hoosierjoe

I want the third person to continue throughout his entire tenure. "Mike Woodson didn't think that was a charge". "Mike Woodson would like some Gatorade."

I'm admittedly a lurker around here, but man this thread is insanity. We're really tracking meaningless flights to the Bahamas and New York City? Does anyone really think IU would go so far out of their way to hide their movements that they would fly all the way to the BAHAMAS to get to Boston? Scott Dolson could drive 1 hour to Louisville or a few extra to Nashville and take a commercial flight and never be recognized if they were worried about that. I may be in the minority here, but the longer this takes and stays quiet the more optimistic I am. I'm not sure what the rush is... IU has no real competition. The closest program in terms of perceived relevance that is open is Marquette. No one will be offering near the amount of money, facilities or exposure that IU can. There are quality coaches that at the very least will listen that are still playing, and there is no sense in rushing to fill the job just to appease the masses. My hope is this means Dolson isn't just going to offer the first guy who shows interest. Personally, I don't want to hear about "IU guys"... recruits and AAU coaches don't care about IU guys, why should we? If there was one worth pursuing sure, but honestly none of them would be a significant upgrade over Archie (and certainly not worth a $10M buyout). Get the right guy that the players want to play for if it takes 1 week or 1 month.

I doubt the names on the back matter much to the vast majority of recruits. You're at IU, you're on national TV constantly, everyone knows who you are. To some of the elite recruits the brand itself matters a lot more (shoes specifically), which is why I don't like the Adidas partnership (also they make ugly shirts). I don't see how adding names makes it any less IU, though. I get a chuckle out of the whole "You play for the name on the front" line though, such a "Get off my lawn!" comment. People would be mad for about a week and then forget about it, kinda like when they added the B1G logo to the court.