Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[NVFalcons1990 359]

2 minutes ago, NVFalcons1990 said:

Totally agree…..we need at least 2 bigs, one to start at the 5 and a backup for Reneau at the 4

Probably even one more big because Reneau or starting 5 could be in foul trouble as well.

[68Hoosier 635]

Please 6 lb 4 oz baby Jesus, let us as team shoot better than 75% from the FT line.

[NVFalcons1990 359]

1 minute ago, 68Hoosier said:

and the potential for foul trouble, LOL

Yep just added that….lol (the x-factor that Reneau is always in)

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,264]

To point 2 Banks, Gunn did not improve but Reneau did. Is that because of the staff or is that because the individual player put in the time to get better?

IMO, a staff can work with a player to help them improve, but if a player doesn't want to put in the work outside of the sessions with staff, they either won't improve or the improvement will be minimal.

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[68Hoosier 635]

2 minutes ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

IMO, a staff can work with a player to help them improve, but if a player doesn't want to put in the work outside of the sessions with staff, they either won't improve or the improvement will be minimal.

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This ^^^^^

 

I was trying to say this earlier in a post. 

[Silat Player 343]

15 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Just like the bots on twitter it's happening everywhere. People get their orders.

With all of these visits lined up from guys in the portal with Indiana interest we will be getting commits before we know it. 

I really like the Division 2 kid

I like the Evansville kid. He's good. Woody is going to make him a star. 

I'm sure we'll have all 6 spots filled right away.

[Stuhoo 81,724]

1 hour ago, Silat Player said:

Yikes. You know the coach and program are in trouble when the mods are making the discussion topics very very specific. LOL. 

So talking about the current roster when talking about portal targets and how things fit together is off-limits now (obviously in an effort to deflect criticism of CMW)? 

Double yikes!

I ain't mad at all and I understand your point (I think - I hope). Please allow me to take a stab at it from the mods' point of view:

There are two current diametrically opposing views about threads veering off topic:

1. The posters that are pissed when, in their opinion, any and every thread evolves into an anti-Woodson thread.
2. The posters that are pissed because, in their opinion, they can't say anything anti-Woodson, even when they think it is relevant to the discussion at hand.

My take? Both points of view are right.

It is a challenge to read the board and keep things kinda/sorta on track and reasonable. And it is a given that threads will occasionally veer off-topic. It is also a reality that an individual poster may only post off-topic (in this case anti-Woodson) once and feel it is overzealous to have the thread contain a warning or have a post hidden. But when that is done, it is because of a trend, not any particular post.

So here is how we try to do it (remember, we make mistakes too!):

• Have a (very active) thread that is a place to vent about Woodson sucking and as a bad choice for IUBB Coach.
• Allow topics to veer some. 
• But when there are a series of posts that veer a thread, such as a recruiting thread, into an anti-Woodson "it doesn't matter who we get because the staff sux" thread, we try to steer the thread back to its intended and described topic. We want readers to be able to click on a thread topic and generally get the content relevant to the thread title.

It's a subjective challenge, but we try to get it right.

Our hope? That posters take the totality of the board into consideration when they see a topic veering - making it a place for great Hoosier fans and adding to the success of the interactions.

Hope that helps!

Stu (on behalf of all of the mods)

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,419]

Probably can safely scratch Koren Johnson off your IU target list.  At the end of March we were reportedly 1 of his 5 finalists although it was a head scratcher at that time.  Today per Joe Tipton, he's re-opening his recruitment.

[Silat Player 343]

24 minutes ago, Feathery said:

They will probably use the women’s team. S Carolina uses guys from school to scrimmage against. 

That's not new. I remember Pat Summit's teams from LONG AGO doing that...

[Uspshoosier 46,323]

Conwell will Be taking an OV to NC State according to Rabjohns 

[Stuhoo 81,724]

2 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Conwell will Be taking an OV to NC State according to Rabjohns 

NOOOOoooooooooo. No no NO

[IH8PU 220]

Just now, Stuhoo said:

NOOOOoooooooooo. No no NO

Competition for the best portal transfers will make it tough for IU no matter how much NIL they have. But I agree with you NO !!!!!!

 

[OGIUAndy 771]

12 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Conwell will Be taking an OV to NC State according to Rabjohns 

I know nothing of this process, but I assume players are going to setup more than one visit simply to play the schools NILs against one another. It's free agency.

