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i don't think X was good at the brains part of this though

this is what i think of every time i hear Baylor and Drew

man. i would love for him to stay put. after this season we'll definitely be looking for a new coach. while i would take a bigger name with more big time experience like Pearl, i'd like for May to at least be available. if he goes somewhere, i hope it is immediately and to a place that he would eventually still leave for IU. would be pretty awesome to get Pearl for a few years, the go to May after he has experience at a bigger school and Pearl is ready to hang it up! still say Beard would be nice for present and future.

if you give me hope, i could really commit to lots and lots of posts

not thinking this means much at all either way. my son, who already informed coach that he isn't coming back is currently training kids in the campus facilities. he's just trying to make money before leaving.

So... if I were building it from the guys we have currently contacted, I'd go: PG-Carlyle SG-Slajchert F - Fidler F - Ajayi C - Amari Williams I don't know much about these guys though. Maybe Leffew over someone? Maybe Gillespie over someone? How many guys do we take before we know who else will be available after the tourney? I think like recruiting high school kids you have a tier of guys you'll take any time they'll give a commitment and a tier you wait and see if you can get better right? Any thoughts on ranking our current targets and where that cut off currently is?

a winning program?

again, i am a fan of MR. i will have to disagree that he isn't excessive in his reaction to every single foul. that annoys me and every IU fan that i know. maybe not you? other than that, i hope he is back personally.

... i can hear Woodson's post game interview for next season already... "We have a lot of new faces man. I just have to get them over the hump."

want to comment on the odds of it meshing, but will jump back over to the Fire Mike Woodson thread...

he's not my first choice, but he's high enough that if it meant we could get rid of Woodson now and start moving in the right direction, i'd be very happy with it. i'd be happier if it were Pearl or Beard. not sure who else is even in the conversation? Shrewsberry? Oates? Musselman? i'd take every single one over Woodson today. if waiting another year meant we could get one of those guys that we couldn't get this year, okay i guess. it's just that if the powers that be are out on Beard and Pearl and Oates and Musselman aren't possibilities, let's take Dusty today.

i pretty much agree with you, but not that Malik would be the first to admit he fouls too much. i don't think Malik believes he has ever committed a foul.

agreed. i get that you have to make some promises when recruiting. however, you can also explain why you need to switch it up some here and there, etc. should be able to sell that to them as the coach.

it is quite the conundrum. Reneau is better suited offensively as the 5 but defensively as the 4. and doesn't want to play the 5. Mtaco is better suited as a 4, but doesn't want to play there. is Galloway really a 2? or a 1? ugh. here we go again. still think Taco isn't back though.

was just reading that even with all the success Bennett has had at VA, he is saying he needs to take a look at the system he is running and consider change.

as much as i'm cheering to land studs in the portal, then i get frustrated thinking - if they're willing to throw all this money at guys, it's a shame they aren't willing to get a good coach AND throw all that money at those players. wouldn't that be a nice combo?

1 Fire Woodson 2 Go hard after: Brandon Garrison – OK St. Andrej Stojakovic-Stanford Kanaan Carlyle-Stanford Michael Ajayi – Pepperdine Amari Williams – Drexel Frankie Fidler – Nebraska Omaha Dakota Leffew- Mt. St. Mary’s Clark Slajchert-Penn When the tourney ends go after the top 10 guys available at that point.

is it true that May is in talks to become Louisville coach?

it updates so fast that i hadn't refreshed to see Fidler or Leffew ranked. i saw Ajayi. think i did see Williams. not bad. i know we can't be in on all. any idea if 1,2, and 5 are more less already committed elsewhere?

still would be very surprised to see Mtaco a Hoosier next season.

so i posted in the transfer portal thread about the top guys according to 247. why do i not see those names on here? we already know where they are going? i just figured we have this huge amount of money and assurance that Woodson will have all the resources to bring in a new team, so we should be in on Garrison, McDaniel, Porter, etc. right?

figured i'd check this thread out. i pretty much stick to the general discussion board. so who all do we have for the 2024 class? what did i miss?

hate it for him. love how hard he plays. seems like a good thing for us as much as i hate to see it. maybe he is getting "Creaned?" remember when we used to call it that? LOL. anyway, i hope he is gone, but wish him the best.

my number one hope is that we go absolutely insane in the portal. of course then we have no idea how they will gel and what kind of bball they'll play, but i can at least get excited heading into the season. i mean this way i can at least keep checking out who is available and hoping we get good ones just like recruiting? that said, i am super curious if we lose 6? 7? 8? 9? guys? if we lose as many as 8 or 9 and he doesn't do a good job even with all this money thrown at trying to save him, maybe there is still a chance even Buckner can't save him?

I mean I know this is kind of a basic statement, but we will need an absolute minimum of 6 scholarship players. I would be shocked if we don't need 7, 8, or 9 even. So... it seems we can target at least out top 10 or so of the current available guys and kind of draw a line where we aren't 100% we'd want them? If you are able to land 3 or 4 and then 3 or 4 more when they tourney ends? This all happens fast. I see that Rice, Williams, and Tomlin for instance are already crystal balled. We know many of these kids enter already having a really good idea of where they are going, so we really can't wait right? Looking at the current 247 rankings: 1. Garrison 2. McDaniel 3. Ajayi 4. Mallette 5. Porter 6. Amari Williams 7. Stojakovic 8. Carlyle 9. Slajchert 10. Small 11. Glenn 12. Curtis Williams 13. Cooper 14. Crews 15. Smith Any reason we wouldn't want any of those guys? I know nothing regarding attitude, shadiness, etc. about any of them. Would be interested to hear if anyone does? I'm sure many of them already have a good idea of where they are headed. Any info on that would be interesting as well.