant mess. But hey nba legend mike woodson has his dream job.

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And his buddy has his back.

[Feathery 4,001]

5 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

Plus these portal expectations are absurd. How do they determine if the portal was successful before any of them ever put on an iu jersey. The portal is a crap shoot you have no idea if they will work out or not. This whole thing is a giant mess. But hey nba legend mike woodson has his dream job.

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I’m assuming if the better players leave or if they struggle to land impact players. But why move on on the summer of that happens. Who is going to come in with that roster and no ability to adjust it. So it’s not going to happen imo. So the hope is next year is a good season and they land multi year players on the portal. Then a change is made bc the Big Ten Title and Final Four were not met. But bc of the strong NIL, players will stay during the coaching change. 

[Kentuckysucks 2,143]

4 minutes ago, JerryYeagley23 said:

Not no, more like not right now. 

The only thing, I mean the only thing that would make any sense right now is that Dolson has a handshake deal in place with Pearl but has to wait until Auburn is eliminated first.  Would be a reason someone leaked to Ostermann that Woody was coming back was to quell the rumors and as they were heating up from Trilly and Rabjohns and Pearl didn't like that.  Chris even said he didn't know about the Allen firing until right beforehand.

But who am I kidding?  We all know he's coming back.

[AKHoosier 6,607]

It's so frustrating that he is being given the chance to fix this through the transfer portal.

The fact that he needs to fix it through the portal is evidence in itself that he has no plan or system in place, and is simply winging it. That's what you do when you're completely at the mercy of whoever decides to enter the transfer portal. 

If you attempted to build a roster through recruiting high school kids, you can cast a wider net and take the time to identify kids who fit into your system, and develop them to contribute to it.

He's just resorting to throwing other people's money at the problem to hide his inability to fulfill the duties of being a college coach.

[Hoosier DaDa 2,044]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

I don't see that happening. But two players will enter the portal today

Banks and Gunn right?

[Feathery 4,001]

5 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

I'd be rooting for Yale ready to call Pearl. What they're doing so just so stupid it's mind boggling; I know they weren't serious when they hired Woodson but they're somehow even more unserious than I thought.

I’m going to root for Pearl to be successful. He coached my alma mater and I’ve always enjoyed his teams. First time I rooted against him was vs IU.