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Yep, I think he’s clearly a pretty good coach but had a tough situation.

I think Niko Medved is the guy to watch in MN. Alum, long-rumored, and even if they want McCollum I think he’ll prefer other options.

I see that no one has explained a search firm for 50 pages and so someone who’s been here for 2000 pages needs it explained again what one does

Lovely, this is what I was getting at. Now if we know when something’s closing, we can try to verify via property records.

Anybody a realtor, assessor, otherwise have access to Tapestry, the property records website?

I’m not his biggest fan but as I’ve said all over btown banners, every coach at IU has had dudes, and NIL makes that less of a concern to me. Not to say that you just hire the best X&O guy, but that roster building, managing egos, philosophy, adaptability, etc. are more important, I think.

In addition, even if he REALLY DOESN’T WANT TO LEAVE, even rumored interest is helpful in getting more $ to stay. This is true in most jobs! Use the leverage.

some folks think 1. the on-court product is frustrating, 2. The coach is the problem, 3. Only a proven coach can fix us, but 4. IU won’t hire a proven coach. If that’s the case I don’t know why they remain a fan let alone spend any time being grumpy on a message board.

Trilly himself said this?

Lord help me but I’m in on DeVries and Will Wade

Yep, and I’m sure Goodman heard what he tweeted Sunday, that Otz is out. There’s an implicit “for now” there, not just with Otz, but with any of these guys. We’re not privy to what might change that for Otz, or Drew, etc.

One thing to keep in mind here is that no one is truly out until the search is actually over. There are extreme cases — a guy who gets a huge buyout in a contract extension is probably out, for example — but I’m thinking of Otz specifically here and it applies to others too.

I think Dolson is smarter than that — Brownell is notoriously on and off the hot seat at Clemson all the time. McCollum makes lots of sense to me for all the reasons we’ve discussed as nauseum.

Allegedly some athletics staff, Hoosiers Connect folks asked not to travel next week (spring break) in anticipation of need to work on the hire or in HC’s case, process donations

Very strange, seems like a relatively straightforward sort of rumor to chase down all things considered

Yeah and would DeVries want that? I know the Iowa connections but in 2025, with public NIL issues, is Iowa a better spot than WVU, even if family is nearby?

Oh I hadn’t considered that this really IS a cycle where Collins makes some sense with some of the biggest openings. I don’t really see it with UVA but either Nova or IU make some sense for him IMO

Salute, thanks. I like to listen but can’t tonight

I actually think we should give a fair second chance to anyone the new staff is worth keeping

I tend to think Miles is a pretty good coach and might’ve been pretty interesting in a better job and/or with NIL.

Yeah nobody’s perfect at picking the next such guy but I can’t stand when mid- or low-major coaches all get batched in the same bin. I promise, you’re allowed to form a nuanced opinion based on the evidence for each one!

Some of the serious NBA draftniks love Stirtz, too, fwiw. I think he could play in the B1G

Boring day so far eh?

I’m kinda the inverse, was/am very bullish on May*, have been intrigued by McCollum but came around slowly. I think there are obvious McC strengths, and I think my concerns or questions fit well with having him at IU in an era when you can openly, legally spend to recruit. *May’s turnaround at UM this year is impressive even with the fade, but I think it’s possible I’m not as high on him as I was.

If he’s still involved (and I believe he is) then the timing of the first reporting on 2/14 seems intentional; i.e. Goodman heard rumblings and asked. Got a careful non-denial quote that seems to have had the desired effect. The more interesting thing to me is that Goodman is the only one who’s gotten anything on the record. I know why — BS doesn’t have press obligations in his role like he did in ‘21 as a coach — but all that’s public saying he’s out hinges on the Goodman 2/14 reporting, including Goodman’s own “(obviously)” yesterday.