They “Retired” Coach Woodson Thread

[TheWatShot]

Honestly curious: what needs to happen for Buckner to leave? Will we know by a certain date if he is or isn't running for another term? How does that work, is he elected to his position or appointed? 

 

[JSHoosier]

1 minute ago, TheWatShot said:

Honestly curious: what needs to happen for Buckner to leave? Will we know by a certain date if he is or isn't running for another term? How does that work, is he elected to his position or appointed? 

 

Appointed by the governor, I believe.

[Pagoda]

3 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

Honestly curious: what needs to happen for Buckner to leave? Will we know by a certain date if he is or isn't running for another term? How does that work, is he elected to his position or appointed? 

 

His Chairmanship is over summer 2025.  Some chatter he will retire from the board too.

[akumanina]

7 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

Woodson clearly just needs more time. He didn't even know Indiana such such a problematic hump, no way he can figure out how to get over it in 4 years.

Agree wholeheartedly!

I think Woodson's got about 45% chance to reach Sweet 16 before he reaches 70. 

[Brass Cannon]

20 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

Woodson clearly just needs more time. He didn't even know Indiana such such a problematic hump, no way he can figure out how to get over it in 4 years.

Mike Woodson is a drunk that can’t get over a curb.  Coach Cig is a guy who just climbed Everest

[iu eyedoc]

16 hours ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Does he get credit for the 40 minutes that he saw them in person? :D

He would need to provide video proof that he didn't dose off a few times.

[JF87]

2 hours ago, Trish said:

We need to lose tomorrow. The tank must start strong in conference play before we go back to play the schools of the deaf and blind. 

I don't believe that Woodson is the right guy, but I can't root against us.  I'll root for IU and hope that I'm wrong about Woodson or that our talent is good enough to overcome his deficiencies.  If Woodson loses winnable games or get beats soundly by similar talent, I'll continue to add my voice to the Fire Woodson chorus.  

[JF87]

My biggest concern is that the expectations for Woodson's continued employment are so low that we'll have to continue suffering his mediocrity.  There seems to be enough IU fans (and donors) that are content with finishing in the middle of the pack in the Big Ten and barely making the NCAA Tournament.  

Based on our talent, I expect IU to finish at least top 4 in the new 18 team Big Ten; be ranked in the top 12-15 nationally; get no worse than a 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament; and make the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. If Woodson fails to meet these goals, we need a coaching change.  

[connchr71]

1 hour ago, Pagoda said:

His Chairmanship is over summer 2025.  Some chatter he will retire from the board too.

Hopefully he will retire from Pacer broadcasts too. I don't know which position I dislike him more in!

[MikeRoberts]

17 hours ago, DChoosier said:

Maybe not celebrating but your own quote seems pretty close to that

“Michigan 2-0 in conference now. So glad we bought a team instead of getting dusty!”

Again, and this seems to be a difficult concept to understand, but I’m NOT defending Woody but rather stating that we would not be happy with a 2 point home win against Iowa. Not sure why that is debatable/controversial.

 

 

 

 

I’m not sure I agree. Any wins in conference are appreciated.

[Hornsby]

My biggest concern is that the expectations for Woodson's continued employment are so low that we'll have to continue suffering his mediocrity.  There seems to be enough IU fans (and donors) that are content with finishing in the middle of the pack in the Big Ten and barely making the NCAA Tournament.  
Based on our talent, I expect IU to finish at least top 4 in the new 18 team Big Ten; be ranked in the top 12-15 nationally; get no worse than a 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament; and make the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. If Woodson fails to meet these goals, we need a coaching change.  

We do but if the donor checks get written again he won't be going anywhere. He thinks going 20-13 is doing his job with a 6 million dollar team.

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[JSHoosier]

13 minutes ago, JF87 said:

My biggest concern is that the expectations for Woodson's continued employment are so low that we'll have to continue suffering his mediocrity.  There seems to be enough IU fans (and donors) that are content with finishing in the middle of the pack in the Big Ten and barely making the NCAA Tournament.  

