Seriously? Isn’t this only his 2nd season as head coach? He’s an Indiana born and raised guy. Team captain for Bobby Knight led teams in the 70s. Had a solid NBA playing and coaching career. I can’t imagine they cut bait with Woodson any time soon….
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sacraig
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I think we all just assumed this.
I even think you could have bolded the second part of that sentence ( listen to "" Moving Pictures " at least once a week), and we all still would have assumed this.
I pick the coach that likes me the most (or hates me the least) and wants me to live.
Oh man Pearl and UK is a match made in hell.
I’d despise it, but also it consolidates a lot of my hatred.
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
yea, it makes too much sense, so therefore it won't happen
FWIW, Pearl wants the Texas job….not gonna get it. He will want the UK job and won’t get that one either.
Just too much baggage? It feels like he’s got the pedigree for UK to pursue. If I’m considering about half a dozen of the top coaches untouchable/unwilling to take the UK job, Pearl feels like he’s squarely in that next group of coaches.
Pearls just an interesting cat….like Indy said think they go with a Mussleman or Oats
I hate Pearl, but I bet he would absolutely kill it at Kentucky.
IlliniwekKDR
- Colorado Springs, CO
Based on what I have heard so far, anyone but Sean Miller, Musselman, or Oats would shock me ...
They wouldn't be firing him of course ... But sort of like a "stepping away" ... After this year, that IU team is not going to be very talented ... They are gonna lose Trayce, Race, Xavier, Bates, Jalen, Reneau, and Kopp ... Either a rebuilding year or they are gonna have to kill the portal which Woodson does not like to do ...
Woodson was never the long-term solution ... The thought at the time was Woodson takes it for 3-4 years and then hand it over to Fife ... Obviously, that didn't work out ...
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
I would be mightily surprised if Jerry Jones and the Walton family let Arkansas lose Musselman to Texas. That's old school SWC blood feudin' down there.
He's a distant third to those other two for sure ... Oats is probably the one they want the most and probably more realistic than Sean ...
Sean doesn't forget what happened and how everyone treated him ... He is loved at Xavier ... Xavier pays A LOT more than people think ... They are custom building a house right outside the city that Sean's wife is super excited about ... He's got his son on staff ... Not very appealing to leave a place like Xavier for him after 1 year when he's got unfinished business ...
It's ironic, the crazier the money gets, the less important it ends up becoming for some people. As it should be.
Xavier and Lexington are only about an hour a part. He wouldn't have to move. Just needs to work in one of those helicopter deals, maybe a jet pack.
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I just can't imagine a program like UK wanting Miller. He proved he can recruit like a monster but struggled to win big at Arizona. Does UK think he will somehow fare better in the more competitive SEC with UK expectations?
I also love Self.
One game, quick evaluation and turnaround? Rick Majerus, all day. If that guy could have or wanted to recruit he could have been am All-time, All-time great. Already one of the best. For me, easy choice.
IlliniwekKDR
- Colorado Springs, CO
I was mad when he left but let's face it we are ILLINI fans. Self had no ties to the program besides being the coach
9 out of 10 coaches would have done the same move he did
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