TrueHoosier62

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

My wife IS English, so I use "quid" all the time. It's impossible to not have her vocabulary leach into mine after so many years.

Nos sumus futui

Kelsey!!!!

I think we should consider Dylan Mulvaney for the position of head coach.

Welcome back, clappy!

Many years ago I had the opportunity to date an Amish girl, but watching her try to shave her legs with a scythe put me right off.

I'm all for considering a coach's won loss record for guesstimating how he might do for one's school, but there are so many factors that play into that record that can distort relevancy. Coaches who can put up 20 -25 wins a year, over several years, gets my attention. Teams that visibly, and statistically improve from October to March, show me the coach is teaching the game. Coaches who do both, consistently, regardless of conference, should have a good chance to succeed at IU.

I hope that in the unlikely event we hire Brad Stevens, we aren't treated to the coaching version of Damon Bailey, where expectations are just too unrealistic. Can you imagine the mess that would create for Dolsen and everyone else who signed off on it, or the impact it would have on future candidates?

While waiting for the climax of this sordid saga, I can't help but sit here, quivering with anticipation as I read the written ejaculatory coming from all angles, drenching the reader with copious amounts of conjecture and hyperbole. Indeed, one can almost feel soiled and drained by the end of a day's hard reading. Oceans of Love, Ms. Anita Richard Devoted athletic supporter

Reading between the lines: "Strokes wood, ball in the hole". Enough with the porno-posts. lmao

I'm not sure if we should call security or Ron Jeremy....

My one and only post regarding Chris Beard. I think it's important to remember what we might lose with his hire. *Gone would be the ability to describe our defense as suffocating. *"Beating the hell out of" an opponent would no longer be tolerated in print *Opponents who've blown a lead to us, and ended up losing the game could no longer, in good taste, be said to have "choked". *And who can deny that there'd be serious repercussions if one of our players @$$-punched a Boilermaker, no matter how much that cheerleader had it comin'? I think it's best that we go with Scott Drew, just for the optics.

But for just a little bit of blood dripping from the corners of his mouth, this would make a perfect Halloween decoration.

What's up, Clappy?

"Doing more for the coaching profession since 1970, than Mike Woodson".

All I know is that if Brad Stevens IS named the next basketball coach at IU, this site will explode like the last 30 seconds of a bukkake film.