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Regarding Drew - is Homer still around? If so, he'd be getting up there in years and perhaps Scott would want to be closer. Just wondering.

IDK, but Bob Knight almost left for New Mexico a season or two after winning a National title.

Heck, in retrospect Baylor was trying to do us a favor by dissuading HP.

Us small-time donors are pushing for him too.

But who "knows"? ; - ) OT: Is there a chance we could get more emojis? TOS appears to be running the same board software, but they have a lot.

I doubt any highly accomplished coach leaves his current position solely for money. Maybe NIL, but mostly it would be because they're not happy where they are or because of extenuating circumstances (Toy Williams leaving KU for his alma mater or coach who's been busted down to a lesser program because his transgressions). As for Dusty May, it really looks like that ship has sailed.

While I sit here waiting for a phone call, a couple of musings tegarding Dolson's search process: - What if Scott has one confidant that he uses as a "firestarter"? He tells them something they both know to be a red herring, and that person let's it "slip" to some highly connected individuals. Thus the telephone game begins. It's just a thought but seems like a viable strategy for keeping others off the scent. - It'd be funny if he (Dolson) were to contact a potential candidate who's not interested but could be for another conference rival (Iowa?) in the near future. Start a rumor we're negotiating with them which forces their current school to offer an extension and pay raise to lock them up. That way it could take them off the table for that rival. LOL - Screw automated customer service call systems.

Speaking of their feeble message board, they have a discussion about our coaching search. Unsurprisingly, several think we should go for Shrewsberry. There have been a couple of new posters recently, who didn't seem like obvious trolls, who alluded to this but have disappeared after the rumor that Dolson is telling people to keep mum (also JY and RTZ).

I suspect he may be "on the lamb" when March 2 comes and goes.

LOL. Inoticed that.

Time to break out the Over Rated chant.

Dagger!

"Over the finish line".....that's a new one.

Painter is trash and can't win anything without Edey. (Check him off the list!) Not my words - I just read it on the PU message board.

I think Collins has done well, given the restraints you mention. Given that, it still seems like a gamble to rely on what he COULD do if given NIL war chest. We really need to find a coach who has proven what he can do regardless of resources. Of course that will only happen if we identify and convince such a candidate to accept our offer. If we can't, then a guy like Collins should be in consideration.

I hear it in my head: "One MILLION dollars"

Au Contraire !!!

Further OT, but when I saw highlights of him as a HS player I hoped we'd find a way to get him, even if he was a one-trick pony. He's stuck around the NBA so he's shown he's more than that.

I love this if for no other reason than it keeps the pot stirring....it's fun!

Scotty's quite the 'tattler' I've noticed.

True to every other coach search we have: - Infighting about our resident insiders. - An influx of new posters with hostile attitudes - Lines drawn, PRO & CON, about a dozen or so possibilities - Radio Silence from the AD - Disappointment, woe, and smugness After weeks of this, a new coach will be announced. There will be jubilation from many, angst from others. Then acceptance. Then the portal lottery will be the attention grabber. We will win the portal and spend months predicting our success. Then season begins, hopefully with positive results for a change.

Maybe I pay to much attention to politics, but I still prefer to believe we're in the middle of a disinformation campaign from the ones conducting the search. Brad Stevens could still be in play or he may have never been in play. Our insiders are only relaying what they've been told. This thread would be pretty dull if we just sat around campaigning for our personal choices until the AD put out an official announcement. For us the search for a new coach should be seen as entertainment - I'll let the ones conducting the search do the worrying. P.S. Please don't feed the trolls.

Jay Wright? lol

IMO, this search has, and will continue to, involve multiple smokescreens/misdirections/obfuscations - effectively, I might add. We don't know if the BS info was B.S.. No "insider" is going to get the skinny from Dolson himself, so the chain of info could be corrupted anywhere. In the words of Ruth from Ozark: "I don't know sh*t about f*ck".