Fire Coach Woodson Thread

[Hornsby 1,925]

So we have Woodson and QB running our program into the ground roughly to the tune of 10 million dollars(four+ to Woody, six+ to NIL/portal) while laughing their way to the bank, their legacies and reputation be damned. There is a litany of issues surrounding Woodson's utter lack of college coaching abilities, his willingness to do what's required in recruiting and player development, and his refusal to learn or improve due to arrogance by narcissism, as in his mind he's "done his job" and it's our(not true fans) fault. Also the "young team" response that holds less water than a year old turd in the desert when we look at Louisville this year, who btw embarrassed us. New coach, whole new team of players, capable of doing that to us, the literal Six Million Dollar Man. That "hump" we're stuck on is full of wine and cigar smoke and if we want to get over it there are certain things that need to happen from the players AND the coaching staff, more on that below.
Next we have the donors who funded this mess. It would seem to me that they haven't cared at all about results as long as they get access to Woodson. Yay for them, they get to rub shoulders with the coach and a legacy player of old. Whether or not they begin to understand how that negatively affects the team as a whole due to eating up a coaches time who otherwise would or at least should be working his butt off to develop and build a winning program remains to be seen. Recruiting, player development, strategy development for beating your opponents, etc takes a ton of time and effort. I don't pretend to know how much access they want/require to cut a check but multiple people taking up the coaches time does not a winning program make. Do you want a winning team or access to the coach? Because you can't have both.
As far as the product we see on the court, a few changes I believe would make a massive difference. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong BUT our biggest pain point is our defense, or lack thereof, which stems from a lack of game planning and film study for scouting reports. Pi$$ poor planning provides pi$$ poor performance. Top teams are doing their homework on us and they will drown us in threes. Furthermore, we commit several senseless turnovers every game, which against good/great teams will result in giving up even more points in combination with our lack of defense. We cannot have multiple bigs on the floor at a time, as that results in more free threes as we have seen. We cannot rotate players in team a/team b style as we have seen historically from Woodson. You need a DEEP roster for that and even then it's not all that great in college ball. We are not consistent in our free throw shooting which is a lot of points left on the table and against better teams every point matters. There are other issues as well of course but those are the most glaring that will get exploited by better teams. 
Finally, we're now in a position where any coach we can potentially get is a risk. Stevens is highly unlikely considering where he's at and what he's doing now. Dusty May was more than likely our best option and those in charge passed on him and getting him to leave Michigan at this point is a toss up. If he has a great season this year, which is looking to be very likely, it may end up being fairly expensive to get him. McCollum has potential but there's a fair deal of risk there. 
Houston, we don't just have one problem, we have EVERY problem. Murphy's Law is our mantra right now, we need serious work to keep from sinking like the Titanic and duct tape and prayers aren't enough.

Yep it was all about access. If they cared about winning they would never have bailed him out.

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[Golfman25 5,416]

2 hours ago, Hoosier DaDa said:

I think calling somebody a drunk is a big accusation.

I'll take Metaphor for $1000 Alex.  

[Hoosier DaDa 2,456]

4 minutes ago, Golfman25 said:

I'll take Metaphor for $1000 Alex.  

What is a drunk Woody stepping up on a curb?

[ap2345 7,877]

1 hour ago, WeeDerkaNaut said:

So we have Woodson and QB running our program into the ground roughly to the tune of 10 million dollars(four+ to Woody, six+ to NIL/portal) while laughing their way to the bank, their legacies and reputation be damned. There is a litany of issues surrounding Woodson's utter lack of college coaching abilities, his willingness to do what's required in recruiting and player development, and his refusal to learn or improve due to arrogance by narcissism, as in his mind he's "done his job" and it's our(not true fans) fault. Also the "young team" response that holds less water than a year old turd in the desert when we look at Louisville this year, who btw embarrassed us. New coach, whole new team of players, capable of doing that to us, the literal Six Million Dollar Man. That "hump" we're stuck on is full of wine and cigar smoke and if we want to get over it there are certain things that need to happen from the players AND the coaching staff, more on that below.

Next we have the donors who funded this mess. It would seem to me that they haven't cared at all about results as long as they get access to Woodson. Yay for them, they get to rub shoulders with the coach and a legacy player of old. Whether or not they begin to understand how that negatively affects the team as a whole due to eating up a coaches time who otherwise would or at least should be working his butt off to develop and build a winning program remains to be seen. Recruiting, player development, strategy development for beating your opponents, etc takes a ton of time and effort. I don't pretend to know how much access they want/require to cut a check but multiple people taking up the coaches time does not a winning program make. Do you want a winning team or access to the coach? Because you can't have both.

As far as the product we see on the court, a few changes I believe would make a massive difference. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong BUT our biggest pain point is our defense, or lack thereof, which stems from a lack of game planning and film study for scouting reports. Pi$$ poor planning provides pi$$ poor performance. Top teams are doing their homework on us and they will drown us in threes. Furthermore, we commit several senseless turnovers every game, which against good/great teams will result in giving up even more points in combination with our lack of defense. We cannot have multiple bigs on the floor at a time, as that results in more free threes as we have seen. We cannot rotate players in team a/team b style as we have seen historically from Woodson. You need a DEEP roster for that and even then it's not all that great in college ball. We are not consistent in our free throw shooting which is a lot of points left on the table and against better teams every point matters. There are other issues as well of course but those are the most glaring that will get exploited by better teams. 

