They “Retired” Coach Woodson Thread

[SamIam]

Wow, this has gone off the rails.

I think he should be let go, or a retirement accounced before the end of season. What I worry about is the environment at home games. These players don’t deserve to hear the fire mike woodson chants, they don’t deserve to hear the crowd clamor for Dusty, and I worry for their senior night.  A guy like Goode who wanted to play here his whole life shouldn’t have to carry the weight of the shitty coach for the whole season. An interim allows the team to play freely without the shadow over them, and to be honest, I think without the shackles of Woody's system they would play better. OSU last year is the perfect example, they just needed a reset of the vibes around the program and they Diebler let them play freely. Let Kenya coach the team without the cloud for two months. 

[Home Jersey]

1 minute ago, KathywithaC said:

I’m autistic because I think IU will keep Woodson through the end of the season? Thanks for that purely unemotional diagnosis.

Because you don’t understand screen names and apparently have never heard someone refer to somebody else as “chief” … maybe you are just a bot 

[IUrocker]

If conversations have been made about how to get rid of him immediately, I really do hope we hear something for certain before the Ohio State game. With how bad last night was, I don’t like the thought of nothing being said for too long. Doesn’t make sense to let things get even worse. Fans have had it. 
 

[KathywithaC]

2 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

I don’t my dad does.  Brad was willing to take the job but Tracy and the kids weren’t ready to move yet.  And Brad was happy in Boston.  It’s not like he was miserable or anything and willing to fight his family but coaching at IU has been a dream of his.  
 

This is where Whitten could come in handy.  Send her to Boston and stroke that massive ego Tracy apparently has.  Give her what she wants.  Let her be the queen of Bloomington for the next 20 years or whatever.  

So why did he publicly dismiss his interest in IU and any possibility that he’d take the job? Why not say “They made an incredibly generous offer and I love it there, but our family decided that this is the place for us”? Instead, we got the “Masshole” soliloquy, which was dismissive to both IU and IU fans.

[Muskie plays the four]

3 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

You took too much ayahuasca. You Are Talking To The Sky.

I licked a toad once wasn't pleasant but I'd do it again 

[PartyintheVillas]

11 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Screen names are usually not meant to be taken literally chief. He’s not claiming to be a doctor and I’m not actually an IU Home Jersey btw

I did, however, party in the villas before.

[KathywithaC]

2 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Because you don’t understand screen names and apparently have never heard someone refer to somebody else as “chief” … maybe you are just a bot 

I don’t understand screen names? That’s the road you’re going down now?

[SamIam]

At the absolute least the admin is going to take the time they have with the two away games. If both are bad losses, I would expect the admin to make some sort of announcement. Obviously, their preference is to let him finish the season, so they will watch these two games for something to hitch the wagon to. 

[KathywithaC]

4 minutes ago, SlammySammy said:

Troll....plain and simple...This is the Fire Woodson thread.....Its not a Lets Debate Firing Woody thread....I am sure that you can start that one and see who gives you the time of day....so, you are here to stir the fans that want him gone up a bit....

I came here to discuss the process and mindset within the University on matters such as this, and the “Fire Woodson” crowd didn’t care for that. The mistake I made was suggesting their reactions were emotional, which elicited an extremely emotional response from the unemotional and rational posters whom I called “emotional”.

[Kentuckysucks]

2 minutes ago, KathywithaC said:

So why did he publicly dismiss his interest in IU and any possibility that he’d take the job? Why not say “They made an incredibly generous offer and I love it there, but our family decided that this is the place for us”? Instead, we got the “Masshole” soliloquy, which was dismissive to both IU and IU fans.

He talked highly of IU before that.  The masshole comment came after the decision had been made.

 

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31077749/brad-stevens-says-grateful-boston-celtics-coach-amid-talk-indiana-hoosiers-opening

[Jeff Flabjohns]

1 minute ago, AH1971 said:

I listed the consensus favorites which of course are : Stevens, Pearl, and May. Of the three, I would only consider Pearl to be a home run hire. I have several reservations with both Dusty May and Brad Stevens. Doesn't mean they couldn't win here, but wouldn't shock me if they didn't.

I think Musselman could handle the noise and expectations but I don't think his style is sustainable. Plus I don't think fans would like him. 

I picked Muss on purpose. This past weekend after they beat Illinois you said he’s “a really good coach”. Now when he’s brought up as a Woody replacement, his style is suddenly unsustainable. 

You continue to be heavily biased and disingenuous 

[Jeff Flabjohns]

Pointing out you have reservations about a potential hire or wouldn’t be shocked if they didn’t work out is such a useless waste of text. 
Of course they might not work out!!

But what we’ve seen over the last 18 months is clearly not working. It’s continuing to spiral down. 

[Pagoda]

2 minutes ago, KathywithaC said:

I came here to discuss the process and mindset within the University on matters such as this, and the “Fire Woodson” crowd didn’t care for that. The mistake I made was suggesting their reactions were emotional, which elicited an extremely emotional response from the unemotional and rational posters whom I called “emotional”.

Trollin’

[go iu bb]

1 hour ago, KathywithaC said:

Yes, and thanks for sharing your relatively short term fandom. What Which sport did you play? 

