They “Retired” Coach Woodson Thread

[Kentuckysucks]

5 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I think that is a great question. I would hope from learning from the Fitz situation that he went to Whitten and said I'm going to start talking to this guy, are you OK with that? Or this guy has shown interest is it ok if we start talking numbers?

I like the question and wish I knew the answer. It would save us all a lot of time talking on here LOL

F*** it just pull a Fife and offer Bruce a big contract anyway.

[Chris007]

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

Sweet 16 - No      Marginally if he makes it further.

And I have no problem with that and I feel most agree with your original statement. Other than Stuhoo & myself there are not a lot of people on here who would take Dusty as their first choice and I think that is OK. 

[IUHoosierJoe]

31 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I think Scott has to look at it like this. This is his chance to put his stamp on the department he has always wanted to be in charge of since coming here in 84.

You get Cig & Pearl then you are a hero around here. If you get Cig and stick with Woodson for another year then you don't look so good and will reflect on you when you retire.

He probably doesn't like it but his legacy is also riding on this offseason. 

It also doesn’t help his legacy that he hired Woodson, even if he was talked or forced into it.  So I’m sure he’s feeling pressure that the next hire has to be the grand slam.

[rcbowla]

F*** it just pull a Fife and offer Bruce a big contract anyway.

Easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. That's my moto with the wife. Think it works in this situation also lol.

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[Ghost of Rick Majerus]

20 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I would guess Dolson is happy today because he's not getting 500 emails. So hopefully he's working on the next coach or raising money. 

He at least got one. And yes, I got the same response as everyone else. 

[CSP]

Some of you wouldn't have hired Jay Wright from Hofstra. 

[Chris007]

1 minute ago, Ngw7183 said:

 Why doesn’t Chris post his full name and his exact job at IU?

 

If you don't think I have been fully checked out by people on this board, by people at this university than I don't know what to tell you. Many members on this board know exactly what I do and where I work. I have even had a poster from this site come to my office. 

But I have never gotten any info from anything I do with my job at IU. 

You have some grudge or something against me or people here. We don't dislike you, I kind of like you for how you stand up for you feel is right. I like your loyalty to Coach. Just chill a little. 

I don't know what is going to happen, I pass along what I hear. I've been wrong many times and each time I am it gets pointed out by Hornsby, Josh or Hoosier2017 or someone like that LOL. 

[JSHoosier]

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

Your perception of a leader is markedly different than mine.  To me, a leader sets an example for others to follow.  The incident in Chicago, the incident with the car chase, the flagrant senseless fouls aren't examples I expect from a leader and I sure as hell wouldn't be singing his praises.

No kidding. If that's the leader, I don't want to follow him.

A team leader should set a higher standard than that.

[Kentuckysucks]

6 minutes ago, rcs29 said:

Easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. That's my moto with the wife. Think it works in this situation also lol.

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Dolson:  Great news Pam.  It took a lifetime contract but I just signed our next men's basketball coach.

Whitten:  Who'd you get?

Dolson: Chris Beard!

[str8baller]

38 minutes ago, Ngw7183 said:

What if the players came out and told you point blank that was a huge reason for their effort changing and not having him while relying on Cupps to be a leader has been tough. 

Is X a word beater… nope. In an off injury all year, rusty as hell, not great last night etc. 

However, there was genuine excitement to get a leader back on the floor. This is seen in sports all the damn time. One guy who fans don’t think is important, goes down, and whole team folds. They have missed him dearly as a leader on the floor. This is a very young team and they don’t look at Cupps like they look at X. Cupps also has a lot of pressure taken off, less minutes to play etc with him back.

You can all say I am a know it all etc but what is this response from you? You and others acting like they know it all too. 

As some one who has played, a child play at a high level,  seen this exact scenario play out before with teams personally, lived it, yeah, I do know a little about it.

You spent the first half of the season telling us that Gunn needed Cupps minutes for defensive purposes. That’s a position that is so laughable, I’m curious as to your high level expertise that led you to such a conclusion that even Coach Woodson thinks is ludicrous. 

[rcbowla]

Yeah, why don’t we all put our so names and addresses on here as well. Why doesn’t Chris post his full name and his exact job at IU?
Should I also ask why everyone on here who feels they know the team and game better than everyone post their resume that qualifies them? 
I will say it again - this changes NOTHING. It doesn’t mean one thing if Dolson is a quality AD at all. You don’t decide based on end of season wins, or what ifs with X. If he does, he is a joke of an AD.
My point is everything doesn’t have to be some referendum on why Woody is an idiot. X not being here has made a difference. These stat boys like ISP posted are picking and choosing things to fit their belief they know more.  Could easily rip that stat apart.  They are 1-5 this calendar year without X and 3-4 with him and that is with him dealing with injury the whole time. Not to mention we didn’t have Ware for Illinois and that game was very tight and easily could be 4-3 with X. Yep, all teams deal with injury.
He was the leader. Trey has slowly become one and you can see it. But it was X. Losing that all year has been huge to the confidence of a young team. You can see guys like Cupps try to be that guy and his teammates tune him out. There are games like Kansas that we needed that leadership on the court and would likely have been another win that changes confidence of this group. Things snowballed on them. Then fans get ticked, IU media article every hour about how they suck.
Multiple things can be true at once. Woody can be blamed for the roster, for some decisions he has made, etc. While it can also be true X would have made a big difference to how this team has felt psychologically all year. 

