Fire Coach Woodson (or contemplate retirement) Thread

[MrBBall 240]

1 minute ago, Scotty R said:

I was watching the Aaron Torres podcast and was talking about IU. He said he has made some phone and what he is gathering that is Woodson is ready to move on after the season. I have no idea where he gets is info but  I don't buy that Woodson is ready to leave this job.

I can see that. He will just say, “I tried. They won’t listen. I’m off to play golf” and think he did his job. 

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4 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

I was watching the Aaron Torres podcast and was talking about IU. He said he has made some phone and what he is gathering that is Woodson is ready to move on after the season. I have no idea where he gets is info but  I don't buy that Woodson is ready to leave this job.

Yeah I turned it and wasn't buying anything he was talking about at all. 

[tyappleg 3,713]

7 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

I was watching the Aaron Torres podcast and was talking about IU. He said he has made some phone and what he is gathering that is Woodson is ready to move on after the season. I have no idea where he gets is info but  I don't buy that Woodson is ready to leave this job.

The spin has already begun.

[RaceToTheTop 27,127]

I don't care what he says while he's walking away.

[KNOBYDOX 179]

Mike is going to coach PGA players 

[lillurk 3,903]

Not sure I buy that, BUT he did say on Senior Day ‘24 that he’d be the coach as long as he wanted to be.

He surely knows more than most about the writing on the wall; if he still believes what he said, maybe he wants to save face and get ahead of it.

[Adillac 953]

Which one? 
 

Schertz

Beard

May

McCollum 

[Mr. Hoosier Pride 736]

2 minutes ago, Adillac said:

Which one? 
 

Schertz

Beard

May

McCollum 

If those are my options, I'm going:
1. May
2. Beard
3. McCollum
4. Schertz (I really wanted to leave this one blank)....

[Herotime 832]

2 minutes ago, Adillac said:

Which one? 
 

Schertz

Beard

May

McCollum 

Stevens

Pearl

May

in that order. We need not look further.

[Mr. Hoosier Pride 736]

1 minute ago, Herotime said:

Stevens

Pearl

May

in that order. We need not look further.

Hey --- you cheated

[Hornsby 2,689]

I was watching the Aaron Torres podcast and was talking about IU. He said he has made some phone and what he is gathering that is Woodson is ready to move on after the season. I have no idea where he gets is info but  I don't buy that Woodson is ready to leave this job.

He will claim he left on his own after doing his job. Delusional til the bitter end

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[JF87 1,711]

2 minutes ago, Herotime said:

Stevens

Pearl

May

in that order. We need not look further.

It's Stevens.  My understanding is that Home Jersey is going to make him an offer he can't refuse. 

[Home Jersey 10,057]

1 minute ago, JF87 said:

It's Stevens.  My understanding is that Home Jersey is going to make him an offer he can't refuse. 

[Ghost of Rick Majerus 864]

I was rereading an article of the potential coaching candidates from our last search when Archie was fired and I forgot how uninspiring it was. Porter Moser was one of the top candidates followed closely by Andy Enfield and Michael Lewis!! No doubt they would have probably been better than Woodson, but definitely not home run hires in my opinion. 

The point being, the list of potential candidates this time seems unequivocally better. There seems to be several choices that can be long term program changers, even if it drops to the 3rd or 4th choice. They have to get this one right and they should have no shortage of options.

Could the stars finally be aligning ? I hope so!

[JaybobHoosier 12,003]

2 hours ago, iubb said:

Joke time!

Why was the computer late to work?
It had a slow, hard, drive


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As someone who is in IT, I appreciate this joke lol. 

[BGVille Hoosierfan 2,925]

1 hour ago, Banksyrules said:

At this point if Woodson is not fired before the Michigan game then the administration need to reevaluate themselves. PR nightmare waiting to happen. 

If you don’t think Dolson and others close to the situation aren’t aware of this, you are mistaken. There’s a part of me that believes Dolson doesn’t mind throwing him to the wolves and catching the backlash and it makes the firing/retirement that much easier and Dolson can just point to the fact that they can’t risk that happening again, thus relieving Woodrow of his duties. 

[Tasmanian Devil 1,743]

1 hour ago, Artie86 said:

 

….what are the real benefits/reasons to keeping Woodson around till the end of the season, even if we lose the remainder of our games?

 

Right now, we don’t have a coaching vacancy - which means potential coaching candidates don’t have to answer questions about interest in the IU basketball job.

THAT’S your benefit.

[Mr. Hoosier Pride 736]

6 minutes ago, Ghost of Rick Majerus said:

I was rereading an article of the potential coaching candidates from our last search when Archie was fired and I forgot how uninspiring it was. Porter Moser was one of the top candidates followed closely by Andy Enfield and Michael Lewis!! No doubt they would have probably been better than Woodson, but definitely not home run hires in my opinion. 

The point being, the list of potential candidates this time seems unequivocally better. There seems to be several choices that can be long term program changers. Even if it drops to the 3rd or 4th choice. They have to get this one right and they should have no shortage of options.

Could the stars finally be aligning ? I hope so!

The list from 2017 (beyond Brad Stevens & Billy Donovan) wasn't awful, granted this is no "short list":

• Tony Bennett (eventual NCAA Champion)
• Sean Miller
• Archie Miller - "If Indiana’s going to go with a young, up-and-coming coach, it’s hard to argue the upside with Miller and he seems destined for a top tier job."
• Gregg Marshall
• Chris Collins
• Chris Holtmann
• Steve Alford
• Fred Hoiberg
• Will Wade

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10 minutes ago, Ghost of Rick Majerus said:

I was rereading an article of the potential coaching candidates from our last search when Archie was fired and I forgot how uninspiring it was. Porter Moser was one of the top candidates followed closely by Andy Enfield and Michael Lewis!! No doubt they would have probably been better than Woodson, but definitely not home run hires in my opinion. 

The point being, the list of potential candidates this time seems unequivocally better. There seems to be several choices that can be long term program changers, even if it drops to the 3rd or 4th choice. They have to get this one right and they should have no shortage of options.

Could the stars finally be aligning ? I hope so!

Porter Moser is now 21-38 in the Big Twelve/SEC.  Enfield got fired at USC. And Michael Lewis is having trouble retaining players as they move on for NIL opportunities.  Big change from last time.

[AKHoosier 7,153]

How great would it be to get a truly program changing, transformational hire?

Imagine the buzz around the program with the headline "Hoosiers land Celtics' Stevens with massive 7 year, $70M deal".

Lots of great candidates out there compared to 4 years ago. But man, this would be on a different level.