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Seriously, recruiting here could take off here in an amazing way. Having a coach with a multiple Final 4 and NBA pedigree is a massive asset. And Ronald Nored would kill it here on the recruiting trail. He'd be such an asset to the program I can hardly contain my excitement if he were to follow Brad here.

This is what I've spent more time than I'd like to admit thinking about, who would be on Brad's staff. I'd have to think Ronald Nored and Michael Lewis would be shoe-ins. Other than that no idea. I know he might irk some, but man I'd like Dakich on the staff to be honest.

No disrespect intended, but I don't believe donors contribute to a $10M buyout to get Nate Oats, Eric Musselman, or even Scott Drew. I hate being optimistic sometimes, but I'm feeling like Dolson's in the process of reeling in a really big fish.

I really hope Armaan Franklin stays. That'd be a tough loss.

Archie gone, and I'm in Maui right now. I love my life.

Fred Glass waited until the first day of the tournament to fire Crean. I'm not savvy enough to know if that's because we tried to steal the headlines of that day, or if that was Glass trying to bury the news amidst a huge sports day.

Welcome to the forum! Let's get weird.

What if UK and IU both look for coaches at the end of the season, and we end up with Stevens while they get their third or fourth choice? I can dream.

If we don't make a change now, we're probably getting at least 2 more years of Archie. If TJD comes back, we'll probably have a pretty good team next year that would get into the tournament. I don't see IU firing any coach who makes the tournament, no matter how quickly they exit.

Nothing he said is untrue.

I'm skeptical Mack is actually interested, but yeah I'd take him for sure. Maybe he's not a fan of the culture at Louisville or something? It seems like a leap to go from UL to IU, especially when you're doing pretty well and you haven't been there that long. He'd give us some pretty positive PR and momentum.

Honestly I could get behind an Enfield hire.

Purdue 77 IU 63

Exactly. I don't think we buy out Archie for $10M for anyone other than Stevens, Donovan, Beard, Pearl, or Matta personally. Then again, maybe to the people doing the buying out, $10M spread out over several years is chump change.

If Matta's health is still a problem for him, that should eliminate him from consideration. That led to his decline at OSU. If he has trouble walking around and sitting comfortably, basketball becomes your secondary priority at that point. I'd be all about hiring him if he had a clean bill of health though.

I'd be fine with Ed Cooley, but like 12 other guys would have to say "No thanks" first for me to get on board. I'd also rather keep Archie than fire him and get Ed Cooley. Brad Stevens Billy Donovan Chris Beard Thad Matta Tony Bennett After that, I don't care.

I do not want Scott Drew. I've seen enough written/posted about him over the years that makes me want to stay away. The Hanner Perea deportation threat did not happen without his knowledge. I can't back that up with evidence, but I don't believe for a second their coaching staff wasn't doing whatever it took to get someone they saw as the next Ekpe Udoh. He's been at Baylor since Mike Davis was coaching at IU. He's never had a deep tournament run in that time, only having gone to the Elite 8 twice, and none since 2011/2012 season. If you remove his first 4 years, which seems reasonable given what he inherited, he's had double digit losses 9 times out of 14 seasons. Yeah he's doing well the last 2 years, but his resume does not indicate he's capable of the long-term success we all want.

I wouldn't go that far personally, but this is the most likely scenario unfortunately. We'll get into the NIT, go into next season with little to no excitement, and call a 20-11 record a "success".

Same, this is where I'm at. The administration doesn't care, players don't seem to care, so why should I invest 2 hours every couple of days into watching us struggle to maintain mediocrity? No more. I'm just done wasting my time on this university's basketball program this season.

Kevin Warren is straight up trash as the commissioner of a major athletics conference.

And that's why IUBB isn't appointment television for me like it has been in the past. I barely even know when our next games are, or who they're against. We follow up a big win at Iowa with a home loss to a struggling Rutgers team. Sure I check these boards pretty regularly, but I've never been more apathetic about IU basketball in my life than I am right now. We'll probably win half of our remaining games, lose to Purdue again, barely sneak into the tournament and have an early exit, miss on all of our top recruits for 2022, and no momentum heading into next year.

Missed watching the game, but super happy we got the win! A season sweep of Iowa will be big in regard to helping our at-large resume.

I would like to add him, but I won't be surprised if his list of finalists includes UNLV, Houston, Arizona State, etc.

Archie's tenure can be summed up by: Win Loss Win Loss Loss Win Loss We can never string together wins and get any semblance of momentum. It's so frustrating.