Scott Dolson Thread

[IU_FanClub]

Dolson has done a very good job as AD, this shouldn’t even be a conversation at this point. He’ll get basketball right but what he’s done with football has earned him major job security in my eyes.

[str8baller]

He’s already behind the 8ball for the Woody extension. If he doesn’t get the basketball hire right, firing him isn’t a worse enough fate. He’ll need to be sent to some 3rd dimension where he’s tortured by disfigured genetic freaks who can’t make FTs.

[12345Brad]

18 minutes ago, IU_FanClub said:

Dolson has done a very good job as AD, this shouldn’t even be a conversation at this point. He’ll get basketball right but what he’s done with football has earned him major job security in my eyes.

Agree.  And QB has taken away Dolsons bball power.   Hopefully that is changing.  

[MikeRoberts]

31 minutes ago, 12345Brad said:

Agree.  And QB has taken away Dolsons bball power.   Hopefully that is changing.  

Idk, we’ve been told he has the power on this one and he finally made a plan several weeks ago. 

the optics pendulum has swung in the other direction. It is no longer just the fans but the local and national media is also scratching their heads wondering when we end this nightmare.

he looks worse every day for maintaining the status quo

[Josh]

Fire them all.  I hate the love Dolson gets as Athletic Director over basketball.  He has a great PR team somehow in spite of the poop show on the court.

If you keep him his seat is blazing hot

[Pagoda]

Just now, Josh said:

Fire them all.  I hate the love Dolson gets as Athletic Director over basketball.  He has a great PR team somehow in spite of the poop show on the court.

If you keep him his seat is blazing hot

He didn’t hire Woody.

[Josh]

2 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

He didn’t hire Woody.

Does he continue to employ him?  Even worse, did he extend him and give him a raise?

Blazing hot.

[Scotty R]

10 minutes ago, Josh said:

Does he continue to employ him?  Even worse, did he extend him and give him a raise?

Blazing hot.

Don't think they extended him but gave him a raise but out in that the buyout is over time and not one lump sum

[HoosierX]

18 minutes ago, Josh said:

Fire them all.  I hate the love Dolson gets as Athletic Director over basketball.  He has a great PR team somehow in spite of the poop show on the court.

If you keep him his seat is blazing hot

His seat is not even lukewarm nor should it be.

[Pagoda]

19 minutes ago, Josh said:

Does he continue to employ him?  Even worse, did he extend him and give him a raise?

Blazing hot.

I doubt he was the catalyst for the raise.

He has to manage all the politics behind the scenes with Quinn and the donors.  Can’t have angry donors. He is figuring that out and Woody will almost certainly be fired by end of year.  And going forward Scott will likely have much more control over bball.

Got to give him credit on FB, it’s by far the most important sport and thanks to what he did athletic dept revenues are going to increase significantly by tens of millions of dollars.  The exposure IU got from Big Noon, GameDay, and being good was valued at $7.5M.  It’s been very impressive, no one has done this at IU before.

[IUFAN1976]

34 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

Idk, we’ve been told he has the power on this one and he finally made a plan several weeks ago. 

the optics pendulum has swung in the other direction. It is no longer just the fans but the local and national media is also scratching their heads wondering when we end this nightmare.

he looks worse every day for maintaining the status quo

I agree with this!  Dolson may not have had the power taken away before, but definitely not now and not pulling the plug now means he is still worried about the optics and sticking to the plan.  I think the plan is to make it look like this clown is leaving on his own terms so an ex-IU legend can save face and not look bad getting fired.  I’m sorry but that ship has actually said along time ago.  Fire him now so you don’t make the basketball program and university look any worse than we are now.  If Dolson doesn’t fire by the end of the tomorrow, then he needs to go too.

[str8baller]

2 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

The exposure IU got from Big Noon, GameDay, and being good was valued at $7.5M.

That’s less than they spent to buy out Allen and Archie

[Pagoda]

Just now, str8baller said:

That’s less than they spent to buy out Allen and Archie

It’s just one part of it.  He is increasing athletic dept revenue significantly — $10M per year probably going to $20M+.  Like it or not it’s impressive and important as we try to compete with bigger P2 schools.

[Pagoda]

4 minutes ago, IUFAN1976 said:

I agree with this!  Dolson may not have had the power taken away before, but definitely not now and not pulling the plug now means he is still worried about the optics and sticking to the plan.  I think the plan is to make it look like this clown is leaving on his own terms so an ex-IU legend can save face and not look bad getting fired.  I’m sorry but that ship has actually said along time ago.  Fire him now so you don’t make the basketball program and university look any worse than we are now.  If Dolson doesn’t fire by the end of the tomorrow, then he needs to go too.

He got a raise and extension in May 2024.  He’s not going anywhere.  

And who would replace him?  Someone who built up a broken program?  Scott just did that here.

[coonhounds]

His seat is not even lukewarm nor should it be.

Not yet! He is basically relying on iu football to keep some pressure off him. Won't take much to get there

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[str8baller]

5 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

It’s just one part of it.  He is increasing athletic dept revenue significantly — $10M per year probably going to $20M+.  Like it or not it’s impressive and important as we try to compete with bigger P2 schools.

I guess we’ll see. The six million they spent this year hasn’t meant much. At the end of the day you still have to have competent people in place.

[Josh]

12 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

I doubt he was the catalyst for the raise.

He has to manage all the politics behind the scenes with Quinn and the donors.  Can’t have angry donors. He is figuring that out and Woody will almost certainly be fired by end of year.  And going forward Scott will likely have much more control over bball.

Got to give him credit on FB, it’s by far the most important sport and thanks to what he did athletic dept revenues are going to increase significantly by tens of millions of dollars.  The exposure IU got from Big Noon, GameDay, and being good was valued at $7.5M.  It’s been very impressive, no one has done this at IU before.

That's a great story you're giving.  Problem is I don't believe it.  Dolson has his team telling everybody it's not his fault, it's out of his control.  He's such a victim here.

To hell with all that.  He oversees this mess.  He needs to own it.

[Kentuckysucks]

Just now, Josh said:

That's a great story you're giving.  Problem is I don't believe it.  Dolson has his team telling everybody it's not his fault, it's out of his control.  He's such a victim here.

To hell with all that.  He oversees this mess.  He needs to own it.

I’ve never questioned Dolson’s competency.  But he is clearly spineless and that’s exactly why he was hired.  We could have had Kraft. The administration wants a yes man.  That is Scott Dolson.

[Pagoda]

Just now, str8baller said:

I guess we’ll see. The six million they spent this year hasn’t meant much. At the end of the day you still have to have competent people in place.

I’m talking athletic dept revenue with the $10-20M annual increases.  The $6M is NIL, and a lot of that comes from Woody’s pals and we want it to keep coming, so I’m empathetic to what Scott has to navigate to get rid of Woody.

Scott needs to do a good job on this bball hire.  It’s a big one.  If he screws it up then the blame is on him.  His hands have been tied to date though, I’d give him a chance to make this next hire.  But, that’s just my opinion.

[Hoosierfan2017]

The idea that the athletic director can’t hire or fire the basketball coach has always seemed absurd to me. It’s the perfect cover story for Dolson, though. He hired, raised, and retained arguably the worst coach in the Big 10 but gets to hide behind the “it’s not my decision” excuse. This off-season will be his time to put up or shut up.