Indiana Hoosiers Hire Mike Woodson And Fans Aren’t Exactly Thrilled

Indiana Hoosiers fans had high hopes for their next head basketball coach. They dreamed of hiring the likes of Brad Stevens, Scott Drew, and Chris Beard. However, they’ll have to settle.

It was announced earlier today that Indiana was set to hire New York Knicks assistant coach Mike Woodson to be their next head coach.

Breaking: Knicks assistant Mike Woodson is finalizing a six-year contract to become the coach at his alma mater Indiana, sources tell @wojespn. pic.twitter.com/kp7cuaaM69

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 28, 2021

While Mike Woodson is an IU alumn, fans were still skeptical of the move.

Mike Woodson:

– Is 63 years old
– Has never coached in college
– Has never recruited
– Is 50 games under .500 in his career
– Wasn’t up for any other head jobs in NBA/NCAA
– Has been fired from his 1st 2 HC jobs because he’s, you know, 50 games under .500

What is Indiana doing

— Brian Rauf (@brauf33) March 28, 2021

*Indiana has hired Mike Woodson*

Matt Painter: 🤣 pic.twitter.com/z1nqHZXuUv

— Heat Check (@HeatCheckHoops) March 28, 2021

If Mike Woodson really is Indiana's next head coach, I take back everything I said about them still being a legitimately good basketball program and desirable job. It might just be time to shut down the basketball program and focus on becoming a football school

— Aaron Torres (@Aaron_Torres) March 28, 2021

Congrats To Indiana Basketball On Proving Its Irrelevancy – After Every Single Person Said No, They Are Apparently Hiring Mike Woodson https://t.co/BTQZpKJqeX

— Bobby Reagan (@BarstoolReags) March 28, 2021

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The new IU coach can't be Mike Woodson. Zero college experience? IU as his first job? (We've been down THAT road) Not a fit at all.

— Rob Albright (@rta3569) March 23, 2021

Honestly, and I’m a former manager, if it’s Mike Woodson, I’m done too. Archie sucked, but we are gonna fire him for Mike Woodson??

— Josh Lee (@jeddylee_14) March 21, 2021

Me: I promise to not overreact to Indiana’s head coach decision.
IU: We have named Mike Woodson as our new head coach

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— the pleasure giver (@coolhandleLuke5) March 28, 2021

So IU paid Archie 10 milly to hire Mike Woodson? pic.twitter.com/5YhYyWVoXH

— Jackson Blair (@jackiebandz) March 28, 2021

The reaction the the Mike Woodson hire wasn’t all bad, but it definitely seems like he wasn’t Indiana’s first choice. There are a lot of red flags with the Woodson hire. He’s old, hasn’t coached in college, and din’t win very much when he was a head coach in the NBA.

With that being said, Woodson is very respected around the game of basketball, and the list of stars he has coached is very long.

Mike Woodson might not have been the most popular hire, but it could be a lot worse for the Hoosiers.

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