They “Retired” Coach Woodson Thread

[Pagoda]

46 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

I still think they squeak into the dance, get blasted in the first weekend, and then a couple days later Dolson (Buckner) announces the Return of the King.

Maybe.

I hope Dolson is the new King.  He might be.  He built up football, which resulted in the University being showcased all season long including on Big Noon and Game Day, and he is going to increase our athletic dept revenue by way more than anyone else ever has, which everyone will notice.  He was right about wanting to get rid of Woody last year.  Things have changed.  It's Scott's athletic dept!  (fingers crossed)

[Scotty R]

58 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

Mike Davis made the tournament his last season.

Even made the second round but he wasn't fired but resigned during the season 

[Oggyiu]

9 hours ago, Chris007 said:

An average team played better than average to beat another average team. We were 7.5 underdogs which is very sad that were ever an underdog in basketball to PSU

Yeah, I gotcha.

Sad that this is where we are now.

Stand by it though. When the majority think we’re gonna lose, and we never trail in the second half, it’s something 

[Hoosier987]

1 hour ago, Pagoda said:

Good call.  I forgot he did.

Davis' last year we made it in as a 6th seed and lost in the Rd of 32 to Gonzaga after beating SDSU in the first round. I still remember that SDSU game, Robert Vaden made a clutch three to seal the game.

 That was another talented team but we had lost DJ White with a broken foot. That 2005-2006 team started to play better when Davis announced he was resigning at the end of the season in February. This seemingly ended the distraction of his uncertainty and players all rallied around him each other to finish the season on a strong note. Davis was also well liked, so it's not surprising the team wanted to rally behind him. Robert Vaden followed him to UAB and I think there was a time that we weren't sure if DJ was going to stay either...of course he stayed which set the tone for an incredible 1-2 punch between him and Gordon a couple of years later. 

BTW - Gordon was at the PSU game and spoke to the team after. 

[Pagoda]

11 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

Davis' last year we made it in as a 6th seed and lost in the Rd of 32 to Gonzaga after beating SDSU in the first round. I still remember that SDSU game, Robert Vaden made a clutch three to seal the game.

 That was another talented team but we had lost DJ White with a broken foot. That 2005-2006 team started to play better when Davis announced he was resigning at the end of the season in February. This seemingly ended the distraction of his uncertainty and players all rallied around him each other to finish the season on a strong note. Davis was also well liked, so it's not surprising the team wanted to rally behind him. Robert Vaden followed him to UAB and I think there was a time that we weren't sure if DJ was going to stay either...of course he stayed which set the tone for an incredible 1-2 punch between him and Gordon a couple of years later. 

BTW - Gordon was at the PSU game and spoke to the team after. 

Nice of EJ to do that.  He didn’t have the best experience at IU unfortunately…

[coonhounds]

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[WayneFleekHoosier]

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Not expecting info on Reneau but hoping to get some more details.


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[IUFAN1976]

2 minutes ago, coonhounds said:

Radio show tonight at 7.05 via zoom due to inclement weather for any of you woody fans!

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No thanks!  I don’t listen to his post game comments.  He doesn’t say anything worth listening to because it is usually the same sh*t different day. He’ll talk about the hump, he’ll take credit for them hitting 3’s instead of the “I can’t shoot for them” or something like that 

[IUFAN1976]

1 minute ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Not expecting info on Reneau but hoping to get some more details.


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I hate the kid is hurt but it may turn out to be a blessing in disguise 

[jumpshot53]

Well if Reneau  doesn't return soon and we start losing, Woodson will treat that injury like he treated X's injury.  

"Man,  we were going to be so good, but losing X (Reneau) was just too big to overcome. Not Mike Woodson's fault.  Buy me some more players and stop bothering me."  signed the King.

[IUFAN1976]

20 minutes ago, jumpshot53 said:

Well if Reneau  doesn't return soon and we start losing, Woodson will treat that injury like he treated X's injury.  

"Man,  we were going to be so good, but losing X (Reneau) was just too big to overcome. Not Mike Woodson's fault.  Buy me some more players and stop bothering me."  signed the King.

Then there is that!

[HoosierInParadise]

Even made the second round but he wasn't fired but resigned during the season 

Didn't he even take a "sick day" when we played Iowa at home that year because he was feeling the heat and Alford was coming to town?

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[Hornsby]

Well if Reneau  doesn't return soon and we start losing, Woodson will treat that injury like he treated X's injury.  

"Man,  we were going to be so good, but losing X (Reneau) was just too big to overcome. Not Mike Woodson's fault.  Buy me some more players and stop bothering me."  signed the King.

Teams will start adjusting to iu with only one big now if he isn't coming back soon. They will certainly scout out running the one in. The better teams will defend iu well on the perimeter.

 

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[Pagoda]

1 hour ago, coonhounds said:

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Woody had Walsh fill in for him lol.

[coonhounds]

Woody had Walsh fill in for him lol.

Sad

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[Scotty R]

39 minutes ago, mbredenk101 said:

Didn't he even take a "sick day" when we played Iowa at home that year because he was feeling the heat and Alford was coming to town?

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Yep, and our fans treated him terribly over the years

[str8baller]

22 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

Yep, and our fans treated him terribly over the years

Not really. He was welcomed back warmly. 
 

He was treated like any other failure coach prone to a series of foot-shooting gaffes. The one difference being back then certain standards still seem to exist among most of the fan base and we felt entitled to return to greatness sooner rather than later. 

[Scotty R]

Just now, str8baller said:

Not really. He was welcomed back warmly. 
 

He was treated like any other failure coach prone to a series of foot-shooting gaffes. The one difference being back then certain standards still seem to exist among most of the fan base and we felt entitled to return to greatness sooner rather than later. 

I have heard about some of the letters he received through the years wasn't your typical failure coach letters

[str8baller]

2 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

I have heard about some of the letters he received through the years wasn't your typical failure coach letters

Anyone in his position reading letters from pissed off fans is just wallowing in their own pity, looking for sympathy. Any respectable coach would just have their secretary dump them in the garbage.  His agent and supporters were all too happy to plead to the press to try and curry sympathy and deflect from Davis’s own missteps. 
 

He was in way over his head and I have some appreciation for that fact which is why he wasn’t able to successfully navigate fairly easy and common obstacles. But as the wise poet Coughlin once said, “all things end badly, or else they wouldn’t end.”

[TheWatShot]

1 hour ago, Scotty R said:

Yep, and our fans treated him terribly over the years

He brought a lot of it on himself. From publicly complaining about his salary to openly talking about his desire to coach in the NBA some day, he never came off as someone the fans should rally behind. 

 

I think a lot of the mythologies about how IU is a bad job because the fans aren't good to the coaches started with his whining about how he was treated here.