Fire Coach Woodson Thread

[KYHoosier 347]

20 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I agree with the first sentence. I think people like Hulls and Cheaney will always have a job if they want one on the staff or in the athletic department. I feel Hulls is ready to move up to be an assistant. I think Garl is about ready to retire, he's been here forever and now his name is named in the lawsuits.

ON the second part I don't necessarily agree he makes it through the season. 

I hope you are right that he does not make it through the rest of the season. It would be nice to official close this era and start the process of rebuilding. I guess I don’t see us moving on from him. He should have been fired at the end of the last season but we brought him back. This season is another wasted year and this team isn’t going on a miracle run. He’s been protected by the administration his entire tenure. I guess I don’t see the purpose of moving on now when we have already wasted over 3+ years with him as HC. Like I said, I hope you are right that he is gone before the season is over

[OKHOOSIER 3,189]

2 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Yea.  If Kenya is the coach do we beat Maryland?  Probably.

I think you’re probably right if for no other reason than Rice would have been told he has to break the press and/or only Goode or Mack are to come back to the ball—  Gallo getting a touch was baffling. Classic example of putting Gallo (a bad free throw shooter lately) in a position to fail. 

It is also hard to overstate how bad that timeout and inbound was. I rewatched the end and we broke huddle and clearly six guys thought they were going in. Then the PnR is done incorrectly by both Rice and Malik, trapping Rice in the corner for a contested shot. This is stuff that gets fixed/installed in August. Ours guys don’t get coached. 
 

Long winded way of saying, yea probably anyone else in charge and that’s a win lol
 

 

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2 hours ago, IUFAN1976 said:

I agree, if Dolson fires Woodson today and places an interim coach in his place tomorrow, it would be clear to the interim that he is there to finish the season and nothing more.  That is why I think Crean is the perfect guy. He wants to get back into coaching and this would be a great audition for him for other schools.  He can take a good roster that was poorly coached and try to get them to win and make the tournament.  To me, it is a win-win for both sides.  Fife would be the other guy.  Wouldn’t that be a kick in the nads to Woodson, hiring a guy to replace him that he fired and Fife wins with this team, lol

Serious question - Have teams ever brought someone in from the outside to be interim coach for a mid-season firing? If so, I've missed it. I always seen them give the position to an assistant coach. 

Don't Kenya Hunter and Yasir Rosemond both have the title of Associate Head Coach? I would think one of those two would be the default choice for interim HC.

[maharkn 1,800]

3 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Serious question - Have teams ever brought someone in from the outside to be interim coach for a mid-season firing? If so, I've missed it. I always seen them give the position to an assistant coach. 

Don't Kenya Hunter and Yasir Rosemond both have the title of Associate Head Coach? I would think one of those two would be the default choice for interim HC.

Let them have every other game and share the responsibilties 

[MrBBall 164]

2 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Serious question - Have teams ever brought someone in from the outside to be interim coach for a mid-season firing? If so, I've missed it. I always seen them give the position to an assistant coach. 

Don't Kenya Hunter and Yasir Rosemond both have the title of Associate Head Coach? I would think one of those two would be the default choice for interim HC.

The idea of bringing someone in during a season is just nuts. That would hinder any search and doubtful a coach would want to come in and fix a team without having any time to implement their own structure or coaching staff. 
 

An assistant will run it out and a true search will occur on March if not sooner. 

[hoosiersoxfan 259]

Can't go worse than last time we had an interim coach and players were throwing potted plants

[tyappleg 3,407]

5 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Serious question - Have teams ever brought someone in from the outside to be interim coach for a mid-season firing? If so, I've missed it. I always seen them give the position to an assistant coach. 

Don't Kenya Hunter and Yasir Rosemond both have the title of Associate Head Coach? I would think one of those two would be the default choice for interim HC.

I hear Jeff Saturday is available. 

[AH1971 1,663]

2 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Serious question - Have teams ever brought someone in from the outside to be interim coach for a mid-season firing? If so, I've missed it. I always seen them give the position to an assistant coach. 

Don't Kenya Hunter and Yasir Rosemond both have the title of Associate Head Coach? I would think one of those two would be the default choice for interim HC.

