Fire Coach Woodson Thread

[Hoosier DaDa 2,336]

4 hours ago, IUCrazy2 said:

https://x.com/Cabbyfromgreene/status/1864105325114118368

I know we were playing the blind little sisters of the poor but yikes on the attendance.  And just so someone can't say it was before the game started:

https://x.com/JeffRabjohns/status/1864105719592595895

I feel like an idiot now buying tickets against the mighty Moccasins on the 21st.  I should of walked up to the entrance and asked if they needed any extras in the stands and how much it paid.

[go iu bb 5,714]

19 minutes ago, Hoosier DaDa said:

PLEASE EVERYONE STOP TALKING ABOUT HOW BRAD "FING" STEVENS IS GOING TO FIGURE OUT THE NIL ERA OR ANYTHING ELSE AS IT PERTAINS TO HIM BEING A COACH AT IU.  THAT SH*T IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN AND I CAN'T STAND HEARING ABOUT IT ANYMORE.  HE IS A MASSHOLE. 

JUST STOP

You should talk to @Class of '66 Old Fart since I remember him threatening a while back to ban people for talking about a certain Butler ex-coach.

[coonhounds 8,878]

I feel like an idiot now buying tickets against the mighty Moccasins on the 21st.  I should of walked up to the entrance and asked if they needed any extras in the stands and how much it paid.

I am in same boat. Should have waited they would def be really cheap.

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[coonhounds 8,878]

If Dusty fails at Michigan (he won't) this fanbase won't want him.
If Dusty succeeds at Michigan (he will) they won't let him go.

I know he will never coach here now. I hope he fails because I can't stand the thought of missing out unless by some miracle we hire a better coach lol. That's unlikely as he'll though

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[Hoosier DaDa 2,336]

Hey if Dusty was our coach we might have double our win total since the Kolh Center has opened.  Why are we still fans :(

 

 

 

 

 

[JSHoosier 20,035]

14 minutes ago, Hoosier DaDa said:

Hey if Dusty was our coach we might have double our win total since the Kolh Center has opened.  Why are we still fans :(

 

 

 

 

 

Last time we won there was when RMK was coach. I knew it'd been a while but that's painful.

[tyappleg 3,045]

57 minutes ago, Hoosier DaDa said:

PLEASE EVERYONE STOP TALKING ABOUT HOW BRAD "FING" STEVENS IS GOING TO FIGURE OUT THE NIL ERA OR ANYTHING ELSE AS IT PERTAINS TO HIM BEING A COACH AT IU.  THAT SH*T IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN AND I CAN'T STAND HEARING ABOUT IT ANYMORE.  HE IS A MASSHOLE. 

JUST STOP

Sorry, it's too late.  We're all aboard the Stevens train again.  There's no way we will get hurt again!

[str8baller 5,183]

7 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

Last time we won there was when RMK was coach. I knew it'd been a while but that's painful.

I lived there ten years and went every year IU played. Thought for sure I’d see a winner at least once. Nope! That big lead that we blew in the second half in one of Woodys first years was a killer. We even left early to go get (more) drunk—that’s not frowned upon in Wisconsin—so thankfully I watched most of the collapse from the bar. 

[str8baller 5,183]

1 hour ago, Hoosier DaDa said:

PLEASE EVERYONE STOP TALKING ABOUT HOW BRAD "FING" STEVENS IS GOING TO FIGURE OUT THE NIL ERA OR ANYTHING ELSE AS IT PERTAINS TO HIM BEING A COACH AT IU.  THAT SH*T IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN AND I CAN'T STAND HEARING ABOUT IT ANYMORE.  HE IS A MASSHOLE. 

JUST STOP

Lol…I think 99% of the coaches discussed on message boards the last twenty years haven’t come to fruition for IU. 
 

Sampson was kind of out of left field. Alford was probably the number one name fought about then. 
 

I feel like Crean leaked a few days early and people talked themselves into it. But he probably wasn’t in the top 10 of people discussed until then.  
 

Archie…maybe because he was the hot young coach. Still lots of Donovan/Stevens talk that year.  
 

Woody…. not even close.  
 

So I’m guessing whomever we hire next will not be a name on people’s wish list if the past is any prologue. 

