Fire Coach Woodson Thread

[Hovadipo 57,153]

5 minutes ago, TadQueasy said:

The thought that Woody and Buckner did not like Knight was kind of odd to me as well.  Has this ever been stated or implied before?  I have a hard time thinking that after all the years and all the praise that guys from that era have given Knight.  

Wasn’t the whole thing early on in Woody’s tenure that he and Knight had a full-on father son relationship? I remember an article stating that Woody was Knight’s favorite player he ever coached. Not buying that for a second. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 86,068]

26 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

It’s a problem when 18-20 year olds are treated like NBA vets that practice these plays full time. When we made the subs there was notable confusion by Mgbako and Rice. On the other hand, Gallo, Goode, and Malik knew how the play was supposed to be executed.

That’s a coaching issue—clear concise communication and understanding your players’ limitations. 

Tony Adragna -

Indiana's lineup at the end of the game on Sunday - which consisted of Rice, Galloway, Mgbako, Goode, and Reneau - had played just 4 offensive possessions together in Big Ten play before that final play.

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7 minutes ago, TadQueasy said:

I listened to the Dakich rant.  Interesting stuff.  I had not considered his thought that the coaches listening to Goode to go back and shake hands was a sign of how bad things are and that the players are running things.   

The thought that Woody and Buckner did not like Knight was kind of odd to me as well.  Has this ever been stated or implied before?  I have a hard time thinking that after all the years and all the praise that guys from that era have given Knight.  

But there is no doubt that Woody did not learn anything about leading a team from Knight.   

Woody, Jim Crews and Quinn were the reason Knight came back for the Purdue game(which Dan was absent from because he had beef with knight). Dan is talking out of his @$$

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9 minutes ago, TadQueasy said:

I listened to the Dakich rant.  Interesting stuff.  I had not considered his thought that the coaches listening to Goode to go back and shake hands was a sign of how bad things are and that the players are running things.   

The thought that Woody and Buckner did not like Knight was kind of odd to me as well.  Has this ever been stated or implied before?  I have a hard time thinking that after all the years and all the praise that guys from that era have given Knight.  

But there is no doubt that Woody did not learn anything about leading a team from Knight.   

To me that’s just Dakich stirring the pot probably with some half truths. A guy like Knight, spending 4 years with him, no way you don’t have a few complicated moments along the way where you may hate the guys guts right then and there. I’m sure on the whole that’s just more BS from jockitch

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11 minutes ago, sirhoosierlot said:

Woody, Jim Crews and Quinn were the reason Knight came back for the Purdue game(which Dan was absent from because he had beef with knight). Dan is talking out of his @$$

Shocked

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14 minutes ago, sirhoosierlot said:

 Dan is talking out of his @$$

This is nothing new.

[IUFAN1976 3,785]

29 minutes ago, JF87 said:

I listened to the beginning of the Dakich rant.  A quick synopsis.  Sounds as if the team doesn't respect Woodson, Ballo tells Woodson to F*** Off in practice, no player shows leadership to challenge Ballo. Woodson doesn't know what he is doing, the team is rarely in a proper defensive stance.  Goode must have made a comment about Dakich, because Dakich can't stand him.  Buckner and Woodson never really liked Knight and there may be a racial aspect to that.  His sources tell him that the only players on the team that are concerned about winning are Goode, Cupps, and possibly Leal.  Galloway is more concerned about enjoying his BMOC status than winning games.  

It's Dakich, so I'm sure tomorrow he'll be saying the fans that want Woodson fired don't know what they are talking about. 

That about sums it up!  Actually I kept listening because the Leary section was actually pretty good

[Artie86 2,226]

18 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Tony Adragna -

Indiana's lineup at the end of the game on Sunday - which consisted of Rice, Galloway, Mgbako, Goode, and Reneau - had played just 4 offensive possessions together in Big Ten play before that final play.

....yeah,....so why the confusion about personel? lol

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9 minutes ago, IUFAN1976 said:

That about sums it up!  Actually I kept listening because the Leary section was actually pretty good

Leary: "I'm friends with a coach of another B1G team, he says these other schools would do almost anything to keep Mike Woodson at Indiana!"

[Stuhoo 82,165]

18 minutes ago, RoadRage said:

Leary: "I'm friends with a coach of another B1G team Matt Painter; he says these other schools would do almost anything to keep Mike Woodson at Indiana!"

Fixed that for you. The most likely chants at Muckey Arena will be "Keep Mike Woodson."

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[HoosierCoop 3,978]

This is probably been mentioned before, do you feel that if Thad Matta was still in office, they would have been more apt to pull Woodson?  IMHO I feel that was one of the reasons Woodson drove him out.  He didn't like that backup option in case he sucked and failed.

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So Woodson and Knight had an overall great relationship and DD is pushing a racial tension narrative? EW. I never really paid attention to DD and I certainly won't now. That's just nasty and foul.

[iu eyedoc 2,214]

6 minutes ago, HoosierCoop said:

This is probably been mentioned before, do you feel that if Thad Matta was still in office, they would have been more apt to pull Woodson?  IMHO I feel that was one of the reasons Woodson drove him out.  He didn't like that backup option in case he sucked and failed.

[iu eyedoc 2,214]

How much less NIL do you think Miles Rice would have taken to go to another school had  he known how little he would have advanced his craft and his coach would cut him off at the knees in an attempt to save his own skin?

$6M won't even buy this level of talent with CMW around next season.

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3 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

How much less NIL do you think Miles Rice would have taken to go to another school had  he known how little he would have advanced his craft and his coach would cut him off at the knees in an attempt to save his own skin?

$6M won't even buy this level of talent with CMW around next season.

We have millions of dollars sitting on the bench. I feel for Rice but you could kinda say that about almost all of our players 

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2 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

How much less NIL do you think Miles Rice would have taken to go to another school had  he known how little he would have advanced his craft and his coach would cut him off at the knees in an attempt to save his own skin?

$6M won't even buy this level of talent with CMW around next season.

Good point.

A big reason there wasn’t a “mass exodus” last season is IU upped the NIL big time for existing players to levels they could not get close to anywhere else.  I bet our portal players were offered $200-300K+ more than anyone else would pay them.

As you said, who knows what Woody would have to pay to get players here next year.  And anyone who would take the money would be a huge red flag.

 

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3 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

We have millions of dollars sitting on the bench. I feel for Rice but you could kinda say that about almost all of our players 

I get it but at the same time they didn't have to take the money and they could've watched tape and seen how bad Woodson is.

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Doesn't sterling get there is a process!!!!


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