The Package

[cryano]

When Woodson was hired…I didn't love it when I first heard he would be the next IU coach.

I then found out it wasnt a Woodson hire, it was a Woodson Package…and I loved the hire.

That package included Thad Matta to make sure all of the differences in college and NBA were taken care of and made aware.

That package included Dane Fife, a coach-in-waiting of sorts, to ride out the transition of Woodson’s short term and be the next IU face to lead IU basketball. Stealing Fife back from Izzo and keeping him from MichSt seemed ideal.

The Package fell apart quickly…and Woodson has fallen on his face.

 

[HoosierJimbo89]

When Woodson was hired…I didn't love it when I first heard he would be the next IU coach.

I then found out it wasnt a Woodson hire, it was a Woodson Package…and I loved the hire.

That package included Thad Matta to make sure all of the differences in college and NBA were taken care of and made aware.

That package included Dane Fife, a coach-in-waiting of sorts, to ride out the transition of Woodson’s short term and be the next IU face to lead IU basketball. Stealing Fife back from Izzo and keeping him from MichSt seemed ideal.

The Package fell apart quickly…and Woodson has fallen on his face.

Turns out college coaching experience and a track record of winning matter.

 

[bsmitty08]

It’s about building a culture and a TEAM.
This team is loaded with accolades for individuals..
3 five stars
Ballo PAC 12 player of the year
Rice PAC 12 freshman of the year

Then compare it to a roster of Iowa st, Purdue.

 

[Big Red Crimson Buffalo]

When Woodson was hired…I didn't love it when I first heard he would be the next IU coach.

I then found out it wasnt a Woodson hire, it was a Woodson Package…and I loved the hire.

That package included Thad Matta to make sure all of the differences in college and NBA were taken care of and made aware.

That package included Dane Fife, a coach-in-waiting of sorts, to ride out the transition of Woodson’s short term and be the next IU face to lead IU basketball. Stealing Fife back from Izzo and keeping him from MichSt seemed ideal.

The Package fell apart quickly…and Woodson has fallen on his face.

That package was a weird arrangement and a result of two sides of the administration coming to some kind of middle ground.
You don’t bring in a head coach and then another successful college head coach and another younger coach in waiting at the same time and not expect that to be awkward. If you have to bring in two other coaches to help the head guy you hired, then that head coach was the wrong guy for the job. Things went south when they realized that Woody and his ego didn’t want help navigating the uncharted waters and thought he could do it all on his own. So, he hired two guys that were buddies who basically sit on the bench in some kind of semi-coma and add nothing. They cannot recruit. That cannot coach. This whole thing reeked of nepotism from the start.

 

[bailey777]

That package was a weird arrangement and a result of two sides of the administration coming to some kind of middle ground.
You don’t bring in a head coach and then another successful college head coach and another younger coach in waiting at the same time and not expect that to be awkward. If you have to bring in two other coaches to help the head guy you hired, then that head coach was the wrong guy for the job. Things went south when they realized that Woody and his ego didn’t want help navigating the uncharted waters and thought he could do it all on his own. So, he hired two guys that were buddies who basically sit on the bench in some kind of semi-coma and add nothing. They cannot recruit. That cannot coach. This whole thing reeked of nepotism from the start.

Yep.

 

[OneWayStreet]

It’s about building a culture and a TEAM.
This team is loaded with accolades for individuals..
3 five stars
Ballo PAC 12 player of the year
Rice PAC 12 freshman of the year

Then compare it to a roster of Iowa st, Purdue.

Had a 30 minute conversation with a former IU coach several years ago. All I'll say is he was highly complimentary and envious (his words) of the relationship Painter had with the Purdue admin. I was somewhat surprised at the level of admiration he expressed.

 

[Thcgh]

When Woodson was hired…I didn't love it when I first heard he would be the next IU coach.

I then found out it wasnt a Woodson hire, it was a Woodson Package…and I loved the hire.

That package included Thad Matta to make sure all of the differences in college and NBA were taken care of and made aware.

That package included Dane Fife, a coach-in-waiting of sorts, to ride out the transition of Woodson’s short term and be the next IU face to lead IU basketball. Stealing Fife back from Izzo and keeping him from MichSt seemed ideal.

The Package fell apart quickly…and Woodson has fallen on his face.

No one had to steal Fife from MSU… he was on his way out. Mike Lewis is the guy you mentioned but he was unceremoniously pushed out at last minute with no warning. He had already resigned at UCLA. Fortunately Mick brought him back with a raise. He then landed on his feet at BSU to have his center pulled away. He has handled it all with class. This program loves to shit on our coaching alumni until we decided the guy with no college coaching experience was the one. I personally think Woody is a nice guy but the experiment is a total bust.

 

[HoosierJimbo89]

No one had to steal Fife from MSU… he was on his way out. Mike Lewis is the guy you mentioned but he was unceremoniously pushed out at last minute with no warning. He had already resigned at UCLA. Fortunately Mick brought him back with a raise. He then landed on his feet at BSU to have his center pulled away. He has handled it all with class. This program loves to shit on our coaching alumni until we decided the guy with no college coaching experience was the one. I personally think Woody is a nice guy but the experiment is a total bust.

Woody was hired because he is an alum, played for Bob Knight, and had NBA coaching experience (W/L record didn't matter) and NBA "connections". Juwan Howard at UM was literally the model for the Woody hire: yep.