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Indiana head coach Mike Woodson is contemplating stepping down and retiring per Goodman

I wouldn’t be surprised if you don’t see multiple SEC coaches leave for other programs soon. Resources are top notch but you can go to Big Ten or ACC and get more than enough and build a program that doesn’t have to play top 10 teams every conference week
 
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Probably should have been ours. Love Pope and am rooting for him hard but his success is hard to ignore.
I really think he would’ve been the first call for us but the recruiting violations which were minor and we have Mitch Barnhart as Athletic Director.
 
Conventional wisdom is that they'll reach out to Brad Stevens and get turned down. After that the question is whether they are willing to hire Beard.
 
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And? He looks good, has a ton of energy and is at the top of his game. He and Oats are the best 2 coaches in the SEC. You don’t need a guy to coach 20 years. Rick Barnes is 6 years older and still coaching.
I disagree with Beard being the second best coach in the Sec.
 
No. And Indiana hasn’t been relevant in my entire lifetime so that could be the issue
Doesn’t stop their lunacy with UK is afraid of IU, hillbillies, sister lovers bullshit. So I hope they suck from now to eternity. Oh and I graduated from IU and have never cheered for them. Born in KY, lived there for part of my childhood until we ended up in Indiana. Hate everything about those aholes fans and their sports.
 
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There are currently 4 of what most would consider the historically top 5-6 programs that have former players as head coaches. Duke seems to be working out well while UNC and IU it's kind of been a disaster. We aren't far enough into the Pope era to see if it will work out for UK or not but I am hopeful it does. You would think after 2 failed attempts to hire a former player that UNC wouldn't touch another former guy with a 10 foot pole again.
 
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If I was the IU athlete director my first call would be Bruce Pearl.
Goodman said yesterday that Pearl would not go to IU. I had heard back when he was mentioned as a potential candidate for UK that he was staying at Auburn so he could make his son the coach in waiting. I believe he would have crawled to Lexington. The guy can coach.
 
Goodman said yesterday that Pearl would not go to IU. I had heard back when he was mentioned as a potential candidate for UK that he was staying at Auburn so he could make his son the coach in waiting. I believe he would have crawled to Lexington. The guy can coach.
According to Matt Jones he would have likely been the UK coach but Auburn wouldn't let UK contact him.
 
Is he really contemplating retirement or did they offer to let him step down to avoid the embarrassment of being fired?

No way IU was bringing him back.
 
If a 2 and 3 seed lose those games are they really competing?
Yes, upsets happen in the tournament all the time. That's why it's such a beloved event. "Survive and advance" is a motto in March for a reason and history is full of teams that would have been title contenders if they didn't get knocked off in a big upset in the first round. It's stupid to judge an entire season on size single elimination tournament.
 
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I rest my case. We have a right to have different opinions but a criteria that has 2022 Saint Peters as a title contender moreso than the 2004 Kentucky Wildcats is interesting to say the very least.
Not comparing 2004 vs 2022. We haven't seriously competed since 2019 as on other poster mentioned
 
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