They “Retired” Coach Woodson Thread

[AZ Hoosier 9,531]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

Well since it has been announced that he is returning the sunshine pumping has been doubled or tripled by certain members. In each thread, we're told not to turn it into a discussion about firing Mike Woodson. Or there is already that thread. Now in the fire Mike Woodson thread the same thing is happening. So I guess we need to take a hint to either get in line or leave. I was just reading the other night how this place is so great because many different posters have different views and everyone can express it. But that seems to be changing some. JMO

So, in addition to not being "true fans", we apparently are also not "true forum members"? Asking for a friend.

[AZ Hoosier 9,531]

1 hour ago, Artie86 said:

I'm gonna throw 4 darts here and see how many times I can hit a bullseye.... All are JMHO.

#1.... he's tired of getting booed at Assembly Hall.

#2.... possibly jealous of their success.

#3.... (stretch), she's a Purdue grad.

#4.... he doesn't like to share facilities.

Did I hit any bullseyes? If so, how many? lol

3.5?

[AZ Hoosier 9,531]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

At some point, you have to weigh if it's worth it or not. No one gets attacked more on here than me. I will still post and not going anywhere just will try not to share as much, don't want to spread misinformation because everyone believes everything I say like it's the gospel. Just surprised at the people who come at me anymore. It's changed in the last few months but maybe they're just doing what they're told. 

Seems to be a lot of that going around lately.

Keep fighting the good fight, @Chris007

[Hoosier DaDa 3,557]

2 hours ago, OKHOOSIER said:

Ware officially in the draft.

But Facebook posters said he was coming back waaah (stay off Facebook IU post if you want to keep brain cells).  I'm going to miss the Ware-O-Dactyl.  Good luck in the NBA hope you go lotto. 

[AZ Hoosier 9,531]

1 hour ago, HoosierMoore said:

Ha!  I heard he clubbed the seal first to tenderize it. 

I'll bet he's paired the perfect wine with that seal meat, too.

[AZ Hoosier 9,531]

1 hour ago, kottke said:

Think Woody comments at all? Or does he just keep his head in the sand?

Just saw a quote from Woodson when asked about the WBB team's progress: "Fore!!!!"

( @AH1971, that was a joke. I really didn't see that quote.)

[Chris007 56,469]

42 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Rating of coaches is a pretty subjective matter so that would obviously be opinion. We're talking about about money amounts.

Also, Sampson is way more than 3 times better than Woodson so you would probably have to justify why you had that number so low.

I should have added at least three times. I was trying to be nice and say three times. I was surprised about it but then remember Leal and his family are well-liked around this town. A lot of people go to church together. 

[AZ Hoosier 9,531]

54 minutes ago, ronzo4IU said:

I do find it hard to believe Chill could get that big of a raise..

I believe that Woodson pays more for blind loyalty than for actual ability.

[Chris007 56,469]

10 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

So, in addition to not being "true fans", we apparently are also not "true forum members"? Asking for a friend.

It sure feels that way anymore. 

[AZ Hoosier 9,531]

52 minutes ago, JF87 said:

So, I can't say that Kelvin Sampson is three times the coach that Mike Woodson is without showing my math? 

No, you can. The difference is "fact" vs "best guess speculation".

[go iu bb 7,870]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

I should have added at least three times. I was trying to be nice and say three times. I was surprised about it but then remember Leal and his family are well-liked around this town. A lot of people go to church together. 

So that is the number you're actually hearing? I think that is what Old fart was trying to get to. If it was a number you were hearing or a number that you made up. But that sounds like it is the number you're hearing. Crazy. They don't even just need to overpay players to come here, they need to overpay the current players to stay just to save face.

[Chris007 56,469]

2 hours ago, OKHOOSIER said:

Ware officially in the draft.

"Kelly Wares did a great job for us this year. Oregone said he was lazy last year and I told his family just let Mike Woodson coach him for a season. I take the inside out position and turn guys into pros." Mike Woodson

[Hoosier DaDa 3,557]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

Yeah, I get it. I can stop posting what I hear. I don't want to spread misinformation. I understand what you guys are saying.

Post what you hear because I for one like it.  

[AZ Hoosier 9,531]

50 minutes ago, Bankshot said:

Ruh-roh. Speaking for myself first....not at all surprised by this. Its what I was expecting to happen. I don't find it surprising at all.

We essentially have an uninspiring, lame duck coach who may only be here for one more year, who has an antiquated, ineffective, and unattractive system that he seems completely unopen to changing. Other programs will easily look more attractive.

I do think many others were also VERY concerned about this being the case, especially when our only real "plan" seems to be to try to get (several?) really good players from the portal for '24/'25.

Still shaking my head at the utter idiocy of what our "leaders" have come up with for the future of this program.

Its why I've held on to a sliver of hope that someone will see the coming portal disaster and hit "abort" before too much longer.

Agree. And if by some miracle, Woodson is able to build a decent team and do fairly well (e.g., better than last season), that will only cause him to adopt the portal approach as his "proven model" from this point forward.

Fire Mike Woodson.

[OKHOOSIER 5,191]

15 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

I'm not going to get too negative until portaling season is over.  But with the amount of both minutes and money we have to throw around, anything less than a home run would be a failure. 

We had minutes and money last year for guards and they all said no. We got one impact transfer. I am not a rocket surgeon but the writing was on the wall. We weren’t getting 2-4 high level impact transfers. No matter how much money we were throwing around. Someone said it earlier, but money is good, but having fun is better. And anyone believing we could drastically outbid other big programs for top level talent is completely deluded. I work with several UNC and Duke alumni. Some pretty connected. Our 6 million dollars doesn’t set us apart and was never going to. It’s a pipe dream. And that’s before you even get into coaching and system. We had the NPOY runner up and a lottery pick and we finished 3 games out of first place and got nuked in the round of 32. 

[IUFAN1976 4,320]

50 minutes ago, ib4iu said:

Can you imagine the level of negative recruiting going on against us? Everyone wants Conwell if he leaves ISU. And he would be great for us. But he would be for every other big program too. All a rival school has to do is play Woodsons sound bites. He’s completely recruited against himself to get top level guards. 

Heck, I thought it was the non-true / toxic fans that is supplying the negativity against recruiting 

[IUFAN1976 4,320]

7 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

It sure feels that way anymore. 

Not from us!  We are with you!

[yard_dog 34]

Woodson is going to have to pull off a miracle in the portal to elevate the starting line up and I don't think it's possible, unless Reneau or.galloway are willing to.be 6th man.

[cleeter 2,816]

3 minutes ago, OKHOOSIER said:

We had minutes and money last year for guards and they all said no. We got one impact transfer. I am not a rocket surgeon but the writing was on the wall. We weren’t getting 2-4 high level impact transfers. No matter how much money we were throwing around. Someone said it earlier, but money is good, but having fun is better. And anyone believing we could drastically outbid other big programs for top level talent is completely deluded. I work with several UNC and Duke alumni. Some pretty connected. Our 6 million dollars doesn’t set us apart and was never going to. It’s a pipe dream. And that’s before you even get into coaching and system. We had the NPOY runner up and a lottery pick and we finished 3 games out of first place and got nuked in the round of 32. 

Well you're forgetting two important facts. The staff didn't think JHS was a one and done (their words) and they said no guards wanted to come in and compete with X and Gallo (again their words). Oof. 

This year we got a lot of monies and no guards to compete with. Players come to mike Woodson, don't forget that. So all good this year

C-H-I-L-L 

*sarcasm

[Ghost of Rick Majerus 1,428]

This is going to get bad.

It's too bad nobody saw this coming........(Except for us non true fans)