[Hoosier DaDa 2,336]

15 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

Sorry, it's too late.  We're all aboard the Stevens train again.  There's no way we will get hurt again!

[reconmkd 4,353]

That loss to Loserville is going to keep getting worse for us! They lost Pryor a few days ago and now Johnson has elected to redshirt for shoulder surgery. Jeff Goodman says they are basically down to 7 now. 

[JSHoosier 20,035]

48 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

Sorry, it's too late.  We're all aboard the Stevens train again.  There's no way we will get hurt again!

At this point I think Michael Scott is an IU fan.

[AZ Hoosier 6,838]

4 hours ago, Home Jersey said:

Call Brad Stevens - why the hell not? Worst he can do is say no.

If he does, immediate next call is Dusty. Make him say no. If we can’t pry him from a conference rival, we can at least make it difficult for them, so they have to pay top dollar to retain him. If he’d be interested after just one season at UM and whatever may have gone down last offseason? Not the foggiest idea.

If we can’t get them, call Ben McCollum until he says yes or files a restraining order. 

Bucky at Samford would also be acceptable. After this list, I’m not sure who else would possibly be feasible and also considered a home run hire right now. I’m sure they are out there. Hopefully our AD is finding them. I’d rather not go past this list though.

Sad how it’s December 4 and more fun to speculate on coaching changes than this season. Sigh.

I love this... great progression... to get our guy... Not sure about the actual shot at Stevens, and that ship has sailed in my book, but sure, go ahead and ask ... but the Ben McCollum part made me spit my coffee!

[AZ Hoosier 6,838]

3 hours ago, JSHoosier said:

Woodson should've never been considered, much less hired. The fact no one wanted him for HC should've screamed do not pass go, but IU being IU took it as a giant green light instead.

The fix was in early on... after Woodson got passed over for Archie, Buckner would not have hired anyone but Woodson, IMO... and 4 years later we're still paying for that arrogance... 

We gotta get the next one right... IMO, that means one of these 3 guys in order:

1. TJ Otzelburger
2. Dusty May
3. Ben McCollum

Harass them and throw money at them until they can't say "no".

[AZ Hoosier 6,838]

2 hours ago, realTomCrean said:

Dusty May contract details? Buyout specifically 

I've read here that it's $5M and decreases by $1M/year.

[AZ Hoosier 6,838]

2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

If Dusty fails at Michigan (he won't) this fanbase won't want him.

If Dusty succeeds at Michigan (he will) they won't let him go.

With a low $5M buyout and IU's resources/benefactors, I doubt Michigan could stop us if it came to that.

[JSHoosier 20,035]

7 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

The fix was in early on... after Woodson got passed over for Archie, Buckner would not have hired anyone but Woodson, IMO... and 4 years later we're still paying for that arrogance... 

We gotta get the next one right... IMO, that means one of these 3 guys in order:

1. TJ Otzelburger
2. Dusty May
3. Ben McCollum

Harass them and throw money at them until they can't say "no".

I'd be okay with either Otzelburger or May. McCollum I'm less sold on.

I wouldn't complain about Pearl to right the ship for a few years. And a part of me would still love it if there was some way to pry Stevens away from Boston (I know, not happening).

[AZ Hoosier 6,838]

1 hour ago, tyappleg said:

Sorry, it's too late.  We're all aboard the Stevens train again.  There's no way we will get hurt again!

NO WE'RE NOT.
That ship has sailed... time to be realistic... we tried to board the Stevens train, the Pearl train and the Donovan train and none of them left the station.

[coonhounds 8,878]

With a low $5M buyout and IU's resources/benefactors, I doubt Michigan could stop us if it came to that.

We are not getting him from Michigan and at this point the risk wouldn't be worth it. Should have been last year but no. We need to find our guy now. Whoever that is. I am on the second chance Chris beard train but I don't care who it is as long as they win

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[JSHoosier 20,035]

13 minutes ago, coonhounds said:

We are not getting him from Michigan and at this point the risk wouldn't be worth it. Should have been last year but no. We need to find our guy now. Whoever that is. I am on the second chance Chris beard train but I don't care who it is as long as they win

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Beard has gotten a second chance at Ole Miss, let's see if he avoids trouble. Good coach though.