Why don't we all put out our personal info? Because we aren't all trying to gain dominion over the board with our incredible successes making us superior to everyone. If you want to use that fine but don't be surprised to have people call you out or just plain not believe you.

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[theriverpilot]

41 minutes ago, Ngw7183 said:

Look, this response from you and others says a lot. I mean a lot about a lack of understanding of team dynamics. It is also coming through that you are done and that is fine but everything is being twisted to support that argument now. Nothing will sway you. What if the players came out and told you point blank that was a huge reason for their effort changing and not having him while relying on Cupps to be a leader has been tough. 

Is X a word beater… nope. In an off injury all year, rusty as hell, not great last night etc. 

However, there was genuine excitement to get a leader back on the floor. This is seen in sports all the damn time. One guy who fans don’t think is important, goes down, and whole team folds. They have missed him dearly as a leader on the floor. This is a very young team and they don’t look at Cupps like they look at X. Cupps also has a lot of pressure taken off, less minutes to play etc with him back.

You can all say I am a know it all etc but what is this response from you? You and others acting like they know it all too. 

As some one who has played, a child play at a high level,  seen this exact scenario play out before with teams personally, lived it, yeah, I do know a little about it.

You are all correct, it has nothing to do with X because his +\- stats and his turnovers, etc If was pure coincidence they played harder than they have in a long time. I don’t know, maybe since Iowa? Where he played as well.

It is not in any way crazy to think this team is right on bubble line with X or in. Not at all. 

before anyone says yeah but first of year we sucked too. Yeah, we have a ton of new and young players. Woody was playing deep bench and X was still getting back to playing. That is hard to do and always takes athletes multiple games to get back to true form. 

The mere presence of a leader on the floor and dressed makes all world of difference.

Genuine question here but what leadership characteristics to you see in X?  What makes you label him "leader on the floor"?  Because a leader isn't something I would label him with.  A competitor?  Yes.  Leader. No.  If anything, that leader tag would go to Trey from my observations.

[TadQueasy]

Did I really read correctly on here that Woody had to be told to go to high school tournaments and such?  

What in the world?  More reasons why he is clearly not in the right spot.  Great player.  Solid NBA assistant.  Good guy.  But not a college basketball head coach.  

Chris, I am not nearly as active on here as many, but I always appreciate your posts and information.  Keep up the good work and ignore any haters. 

[Golfman25]

16 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

And I have no problem with that and I feel most agree with your original statement. Other than Stuhoo & myself there are not a lot of people on here who would take Dusty as their first choice and I think that is OK. 

I would want to listen to his pitch.  It sounds like that is what got Cig going.  He knocked them out of the park with his pitch.  Before that, who knew him???  So if Dusty came in and had a knock your socks off plan, we would be way ahead of where we are now.  The plan can't be I'm not going to see HS recruits.  

[Home Jersey]

1 minute ago, Ngw7183 said:

Nah man, it is because they can’t separate having their mind made up and being willing to acknowledge reality doesn’t lessen their desire to move on. 

Reality... as you see it... Everyone has their own view of things. There is not an objective "reality" or correct/incorrect when it comes to assessing this sort of thing as a fan. All one can really do is use the whole picture, as they see it, to make up their minds.

Anyhow we don't need to get into it I'm sure you've got a long list of people to reply to lol

[Hornsby]

If Mike Woodson bought himself another year because of one measly win against a Wisconsin team in free fall then he was already coming back next year anyway. 

Probably true wisconsin has lost like 6 of 8 and it was a home game they barely won


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[HoosierHoopster]

4 minutes ago, rcs29 said:

Why don't we all put out our personal info? Because we aren't all trying to gain dominion over the board with our incredible successes making us superior to everyone. If you want to use that fine but don't be surprised to have people call you out or just plain not believe you.

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Don't even try. I already have dominion over the Board. 

[Home Jersey]

The risk of keeping Mike Woodson past this season is far greater than the risk of moving on... IMHO

[str8baller]

1 hour ago, SamIam said:

Never seen this board so upset over a win lol. I live up here in Madison, and I had to watch them smack us in person so I really appreciate the team pulling together for that one

Same. Even went to that craptastic game we blew the lead a year or so ago. Always like beating Wisky.  
 

But the sooner Woody is gone the better in most scenarios. 

[HoosierHoopster]

2 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

The risk of keeping Mike Woodson past this season is far greater than the risk of moving on... IMHO

At this point I tend to agree. Still don't think it happens but would be on board (no pun intended) if it does.