Fire Coach Woodson Thread

[Golfman25 5,896]

9 hours ago, Blue 2 Green said:

Can you imagine why Jordan would ever consider playing baseball for the Birmingham Barons?  One might argue that he was "in the best of all possible basketball worlds" in 1993.  What is your opinion of minor league baseball?

Michael Jordan's first love was baseball and he sacrificed millions of dollars and probably two NBA championships to ride buses in the minor leagues for two summers in his 30's.  That's a pretty expensive fantasy camp!  Actually, had it not been for the MLB work stoppage in 1995 he might never have returned to basketball. 

Bobby Knight called Jordan "the best basketball player I've ever seen play".  As a basketball player, many have argued (Knight included) that he was the best athlete in any sport.  Where would Jordan rank as a baseball player? 

Speaking of Bobby Knight, one might think that he was "in the best of all possible basketball worlds" in early July of 1981.  He had just won his second NCAA championship by the age of 40 and had a talented group of players returning.  Isiah Thomas and Ray Tolbert were off to the pros but rising senior Landon Turner had blossomed into one of the best players in college basketball and Wittman, Kitchel, and Jimmy Thomas would be back as well.  Can you imagine why Knight would ever consider approaching CBS about joining the television network for the 1981-82 season as a college basketball commentator?  CBS would be a huge step down in my opinion.

Knight reached out to CBS and the network made a concrete offer for a substantial amount to Knight that summer.  When he returned to IU in the fall of 1981, Knight ultimately admitted to the media that he was “very close” to accepting the offer.  After Landon's accident Knight had decided to remain the coach at Indiana so as to be best positioned to organize the establishment of the Landon Turner Trust Fund. 

Knight had worked as a color commentator for CBS during the 1979 NCAA Tournament and apparently thought enough of his performance to consider leaving the sidelines for the broadcast booth.  Never lacking for confidence, he would later explain his flirtation with a mid-life career change by asserting that "very few people have ever achieved greatness in two separate endeavors" (or words to that effect).

Brad Stevens may ultimately decide to not coach basketball at Indiana University, but is it really so far-fetched that a man who can choose his own path might choose to accept $70 million (plus) to do a thing he has always loved to do at a place he has dreamed of doing it?

Jordan was suspended.  :)  

[GloryDays 5,959]

18 hours ago, IUFAN1976 said:

What’s he cooking?  Noodle Soup?

Crack!

[Hoosier DaDa 3,059]

14 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Hell, the fans who wanted Woodson for a coach are a dying breed....literally.

My father is 80 this year.  He went to IU undergrad and law school.  Below was the text I received when we all were blessed with the news Woody was returning home to bridge the gap and win B1G championships and NCAAs.

 

What in the hell is IU thinking this is going to be a disaster??

[Kentuckysucks 2,597]

Woodson hasn’t beaten a ranked team in almost 2 years.  Wow

https://x.com/ryanmcdivitt/status/1886742115020939652?s=46

[go iu bb 6,968]

1 hour ago, IUFAN1976 said:

Another article I found on MSN stating that it might be time to turn the page on MW!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/when-the-ball-is-bad/ar-AA1ylZjL?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=238be3aee7ed4750b6461253651bbccd&ei=54

I like stories like that since it kills the narrative some push that no one outside of IU knows what's going on so won't understand if Woodson is fired. Firing Woodson now or at the end of the season isn't bad optics. Keeping him another year would be.

[IU22 198]

Trilly saying a big name will be hitting the portal day and wants to be at IU no matter the coach.

[Papacap 606]

3 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

I like stories like that since it kills the narrative some push that no one outside of IU knows what's going on so won't understand if Woodson is fired. Firing Woodson now or at the end of the season isn't bad optics. Keeping him another year would be.

That’s what’s funny to me. There are some IU fans who think the outside world thinks we are too impatient with coaches. Not my non-IU friends. They have wondered why IU has put up with this crap. I’m live in Georgia. Zero chance UGA would tolerate anything close to this. 

[BBTB 29]

39 minutes ago, Trish said:

Understandable, from my perspective, I don't want to root for a win nor a win streak. College basketball is simple, you lose and get fired. You win, you'll stick around.

