Big Ten Basketball 2020-21 Discussion (Part 2)

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2779

Yeah if you are complaining about Moser and Beilein but think this is a good hire, then you deserve yet more mediocrity.

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2780

I think he might be OK - he did have a couple of 50-win seasons in the NBA - but probably just OK. The fact that heā€™s gone back to being an assistant coach after being a head coach for years seems like a negative.

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2782

I just learned that Mike Woodson and I share a birthday

2783

What are the ranges here? Tim Miles (worst case) to Fran (best case)?

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2784

An IU coach can bring in serious talent, more than Iowa can, so his best-case has to be better than Fran. But Iā€™m not sure exactly what it is.

2785

The worst case is far below Tim Miles. Tim Miles actually did okay for that job. Worst case is Eddie Jordan.

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2786

Thatā€™s a good observation. I am a Hawks fan so Iā€™ve seen a lot of Mike Woodson basketball. Nothing really spectacular. Nice guy. But the Hawks improved a lot when they brought in Budenholzer soon after him. Woodson was never gonna get another NBA job.

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2787

Recruits dont know who he is and he has no recruiting experience. I think the recruiting could be a trainwreck.

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2788

Indiana saw what we did with Juwan and is trying replicateā€¦ except thereā€™s a slight difference between Juwan and Woodson :joy:

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2789

So Tom Crean lol

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2790

Yeah but didnā€™t people say that about Juwan with no recruiting experience too?

2791

That might be it

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2793

Juwan is 48. Mike Woodson is 62

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2794

Associate AD for menā€™s basketball administration. Sounds like a cushy job

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2795

So he might be sort of like their Martelli? Not on the bench, but there to help Woodson adapt to the college game?

2796

Ha yeah. IU probably not looking at that. Must be a blind spot.

2797

I donā€™t think this is a bad hire. Xā€™s and Oā€™s wonā€™t be a problem. The Indiana brand should help with recruiting. Matta can help with the transision. If he surrounds himself with people that know the college game I could see this working.

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2798

I just donā€™t see a guy in his 60s with no cultural cache killing it on the recruiting trail. Combine that with him basically being a replacement-level NBA head coach means I donā€™t see what the real positive vibes are here.

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