Woodson baby
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Embarrassing and an indictment on our hiring and retention process. We have become a laughingstock in the college basketball community nationwide.
No, he's just lazy and thinks the IU brand will sell itself. Yeah, how'd that work for Booker,Bidunga and other players who were almost a given to IU in years past. Kids see through him!
Indiana high school coaches aren’t on his side. That’s for sure..
The true high school coaches are.
Part of me is glad we someone 'salvaged' the end of the season, and part of me would love to see a run in the B1G tourney and weasel our way into the big dance.
The other part of me feels like that would be CMD version 2.0 during that 2002 run. Felt great in the short term, but we saw where it ultimately led in the long run. And by 2004, we could see where it was heading.
Pressure is on CMW to recruit solid guard play AND a KW replacement in the portal. I see posters still speculating what the team might look like next year with KW returning. They are not being honest with themselves.
The other part of me feels like that would be CMD version 2.0 during that 2002 run. Felt great in the short term, but we saw where it ultimately led in the long run. And by 2004, we could see where it was heading.
Pressure is on CMW to recruit solid guard play AND a KW replacement in the portal. I see posters still speculating what the team might look like next year with KW returning. They are not being honest with themselves.
There hasn't been a time since the 80's where an Indiana hs player was a 'given' to come to IU. And in some cases, those that did, didn't last and went elsewhere.
He doesn't really need the HS coaches...he needs the leaders at Indiana Elite, Indy Heat, La Lu (not a real HS), etc... more than he needs HS coaches. But he should be trying with the HS coaches too...
Someone that "gets it", would make more efforts to establish relationships with the top coaches in the state. Fishers coach, LN's coach, BD's coach, etc... should all have access to the program. It really isn't hard...its why you have as big of a staff as you have. Utilize all of them, invite those coaches like that down, have coaching clinics, invite their teams down for practices...etc... All Woody would have to do is show up for the planned events, establish some contacts, and stay involved via texting and an occasional call or two.
The results in recruiting, and even the results on the court, sure paint a picture of a guy that isn't logging the time to give his program the best chance at success. And again, that's why you have a deep staff. Utilize them.
Crean thought the IU brand sells itself, too, with his now infamous proclamation “It’s Indiana…It’s INDIANA!”.
Truth of the matter being what it is, Painter has the state locked up with his reputation and has thrown away the key. This is why I don’t understand Kent Sterling announcing how he hopes Purdue makes it to the Final Four because its something PU hasn’t done since 1980, a feeble Gene Keady, respect for Matt Painter, blah, blah, blah. Kent is of the younger generation, not able to realize that the better our instate rival appears on the national scene, the more difficult our task of regaining prominence becomes.
Oh, and Jack Benter wanted me to say “Hello” to all the nice folks in Bloomington for him in his absence. I’m not going to try and read anything else into it, but he giggled as he said it, giving me a wink.
Agree to an extent…those high school coaches are still big influencers in a kids life and word on the street is PU is kicking IU but in building these relationships
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