Alright, a bit OT and as true as this statement is, has there ever been a less qualified, in over one’s head more than this current mayor? As a former long time city resident and still often work there 30 years later, he’s pathetic!! The city’s well being be damned, he will do whatever the CTU and Cook County board tell him to do.
o$u fired Holtman last yr.......
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Unfortunately IU doesn’t have the stomach to deservedly fire him in season. We’re going to watch this sh!t show all season. They’ll win and game or two and get our hopes up and then lose a couple they should win. Agony all year long.
Yeah, but it's not like the Bears were firing Walter Payton. Woody gets this season, but he's a dead man walking if you ask me.
Even if he was as valuable to us as Payton was to the Bears (and I hate going down this path but I believe he wasn't-- as great a player as he was), he's sadly killing his playing legacy by playing this out. If things goes as most of us expect, pulling this band aid off slowly is going to be painful for everyone.
No question his legacy is being tarnished as we speak. That might be unfair, but he's never going to be viewed with as much love and appreciation now as he was when he was just viewed as one of the all time great IU players. The best thing he could do now is step down graciously at the end of the season and throw his full support behind the University and his successor. It would be a shame if he went out bitter and resentful.
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Personally, my guess is Mike's a pro. He will gladly take the money as long as it's given and I don't think he cares if you give it to him all at once at the end of this season, or over the rest of his contract, but he's not going to leave any on the table. If the rumors are true of him spending so much time on the golf course this summer, I'd guess he'd be happy to get a lump sum to end the season. This can't be fun for him either.
Never thought anyone could make mayor Beetle juice look good. But he’s done it Between king Madigan’s trial, Juicy Smool-yay case, Blago, and the $100B pension deficit , This god forsaken state is a train wreck.
if he's a dead man walking.......then make a deal now. something that both sides can live with.
we desperately need to inject some hope into the program and it sure as hell doesn't look like he's having any fun
why prolong the inevitable?
I'd love to see what somebody new at the helm might do with this roster
First off, disclaimer, I am a Purdue grad. But firing Woodson and promoting Cheaney is a very dangerous move. What if Calbert turns the team around and gets them into a 8 or 9 seed in the NCAA? How do you NOT give him the reins and a 5 year deal? If you want to go whaling for a coach at the end of the year, the safe play is let Woodson run out the string and do not allow yourself to get caught in another bad situation regarding a legacy player as coach.
I'd worry about that when the time comes. I'm not so sure CC would even want the gig
hell, I'd take Hummel right now. he seems to have a better handle on how college bball operates than woodson
That's the kicker. I don't know that any coach would willingly step down midseason. At that point he no longer gets a say in the matter. That's not something you can negotiate.
If he is fired (IMO, he should have been fired after last year) I think the chances of this getting bitter and resentful are close to 100%.
I don't think Woodson's ego will allow him to walk away gracefully! i.e. the "true fan" comment.
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