They “Retired” Coach Woodson Thread

[AZ Hoosier 8,654]

17 minutes ago, HoosierAccipiter said:

With that outta the way, what’s a quick synopsis of the Ferguson (alleged) story about him making a misogynistic comment to Mrs. S?

As I heard it.. after the introductions and pleasantries, Ferguson asked her to leave the room so the men could finalize the deal.

BTW, not only was she Brad's wive, she's a lawyer and was his agent.

[VO5 8,312]

2 minutes ago, JerryYeagley23 said:

The “compromise” by Dolson to let this go down this way saved us some good cash on the buyout. Lot of litigation today. Make no mistake about it, this was not Woody’s decision to retire. 

Still a joke he gets to stay on the sidelines. Been nothing but a cancer to our program and he gets to finish the year. Do they expect the fans to cheer? Lol. Duke, UNC, etc would not let him coach the rest of the year.

[Trish 12,316]

How soon before we see staff members selling gear on Facebook Marketplace? 

[Home Jersey 10,841]

Just now, OKHOOSIER said:

I am happy. Coach SZN and I can feel less weird about wanting us to win. Also, the announcement specifically mentioning the Michigan game is pretty GD funny. They know that's gonna be ugly if we start to lose. 

The way this all went down has me feeling like after the B4A.

Would be pleased to never see him again.

Look forward to that being the case after this year. Don't really care what happens until then. 

[LIHoosier 27,066]

28 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Trey's got a career post-IU lined up in the House of Lords

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Long nicely worded all to say don't boo ,yeah but the only sure fire way to not get booed is to not show up .  

Plus not one word about a new search for a coach ,so do they have someone locked in and will announce as soon as IU plays their last game or no ?

 

[IUHAHN81 2,652]

5 minutes ago, JerryYeagley23 said:

The “compromise” by Dolson to let this go down this way saved us some good cash on the buyout. Lot of litigation today. Make no mistake about it, this was not Woody’s decision to retire. 

But do we still get "Our guy?!

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 87,024]

[HoosierX 1,732]

10 minutes ago, Golfman25 said:

So since Woody decided to "step down" we shouldn't see a transfer of some $8 million, right?  

The entire statement was just PR spin. It doesn’t reflect the reality of what went on behind the scenes.

He’ll get paid, the question is how much.

[JaybobHoosier 12,214]

Needed to happen and glad it did. While I was not a fan of the hire and tenure, will still thank him for attempting to get IU back. I hope people don’t boo, just let it go since it’s finalized that he’s gone. 
 

Cheer on the players and have hope that Dolson can get us a winner that will greatly succeed here. 

[Golfman25 6,054]

9 minutes ago, JerryYeagley23 said:

The “compromise” by Dolson to let this go down this way saved us some good cash on the buyout. Lot of litigation today. Make no mistake about it, this was not Woody’s decision to retire. 

Clearly the release is a bunch of BS.  Doesn't square with the reported "contemplating" retirement crap.  If he actually told Dolson on Wed. that he wanted to step down, the statement could have been drafted by that afternoon.  No need to wait until late Friday.  I was born at night, but not last night.  

Anywho, thank god it's over.  Time to start tracking flights.  :)  

[AZ Hoosier 8,654]

9 minutes ago, JerryYeagley23 said:

The “compromise” by Dolson to let this go down this way saved us some good cash on the buyout. Lot of litigation today. Make no mistake about it, this was not Woody’s decision to retire. 

Did Dolson get paid (reduced buyout) for writing that tripe?

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The entire statement was just PR spin. It doesn’t reflect the reality of what went on behind the scenes.
He’ll get paid, the question is how much.

Still doesn't change the fact
he did alot of damage the program. We got rid of him but some puff piece doesn't change my opinion of him at all.

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[LamarCheeks 20,348]

Statement's text 

During a meeting with Coach Woodson on Wednesday, he informed me he wanted to step down as our program's head coach at the end of the current season. 

Reality ... 

During a meeting with Coach Woodson on Wednesday, I informed him he wanted to step down as our program's head coach at the end of the current season. 

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See you guys in the coaching thread. This was a historical run

[Trish 12,316]

I can’t believe we did it folks. We got rid of Woodson finally. What a day, the nightmare of a hire since Day 1 is finally over.

 

I hope each of you enjoy a beer / beverage tonight. Enjoy a cigar, courtesy of the king of Indiana.

 

[sirhoosierlot 3,023]

I truly don’t think the atmosphere will be bad at all. Most of the fan base isn’t as crazy about this as we are and most just wanted him gone one way or the other. At worst the place will just be empty because the games really don’t matter anymore. If you don’t like the product on the floor there’s really not downside to not tuning in now, the pressure should be off the team a little bit, and Woody gets his 4 years. It’s a win/win for everybody in my opinion. 

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Just now, AZ Hoosier said:

Did Dolson get paid (reduced buyout) for writing that tripe?

Some lackey in the comms department probably wrote that thing (with the help of ChatGPT maybe lol) with painstaking amounts of reviews/approvals after all the litigation that went on especially. Will say, easier to swallow him finishing the season if Dolson saved a significant amount of the buyout in the process. 

[HoosierAccipiter 139]

7 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

As I heard it.. after the introductions and pleasantries, Ferguson asked her to leave the room so the men could finalize the deal.

BTW, no only was she Brad's wive, she's a lawyer and was his agent.

OMFG

[Class of '66 Old Fart 87,024]

Language in the press release is typical for this type of situation.  Only anyone living in a cave in deepest Mongolia doesn't know exactly what happened and why.