FIFY. Just thought I'd get a head start on the grammar fixing since you resorted to that the last time you posted this much, probably just a matter of time until you start again.

[OKHOOSIER]

6 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

I listed the consensus favorites which of course are : Stevens, Pearl, and May. Of the three, I would only consider Pearl to be a home run hire. I have several reservations with both Dusty May and Brad Stevens. Doesn't mean they couldn't win here, but wouldn't shock me if they didn't.

I think Musselman could handle the noise and expectations but I don't think his style is sustainable. Plus I don't think fans would like him. 

Today is getting weird in here because I definitely agree with you here lol. I’ll probably get skewered for this take but…..

While I do think it would be a slam dunk hire and would be thrilled, I do think there are some questions with BS. He hasn’t coached college in a decade and hasn’t coached at all in a minute. BS isn’t the grand slam home run he would have been after Crean anymore, more like a two run bomb with the potential to be a grand slam. Forgive me for my extended analogy lol

[TadQueasy]

22 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Screen names are usually not meant to be taken literally chief. He’s not claiming to be a doctor and I’m not actually an IU Home Jersey btw

I am a Tad Queasy tho!  

[AH1971]

7 minutes ago, DoctorP said:

I picked Muss on purpose. This past weekend after they beat Illinois you said he’s “a really good coach”. Now when he’s brought up as a Woody replacement, his style is suddenly unsustainable. 

You continue to be heavily biased and disingenuous 

He's a really good coach from an X's and O's standpoint. He's also a maniac. His preference to retool in the portal every single season isn't sustainable at a job like Indiana where expectations are sky high every single season. He was shot out of a cannon at Arkansas and crashed and burned even faster. 

X's and O's are a fraction of what it takes to be successful here...but you knew that. 

[SamIam]

Woody is gone, the admin isn't gonna make the call today so I'm not wasting anymore time on it.

In my opinion we should all be able to agree Dusty is number one. I've been doing laps for him on here for a year, you can check my posts about his record at FAU. I was told he was unproven, but I am glad Coach Cignetti has ended the debate once and for all. If you are a good coach, you are a good coach. If you are going to bring up Archie's record, you might as well save the characters and just say you don't know ball.

Dusty is the energetic program leader that Pat Kelsey is with the X and O proficiency of Mark Pope. MAKE HIM SAY NO. He is the best option. Young, energetic, modern. He is not only being considered because he is "in the family" like Woodson, instead his connection to IU is maybe the only reason he would take a call from any other school. His buyout is incredibly low, but those conversations need to be backchannelled right now so he doesn’t take the raise that will be offered as soon as UM senses us sniffing around. My impression is that he would take the call. It’s a unique opportunity for IU and I hope they don’t screw it up and that the door isn't closed. 

Some of the other names here don’t really make sense

• Pearl isn't leaving, would be expensive and I don’t like him anyway, but if he takes the call, sure. 
• I don’t want Beard because beating your gf is a no-go for me, but I can promise you that is a non-starter for the admin, so we should stop wasting time on him. FYI, the cops dropped the case because the fiancé declined to cooperate, but the police report is jarring enough (did she fake the bite marks?). It speaks poorly on many of you to carry water for this man as the role model for our players. 
• Stevens isn't going to come but sure send a call out, fun to dream about though
• Oats wants to go midwest apparently, not my favorite coach and would be uber uber expensive but would no doubt be good

Other options are:

• McCollum. I don’t want to hear about "unproven" anymore. If anyone compares someone to Archie I might melt down. If you can coach you can coach. There have been strong rumors that McC is an ******* and that stopped him from reaching D1 until now but if he wins who cares.
• Luke Murray: Hurley sucked without him, his offense is a dream, and Bill would come to our games! Obviously any asst. is a risk though.
• Shrewsberry/Shertz: TOUGH sell to the fanbase, I get it. But you have to understand that Shrews has built a roster without the portal, the old fashioned way and his best player missed half their games so far. I promise they will round into form. Probably not quite good enough for IU though. Same thing with Shertz. Great coach but probably not flashy enough in year one at SLU. 

Dusty checks literally every box. Get it done or regret that we didn't for the next 25 years. 

[IUHoosierJoe]

8 minutes ago, KathywithaC said:

I came here to discuss the process and mindset within the University on matters such as this, and the “Fire Woodson” crowd didn’t care for that. The mistake I made was suggesting their reactions were emotional, which elicited an extremely emotional response from the unemotional and rational posters whom I called “emotional”.

Just curious who you think is on Dolson’s candidate list.  

[Chris007]

21 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

I don’t my dad does.  Brad was willing to take the job but Tracy and the kids weren’t ready to move yet.  And Brad was happy in Boston.  It’s not like he was miserable or anything and willing to fight his family but coaching at IU has been a dream of his.  
 

This is where Whitten could come in handy.  Send her to Boston and stroke that massive ego Tracy apparently has.  Give her what she wants.  Let her be the queen of Bloomington for the next 20 years or whatever.  

I think there is another way to get to Brad and I think Scott is using it genuinely. Tracy will play a big part but not the whole part