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NashvilleHoosier

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  1. NashvilleHoosier

    General Coach Candidate News

    So far nobody has really agreed with me. Which is making me feel better. I’ll back a few steps away from the ledge.
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    Candidate Thread: Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)

    One thing we haven’t even addressed which is really important....Dunkin Donuts is trash. Maybe if you’re from there and don’t know any better you like it. But no one lives the majority of their life somewhere else where there are respectable donut options and likes Dunkin’ Donuts. It was scripted.
  3. NashvilleHoosier

    General Coach Candidate News

    See my other post. It’s not just chatter here. There were plenty of national media talking about the possibility of BS coming to IU. Plenty of social media chatter. People in college hoops circles (like coaches agents) will be well aware.
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    General Coach Candidate News

    I get what people are saying but this isn’t the scenario. It would be more like you wanted to apply for the job but they didn’t let you b/c the one the wanted was the other person. All the employees of the company were ecstatic about this other person coming and made it known. A bunch of industry folks were talking about this other person coming to to take the job. The company and its employees were all in on the other person. The other person didn’t take it. You are extremely successful at your current job and compensated very well. Your coworkers love you and don’t want you to leave. Your company performs better than the other one. Is the other job as attractive as you thought it was?
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    Candidate Thread: Nate Oats (Alabama)

    Even with his raise he makes $3.225M/year. We could offer $4.5M and pay the $12M buyout and in 6 years we’d have spent less than we would have on BS. Not saying we should, but I do like this guy. The BS scenario seems to suggest that an Oats $$ package isn’t as big of a deal than we thought.
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    Candidate Thread: Chris Beard (Texas Tech)

    Phew. Good call for TTU to put that in there.
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    Candidate Thread: Chris Beard (Texas Tech)

    Am I seeing correctly that his buyout is $15M+? Is the second philanthropic donor in for that?
  8. NashvilleHoosier

    General Coach Candidate News

    It may not. I hope it doesn’t. But it wasn’t just message board chatter. Plenty is social media chatter with national media chiming in. Any other coach’s circle will be aware that we put all our eggs in the Stevens basket. They may not care. But if I’ve got things going at another school, I’d be hesitant to take over a place that I know everyone wanted someone else to that degree.
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    General Coach Candidate News

    My biggest fear now is that going all in on BS (which I’m glad we gave it a shot) ends up backfiring with other candidates. Anybody connected with basketball has watched this play out to some extent. It’s no secret our choice was Brad Stevens and the entire fan base was behind it. Will other top coaches who may have had interest now hesitate knowing they are at best the distant second choice and that they’ll never be Brad Stevens?
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    Candidate Thread: Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)

    If looking in the mirror matters, sure. But if Stevens doesn't come, he was right and he wins. If he doesn't, he gave himself an out with his wording and he's got tons of IU fans giving him clicks and attention, which is also a win.
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    Candidate Thread: Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)

    Goodman is playing the game. He's worded things in a way now that he can easily say this was so tight-lipped nobody knew. But he knows who is paying attention....Indiana fans. He does a thing every once in a while where he rates the most annoying fanbases. The best way to get a bunch of people running to comment at you and get yourself a bunch of attention is to tell an entire fanbase they are annoying. If he's right, he's right and he wins. If he's wrong, he can just say nobody knows and he'll have tons of IU fans crushing him on twitter, then we become one of his most annoying fanbases, which keeps us coming. Goodman gets his attention and clicks, he wins.
  12. NashvilleHoosier

    Gambling

    I got in live bets on: Ohio St. -7 Baylor -18 Also in on: Wisconsin moneyline (+104) Rutgers/Clemson under 125.5
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    Candidate Thread: Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)

    Not quite. Brad Stevens is our new Men's Golf coach. So we still got him....I guess.
  14. NashvilleHoosier

    Candidate Thread: Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)

    If the 3pm thing came from a former player who no one is sure quite how well connected they are (I feel like this was mentioned) and many former players have heard 3pm, it seems like the many former players source could be that one former player who no one is sure how connected they are. I'm not going crazy, you're going crazy.
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    Gambling

    Early games I like: Florida moneyline (+100) Arkansas -8.5 I'm thinking about: Illinois/Drexel over 143 Ga Tech +5.5 (but also kind of intrigued by the moneyline at +200 even without their best player)
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    Candidate Thread: Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)

    This always bugs me too, but has anyone ever thought how weird it is that (get ready for this doozy of a sentence) we are the only state university that puts the word "university" after the state when the word "state" is not in the university name? I.e. Every other state's universities use the naming convention of University of Michigan and Michigan State University, for example. Can't think of any other state that does it the way Indiana University does. We are special. Also, this is not for this thread. But I've already typed it. Mods should delete.
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    Candidate Thread: Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)

    Well if anyone needed to get their hopes up juuuuuuuust a little bit higher just read this ^^. I'm very close to posting my home address and requesting someone please come here and take all my devices away. I'd get the same amount of work done anyway...
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    Candidate Thread: Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)

    I don't either, only that he/she doesn't appear often, but comes with what appears to be very solid info. If anyone is keeping a mental bank of "stop scrolling" posters for these really long threads, add Jerry to your list.
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    Candidate Thread: Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)

    We all seem to be overlooking some nice little nuggets from JerryYeagley. I haven't been as active on this board until this past season but the little I've seen him (or her) post, it seems to always carry a lot of weight. He dropped a tasty little bomb around midnight last night, that I stumbled upon in my 3:51am stupor. Kudos to Chris, IUwins, and Jerry for their willingness to share.
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    Candidate Thread: Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)

    It’s 3:51 in the AM. My daughter woke up scared of the dark. After putting her back to bed I laid here for 20 minutes telling myself specifically not to pick up my phone. Yet here I am. Shame on you all again! I’m definitely not sleeping now!!
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    Candidate Thread: Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)

    At this point we'd all probably take him only committing to coaching 90% of our games and the rest were on us....
  22. NashvilleHoosier

    General Coach Candidate News

    This did make me think that if this all goes down, there will be a lot of new Hoosier fans welcomed into this world about 9-10 months from now.
  23. NashvilleHoosier

    General Coach Candidate News

    Yes, thank you for not visiting after we lost at home to Purdue. And Rutgers. And.....well yeah, what a time to be alive (and on BTB!!)!!!
  24. NashvilleHoosier

    General Coach Candidate News

    In fairness, I think Jesus has been around for a while, even when you were grumpy Archie era Josh. :-)
  25. NashvilleHoosier

    General Coach Candidate News

    I'm a bit surprised at the level of negativity too, even as someone who doesn't have him terribly high on my list. Coaching track record in college alone? I'd be thrilled to have that. The age is always a concern since we've cycled through many coaches in the last 2 decades but you're hitting on the moving parts that would alleviate some of that concern. The thugs comment is nearly as big of a concern to me. Regardless of his intent, he'll have an uphill battle in recruiting every single time b/c of that comment and recruiting is hard enough, especially if you're doing it clean. If that alone delays him getting things going we could be talking about him in his mid 70s before he gets us where we expect him to get us. Then we are already talking about another transition, even if those moving parts were in place, which scares the crap out of me. All that said, if in the end, he is out next coach, and it happens b/c 1a, 1b, and 2 were not feasible.....well holy cow we had a heckuva #3 choice that I ultimately think the fanbase will get behind pretty easily.
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