Hardwood83

No, Council Bluffs, IA, just a few mins from Creighton's campus.

I don't feel rejected, I never thought Stevens was coming and wasn't upset about it. I made a few comments to that effect, but that is all completely irrelevant now. IU has a coach.

Harsh, but accurate. Did you hear about the huge tornado that ravaged West Virginia? It caused $4,000,000 in improvements.

I know this is in jest, and Brad has to do what he thinks is best for himself. However, I am an IU fan, so I say Brad can shove a basketball right up his Mass-hole as far as I'm concerned. I want people that want to be at Indiana University, not some prissy NBA weiner that was always a bridesmaid as a coach, so ran and hid in the front office.

I would say all the big names are too old (Pearl/Few.) The next tier of popular names are drunks and/or major @$$-holes (Beard/Wade.) After that are losers (Collins/Brownell.) DD was not on my very short list, but appears to be a genuine college b-ball coach, which is more than we can say for our last couple of stiffs at IU. After that, I would probably say something exceptionally insulting and inflammatory about the former Ill & Purdue players physical relationship with their mothers.

In fairness all the media outlets and writers are trumpeting that he's a "top candidate." I'd rather keep Woodson than bring in Brownell. Not hyperbole, he's just a total dork

I'd take Collins all day if those are the only 2 options. Brownell is the definition of "meh." Has put together a nice couple of seasons, but he is who his record says he is. Not a late bloomer, an average coach. If he'd been born in another state no one would even consider him, nor should they. He should stay right where he is.

Ted Williams would like a word with you. And Rickey is busy decomposing.

I don't either, and it would be shocking......but Calipari just left a mecca of CBB voluntarily in somewhat similar circumstances. His tenure got stale and he got tired of feeding the beast. Self is doubtful, but not impossible. He wouldn't be my first choice based on his health/age, but he knows how to build a team.

I would take Pat Knight over Brownell. With him it will be a 18-20yr rebuild, based on his history. Hiring Brownell will create mass apathy. He's only being mentioned because he was born in Indiana, which is ridiculous.

I would relish a Brownell rejection. It would be embarrassing if IU actually contacted him, but I want nothing to do with his painful mediocrity.

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Easy to feel that way and certainly true to a degree, but as othes have mentioned, Loserville and pUKe just went through this a year ago and pulled in guys clearly down their list. As much as I detest Kentucky, they have cache...and that got them Mark Pope.The dynamics of college basketball have shifted so dramatically in the last 5yrs it's hard to say what the new normal is. There are tons of variables at play and timing is huge. IU almost certainly could have gotten May last year, but dropped the ball, so now have to live with the current landscape of who's available and willing.

Quality material right here.

I have to agree, reality isn't that great. I'd rather pretend IU is getting a good coach instead of Mr. Mediocrity, Brad Brownell. That is sad and discouraging.