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LOL. When your team values the basketball on offense, screens for cutters, moves without the ball, and plays incredible positional and help defense, there aren't deflections by the coach...just lots of wins. Those are the deflections you were referring to, right?

I raise you this: 2013–14 Tony Bennett 30–7 16–2 1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen 2014–15 Tony Bennett 30–4 16–2 1st NCAA Third Round 2015–16 Tony Bennett 29–8 13–5 2nd NCAA Elite Eight 2016–17 Tony Bennett 23–11 11–7 T–5 NCAA Tournament That's 30 total losses in the last four years (IU had 53), and 16 ACC losses! (IU had 34 B1G losses). And that's at a school with a limited budget and history, and UNC, UL, and Duke in their conference. That is big time. And...he makes only ;) $2.1 million per year at UVA. We could very much improve upon that.

Puh-leeese. What would you expect a statement to say that would give you confidence? That statement is completely neutral as to very much of anything. Paragraph 1: We wish them well. Paragraph 2: We did right by them when they were here. Paragraph 3: Our UVA staff tries to do things well.

Hmmmmmmmm.......I'm trying to get a handle of how many non-disciplinary transfers they've averaged in the past. Looks like about one a year. Think there might be a theory as to why three, including their second leading scorer are jumping ship?

You forgot "Seems to be one step ahead of the law!"

Nothing wrong with having an opinion!

Why doth thou sayeth so? Doth thou haveth any informationeth, or art thou just guessingeth?

Fixed it.

My list? 1) Billy D 2) Sean Miller 3) someone under 45 years old

That, and the IU folks who were mean to his sister are much farther in the rear view mirror.

YES! And THAT is why Tom Crean and Steve Alford have consistently won big and gotten to the Final Fo...huh, what?

Oh great. It looks like Treesh is "person G." ;)

Holy crap. One season on the team and this guy gets a say in the search decision?

HEY *******...ARE YOU IMPLYING THAT I MIGHT BE THE GUY?!? BECAUSE THAT KIND OF **** **** **** IS ******* ME OFF Purdue Person AND I'M NOT GONNA ******* TAKE IT ANYMORE!

This. (Except for the very inconsequential impact of annoying the shizbit out of tweet and email recipients).

High quality human being. Quirky, manic personality that did not jibe with the IUBB culture. Results could have compensated for those deficiencies, but they weren't there.

Not busting on you, AZ. Since the topic of benefits to the players of our coaching candidates has been raised: "The Ball boys already are riding in style — at least the two that have driver’s licenses. Lonzo and LiAngelo each drive $100,000 BMWs, said Ball, who is a self-employed personal trainer and whose wife, Tina, is a middle school physical education teacher."

One thing I can (I think) accurately predict: If the Alford-led Bruins beat Kensuckity on Thursday night, it will be a 100% win-win. More than ever.

Good point, and at least in part, my bad.

Isn't your daughter only like six weeks old? Don't commit to doing this too fast...you have time to decide! ;)

Hoosier1321 is the real deal on the 247 board (along with HickoryHoosier). Doesn't say much. Speaks the truth, even when he has to qualify the info. Hoosier1321 posted near the firing day that Donovan was one of two horses in the race. Then three days ago, he posted and later deleted this nugget: 3 days ago - Hoosier1321 said... (original post). You are all grossly underestimating the interest in Alford. It's like this board refuses to believe the information ...

I don't know who it is... But if I was in Vegas and was offered a large sum of money to put on any one candidate, it'd be Alford.

Not that he's who we'll end up with, but for those of you who think that Fife accomplished nothing or has had next to no head coaching experience, below is the "before and after" record of IPFW surrounding Dane's five year stint as a D1 head coach: 2001–2002[3] Doug Noll 7–21 2002–2003[4] Doug Noll 9–21 2003–2004[5] Doug Noll 3–25 2004–2005[6] Doug Noll (3–13) Joe Pechota (4–9)[7] 7–22 2005–2006[8] Dane Fife 10–18 United Basketball Conference (NCAA Division I) (2006–2007) 2006–2007[9] Dane Fife 12–17 6–4 3rd The Summit League (NCAA Division I) (2007–present) 2007–2008[10] Dane Fife 13–18 9–9 5th 2008–2009[11] Dane Fife 13–17 8–10 5th 2009–2010[12] Dane Fife 16–15 9–9 5th 2010–2011[13] Dane Fife 18–12 11–7 4th 2011–2012 Tony Jasick 11–19 5–13 T–8th 2012–2013 Tony Jasick 16–17 7–9

To recap what we "know": [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[