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5 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

It's hump day. Our king will be prowling the sidelines tonight!!

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What’s he cooking today?  Please don’t say Chicago Deep Dish pizza, that picture made me full just looking at it!

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First, you guys are hilarious. Reading the pages I missed on a long travel day is great.  I guess I missed the chance to drop the bomb that coaches were informed yesterday that Woody is being ret

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First thing's first, congrats to the IU women on the 4-seed and hosting opportunity. Tough draw, but they call it madness for a reason. Secondly, love you guys and this community, but goodness you're

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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. 

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12 hours ago, AH1971 said:

My expectation was a second weekend appearance with a $6mil roster. WTF does that have to do with the Southland? You think Mike Woodson is going 28-2 in the Southland?

So Wade is better than Steve Lutz and Mike Woodson? Really setting that bar high, eh?

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2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

We're not doing this today. I can't handle another day like yesterday. 

We've got ~1300 pages to to catch the College Bball Thread and only about a month to do so. The Woodson defenders are always good at helping pad the page count. Plus he's unintentionally hilarious with his horrible takes.

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Just now, go iu bb said:

We've got ~1300 pages to to catch the College Bball Thread and only about a month to do so. The Woodson defenders are always good at helping pad the page count. Plus he's unintentionally hilarious with his horrible takes.

OK, you're right. Proceed.

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11 minutes ago, Rico said:

I just can't bring myself to root for a loss.  

Understandable, from my perspective, I don't want to root for a win nor a win streak. College basketball is simple, you lose and get fired. You win, you'll stick around.

We all want him gone, therefor, we must lose. 

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9 hours ago, Blue 2 Green said:

Can you imagine why Jordan would ever consider playing baseball for the Birmingham Barons?  One might argue that he was "in the best of all possible basketball worlds" in 1993.  What is your opinion of minor league baseball?

Michael Jordan's first love was baseball and he sacrificed millions of dollars and probably two NBA championships to ride buses in the minor leagues for two summers in his 30's.  That's a pretty expensive fantasy camp!  Actually, had it not been for the MLB work stoppage in 1995 he might never have returned to basketball. 

Bobby Knight called Jordan "the best basketball player I've ever seen play".  As a basketball player, many have argued (Knight included) that he was the best athlete in any sport.  Where would Jordan rank as a baseball player? 

Speaking of Bobby Knight, one might think that he was "in the best of all possible basketball worlds" in early July of 1981.  He had just won his second NCAA championship by the age of 40 and had a talented group of players returning.  Isiah Thomas and Ray Tolbert were off to the pros but rising senior Landon Turner had blossomed into one of the best players in college basketball and Wittman, Kitchel, and Jimmy Thomas would be back as well.  Can you imagine why Knight would ever consider approaching CBS about joining the television network for the 1981-82 season as a college basketball commentator?  CBS would be a huge step down in my opinion.

Knight reached out to CBS and the network made a concrete offer for a substantial amount to Knight that summer.  When he returned to IU in the fall of 1981, Knight ultimately admitted to the media that he was “very close” to accepting the offer.  After Landon's accident Knight had decided to remain the coach at Indiana so as to be best positioned to organize the establishment of the Landon Turner Trust Fund. 

Knight had worked as a color commentator for CBS during the 1979 NCAA Tournament and apparently thought enough of his performance to consider leaving the sidelines for the broadcast booth.  Never lacking for confidence, he would later explain his flirtation with a mid-life career change by asserting that "very few people have ever achieved greatness in two separate endeavors" (or words to that effect).

Brad Stevens may ultimately decide to not coach basketball at Indiana University, but is it really so far-fetched that a man who can choose his own path might choose to accept $70 million (plus) to do a thing he has always loved to do at a place he has dreamed of doing it?

Jordan was suspended.  :)  

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14 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Hell, the fans who wanted Woodson for a coach are a dying breed....literally.

My father is 80 this year.  He went to IU undergrad and law school.  Below was the text I received when we all were blessed with the news Woody was returning home to bridge the gap and win B1G championships and NCAAs.

 

What in the hell is IU thinking this is going to be a disaster??

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1 hour ago, IUFAN1976 said:

Another article I found on MSN stating that it might be time to turn the page on MW!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/when-the-ball-is-bad/ar-AA1ylZjL?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=238be3aee7ed4750b6461253651bbccd&ei=54

I like stories like that since it kills the narrative some push that no one outside of IU knows what's going on so won't understand if Woodson is fired. Firing Woodson now or at the end of the season isn't bad optics. Keeping him another year would be.

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3 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

I like stories like that since it kills the narrative some push that no one outside of IU knows what's going on so won't understand if Woodson is fired. Firing Woodson now or at the end of the season isn't bad optics. Keeping him another year would be.

That’s what’s funny to me. There are some IU fans who think the outside world thinks we are too impatient with coaches. Not my non-IU friends. They have wondered why IU has put up with this crap. I’m live in Georgia. Zero chance UGA would tolerate anything close to this. 

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39 minutes ago, Trish said:

Understandable, from my perspective, I don't want to root for a win nor a win streak. College basketball is simple, you lose and get fired. You win, you'll stick around.

We all want him gone, therefor, we must lose. 

Exactly what I  am thinking the more they lose the more they have to say goodbye at the end of this very long season .I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt year 1&2  ,last year should have been it but here we are with the run it back and "true fan" .I watched B4A  and endured game 1 and turned off game 2 and have  given  up .So now I feel they must lose as many games as they can to make sure that he does not come back ,and goes gently off into the sunset .

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