OGIUAndy Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ephul Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 So Matta is watching over the program. That's interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADGERVOL Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 I HATE this hire. HATE. IT. 🤬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ephul Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 His first recruiting challenge will be the guys on the current team. Will be interesting to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo123 Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, BobSaccamanno said: I thought you were the guy pounding the table for an IU guy? not one eligible for Medicare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier51 Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 5 minutes ago, Feathery said: Hope after everyone gets there emotional negativity out that we can all get behind the new coach and give him the same chance that Crean and Miller got. I'll support him, because he is the IU coach, but it's not going to change my thinking about his hire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy River Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, ephul said: So Matta is watching over the program. That's interesting... So he can bring Stevens back in a year or two when Woodson "retires". We're playing the long game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferg 32 Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Did they just pay $10m then go out and hire Mike Woodson?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ephul Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Go get Lewis on staff, and I'll be fine with this. We will know real quick how this is going to work out. I have no doubt Woodson can coach. But it's running an entire program, recruiting, etc that will be interesting. If we start landing top talent right away, I'll be optimistic. Woodson may have made a LOT of connections over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUfan93 Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Wow just wow...terrible move so disappointed this is the best we could do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Let’s talk about checking those boxes... -Scored over 2000 points in his college career. Clearly knows how to play at a high level. No other coach we were pursuing had nearly the playing career. - Picked 12th in the first round of the NBA draft, so he knows what it takes to get to the league. No other coach we were pursuing were drafted in the first round. Not sure any of them played in the league. - Scored over 10,000 points in the NBA so he knows what it takes to not only get to the league but also how to play well there. No one else we were pursuing can say that. - Coached at the highest level of basketball in the world. Improved both teams while there. Only Bielien of who we were pursuing coached at that level, and he self destructed. - Has not coached at the college level. Will need good assistants to recruit. Hopefully, Hunter stays on, and they bring in someone like Fife who knows recruiting the Midwest. - He has never won an NCAA National Championship. Other than Wright, who was a pipe dream at best, neither has any of the other candidates we were pursuing. I think Woodson checks off plenty of the boxes. Enough, imo to think that he can be successful here. None of the other candidates have first hand knowledge of what IU basketball means to this state, this fan base. Beard was maybe the closest. Agree with @BGleas... people will never be satisfied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustinchops Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 7 minutes ago, BobSaccamanno said: What exactly happened with Stevens? Can you set the record straight? Pretty much what has already been stated. Every indication was he was going to be the next iu coach. Just about everybody close to the program said it was as good as done but nothing was final and this was stated before Archie was even fired and was the reason for the buyout. Seems that nobody really knows what happened after that point but here we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferg 32 Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 13 minutes ago, BobSaccamanno said: What exactly happened with Stevens? Can you set the record straight? They made a great offer he considered it but didn’t take because his family loves living in Boston, his son is a freshman this year and doesn’t want to remove him from that high school experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotIThatLives Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 15 minutes ago, OGIUAndy said: https://twitter.com/GreggDoyelStar/status/1376256649283964931 Interesting. Build a massive stacked staff, start looking like an nba team with all these new rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indykev Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 13 minutes ago, ephul said: So Matta is watching over the program. That's interesting... Hired to keep Woodson out of trouble with the rules. Since he would have no clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGleas Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, Steubenhoosier said: Agree with @BGleas... people will never be satisfied. I don't remember saying that? I couldn't be more underwhelmed by this hire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADGERVOL Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 5 minutes ago, Bustinchops said: Pretty much what has already been stated. Every indication was he was going to be the next iu coach. Just about everybody close to the program said it was as good as done but nothing was final and this was stated before Archie was even fired and was the reason for the buyout. Seems that nobody really knows what happened after that point but here we are. Great go allow all this fantasy with other coaches to occur instead of naming him immediately...setting him up for even WORSE of a fanbase reaction then if you would’ve just hired him. This was the worst handled hire I’ve ever seen. Literally made it worse in how they did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonHershey Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 There is less hope now than ever. I'm hoping that there isn't a Fife or Lewis on staff because then we'll just be waiting for an unproven college coach before going to another unproven college coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyFife Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Still don’t believe it. Matta turned down the HC position jist to take an associate AD position at a schooL he has zero ties to?! Yeah and dipshit doyle also wrote two articles this morning that Moser was the guy. Whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier51 Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 This coaching search clearly shows they were only interested in pleasing the old IU contingent once Stevens was out of the picture. A 63 year old average NBA coach that has no experience at the college level other then playing and they think he will bring us back, it has me shaking my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUaic Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Mediocrity continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustinchops Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, BADGERVOL said: Great go allow all this fantasy with other coaches to occur instead of naming him immediately...setting him up for even WORSE of a fanbase reaction then if you would’ve just hired him. This was the worst handled hire I’ve ever seen. Literally made it worse in how they did it. I don't disagree. This seemed to be too high of a task for a rookie AD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButlerHoosier Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 As one person stated IU is going to IU! So underwhelming of a hire. I am glad all the alumni and former players are happy that theygot their IU guy. I will hope for the best and really do hope it works out but I am unfortunately going to prepare for the worst. I will say though the Thad Matta on staff as Ast AD makes a whole lot of sense. So it looks like we are going to go thr route of Michigan. Now it's time to surround Woodson with a star studed staff that can help with recruiting and hopefully player development as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 9 minutes ago, BGleas said: I don't remember saying that? I couldn't be more underwhelmed by this hire. Right you said that the hire would disappoint 99% of the fan base Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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