@gros-louis I get it... but he never really had to make that decision. Its really easy to have excuses when you're getting hypothetical..."if we move on Woodson, would you be interested?"... type of discussions. If Dolson fires Woodson THEN shows up, with the bag, and with an open ear to consider, and attempt to solve, whatever objections May and his family might have had... Maybe that family has a fortress and a moat built around their house? Maybe all the key stakeholder family members are able to buy a condo in Florida, and access to IU's PJs, to escape during the heat of the seasons? They never had to think about those things, because the IU job wasn't open.
Obviously coaching at Indiana University had to have some romantic vibes for May. Maybe the concerns over his family members, and how they'd be treated in their lifelong home communities... would have always been too much to overcome. But, we'll never know, because he never really had to make the decision.
Woodson had no interest in recruiting Indiana high school kids. Sisley was his lone Indiana signee in 4 years. Trent came to IU despite Bigfoot because he wanted to be a Hoosier. Woodson should have been gone after 3 years solely on his failure to make any impact recruiting the state.but again not playing at Indiana thanks to Bigfoot and QB.
That was a crazy sequence, in part because of how clearly Karaban wanted nothing to do with that moment. I thought that was noteworthy.
@gros-louis He wasn’t making generational money at FAU. If we had been first, you have no idea what would have happened.
@jj_mcclure True that you never know. But he knew he'd be making money somewhere, so he might have known enough in his own mind to have already ruled IU out, if that's indeed what happened.
He knew he wasn't going to be at FAU another year and he knows what the market looks like for any job he was going to be leaving for.@gros-louis He wasn’t making generational money at FAU. If we had been first, you have no idea what would have happened.
Guts? Yeah, I heard that too. But... What else is he supposed to do? Was any player going to make another pass?@hoopsdoc Hurley summed it up in one word in his post-game interview: courage. Mullins had the guts to take that shot, knowing it was almost certainly going to win or lose the game.
But yeah, good play immediately getting the pass off and then being ready when it came back to him. But it doesn't take guts to avoid eating it and losing without taking a shot.
Did Jay Edwards shot to beat Michigan take extra guts? Or did he have no choice after Lyndon Jones gave him the ball with four tenths of a second left.
@openwheel I guess the difference between "courage" and "no choice" in my mind is that he actaully *took* the shot. He could have heaved it with the clock winding down, missed by 3 feet and nobody would have really criticized him. Freshman, elimination game, huge rivalry, deciding shot to win or lose, immense pressure. But he accepted the challenge, shot the ball with intention, and made the shot. That's courage.
Not sayin' I wouldn't have been crapping my pants!
Yeah, good shot. I guess that is guts. Some players fold under pressure and he did not.
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@openwheel He confidently took basically every single decent look that he got, and he missed a lot of them in the game. Mullins doesn't lack courage or confidence, when it comes to shooting the basketball...ever. He definitely has moxy.
That was a crazy sequence, in part because of how clearly Karaban wanted nothing to do with that moment. I thought that was noteworthy.
Looked to me like Cameron Boozer was practically in Karaban's chest, with little Boozer looking to help too, so I think Karaban made the right decision.
Karaban also made a huge 3-pointer with 50 seconds left, so I don't think he was afraid.
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