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Depends what you mean by insider. If you mean someone who knows definitely what will happen I agree. But I see insiders as people close to someone who sees or hears something. That something could be wrong, it could end up being right or it could have been 100% right at that moment then changed later. For example, my new VP is Marty Simmons SIL. If Marty were a candidate, a strong candidate or had no interest I would have strong inside info. Side note, no, Marty is not a candidate.

Wait a second, you trying to pull a Goodman on us here and say he is already hired?

No just seeing Alford, during this cycle, just does not make sense. In other coach search discussions, he was coming off pretty good runs but he has been pretty quiet and does not seem a reasonable fit at all.

I thought there was some discussion with Pearl last summer? What were the Woodson rumors?

Some other chatter that he wanted to get assurances little Pearl would get to be coach when he retired. So I wonder if it was "I am willing to leave unless..." and if he got the assurance he needed he may not be willing now. Who knows if true

I would love Stevens if only to shut up all those who laughed at the idea he even entertained the idea. IF he is really interested in the job, really interested, then I think he can be great here and be a grinder. I trust Dolson to vet that part out but it is a good point you bring up.

I would hope if he is on staff he is in a Hulls type role where he isn’t a primary assistant but can learn. If Stevens were to return to college it would be partially due to him enjoying the interaction with young people. He got to know the Zeller family and Cody very well when recruiting him and his brothers

And we just recently started getting posts from BehindTheBench. Hmm

Where was Zeller sitting for the game? hmm

I have never heard of him being toxic. He got blackballed because he was recruiting a kid (Deon Thomas?) as was Illinois. He recorded a conversation with the recruit where the gifting of money and a car from Illinois were “verified” and then he turned that into the NCAA. Some suspected he baited the kid, others felt Illinois got caught but Pearl paid the price. As for championships, didn’t he win one or more at USI?

Which one is you?

In the NIL and revenue sharing world both seem a step down from BT and SEC schools

Stevens may not come and may never have been a candidate but “curb stomped”. So dramatic. Only real update is from that soft Goodman tweet.

I don’t think what they have done to date with extensions is his challenge but this new salary cap limit that starts next year. It is not like the old cap where you could pay a little bit in penalty tax. Now if over it is very punitive. Others have the exact details. Now, if only there was a team that you were able to spend more than a majority of your competitors and not be penalized. I know a place.

So you don’t differentiate between things people did or might do again? Many have said IU has to get this hire right but if you hire a guy who let’s has been fired for off court issues. If I your the AD, and have to get this right, you are saying you don’t care if a guy you hire might have a higher propensity to not pan out because of off court issues?

Was Stevens ever the guy? Did Scott have on-going conversations with him throughout the year (or longer)? If he did, was there a point when Stevens said no?

Stu has been more edgy in this search than in prior ones. I kind of like it except he is not fully on the Steven train this time, yet..

Didn't your say the name a little earlier in reference to a train - don't worry, I won't tell

This sounds more personal, like one of his kids, his wife or a parent.

Then there is the group of stars like myself who could not get into Nortwestern and could not play D1 basketball.

Still have a question about your wife being the head coach of Wellesley High School. That looks to be Dave Wainwright Girls Soccer | Athletics Department

That is kind of crazy. Usually, they use paper. I wonder if it wears off will it still be valid?

Hmm. Wellesley High School soccer and you don't have any information about a certain soccer player?

Dont forget the private plane trips to Carmel for club soccer. Coordinating which club can be tricky. So far he has not said no to any clubs I know of.

Chris and JY have provided background to information they shared about BS. This helps makes those cases a little more plausible. Not sure it is really very reasonable to get many, if any, facts at this stage. We get stories and then the reader considers those and makes a determination and it should be pointed out that determination is not in cement, but wavers as other stories come in. One fact we go was BS "comment" to Goodman which adds to this and for some, maybe those who never believed the BS coming storyline, they then have the "evidence" they need to say see he is not coming. For others, who may think the BS is maybe coming stories, that "comment" was not a definitive comment and there may still be a path. I think the background shared by Chris and JY (and if ap, and others also had that information shared credit to them too) sheds some light on this and either we have a few creative liers or there is some smoke. If there is some smoke then maybe this could occur. @Truthhurts came on and confidently said they had a source close to BS saying 0% chance. That seems to warrant some background info as to how that came about, did the discussion take place last time? Was there a vote? can he shed any details to contradict? @BGleas has a different opinion and has sources and personal background with the Celtics. He has shed light on what he thinks happened or did not happen. That certainly impacts the information credibility shared by Chris and JY but does not debunk it completely. It is all about the story, the background info, and even how long they have participated here.