We all want him gone, therefor, we must lose. 

Exactly what I  am thinking the more they lose the more they have to say goodbye at the end of this very long season .I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt year 1&2  ,last year should have been it but here we are with the run it back and "true fan" .I watched B4A  and endured game 1 and turned off game 2 and have  given  up .So now I feel they must lose as many games as they can to make sure that he does not come back ,and goes gently off into the sunset .

[Hoosierfan1901 6,462]

5 minutes ago, IU22 said:

Trilly saying a big name will be hitting the portal day and wants to be at IU no matter the coach.

Hunter Dickinson 6th year

[reconmkd 4,562]

Just now, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Hunter Dickinson 6th year

Isn't this like a 10th year?

 

[GloryDays 5,959]

14 hours ago, go iu bb said:

Suppose there was a poster who defended Woodson until the middle of this season. Imagine if this post spent the summer banging his chest over the portal "win" and telling us how great Woodson is.

Now suppose this poster was telling everyone that no coaches anyone on this board is talking about would come to IU. If they did, they wouldn't do well. The best IU could do was Pitino Jr who would do a great job here.

I don't know about everyone else, but I wouldn't really place too much confidence in that poster's ability to evaluate coaching prowess. And pretty much no one on this board has any real idea which coaches would or wouldn't agree to coach at IU.

I think it's Woody as much as he post's here. A working man couldn't hold down a job unless his boss was a very good friend.

Wearing my old @$$ out listening to the fool.

[IU22 198]

7 minutes ago, IU22 said:

Trilly saying a big name will be hitting the portal day and wants to be at IU no matter the coach.

maybe Nijel Pack

[go iu bb 6,968]

6 minutes ago, Papacap said:

That’s what’s funny to me. There are some IU fans who think the outside world thinks we are too impatient with coaches. Not my non-IU friends. They have wondered why IU has put up with this crap. I’m live in Georgia. Zero chance UGA would tolerate anything close to this. 

UK, UL, and UNC have all fired coaches after 2-3 years. If there were negative takes on those firings, they were few and far between. Hell, Davis at UNC is in year 4 and has a much better record than Woodson but his seat is still hot.

[Uspshoosier 47,241]

19 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

Woodson hasn’t beaten a ranked team in almost 2 years.  Wow

https://x.com/ryanmcdivitt/status/1886742115020939652?s=46

Woody hasn’t beaten a team that was a 4 seed or better in the NCAA tourney since Feb 25 of 2023 

[hoosierbannerd 1,889]

11 minutes ago, IU22 said:

Trilly saying a big name will be hitting the portal day and wants to be at IU no matter the coach.

My guy Kory..err...Flory?

[MrBBall 215]

13 minutes ago, IU22 said:

Trilly saying a big name will be hitting the portal day and wants to be at IU no matter the coach.

Somebody knows who’s coming to IU

[Uspshoosier 47,241]

3 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Woody hasn’t beaten a team that was a 4 seed or better in the NCAA tourney since Feb 25 of 2023 

Probably the last time they beat a ranked team as well.  Although while Wisconsin wasn’t ranked at the time IU beat them last year they still was a 5 seeded team in the tourney last year but was fading fast.   IU fans have had a rough couple years.  Promised to be competing for B1G titles and championships but yet coming up on a 2 year cycle where the teams hasn’t beaten a top 4 seeded quality team 

[Chris007 47,524]

14 minutes ago, IU22 said:

Trilly saying a big name will be hitting the portal day and wants to be at IU no matter the coach.

I like the sound of that. 

[Hornsby 2,579]

What’s he cooking today?  Please don’t say Chicago Deep Dish pizza, that picture made me full just looking at it!

I need to ask ant wright. He is the king of Woodson cooking.

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[Artie86 2,336]

2 hours ago, Chris007 said:

I want this to be clear: I think we have a shot at Brad, but I would still be surprised if he is the coach. I'm not getting my hopes up this time, but I like our chances; I just can't quite get there in my head yet. 

lol!!!!