[ebridges24 2,446]

2 hours ago, IndyHoops said:

How is Cupps isn’t going to play much next year equal to bashing Woodson??? 

Ask the original poster, I just agreed to it. Any time I see the word Cupps or Woodson, I just assume it's bashing.

[ebridges24 2,446]

17 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Conwell will Be taking an OV to NC State according to Rabjohns 

SHAT!

[IH8PU 220]

That final scholarship left open because they were waiting for a guard to make a decision. I can't remember his name but they were waiting. In the meantime they have an OV from the Hart kid from Linton and didn't offer him. The following Monday or Tuesday he announces he is going to UK. 6'5, good shooter, poor defender, Indiana All-Star but IU thought they needed that last scholarship for the guard they were waiting on. I wish my memory was better on this at least the names of the players and too many posts to dig through to get to last May 2023. 

Is that they others remember the situation about the last scholarship?

[ebridges24 2,446]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

I ain't mad at all and I understand your point (I think - I hope). Please allow me to take a stab at it from the mods' point of view:

There are two current diametrically opposing views about threads veering off topic:

1. The posters that are pissed when, in their opinion, any and every thread evolves into an anti-Woodson thread.
2. The posters that are pissed because, in their opinion, they can't say anything anti-Woodson, even when they think it is relevant to the discussion at hand.

My take? Both points of view are right.

It is a challenge to read the board and keep things kinda/sorta on track and reasonable. And it is a given that threads will occasionally veer off-topic. It is also a reality that an individual poster may only post off-topic (in this case anti-Woodson) once and feel it is overzealous to have the thread contain a warning or have a post hidden. But when that is done, it is because of a trend, not any particular post.

So here is how we try to do it (remember, we make mistakes too!):

• Have a (very active) thread that is a place to vent about Woodson sucking and as a bad choice for IUBB Coach.
• Allow topics to veer some. 
• But when there are a series of posts that veer a thread, such as a recruiting thread, into an anti-Woodson "it doesn't matter who we get because the staff sux" thread, we try to steer the thread back to its intended and described topic. We want readers to be able to click on a thread topic and generally get the content relevant to the thread title.

It's a subjective challenge, but we try to get it right.

Our hope? That posters take the totality of the board into consideration when they see a topic veering - making it a place for great Hoosier fans and adding to the success of the interactions.

Hope that helps!

Stu (on behalf of all of the mods)

Well said and thanks to all the mods that take care of this site.

[mdn82 25,546]

I feel your pain mods and do not in the least envy you.  Really want Conwell.  Not too overly interested in Boogie.  One and done, and we should be able to find better, more consistent production for that timeframe in the portal.  Just wish we could get some dudes (atleast 2-3) that could get their own shot as well as hit from deep 36%+.  Don’t recall who said it, but having a team that can hit 75% free throws would go a long way.  The mid 60s from the line is probably more aggravating than the horrible 3 pt percentage/takes even though that has more impact on the game.  

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,620]

9 minutes ago, IH8PU said:

That final scholarship left open because they were waiting for a guard to make a decision. I can't remember his name but they were waiting. In the meantime they have an OV from the Hart kid from Linton and didn't offer him. The following Monday or Tuesday he announces he is going to UK. 6'5, good shooter, poor defender, Indiana All-Star but IU thought they needed that last scholarship for the guard they were waiting on. I wish my memory was better on this at least the names of the players and too many posts to dig through to get to last May 2023. 

Is that they others remember the situation about the last scholarship?

Supposedly Antonio Reeves. an example of Calipari punking Woodson.  Not sure how much I trusted that because Woodson was ALL IN on X and Gallo, so if this story is true Woodson wasn’t willing to offer enough.  Bad decision. 

[RaceToTheTop 26,263]

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

Probably can safely scratch Koren Johnson off your IU target list.  At the end of March we were reportedly 1 of his 5 finalists although it was a head scratcher at that time.  Today per Joe Tipton, he's re-opening his recruitment.

I would assume that he wasn't getting from anyone the amount of $ he wanted.  Also assume IU was thrown in there in his 'finalists' because it added a school that has NIL and he wanted others to put in $.  I know IU contacted him but don't think it went beyond that.