Agree, look, we have a personable, clean, NBA lifer and probably the best coach in the B10 in the last 20 years on his speed dial. Now need assistants and players. Both can recruit and coach. Finally something good happened
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I wonder if it’s the same national media that praised the Sampson, Crean and Miller hires? Although Sampson did/does deserve praise for his ability as a coach.
The national media also claimed Archie was a home run hire. You know why? They aren’t the brightest bulbs. Woodson is a better hire than Archie and most of the national media will miss that. He’s also the best coach IU has hired since Knight (Sampson would have been, but he can’t follow rules). He wasn’t one of my top choices, but he should be successful and stabilize the program.
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Yeah, it's funny to see how much stock some people put into the opinions of pundits.
I think sports reporters can be useful in terms of collection and dissemination of facts. And, depending on who it is, I even respect some of their analysis. You can genuinely learn a lot about football by listening to guys like Tony Romo and Troy Aikman.
But, when it comes to opinions like the ones discussed here, a certain body part that everybody has comes to mind. The fact is: nobody has any idea how well Mike Woodson is going to fare in this new endeavor.
I’m sure lots of people here did, too, based almost entirely on what they read either in the media or on his one E8 appearance. Oh, and what Glass told them (and most people now recognize Glass didn’t know much about the athletics part of his job). Still amazing IU hired an AD who knew almost nothing about A.
I heard an interesting take on that. Kent Sterling said they didn’t praise it is because most of those media guys have no “easy button” connection with Woody. They actually will have to do their hack jobs for real.
No place for you on this board or any other. Mike is supremely well qualified, race has nothing to do with it.
Yeah, I've made some dumb posts that I regretted before. But I'm glad I never posted this.
Yep, his coaching staff is going to be the key. At 63, he is going to be more of a CEO & face of the program. He needs three hungry and outgoing assistants who will do all of the legwork in recruiting. Woody will just need to be the finisher.
I'm certain Woody isn't going to need a lot of help with Xs & Os. After coaching in the pros for 30 years, I'm sure that he can break down film and find opponents tendencies & weaknesses.
I wonder what his offensive and defensive sets are going to look like? That's one of the real unknowns, without him having a history of coaching in the NCAA.
Any of you please explain your position! It's based on what? He knows basketball! He knows what it takes to be in the NBA. You all look pretty foolish!
He’s not exactly going to run this from an assisted living facility. Youth is great, but I’m not sure the age thing is as big a deal as some are making it. Miller was young and incompetent. Crean was in the middle and incompetent. Woody knows hoops better than those guys combined.
Dolson is placing his career on the line with this hire. Ethnicity is not a factor in this situation
I’m not a fan of the hire, at all. I hope Woodson and Dolson force me to eat crow however
Diversity did not play a role and its idiotic to make that accusation
Diversity did not play a role and its idiotic to make that accusation
Saying he is the best coach since Knight is like giving a tallest midget award...
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