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That, and he seems like the most realistic option to me. Great coach, ties to IU (for those that care), knows Dolson, and possibly most importantly, to the university anyway (and boosters), he would be the cheapest option it seems. No buyout (vs. Pear's, Cronin's large buyouts) I would think would be huge after just having spent $15.5 million to get rid of Tom Allen.

I remember that also. It was Gregg Marshall vs Archie...winner get's the IU job lol. I think that might have also been the game where Marshall's wife was a weeeeeee bit intoxicated and making an a** of herself.

I think it's because as terrible as they are playing, it's looking more and more like they are going to lose out the rest of the way.

And, as I think someone else said, he didn't have the portal early on at Auburn. You'd have to imagine that Bruce Pearl + IU + IU NIL money would definitely be attractive to transfers.

Maybe Dolson already told Dusty that we're hiring Pearl.

I'm skeptical IU would actually get Pearl. If they did, I believe the "bridge" guy would be his son. I've read his son is next in line at Auburn as it stands. He's an assistant coach there now currently I believe.

Guess I'll go ahead and prepay my commitment as well. I feel this is appropriate under the circumstances.

You're not wrong, but I don't know that we've seen this type of trajectory at the end of year 3 before. We're in a free fall with no parachute.

I had the thought that maybe Cronin could be a solution. He's pretty "proven" and doesn't seem to have any baggage (that I'm aware of). He's also from the midwest. Salary is reasonable ($4 million I believe). But then I saw his buyout: $16 million after March 31st.....yikes. So $8.5 for Woody, $16 for Cronin...nope, not happening.

I'll throw in a six pack.

Wow. Thank you for doing the numbers on that. I knew we've been bad (obviously), but not that bad, and not for that long. That's very depressing. I'm still hanging on to Crean's last successful seasons in my memory.

She needs to bump #3 to #1.

Serious question: What proven guy are we going to hire? Beard = doubtful because of baggage Pearl = doubtful because of baggage and buyout Drew = maybe?, but he’s got a good thing going and apparently isn’t liked by Indiana high school coaches

Seems like our only hope is he "retires," maybe with some sore of negotiated buyout instead. $12 million seems steep after just paying, what, $10 million for Archie's just a few years ago? However, I don't know a damn thing so maybe (hopefully) I'm wrong. I'm also not sure they'd fire a loved former player either, after technically just one down year (even though it''s REALLY down). Edit: sorry, I just saw where others pretty much said this already.

Well said. It's kind of like drafting a quarterback in the NFL. Most of top drafted quarterbacks don't end up being generational talents, but you still need to keep taking a swing at getting one of those. If you get the quarterback right, everything else follows. Same here, get the right coach (for the love of God let the next one be the right one) and everything else falls into place.

Don't forget about the old fries under the seat!

Good thinking! She won't be able to make a honey do list while she's at the stadium drooling over this guy!

Well, if you're like me and also a fan of the Bears, it's on to the next coaching search. Being an IU basketball and football fan, and also a Bears fan, I'm more of a coaching search fan these days than a sports fan. I get pumped every time there's a sliver of hope with a new coach coming. Pathetic I know.

Sadly, her to do list is always waiting when I get home. It's unavoidable. But you're right, Bloomington is amazing that time of the year.

I live in Evansville. Any idea where they were going to eat?

I'm sorry, this is incorrect. The correct response is: "Where do you go when you want to marry your second cousin?" "Off to Kentucky"...would elicit your response of: ”Where do you go when you want to marry your first cousin?"

Can you be more specific? Are you talking like a $500M Powerball or a $20,000 scratch off ticket? I don't want to get my hopes up.

Why is IU wearing white instead of road unis, and Rutgers wearing road?

Similar situation here. My wife and her family are big UK fans. It was awesome for the first 6-7 years of our marriage because they played each other every year. We'd all get together and give each other grief. I think the last game we watched was the NCAA tourney game in 2012 if I'm not mistaken. Has it been 10 years already???

Did they ever provide an update on Kopp? Nothing serious I hope.