This is Buckner’s baby. Maybe he thinks it’s 1976. It’s not, and at this point t point I don’t care how ‘great’ we’re doing at NIL, we need to build a winning program. Not based on the past. No idea how we do it. Is Jerry Jones running IU?
Not on Dolson
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The trustees hired Dolson but he hired the coach. It's on all of them.
Dolson pulled the trigger on this mediocre to poor NBA coach. 100% he owns this too.
Thanks for your input, Scott.
Buckner gave him the million dollar raise? Buckner did the interview and search? I agree Buckner probably encouraged the hire but Dolson made the final decision.
And the AD gave him a $1 mill raise last season - for what, getting blown out in the NCAA second round?
Nobody told the coach there is no draft in college, you
have to recruit.
How about this ones on Woodson? He’s had ample time to adapt, change, and improve. He’s chosen not to.
He actually has better talent than most teams we play, he can't coach---no culture, no development, no discipline, no fundamentals, no offensive scheme, no defense.
Guess we’re all just looking for blame when it goes bad, guilty of that myself. The raise and final hiring decision is on Dolson but my ‘guess’ is at the time of the hire, Buckner was swinging the biggest one in the room. The push for an IU guy( see Knight guy) was an immovable object. Just frustrated as I’m sure we all are.
Terrible hire from the start. Woodson has a bullshit persona and he’s simply a guy who won 46% of his games as an NBA coach. The need for an IU man my ass.
Sterling just said Woodson and Buckner are business partners. Is that true?
Talent and performance are two different things. If you've ever seen gold ore, it isn't pretty until it's refined.
Then that would be nepotism at work, as it seems it already was. Figures.
Yep Buckner pushed this hard. Maybe with next week off he and Woodson are heading to Arizona for five days of golf. Maybe tell some old stories.
There are reasons they didn't hire an outsider as AD.
May would probably be that guy, for sure I'd bet he does have realty ventures with Buckner. Woodson, maybe, but yes, I think that would be a major conflict of interest for all of them not named May, if true
Not arguing with you but I don't understand how these kids get rated 4 stars+ (I think X is the only 3 star of our guards) and show up in our program with an inability to shoot at all.
We have three guys that would be picked in a lottery type system from the BiG as the best talent. MR, MM, Ware. Issue is we have no team. Culture is bad, no roster balance, no leadership on roster or in coaching staff
I truly hope their business venture is better than Woody’s coaching and Buckner’s announcing. Talk about to guys who suck at their jobs.
Woodson's offense is (1) post play with the only option of scoring with no kick outs after a double and (2) JHS or Carmelo creating their own shot. Part of the problem has to be it's just not a good offense that can easily be shut down by packing the lane. No adjustments allowed, for whatever reason.
Scott is the AD and is directly responsible for IUBB results. It’s his job to keep bad influences, like Quinn & Co, out of the process. If he cannot, the University President needs to find someone who can.
Reneau has had a few 25+ games and when he’s on is virtually unstoppable. Mgbako has been scoring 15+ ppg recently. Ware definitely has talent, but lately hasn’t been thriving in this offense that can’t shoot. All 3 will see some action at the next level. What other B10 teams have 3 potential nba players? Certainly not Purdue and Wisconsin, who lead the league. .
Those guys have a few warts. But they aren’t the problem. It’s twofold. Lackluster guard play (that’s being nice). And coaching (or lack thereof). We would be amazed at how great our bigs play if you could suddenly throw 2 dynamic playmaking guards with leadership onto the team.
