Bustout

Yeah anxious to see how this works out. Marquette would’ve been perfect - especially because he recruits Chicago so well. Porter is all about long-term and culture ... it’ll be interesting to see what happens after a couple years.

Was Franklin really attached to Archie? Does he not think he’s excel under Woodson? Does he just want a fresh start? He always seemed like an Indiana kid ... so not sure what else he’s looking for unless he really loved Archie.

Gotcha. I may have been looking at Races original ranking of like 125-150. Either way, it was Archie’s downfall. Indiana, bottom line, should be recruiting top-100 guys nationally with a few 5 stars mixed in. To boot, Romeo probably doesn’t come to IU or Kansas and Louisville don’t get into trouble. I do hope Lander stays though.

I dogged TJD a lot during this season ... but so far during the off-season, he’s been my MVP. He didn’t rush to declare for the draft nor transfer portal. He’s been preaching patience to the fellas on social media. That’s extremely mature IMO. He had a foot out the door, but off the court, I’m impressed with his leadership this off-season. (Now please stop flexing when IU is down 22 to Rutgers!)

Only lander was top 50. Geronimo and Race were over 100. that was the issue with Archie - recruiting. His three best players were from the state of Indiana. His only top 100 guy other than that was Jerome Hunter. His program wasn’t attracting national talent - mainly his offense.

Here’s the $10mm question... what about a guy like Muss? Was he even spoken to? Was it get Stevens or IU guy with the buyout money? Did Woodson get a token interview and blow Dolson away and earn it on his own merits? I’m optimistic about the result and the hire ... just curious the process how we got here. And in full disclosure - I complained that IU didn’t interview any other candidates when they gave the team to Tom Allen!

Why Fife? Just curious. People suggest the other guys on the MSU staff are considered better than he is. Lewis intrigues me more personally.

What’s odd is - most people would’ve been relatively happy with Matta ALONE. OK - health is an issue. And it may be risky long-term. but the guy is taking an OPS-type job plus Woodson plus three more assistants. How is this a bad result on paper?!?

I do too. I honestly laughed about this a few weeks ago. But as it’s settled in and the fact we’re going back to the Knight Era ... in a way - it’s actually where we belong. There is a certain professionalism/standard about Indiana basketball when Knight was in charge. We’ve slowly moved away from that. Now - I don’t fault Crean for trying his best and accepting an extension. Nor do I blame Archie for anything. But now that we’re back with Woodson ... it feels like we’ve been missing it the whole time in a weird sort of way. Success still could’ve been attained here, bu

I prefer him over Fife.

I think so too. I think Scott saw the program in neutral and not attracting kids nationally based on Archie’s offense. I think the ultimate tipping point was the free agency off-season - any new coach can accelerate a rebuild by August. Muss, Drew/Altman (if they go there), and Oats are still coaching. I personally think the target is Muss. Still wonder if Beilien is an ultimate fall-back option.

Oh gotcha.

Pay him until he wants to retire in like 5-7 years. He has to understand his age isn’t ideal for a program right now ... but doesn’t mean he absolutely wouldn’t consider I don’t think.

I haven’t watched Oats enough ... but 40 threes per game makes me nervous. Is he pretty solid X and O? His results have been there at Buff and Bama thus far ... but is at all 3 bombs?

No. Sorry. I mean no skeletons. I really hope it’s who Dolson is targeting