They “Retired” Coach Woodson Thread

[TheWatShot 15,018]

  On 1/26/2025 at 8:49 PM, Capt. Crimson said:

I don’t think the janitor was really that connected knowing who they really are.


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Did we ever find out who it was? I always figured it was somebody that worked for Crean because he went silent for a long time after Crean was fired. 

[Pagoda 2,951]

  On 1/26/2025 at 9:02 PM, WhiteyMcSpeed said:

Woodson buyout drops to 50% of remaining salary at March 31st, 2025 essentially reducing buyout from $8.4M to $4.2M, are they waiting on that?

Not anymore.  When he got his 2023 raise (smh) his buyout flipped to the full amount of his contract, no step downs.  We owe him $4.2M this season and $8.4M for the next two seasons no matter when he is let go.  It stinks.  Buyout is payable at $1M per year though, which helps us absorb it over time.

[DChoosier 9,246]

  On 1/26/2025 at 9:01 PM, iu eyedoc said:

More scary is what is to come. Can you realistically find more than 3 wins in here? The question may be whether IU makes the B1G tourney not the NCAA tourney

FWIW,

Torvik only has us favored against Penn State (3.5 points), Washington  (0.8) and OSU (1.5).  
It’s going to be ugly. Real ugly.

[PartyintheVillas 568]

  On 1/26/2025 at 9:06 PM, Golfman25 said:

UCLA, Penn St., Wash, and Ohio St.  That gets us to 9 conference wins.  We pick up one against the others, and we are NCAA bubble bound.  The "math" still works folks.  But, the Maryland loss is the first nail in the coffin.  

What kind of resume would that be? If you are comparing bubble teams, how many make it in without any real good wins. 

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[iu eyedoc 3,554]

  On 1/26/2025 at 9:06 PM, Golfman25 said:

UCLA, Penn St., Wash, and Ohio St.  That gets us to 9 conference wins.  We pick up one against the others, and we are NCAA bubble bound.  The "math" still works folks.  But, the Maryland loss is the first nail in the coffin.  

So you have them winning every game they are favored in or a toss up and one they shouldn't? Have you seen this team coached/play?

[JSHoosier 21,717]

  On 1/26/2025 at 9:07 PM, Pagoda said:

Not anymore.  When he got his 2023 raise (smh) his buyout flipped to the full amount of his contract, no step downs.  We owe him $4.2M this season and $8.4M for the next two seasons no matter when he is let go.  It stinks.  Buyout is payable at $1M per year though, which helps us absorb it over time.

He should have to pay IU.

That raise was so stupid. 

[Capt. Crimson 3,768]

  On 1/26/2025 at 9:06 PM, TheWatShot said:

Did we ever find out who it was? I always figured it was somebody that worked for Crean because he went silent for a long time after Crean was fired. 

I dug into it and figured it out. It was a managers mom. Lol.


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[DChoosier 9,246]

  On 1/26/2025 at 9:07 PM, Pagoda said:

Not anymore.  When he got his 2023 raise (smh) his buyout flipped to the full amount of his contract, no step downs.  We owe him $4.2M this season and $8.4M for the next two seasons no matter when he is let go.  It stinks.  Buyout is payable at $1M per year though, which helps us absorb it over time.

Yeah,

The raise was inexplicable/inexcusable but being able to spread it out to “only” a million a year was helpful.

[Hoosierfanyuh 4,043]

The play is all over my timeline. The optics are there. Fire him. 

[Papacap 1,349]

If there is a plan to make a mid-season move that depends on the outcome of specific games, it’s a terrible plan. Which is why I don’t think there is a plan to get rid of him mid-season. If there isn’t enough evidence to get rid of him now for the head honchos, then he’s coaching the rest of the season. 

[Hoosier DaDa 3,557]

  On 1/26/2025 at 9:01 PM, pumpfake said:

John Wooden was The Wizrd of Westwood.  Woodson is The Buffoon of Bloomington.

The Buffoon of Bloomington always looks befuddled. The sequence at the end of the game, it never looked so obvious. I can’t stand that deer caught in the headlights look that Woody has.

[Trish 12,810]

  On 1/26/2025 at 9:02 PM, WhiteyMcSpeed said:

Woodson buyout drops to 50% of remaining salary at March 31st, 2025 essentially reducing buyout from $8.4M to $4.2M, are they waiting on that?

Nope, money isn’t an issue for Indiana. We know that because of buying out Tom Allen. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 87,961]

And he could agree to accept a lesser total amount in a lump sum vs a million/year over time.

[TadQueasy 1,590]

Have not seen something that pathetic since the Pistons tucked their tails and walked off before the game was over vs. the Bulls in the Eastern Conf Finals.   Truly awful.   Good for Goode on directing them back to the court.  He earned some respect today.  

Woody probably thought it was just half time.... 

A decent high school girls basketball coach could have got better execution at the end of the game. 

 

 

[JSHoosier 21,717]

  On 1/26/2025 at 9:17 PM, Hoosier DaDa said:

The Buffoon of Bloomington always looks befuddled. The sequence at the end of the game, it never looked so obvious. I can’t stand that deer caught in the headlights look that Woody has.

What did you expect? He wasn't hired because he's a good coach, he was hired because he played here when dinosaurs walked the Earth.

[Hornsby 3,348]

  On 1/26/2025 at 8:38 PM, AZ Hoosier said:

nope... he told Fisch ""I just gotta keep working with them and helping them get over the hump because this was a tough one".

Good lord

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[str8baller 6,587]

  On 1/26/2025 at 9:16 PM, Papacap said:

If there is a plan to make a mid-season move that depends on the outcome of specific games, it’s a terrible plan. Which is why I don’t think there is a plan to get rid of him mid-season. If there isn’t enough evidence to get rid of him now for the head honchos, then he’s coaching the rest of the season. 

I 100% agree with this in a vacuum and personally wouldn’t have brought him back after year 2.

 

But you can’t bring him back after the last couple weeks. PU is going to be a massacre. Just end it now.

[Kentuckysucks 3,594]

  On 1/26/2025 at 9:17 PM, Hoosier DaDa said:

The Buffoon of Bloomington always looks befuddled. The sequence at the end of the game, it never looked so obvious. I can’t stand that deer caught in the headlights look that Woody has.

We could be watching BtownBruce or BtownBeard right now.  Instead we have the Buffoon of Bloomington.  I’ve never seen a dumber administration.

[DChoosier 9,246]

  On 1/26/2025 at 9:22 PM, JSHoosier said:

What did you expect? He wasn't hired because he's a good coach, he was hired because he played here when dinosaurs walked the Earth.

Your making me feel old…LOL

His age is one thing but Izzo is several years older than Woody, Rick Barnes is four years older and Pearl is only 2 years younger.  Woodys equation, however,  is older+unqualified=sucks.

[Pagoda 2,951]

  On 1/26/2025 at 9:20 PM, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

And he could agree to accept a lesser total amount in a lump sum vs a million/year over time.

Could happen.  I think the $22M rev share kicking in may be a factor, even with the media rights increasing as we saw the athletic dept making cuts to help fund this rev share.  We shall see.