Different sport, but Colts brought in Jeff Saturday and it went exactly how you'd expect. IU isn't going to do that though. That's why I believe Woodson will coach through the remainder of the season with an announcement that he is stepping down at the end. Before yesterday I believed that announcement was going to come near the end of the year, possibly before the last game. Now, I think it could come here in the next week or two, possibly before they play in Assembly Hall again. 

[Home Jersey 9,220]

2 minutes ago, maharkn said:

Let them have every other game and share the responsibilties 

Honestly who cares at this point. Have the captains be player-coaches for the last 12 or so games of the year, lol

[Rico 3,210]

I don't give a rat's arsz about who is the interim coach.  I just want Woody gone.

[maharkn 1,800]

2 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Honestly who cares at this point. Have the captains be player-coaches for the last 12 or so games of the year, lol

Goode can play Jackie Moon

[iu eyedoc 2,214]

1 hour ago, iu eyedoc said:

Will be or would be?

 

52 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

Tomato, Tamato 

Well, I'm hoping that the tomato will be chopped soon, as wondering if it would be is getting tedious.

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1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

I fully understand how some people feel towards Scott Dolson throughout this mess but IMO he's been tiptoeing through a minefield.  I truly believe he wanted to make the change last year but QB and the big $$ came to Woody's rescue.  Like it or not, Dolson can't just flip off those big $ donors and thus we got another year.  Ferguson and the others aren't stupid.  They can see their money that Woody used to buy a team might as well have been flushed down a toilet.  They know the animosity Woody has created among the fan base.  Unless the current governor makes a gigantic mistake and reappoints QB to the BOT, his influence is gone.  The hiring of Coach Cig and his immediate success have also bought Dolson political capital to bring this disaster to an end.  This nightmare is over.

What would be the perfect solution is if these 2 guys could magically do their thing with the entire IU fanbase.

I didn't believe that last year and wanted Dolson fired (I even started the thread lol). Now I've come around to believe that he might have actually wanted Woodson gone last year but was blocked. Remember that the AD's office never made any official statement of Woodson's return or even a statement of support. There was radio silence from the office. The only thing we got was a "leak" to the media that Woodson would be back.

That could be viewed two ways: 1) the AD/university don't care about basketball or 2) the AD didn't support Woodson getting another year. I'm going with #2.

This year is such a disaster that I don't think a lame duck Buckner has the power or credibility to keep Woodson longer. 

With 2 years left on the contract, it's extend or let go time. Woodson definitely hasn't earned the extension.

[Hornsby 2,475]

So quinn and ferguson are going to let their good buddy remain and go into West Lafayette and Madison and get the snot kicked out of his team. What good friends they are!

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[Mr. Hoosier Pride 663]

Where's Cathy been lately? She could come liven up this page today with her talks of processes and such....Anyone heard from her? Is she ok?

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3 minutes ago, Mr. Hoosier Pride said:

Where's Cathy been lately? She could come liven up this page today with her talks of processes and such....Anyone heard from her? Is she ok?

She is getting reprogramming at the moment to be up to date on the new style smoke and ultra sensitive mirrors needed for this but she will be along shortly. 

[dwtaylor1055 1,549]

so is CMW still the coach?

[IUFAN1976 3,784]

25 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Serious question - Have teams ever brought someone in from the outside to be interim coach for a mid-season firing? If so, I've missed it. I always seen them give the position to an assistant coach. 

Don't Kenya Hunter and Yasir Rosemond both have the title of Associate Head Coach? I would think one of those two would be the default choice for interim HC.

Probably not but someone posted earlier in this thread said that none the assistants were interested, I don’t remember who posted it but I know Crean is available and he acts like he would love to get back into coaching.  I know his system and whatever MW thinks he runs aren’t the same and hiring him is probably not realistic.  But I do know this team has talent and these players just need to be coached and motivated and if a guy like Crean can keep it simple and motivate them, he compete and possibly go on a run.  If they decide to fire MW now, it still be someone internal.  

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5 minutes ago, dwtaylor1055 said:

so is CMW still the coach?

In name only 

[Pagoda 1,177]

13 minutes ago, Mr. Hoosier Pride said:

Where's Cathy been lately? She could come liven up this page today with her talks of processes and such....Anyone heard from her? Is she ok?

I need an update on the February action items!  Is Mike Woodson even on the AD's radar?  That picture of Scott behind the bench suggest he may be thinking about Woody.  Where are we in the stakeholders' deliberate process?