Hope Woody hasn't lost
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Seeing that 5 players are riding pine and 2 are starters, I would say he’s in full control.
What part of 5 players suspended in a key game do you not understand?
Woody isn't letting the team run the show like past coaches but the goal should be to have an environment that eliminates the need for large scale suspensions. Only time will tell.
Yep. Kudos to Woody for doing something.
It would be nice though to have players that cared enough not to make whatever decisions they made and jeopardize everyone’s season.
Sad that 3 of them are old enough to be seniors (remaining eligibility notwithstanding). It will hurt us but I hope Woody drops the hammer and suspends them 3-5 games.
Durr didn’t play a few games ago, If it was a discipline issue I hope he is dismissed from the team.
Durr didn’t play a few games ago, If it was a discipline issue I hope he is dismissed from the team.
Your 2 leaders are starting. I would be far more worried if they were part of the suspended group.
He will force accountability. He has made that clear. They will either fall in line or be gone. I suspect 2-3 of that group will not be back next year.
X has some talent, but the kid is just immature.
All college kids are. Some more than others. Someone in his position is really pissing his talent and goodwill away.
At least Woody cares about the kids more than the results.
All college kids are. Some more than others. Someone in his position is really pissing his talent and goodwill away.
At least Woody cares about the kids more than the results.
Slide is on, already out scored in the second half 15-5... Bet a cookie this team misses the tourney.
You can't play around with games you can win in the Big Ten, but that is what is happening: WTF.
No one on this team has ever displayed the killer instinct needed to win consistantly. softest bunch I've ever seen.
This is on those five we play a must win game and they f up.
I hope Race and Trayce take them to the woodshed when they get back to Bloomington and kick some ass.
They are trying but those five players really put them in a hole.
I mean honestly if we lose this i am not sure i even want those five back. Sure we need them but its just so sampson era type guys. Maybe they are not iu material.
For the Selfish Five I'd have a yellow 0-1 dated decal put above their lockers. Running steps to improve decision making wouldn't be out of line.
I don’t have any inside info on why, but I’m glad coach Woodson did what he did. Great way to handle the situation. I love it!
Massive message sent to the team, recruits and recruit's parents.
If you are going to have the honor of wearing the IU jersey, you are going to do the right things. This was likely just curfew and he put the hammer down.
If you are going to have the honor of wearing the IU jersey, you are going to do the right things. This was likely just curfew and he put the hammer down.
Woody was asked by Don in the post game interview if players would learn something from this game and he referred back to the players that played. I think Don was wanting comment on what the suspended players might learn from this game. Woodson said he was proud of those who played, having given it their all. He did mention TJD missing some opportunities underneath.
My thoughts now....again, TJD is a good dunker and decent rebounder but not a good finisher if not dunking. A lot of his non dunks seem like wild throws to the basket. He lacks "touch". Miller Kopp was a big disappointment in this one. I'm beginning to think Geronimo is limited in natural basketball finesse.. I'd feel better about his IU future if he was only a sophomore, like Bates. That said, the boy can really jump.
I think this team has some discipline issues with certain players. It might be good to "clean house" after another season of missing the NCAA tournament. This is a frustrating team for fans. We deserve better. In the final analysis, it will go down as a very mediocre season, highlighted only by squeaking out a victory over Purdue at home.
My thoughts now....again, TJD is a good dunker and decent rebounder but not a good finisher if not dunking. A lot of his non dunks seem like wild throws to the basket. He lacks "touch". Miller Kopp was a big disappointment in this one. I'm beginning to think Geronimo is limited in natural basketball finesse.. I'd feel better about his IU future if he was only a sophomore, like Bates. That said, the boy can really jump.
I think this team has some discipline issues with certain players. It might be good to "clean house" after another season of missing the NCAA tournament. This is a frustrating team for fans. We deserve better. In the final analysis, it will go down as a very mediocre season, highlighted only by squeaking out a victory over Purdue at home.
That's great and all.... but I recall both the prior failed coaches suspending plenty of players for games too. Hell of a lot of good it did. They were all back on the floor in their normal spots within a game, or so.
We saw some players on the floor tonight that were proud to be out there. That should be the default team, the rest can earn their way back - maybe. If we just revert back to the same lineup, I'll chalk it up to more of the same bullshit we saw under prior regimes.
As a leader you send the message and then regroup as a team. You move on with a stronger better culture and start the players that should start. No coach (IMHO) since Knight would have done what Woody did tonight.
Hope so. Instead I see a team that got embarrassed at home by Illinois, responding by going out and partying on the next road trip.... in a game they really needed to win.
Some teams could regroup... most will unravel. It's clear a lot of them don't give a fk.
This is the root of it all for me. As you put it, got embarrassed, again, on national TV at home. Any team that would have any chance to do anything worth rooting for late in this season, would have dug in, come together, and focused on getting better and playing their best tonight.
The fact that we had that many guys doing whatever they were doing. With 2 of them being our starting back court, and 1 other being an upperclassman that has already had discipline issues…
Well, its tough to see a team like that rallying.
We still have that chance. Our remaining schedule is a nice blend of winnable games and big opportunities. But man, how does Woody pull it all back together?!
They won’t do that. It’s not their personality at all, either one of them.
IU desperately needs an alpha male (or a couple) of them to provide the mental toughness. and on-court leadership. We don’t have that, unfortunately.
