Woodson's Exit Stirred by Internal Decisions, Not Choice

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00:00Uh, here is Woodson, uh, at the podium after, of course, he was asked about saying, uh,

00:06maybe I'm leaving too soon.

00:07On the CBS broadcast, you said your first thoughts were, maybe I'm leaving too soon.

00:12Well, you, you know, I mean, those are, there's always going to be that thought.

00:16Um, but you know, at the end of the day, you know, it's not, it's not about me right now.

00:23Still about this team and, and he's lying us going up to Indianapolis and trying to

00:29win the big 10 tournament tournament either.

00:33But let me tell you something.

00:34He is lying through his teeth because they told him to leave or we're going to fire you.

00:40So you got two choices right here.

00:43And then that's what he had to do.

00:44And you can see it's written all over his face.

00:47He doesn't want to leave Indiana.

00:48He loves it there.

00:49His entire life was predicated on playing there his last game in 1980.

00:56And believe me, you, uh, he was part of the great teams in Indiana history.

01:02And he was one of Bob Knight's favorites.

01:04And if Bob Knight were alive today, this wouldn't be happening.

01:08Bob Knight died.

01:09So these people all of a sudden start making decisions in Bloomington.

01:13They never made decisions before when Bob Knight was around, they were too scared of

01:17him.

01:18These people are the same people that have never made decisions.

01:21Now all of a sudden they're making decisions and throwing money around.

01:25They gave that Cignetti all kind of, he's making 8 million a year to football coach.

01:30They've never won a football game in their life ever.

01:34I was there for five years and never went to one game.

01:37No one cares about football in Indiana.

01:40They still don't.

01:41They won 11 games and they still don't matter.

01:43All that matters in Indiana is basketball.

01:46When children are born, they don't even name them.

01:48They just give them a basketball.

01:49They don't even give them a name until they shot a few free throws.

01:52You don't earn that name until you've made 15 in a row on the side of the barn in Indiana.

01:57Believe me, you, if you're from Indiana, you're a basketball player or you're nothing.

02:01Might as well ship you off to a foster care system.

02:04If you don't play basketball, you're worthless.

02:07Football means nothing in Indiana.

02:08Corn and basketball are all that matter.