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So I had things going on last night and had to record the game. I haven't been able to watch it yet but have two thoughts: 1. Nice to get back in the W column and more importantly, 2. I saw that Leal had a really good game and I could not be happier for that guy. He has done nothing but come in and do what he has been asked for 4 years. Glad to see him get an opportunity after all that hard work and also glad to see that the opportunity was taken advantage of. I hope the kid goes on a tear to end the year. He represents what I used to love about college athletics that we really don't get much of a chance to see anymore.

That cat is out of the bag. The schools aren't even technically supposed to have any hand in the NIL stuff so what are they hitting them for? You aren't allowed to introduce them to these collectives? Too little, too late.

So this is a game where if we lose I will probably be a little more irritated then the previous few.

Sigh.... I mean if that means moving him to PF then glad you finally woke up to the idea but....

All of that reads to me like a big WTH were they thinking hiring a 62 year old coach for his first college coaching gig. Like those should have been interview type of questions. To me you hire a 62 year old NBA guy to win now, not learn on the job.

If that is the case you don't go out and hire a 62 year old coach....

I don't know about "high" expectations. I think the expectation has been to make the tournament and finish in top half of Big Ten. That isn't high to me. Why did people feel that way? Well, we had a combined 10 years of experience in the back court and 3 5* players in the front court. Honestly, if anything, our expectations were a little muted given we had an idea that our 10 years of experience could be streaky but the team failed to meet even those muted expectations. I don't think there is a team in the BIG doing less with more than Indiana. One 5* guy for some of the teams above us would be considered an abundance of riches. We start 3.

Because the year is already over so the losses don't matter and we all know Woodson is going to be here again next year. This game in the past would have made me mad, now it is like "whatever". Winning would have been the surprise.

I don't think I can celebrate this moral victory.

We beat them 3 in a row before this. They weren't yapping then.

I know Woodson is going to get another year but man, I am already over this.

And a foul parade follows. They have been letting Illinois do that the whole game. Protect. Your. Dudes. Woodson.

After that tech on X at the half, I would lose my sh** that was a no call. Woodson hasn't done a thing to protect his guys from the zebras in 2.5 years.

Grabbed by head and thrown down. Looks like a flagrant to me...

That's bull sh**. Woodson needs to stand up for his guys better than he does. Dudes flip the ball back to the guy out of bounds all the time and Hawkins is a whiny b*tch every time we play them.

For them. Not for us.

He is following a less accomplished path parallel to Coach Knight. I think at a certain point that some of these guys reach a certain age and still want to compete but they don't want or like dealing with kissing 18-22 year old butt as much as they have to. It becomes harder and harder to connect.

I think it has hit the ceiling with this iteration of Woodson's plan. He needs to change things up, if he can do that then there is potentially room for more.

If this is true, WTH.....

Yeah, what do Izzo and Painter know about winning in the Big Ten.... Sisley is the type of kid who if he goes to another Big Ten school will absolutely steal our lunch and we'll sit back and wonder how the f that guy got away.

I am strictly talking recruiting. The two assistants, when was the last time we landed anybody they were the lead recruiters on. In Woodson's case it is reading tea leaves like the recent interview with Sisley where he indicated Painter and Izzo had been seeing him regularly and Woodson just recently started to get more involved while Walsh had been the main contact. Walsh was the main guy on our so far only 2024 recruit. He was the main guy on Cupps. Newton may be the only guy we targeted that he didn't pull in out of the last few high school classes. (Mgbako's Mom recruited him) In a results based business, Rosemond and Hunter in particular don't appear to be adding much value. They reportedly are here to mostly recruit and going into January 2024 with at least a 4 man class coming up and an unused scholarship from last year and only having 1 spot filled looks pretty garbage to me.

I prepared for that eventuality a few games ago. The season is effectively over for anything we care about from a post season or accomplishment perspective. Only thing team is likely playing for at this point is pride and that isn't the type of thing I think is going to move the needle much.

Including you. You have called for Woodson's head several times this year.

Walsh does all the recruiting work. The other 3 (Woodson, Hunter, Rosemond) sit on their *** and collect a check. I would keep Walsh if I were the next coach. Hunter and Rosemond would get fired at the press conference.

F--- Purdue.