Hoosierfan2017

Minnesota has made the tournament 6 times this century. Iowa isn’t much better - 10 times this century. In what world is that comparable to Cronin?

Would making the tournament every year not be a significant upgrade over what we’ve dealt with the past 15+ years? It’s not the end goal, but getting in every year certainly gives you a much better shot at winning the title.

Cronin hasn’t been a coach for “over 30 years.” He started coaching in 2003, and unless you want to fault him for not having a title contender at Murray State, it’s under 20 years. He made the tournament each of his last 9 years at Cincinnati. 4 in 6 years at UCLA (with it being canceled one of those years. So, he’s made the tournament 13 out of the last 15 years. IU has made it 6 out of the last 15 years. We’re talking about title teams when we can’t even make it to the tournament 50% of the time. Who can IU realistically hire that will be better than that?

I think Cronin is a lot better than whoever we end up will be (hello Brad Brownell) so, for that reason, I’m pro-Cronin.

Some of these dudes are turning btownbanners into a creative writing seminar.

Brad must still have dial up if it's taking him until March 2nd to docusign this contract.

Did all that and didn’t even get any likes. Must be as popular over there as he is here.

Beard’s no riskier than a lot of the other names being thrown out. His risks are just different. I’d feel more comfortable with that risk than the other because the off court stuff is entirely within his control. You could do everything right basketball wise but still not get the results IU wants. Beard is as good a bet at getting those results as any coach out there.

This will be the 5th tournament Brownell has made in 15 years at Clemson. It’d be hard to find a coach who has made fewer tournaments than IU over the past 15 years, but you’d really have to tip your cap to Dolson if he can pull that off.

Had a lot of work to do today and then the first post I see is talking about hiring Brad Brownell. God help us all.

Not anymore fortunately

Cronin is a real solid coach who would win a lot of games here. He just has an abrasive personality that turns a lot of fans off.

There was also all the weirdness with Woodson’s “retirement” just last week. We fired him mid season, but then let him finish out the season as a bitter, disgruntled lame duck who’s ignoring all his off the court media responsibilities. So, all these outside influences are still clearly lurking. It will take a certain personality to navigate them and make iubb great, and I just don’t see that in Dolson. Hopefully he shocks me.

Scott made the safe decision for his own career. I’m not going to fault a guy for taking the self-preservation route. Dolson’s gotta eat too. But I’m also not going to have any faith in the guy after that either. Sure, he did what they told him to do and hired Woodson as a fresh new AD. What’s the excuse for retaining him for a fourth season when he allegedly had Pearl/May lined up? Pearl has the #1 team in the country, and May has the #1 team in the conference. Combined with IUFB in the playoffs, Buckner wouldn’t have been able to do anything but shout into the clouds. Dolson again made the safe decision for his pocketbook, not the best decision for IU basketball. Now both coaches are likely out of the picture along with BS.

I’m not ignoring football, but he’s not hiring a football coach. Everything basketball-related has been a disaster during his tenure. He’s got good PR with the “I wasn’t allowed to do my job” stuff, but at the end of the day, he’s the AD. The buck stops with him. The “they didn’t let me do my job” stuff just tells me he’s a yes men who’s afraid to make waves.

My criticism of Dolson is a sum of all the basketball decisions he’s made during his tenure as AD. He’ll get some benefit of the doubt when he proves himself capable.

What makes something credible info though? I don’t even know who some of these guys popping up are. When one comes out of nowhere swinging that Brad Stevens is coming, and then hours later Stevens comes out and says he’s not a candidate, it doesn’t paint the best picture:

It has absolutely nothing to do with the other candidates being butthurt and everything to do with wasting time on a lost cause when he could’ve been cultivating relationships with other candidates. Last time he allegedly thought Stevens was a done deal, had no backup plan, and ended up with Mike Woodson.

No but if he makes another atrocious hire then he deserves blame for thirsting after Brad to the detriment of other candidates. If you swing for the fences you better not strike out.

Just hire Chris Beard and get this over with. We’d be rolling by this time next year.

A hire like that would probably be enough to kill my remaining interest. It’s already on life support. I can’t do another of these cycles.

But but Scott had no choice!

So, either all the stuff about Scott wining and dining Brad over the past year was fake news, or Scott spent all that time and energy but still couldn’t close the deal. Hope it’s the former, but I’m fully prepared for Scott to hire another dud.

Bad day for Isaac Newton.

All the public evidence pointed to this exact result, so it shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone..