Well, I hope some of your players decide to follow him wherever he goes.
Thad Matta would be an idiot to take this job. He said it was his dream job, but the key fact is that he said that IN THE PAST. Why would he give a Big Ten champion caliber team next year to come to a very high-stress IU coaching job? Also, I could be wrong on this, but wouldn't that mean Greg Oden would have to sit out a season? For a kid that's only expected to play a year of college ball anyways, that's asking an awful lot of him.
Poor Steve Alford is screwed. If he doesn't take that job opening, you'll all turn your backs on him. If he does take the job opening, then he has little to work with, as Davis hurt your in-state recruiting, and since you'll lose Wilmont, Strickland, Monroe, and Killingsworth, not to mention that D.J. White could declare for the draft.
This year could have been big for you guys, but not anymore. There is always football season.
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