Finally, we're now in a position where any coach we can potentially get is a risk. Stevens is highly unlikely considering where he's at and what he's doing now. Dusty May was more than likely our best option and those in charge passed on him and getting him to leave Michigan at this point is a toss up. If he has a great season this year, which is looking to be very likely, it may end up being fairly expensive to get him. McCollum has potential but there's a fair deal of risk there. 

Houston, we don't just have one problem, we have EVERY problem. Murphy's Law is our mantra right now, we need serious work to keep from sinking like the Titanic and duct tape and prayers aren't enough.

I almost certain that your assessment of the “potential” coaches situation is a little off.

[WeeDerkaNaut 94]

6 hours ago, ap2345 said:

I almost certain that your assessment of the “potential” coaches situation is a little off.

Please explain?

[Chris007 44,066]

On 12/6/2024 at 9:56 PM, ap2345 said:

@Chris007 have you heard anything about what’s going on with Carlyle? I heard something interesting but wasn’t sure if of it’s accuracy.

I have not heard anything or even asked. I just took it that he was injured. I have not had the normal enthusiasm for basketball this season as years past. Some of it is because of Football and some of it is Woodson sucks

[Chris007 44,066]

On 12/7/2024 at 10:42 PM, DChoosier said:

This is not a defense of Woody

This is not a defense of Woody

This is not a defense of Woody

I would prefer Dusty over Woody

I would prefer Dusty over Woody

I would prefer Dusty over WoodyI 

but…..UM beat Iowa at home by 2 and Dusty is being “crowned”. If IU won by two at home against Iowa the panic button would be worn out.

Winning at Wisconsin is about the same as our football team going to the CFP so I think we all would celebrate that. 

[DChoosier 8,447]

5 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Winning at Wisconsin is about the same as our football team going to the CFP so I think we all would celebrate that. 

Yes, that’s a lot different than a 2 point home win vs Iowa.

A seemingly impossible road game win at Wisconsin, however, would be celebrated. It’s crazy how we can’t get a win there.

 

[Chris007 44,066]

20 hours ago, Trish said:

We need to lose tomorrow. The tank must start strong in conference play before we go back to play the schools of the deaf and blind. 

We're probably not going to lose to a mid-major Minnesota team. 

[Chris007 44,066]

12 hours ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Maybe if you get drunk and high?

Nope, I've tried that too. 

[Brass Cannon 24,803]

5 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

We're probably not going to lose to a mid-major Minnesota team. 

Mike Woodson will find a way 

[Chris007 44,066]

Just now, Brass Cannon said:

Mike Woodson will find a way 

So you're saying we're playing the two bigs together for 40 minutes. HAHA he will probably find a way

[Hornsby 1,925]

We're probably not going to lose to a mid-major Minnesota team. 

Minnesota is the worst team in the big ten. Expect a win and alot of chest bumping on twitter from woodsons cult

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[Uspshoosier 45,685]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

We're probably not going to lose to a mid-major Minnesota team. 

If they did it would be a Q4 loss.  Greensboro, Sam Houston and Miami(Ohio) all currently have a better NET then Minny 

[Stuhoo 80,848]

42 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

If they did it would be a Q4 loss.  Greensboro, Sam Houston and Miami(Ohio) all currently have a better NET then Minny 

At the risk of overgeneralizing, Minnesota is the definition of a one player team; Dawson Garcia's usage rate is insanely high. Garcia has taken 26% of the entire team's shots and has scored 29% of the team's points. 

It's nice to have Malik as a true scoring option that will make Garcia have to defend and potentially pick up fouls. We have plenty of guys to throw at him too. Would love to see Oumar take a turn defending him; that'd wear him out.

It is also going to be great fun watching Frank Mitchell and Parker Fox, both at 6'8" try to deal with Ballo. 

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On 12/7/2024 at 9:51 PM, Deserthoozier said:

Just passing this on, in case anyone knows anyone who might benefit from it.

[ap2345 7,877]

2 hours ago, Chris007 said:

I have not heard anything or even asked. I just took it that he was injured. I have not had the normal enthusiasm for basketball this season as years past. Some of it is because of Football and some of it is Woodson sucks

I found out myself that he actually is hurt but there was a rumor about him getting into a heated argument and then taking a mental health leave from the team. Come to find out the argument happened but not the mental health leave. 

[ap2345 7,877]

7 hours ago, WeeDerkaNaut said:

Please explain?

There's more people interested in the job than you think there is. 

[IUFAN1976 3,138]

2 hours ago, Chris007 said:

I have not heard anything or even asked. I just took it that he was injured. I have not had the normal enthusiasm for basketball this season as years past. Some of it is because of Football and some of it is Woodson sucks

I right there with you, I didn’t even know we play tonight and I’ve did that the last 2 games.

[Banksyrules 4,802]

1 minute ago, IUFAN1976 said:

I right there with you, I didn’t even know we play tonight and I’ve did that the last 2 games.

I didn’t know about the last game until I logged in here and they were playing the second half.  Times have changed.