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I don’t know what happened in the negotiations but it always seemed like this was a horse trade to me and in exchange he got the right to pay any termination fee in payments as low as $1M a year; those two things were added to CMW’s contract at the same time.

Appears some of them have been on here but don’t have much to share at the moment related to ANY candidate.

More the former, people think his wife won’t leave, as she was a star at ISU. He also has a pretty sizable buyout. IU should see what’s possible though.

Conversely asking “why would he leave the job he’s in?” helps rule out some others. @Stuhoo mentioned Oats and Golden; I do wonder if Golden may desire a change of scenery or “fresh start” but it’s a good heuristic. Now, maybe the answer is also in Thamel’s criteria: consistent, top 10 nationally NIL. I don’t know how e.g. Florida compares there. This is also why I’m skeptical of Buzz, TAMU can really spend. Michigan can too, though the longer any contract extension drags out the more optimistic I would be about May.

We can debate them until we’re blue in the face but given the criteria Thamel outlined, I don’t think Byington, Schertz, or McCollum are likely shortlist candidates. Byington is the only one who hits both sitting high major head coach AND has made a D1 tournament. Not an argument about who’s a good coach, just that those two criteria probably mean pining for one of those is a waste of time.

The only quote attached to all this from Stevens leaves open a 6 lane highway of plausible deniability, @Chris007 has a long track record and didn’t carry on after BS said no in ‘21, Jerry and AP have been radio silent, @IsaacTor also said wait…I’m gonna have some guarded optimism and see what else we hear this weekend.

Beard is the 2006 Kelvin Sampson choice, in the sense that the issues are just as obvious as the coaching talent and it’s very easy to make the right choice not to hire him.

Yeah I’m bummed but at least as quoted what Goodman reported is not a denial. Not gonna hold my breath but it could be a misdirection, a negotiation tactic, etc

Nooooooo wayyyyyyy cmon

If you buy that he’s waiting it may just be so he can have a normal AS weekend and not have to talk about it nonstop.

Some of you missed this, and I’d encourage everyone to note that Chris and Jerry liked it. And AP was being cryptically confident last night/this AM too.

Genuinely admire your lack of defensiveness — don’t think anyone has anything personal, they’re just keeping guard up. Keep bringing us the good news, we all hope you’re plugged in.

First sentence is true for me too; not sure if it’s the same person nor the source but I’m feeling good.

I don’t know Isaac but recall his only time on the board prior to this week was 3/6/24 when he was early with rumblings of a keep Woody/not BoT discussion, then later that night the “Woody’s back next year” need broke. Can’t verify his stuff but I’ve heard good things from people with longer track records that I trust too.

Statue

I credited R. Bozich for Woodson but I believe we’re both right, in a sense; going from memory Rick media source to say like “IU’s close with Woodson” and then Woj had an actual announcement within a few minutes. Anyway I’m feeling great

If I were guessing who’d break anything I would shortlist Shams, Thamel, Osterman, maybe Rick Bozich (he had Woody’s hiring first)

Genuinely would be a good idea for an enterprising media school student. A UM student staked out the airport for Harbaugh’s arrival and has parlayed that into a journalism career

EDITING TO ADD: I’m wrong they’re the same airport. Keeping the post as it was for transparency other than this note Would add: Celts don’t travel from Bedford, they travel from Lanscom, but if it’s not official C’s business and you even have reason to want to dodge folks you’d recognize, you might use a different base

Yes that’s called an executive session, they’re permitted to do those for some things

Depending on who you believe, this is a similar spot to last time. Other opinions differ, based on who’s getting what story from whom

I mean the Cs won’t necessarily know? And if there’s a signed agreement you don’t need to keep it under wraps, both because it would eventually be eligible for FOIA since IU is public, and because you have no reason to hide it. You can just say you’ve agreed in principle to make him coach after Woody and hold the presser after the season.

Probably so — still think someone could tell us an executive session is happening or scheduled, or we could get a little more from a source with different connections, but I do wonder if it’s all happening (TM @JerryYeagley23 that it might come out reasonably quickly.

Anyone know if there’s an executive session for the BOT scheduled before the standing meeting next Thursday? https://trustees.iu.edu/meetings-minutes/index.html#exec

Well well well. I hope you’re right! Was wracking my brain trying to figure out what the impressive feat Dolson pulled might be and wondered if it was like a stake in Pacers ownership via Simon Skojt connections or something.