TrueHoosier62

I just hope we get Cooper Kupp to transfer in.

This message board is reminding me more and more of "The Three Faces of Eve".

Still hoping for BS

Too bad Larry Bird isn't willing or able to coach.

What the BOT stroked would not pass as his ego.

Okay, so like this one time, at band camp, I met Brad Stevens. Brad was banging Mary Jane Rottencrotch from Terre Haute, (she played the flute), and Brad says to me afterwards, "something smells fishy". I said, "Well, it would". He said, "No, I mean at IU". I said, "Oh." He said, "Yeah, I want to coach there one day, but I'm not sure they still want to win, and I want to win! You'd think after winning five national championships, they'd want to do the things that help you keep winning, but they don't. They just fired Bob Knight and gave his team to Mike Davis, and that's what smells fishy. I asked if Mike Davis had been with Mary Jane Rottencrotch, the flute player from Terre Haute, and he said "no, I don't think so". I said, it "well doesn't really matter, we're all gonna get screwed now". Brad washed his hands, sanitized them and walked out, muttering something about "never coaching at IU".

For the record, I detest the phrase, "Run it back".

This is a lot like the week leading up to Christmas. You see all the gifts under the tree with your name on it, and hope one of them is a Red Ryder BB gun and not a damned bunny outfit.

There's always a level of hypocrisy on the part of Administration when it comes to vetting. Publically they want to find Jesus Christ with a whiteboard and whistle, but privately they want wins, trophies and championships, with money in the coffers and a$$es in the seats. I guarantee that if Dolsen were to visit a Clairvoyant and told that hiring a certain young coach would result in three national championships in eleven years, eleven Big Ten championships in seventeen years, millions in cash for the university library, sold out games for nearly thirty years, absolute compliance of NCAA rules, and an extremely high graduation rate for his players, Dolsen is going to be less inclined to factor in personality flaws and the occasional flying chair.

30 odd years of average, (Crean, Miller), below average, (Davis, Woodson), or risky, (Sampson), hires. Suggestions that BS flat out turned us down, and that the other names being tossed about are hardly a who's who of coaching talent. Short of BS or BD, we're likely "settling" again, for whomever we can get to say, "yes".

Did Mike Woodson get the position because he was a top drawer candidate, or because of backroom politics, (Buckner)? Has Chris Beard been passed over, or rather would he be passed over because of past DV accusations, or because to hire someone with even a hint of impropiety, (McDermott) might threaten support from donors, or revisit a time when the University was a battleground between academia and RMK?

IU is like so many other previously successful sports dynasties. We're trapped by yesterdays, and yesterday's glories. We can't relive the past, and can't embrace the future. The game has moved on, but we haven't. Admittedly, today's college game has, like the NBA, distilled all the many wonderful components of basketball into one: three-point shooting. TV ratings and money insured that end. Compared to Bob Knight's era, today's game has all the intellectual depth of tinker toys. Still, there we are. IU's leadership reflect our divisions. There are those who want only Bob Knight protege. Others want only modern coaches to match the modern game. Still others want only to influence decisions, so as to remain relevant, even though they may not personally care one jot about IU athletics. It is a toxic, emotional cesspool in Bloomington these days, between competing factions. Now add in copious amounts of money, politics and ego. Is it really surprising we're struggling to draw top talent for the head coach position?

Words or phrases that have recently lost their meaning: *Insider *Smoke *"Bank on it" *"Done deal" *Any sentence that includes "Indy Star" *Peegs, (alright, technically that has never carried much meaning, but I digress).

I don't have a clue who the next coach is going to be, but in contrast to many posts, I don't see anything out of the ordinary with how this is playing out. Regardless of whether or not IU "already has their man", nothing is likely to be announced until after the team's season is over. That nothing substantial or verifiable has been linked to a finalized deal, also doesn't surprise me. Nor do I think that the timing of any forthcoming announcement reflects their current employment status. If IU doesn't make the tournament, (in my opinion they aren't good enough and therefore shouldn't), I suspect things will move pretty fast. If instead they do make the tournament, I wouldn't expect an announcement until the week after their season concludes. Everything else I've read here about flight details, real estate ventures, family members, athletic insiders, fortune tellers, barometric pressure patterns, and the number of consonants in various acronyms that match Brad Stevens' mother's maiden name is a bit much.

I saw the look in his eyes as soon as that reporter asked his question, and thought, "Well this isn't going to end well for you. I've seen someone else with that same look, and I damn near know verbatim what's coming next". Lol