Based on our talent, I expect IU to finish at least top 4 in the new 18 team Big Ten; be ranked in the top 12-15 nationally; get no worse than a 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament; and make the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. If Woodson fails to meet these goals, we need a coaching change.  

We passed the time for a coaching change. We've reached 'launch from the nearest cannon' stage.

[IUFAN1976]

1 hour ago, JF87 said:

I don't believe that Woodson is the right guy, but I can't root against us.  I'll root for IU and hope that I'm wrong about Woodson or that our talent is good enough to overcome his deficiencies.  If Woodson loses winnable games or get beats soundly by similar talent, I'll continue to add my voice to the Fire Woodson chorus.  

Be prepared to continue adding!  Woodson will continue to be out-coached.  The difference between the other B10 coaches and MW, they are used to working hard and the most mediocre team in the B10 will beat us because they have a better coach, who works much harder than him and will prepare a game plan that will exploit our flaws and this will happen about 4-5 games!  Trust me, he’s mediocre Mike for a reason!

[AZ Hoosier]

22 minutes ago, connchr71 said:

Hopefully he will retire from Pacer broadcasts too. I don't know which position I dislike him more in!

Definitely the IU BoT. His Pacer gig doesn't affect me in any way/shape/form here in Arizona... but his actions regarding The Mediocre One has most definitely harshed my mellow.

[AZ Hoosier]

1 hour ago, Hornsby said:

We do but if the donor checks get written again he won't be going anywhere. He thinks going 20-13 is doing his job with a 6 million dollar team.

That's kind of the point. These guys ponied up several million dollars to augment what the NIL cartels were providing... and they got Woodson the talent... but they cannot be happy to see what he's done with the talent... it just doesn't make sense for them to keep throwing their good money away on an arrogant fool who thinks he's the King of Indiana.

[JSHoosier]

5 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

That's kind of the point. These guys ponies up several million dollars to augment what the NIL cartels were providing... and they got Woodson the talent... but they cannot be happy to see what he's done with the talent... it just doesn't make sense for them to keep throwing their good money away on an arrogant fool who thinks he's the King of Indiana.

Didn't make sense to do it last season, but here we are. Rich people are quite capable of spending money in stupid ways.

[DChoosier]

58 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

I’m not sure I agree. Any wins in conference are appreciated.

You could be right but let’s see what happens if we win a BT game at home by 2. I doubt it will be a celebration but perhaps it will be if the opponent is someone like PU.

[AZ Hoosier]

40 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

Didn't make sense to do it last season, but here we are. Rich people are quite capable of spending money in stupid ways.

No, it didn't make any sense at all ... but if Buckner was pushing the deal, and offering access (at some level) with the "guarantee" that Woodson could restore the shine to IU if he had talent... I mean, to me, it's a pipe dream and a fool's errand... but you know "WE CAN GET IT DONE THIS TIME"... blah, blah, blah... 

It sickens me beyond the ability to even try to express it, but then, it ain't my money, so I suppose that it could be worse. :D 

[Hornsby]

That's kind of the point. These guys ponied up several million dollars to augment what the NIL cartels were providing... and they got Woodson the talent... but they cannot be happy to see what he's done with the talent... it just doesn't make sense for them to keep throwing their good money away on an arrogant fool who thinks he's the King of Indiana.

Then why did they do it last spring after he missed the tourney? Rich people throw away money all the time. Look at the amount of money given to politicians who lose. I bet they would be happy to pony up again as long as it allows them to drink wine with woodson and hear stories from 50 years ago.Sent from my SM-A146U using Tapatalk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[WeeDerkaNaut]

1 hour ago, AZ Hoosier said:

That's kind of the point. These guys ponied up several million dollars to augment what the NIL cartels were providing... and they got Woodson the talent... but they cannot be happy to see what he's done with the talent... it just doesn't make sense for them to keep throwing their good money away on an arrogant fool who thinks he's the King of Indiana.

More money than sense is the only explanation.