Magnanimous

If Kansas or Duke hired McCollum this offseason, would folks laugh at them or be disappointed it wasn’t us? How do you all think he’d do at either of those programs?

Duke hired Jon Scheyer, UNC hired Hubert Davis, and I’m still not sure who Kentucky’s coach is. Again, it’s a new era folks.

Are we no longer fielding a basketball team in three years?

Well let’s just all be thankful the only decisions you ever made around Assembly Hall are where to park and Chick-fil-A or a hot dog.

If we didn’t fire Woodson mid season he may have been back next year.

Not at all. But because they still happen with some regularity in college football people are expecting the same in basketball. It’s a new era, folks.

If McCollum retired today there is a legitimate argument he’d eventually make the basketball HOF as a coach. Several D2 coaches have made it with less success than he has had. They just stayed at their schools for decades to accumulate more all-time wins.

Exactly. Duke, UNC, Kentucky, and Louisville have all been in the same situation as us for their most recent coaching searches. And I think all of those programs would give a hard look at McCollum right now if they were hiring this cycle.

We’ve made one E8 since the Nintendo 64 was released…

Did Tyler Durden tell you that?

If we don’t have a coach announced on/by April 1 I suggest everyone take a one day break from this board.

Folks realize that absolutely nothing will be announced or leaked until IU’s season is over (and if we hire a current coach until his season is over), right? If Elon Musk asks you to name five things you did this week, make sure it’s not just speculate on BTB :)

Assuming not everything in the last two hours is complete BS about BS…what does it say about Stevens that he won’t take this job for ~$9m but would entertain it for $11m? Either you’re up for coaching college again or you’re not. At this point his finances are set for life, so why is an extra $1-2m going to not only change his mind but make him actually be all in with what the job entails for years to come?

Agreed!

Agreed. Archie Miller would have been scooped up by a big name program at that point in his career. If not us, he would’ve landed a top 15 job during the window when we were looking to get rid of Crean.

Me watching this board go at it after pushing the Ben McCollum narrative all these years haha.

Then they can go lose somewhere else!

Virginia has entered the chat on eyeing Ben McCollum.

Ah March 19, 2021…the first time Ben McCollum was introduced to this board - https://btownbanners.com/topic/12834-coaching-candidate-thread-ben-mccollum/

He’s also coaching a roster of burger flippers, not burger boys. This is what coaching adjustments looks like, fellas.