Yup. What a funny thing to complain about. But that had to come directly from him.
Fife's firing was poorly handled and may not be forgotten
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What , in any of this, gives you the idea his feelings were hurt? I mean I guess his feelings were hurt a little if Dane wasn’t doing the recruiting job he was hired for.
If Dane was "Complaining" about something like this, to someone he knew would blab about it, he got what he deserved.
That's sorta like feeding internal team things to Rabjohns, knowing he would blab about it, right?
Just throwing this out there. If we assume that Dane was complaining to Dakich that Woody and the other coaches were "always watching CNN", then I agree that Dane shouldn't be telling Dakich that stuff.
On the other hand, I don't see how that HAS to be political. The team did fight and claw for a #12 seed. I have a feeling that Dane is unaccustomed to sitting around watching the tube with the coaching staff unless game film or recruiting film was what was being watched "always". I would just be surprised if that's how Izzo and his staff spend their time.
Hopefully no parts of that story are true!
I agree that this could just be a comment made in a conversation between Fife and Dakich. No big deal.
What irks me is now Dakich bringing it onto his show. Why? What does it have to do with anything?
Did Dakich first tell that story awhile back or since the firing. If it was awhile back, then he put Dane in a tight spot by revealing a private conversation. If he just said in the last 36 hours, then I don't know... maybe that's different, depending on whether or not it's true. If it's true, then maybe Dolson needs to forget to pay the cable bill
No, it’s public knowledge that Dane was dead set against NIL and even made several Tweets about how he was against it. That was just one of the things he clashed with Woodson on. There is more.
Going by your own analyzation it is amazing you have a job at all. You post all this as fact but don't actually post facts to back it up. Everything right of the extreme left would be a political conspiracy to you. JFC, do you ever step back and look at yourself? So if someone hands you a paper using '' well its all over the internet'' as a source how do you grade them? I'm guessing it's on a huge curve depending on politics. I know every one loves you right? LOL
I guess some guy that was trying to control the TV remote in the coaches lounge.
hold up.
the burden is not on the other person to prove a negative In order to disprove your pet theory.
modern discourse that is not.
If Fife's activities made it more difficult for Woody to do his job, I'm glad he is gone.
At the same time I believe we will be a good head coach at a mid major very soon. UE will fire their coach as soon as they hire a new AD. I would be happy for Lander to come home and have Fife for their coach. I might actually go to a game or two.
If this was an issue of non-fit then no issues with Woody pulling the on/off the bus move. What remains very curious is how Fife is on a very successful staff for 10 years and ours for 1. Yes, I've read all the alleged sins.
The statement to me was somewhat pretentious and could have been more respectful. I'm all for a confident leader but it's not like the program has "arrived" by any means this year. We are basically at Archie's 2019 peak IMO. Yes, its early, but I've said this with almost every post RMK coach.
I think the NCAA bid (which in hindsight is very questionable now) placated people enough that this is not the WTF moment it would be if we were post NIT loss (let's be honest, we would not have won the NIT this year).
The statement to me was somewhat pretentious and could have been more respectful. I'm all for a confident leader but it's not like the program has "arrived" by any means this year. We are basically at Archie's 2019 peak IMO. Yes, its early, but I've said this with almost every post RMK coach.
I think the NCAA bid (which in hindsight is very questionable now) placated people enough that this is not the WTF moment it would be if we were post NIT loss (let's be honest, we would not have won the NIT this year).
Despite what some think I am not a fife fan boy. I liked him as a player but that's it. My beef is how it was handled. All of this could have been avoided without leaking a hit on fife. It did nothing but divide us. Just fire him and move on. What good comes from trying to destroy him? I guess people like revenge but this early in a coaching tenure it is toxic. Some will say bad man and some will say no.
I think DD is alot more connected than people think. Is he hated by some sure. But I don't think he is an enemy of the program. Scumbag is a harsh word. I mean if they shunned fife because he wasnt a cnn guy they better hire a cnn guy. I just think there is far more to the story than we are getting. My opinion.
I mean I dont sit at my job and watch fox in front on my co workers. Why are they wathcing anything at work political. I mean if dane is not a liberal he probably does not want to sit around with four guys and watch cnn trash Republicans. It would be the same if it was reversed. Just turn it off period.
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Zeke knows, just ask her except she really doesn't since she never has any facts to post
Who is zeke? I read DD is very connected with former players still. Lots of guys from the fife era. People don't like him but I think he has some legit info. He is from the region like my old man they can be a bit in your face..
When Mike Woodson suspended the Northwestern revelers he had them dress for the game and he kept everything in the locker room
Fife must have crossed some lines. Somehow I don't think he is a victim here. Woodson is a smart guy. There has to be a lot more to this.
Fife must have crossed some lines. Somehow I don't think he is a victim here. Woodson is a smart guy. There has to be a lot more to this.
Maybe but considering woodson never wanted fife from the sounds of it maybe they are just trashing him as a reason to release him
I dont know but clearly fife was a dolson hire. It's just too bad he has to he trashed. Usually these things are handled quietly and I am guessing at some point fife will hit back. This whole thing is ugly when it did not have to be at all. We should be talking about the future but iu never disappoints with drama.
Zeke4ahs a poster on here that knows everything about everything but never actually says anything
Got ya there are several of them. I muted most of them like coach geez.
I never do that, but she is an insufferable leftist that has a chip on her shoulder as a woman and thinks the only things right in the world are her and what she chooses to believe. She said she had all this stuff that she saw on the internet about Fife but never has any facts to back it up.
Just run with what you are told like the duke lacrosse case. Atlanta bombing. People like her would have richard jewell fried before the truth came out. Imagine if one day the shoe was on her foot with internet rumors. She would lose it
I choose not to hang out with people like that. Just very scary people and honestly sounds like the type of person who would throw you under the bs in two seconds for her gain.
There is a reason I quit twitter and facebook years ago. Its loaded with people like her and they feed off each other big time. I can stillstuff pull a Twitter post if I want but I am not a member.
In the first row of the Salem witch trials trying to control her fervor. Burn em Burn em
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No, I don't put things on boards much nor do I tweet or facebook or much else. However, when I feel compelled, I do so. As someone who was a teammate of Dane's at IU and was in the "trenches" with him so to speak. I completely agree with the original post. This was handled poorly as if Dane was someone without a prior affiliation with and love of IU and the basketball program. That's the difference here. I've known him for over 20 years. What has taken place is more of a "hit job" or character assassination after the fact with the number of stories out there about what he did or didn't do. I know this man. He is a good man. He is a good coach. This is the most I've been disappointed with the IU basketball program for the last 20 years. I realize some of that is personal, but how does someone stay at MSU for 10 years and then transition to the institution he loves and get fired after one year? It's just wrong and I'm not getting over it for a while whether they win or lose. This is where I stand as someone who poured sweat, blood, and tears into the program.
Woody poured blood sweat and tears too. IU made him the guy, not Fife. If Fife was the guy and Woody was the assistant, I promise you Fife would have wanted him gone. Ask him what he thinks of Woody, it ain’t pretty. They were not gonna work well together. This was gonna happen.
Do you know one of my good friends that replaced Fife and #11? Joe Haarman? .
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