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Not if that means betting the farm to do so.

Not sure I know what you are asking, but I am saying players leaving a program before mid-year because they are dissatisfied on how they are being used is happening more frequently. Because of this, I think it is smart to fully staff your team. You have to expect the unexpected. Players leave, they get hurt, they don't develop how you expect. Take a flyer on raw player, a player that has the skills, but not the build/athleticism. But don't leave a spot open for the sake of leaving a spot open. I think the chance of a player leaving mid-season versus transferring in are far greater, so I would not leave the scholly open for that, if that is the counter.

Not to mention, transferring mid-season isn't the oddity it once was. Combine that with injuries and your team can get small really quick.

Earlier in the thread Bloomington was compared to Portland.

I'll also add that outside of the doom and gloom that you may read on conservative media, Portland is great city. Does it have some of the at West Coast hippie, liberal attitude about? Very much, but it also eclectic city surrounded my so much natural beauty. It is not the warzone everyone makes it out to be, although their Chinatown was a bit suspect. Cities with any sort of age are always going to have problems due to having to deal with diversity, aging infrastructure, and now changing dynamics in market (work from home, online shopping, etc.), but I'd like to think human's are still social people that want to be near each other.

Oh, i agree, but it is a damned if you do, damned if you don't on several of those issues and in the end you are still a state employee. Abortion and Palestine/Israel is a loser no matter which way you go in this state, although the percentages would generally tell you otherwise. Not going say what those percentages are though lol. Although, blocking free speech is never the way to go imo.

She is just in a rock and hard place. Indiana is very much a conservative run state that and the university has a lot of liberal thinking throughout. It is a balancing act to keep the funding flowing from the state, but not impose restrictions on free thinking. Many of the issues are no-win situations no matter who is in charge.

I know they removed all of it at one point. Are they repopulating? Was there last summer, but can't remember. Too many AMFs.

If you think the coach is leading the charge on fundraising behind the scenes, then I don't know what to tell you. Yes, the coach is giving his time to shake hands, make appearances, etc., but the AD is the person that doing the real work. It ain't Woody or any coach for that matter. They just show up where and when they are told, although obviously there are probably some personal relationships there in some instances. That has been well-established this past will-he-or-won't-he be our coach next year event a month or so ago.

The AD.

I don't care about the money part. I'm still over Woody. If you look back at my posts since 247 days, I have always been calling for the program to modernize and play in the gray. I'm just not going to give Woody credit for recruiting, when if we had Dusty or any other decent coach, we wouldn't be getting the same results as long as the money behind the scenes were there. We still need a complete overhaul of our branding, marketing, apparel, uniforms, etc.

Sorry @btownqb, I'm one of those fans that have followed the team around the country and spent my money supporting them, but got called not a true fan, because I criticized a beyond sub-par product on the court this past year. Not letting that go anytime soon.

You are probably correct.

I get it and I'm fine with it. It is nice to finally be able to do what everyone else has been doing, but I'm just not going to call this a win for Woody. Sorry, not going to do it. This is about the school, the fans, and the money behind the school because of the fans. Let's not pretend otherwise.