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So if these soft landing spots-how many have a reasonably good baseball team. I would focus on those

I think you'd be surprised. I bet he would say Davis and Crean were his favorites. I've heard him say this about Davis. He certainly likes to call games for a winning team but he values how he is treated much more. That impacts how he feels about coaches

Week?. Sounds so long.

Good idea on the box and 1. Terrible idea to have Blackman be the guy guarding Koenig. You have to deny him the ball which requires incredible effort.

I enjoyed it and I think it shows what we should have done all year. I think Crean was already leaving and this will make Mizzou or wherever he wants to go want him more.

I kind of wondered about the timing too. I did like what he had to say.

Makes you wonder if Doyle gets done with that and says well that should convince them.

Agree - did anyone notice the student manager in the background. When Crean said that the manager made two marks in his book. I could barely read the front but it looked like it said "deflections"

What did he say really? Doyle said hey are you interested in Mizzou. Crean said let me put that to rest - I am coaching my team and I like coaching here. Can't both be true? Did he put it to rest? Did I miss him saying I am not interested in Mizzou? Or did he just say "no" to that question and then sort of answered a different question

There is just so much smoke this time around I see no way a change is not made. Other than the national guys and Doyle all the momentum is pointing to a change.

It was around March 5th.

Who knows. 708 said as much when he posted. I still think he gets good info but being able to interpret what it means is difficult.

The blue ribbon committee was put together and one of the keys was to find someone who had been to a FF. However, Bennett and Few turned us down, they had no FF experience but were big names. Connecting dots, Kravitz said Izzo was very interested as was Pitino. The post Sampson era caused more than a few of the trustees to worry about Pitino. Connecting more dots that are further apart (guessing). Crean contacts IU and Izzo to put in a good word. Izzo decides to back out (maybe b/c of Crean, maybe he decided to stay) but he strongly recommends Crean to those ha had been talking to. Crean had been to a FF and suddey after some no's he looks pretty good. Dakich has said that when Crean came in to interview he had a presentation style approach and that really impressed everyone. Remember Dakich was interim and also interviewed but he says he pretty much just showed up and later heard about how Crean approached it. So with Izzos recommendation, having been to a FF and excelling in the interview Crean became the best candidate.

Thought there was a thread mods used that we all can't see where you discussed this.

Stu was this one of the first things you did as a mod? Go to that secret thread that identified you know who?

I told y'all we were just playing hard to get. He will be back. If timing is the only issue we can resolve it but that might take some negotiating first.

For those thinking that BDs people could have said no over the phone and thus no need for a meeting consider this. Maybe they gave their timing preferences on an earlier call but Glass wanting to put the full court press on set up an in person meeting to discuss our view of the timing issue. A lot of times I get a no during a phone meeting but can get close to a yes when I have a chance to sit down with a client. This is the same, a face to face meeting may have been that attempt. Lastly 708 did not say Billy said no but that he was a no go. Very easily could be that his people could not meet our timing desires and we are moving on.

Speaking of Mark Few this was an interesting little article about IU. Cowheard and DD talking and DD brought up Few and Gonzaga and how good he has it there. http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2015/06/01/dan-dakich-colin-cowherd-indiana-basketball-iu-hoosiers-elite-program/28300513/

Maybe if we chip in we can book him for our games next year.

For now. Pretty sure we are playing hard to get. He will back

Hmm now we know what the meeting was about.

Cool - I just see some posts say "pay him whatever" and a lot of times there are other factors that are potentially out of your control.

What if he does not know what he wants. What if he says I want to wait until July to see what Westbrook is going to do before I say yes. The Orlando magic once introduced him at a press conference then he backed out after. That being said, I still believe. I think we played hardball today and he will come Back.

I hear he is looking for a cooler climate.

He has been posting similar info for awhile and said earlier in the week to expect a meeting this week. He has not said that Donovan to IU is a certainty though