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Brad Stevens isn't coming to IUBB. He's the puppet master of THE most storied basketball program on the planet. Please move on from him folks. Dolson should take the gloves off and take a wrecking ball to any walls on the next hire. If he doesn't get any takers from the big fish go straight after Ben McCollum. Coaching matters.

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The season isn't even over and I think most of us have pretty much tuned out. Admittedly, I haven't really focused on IUBB since the Crean days. His teams executed better compared to all other coaches since him. But that doesn't mean his teams executed to satisfactory. I did focus a little a couple of years ago when TJD and JHS were on the floor. Most of us have an idea what a properly coached team looks like. Some of us were spoiled to have a coach that did that for three decades here at IU. I know everyone is wanting their particular coach but in my opinion hiring a coach that has a track record of success wherever he's been should be the focus. Having said that, Stevens hasn't coached for 4 years now and why in the world would he even want to at this point. He's an executive for arguably the mecca of basketball. Leaving that kind of the job at that kind of place of employment to coach IUBB is a demotion and quite frankly, insult to him. The guy is the puppet master for THE most storied program on the planet. He alone will make the decision to return to coaching and he alone will have his choice of where to coach. IUBB won't have any power to sway him here, regardless of the amount of money thrown at him. Calling him is fine and all but he'll be making the phone call to us in the end. May isn't the type of coach I am talking about above. He's successful, yes, but all of us know what a special coach looks like. He's really only had two or three good seasons. Shoot, a lot of y'all would be upset with his coaching now at UM, where he's currently 16-5 and third in the conference. Some of y'all have expectations to be top 1 or 2 in the conference every year and this isn't a bad expectation. May has only won a conference once during his entire career. Whoever is the next coach at IUBB Dolson needs to take the gloves off. Going after a Pitino, Self, Pearl, Calipari, Sampson, Few, etc. etc., should be on the table. I'm also not opposed to going after someone like Ben McCollum. But with the expectation level the fanbase has at IU, big time successful coaches with a championship track record should be the hired goal. I voted McCollum because I think that'll be only one we'll be able to land. And it might even be Dolson's first choice.

Coaching matters. Wherever he ends up he's probably going to succeed. Because this guy is just getting started at D1. And whatever Dolson decides to do, his Cig hire helped him make the "non conventional" decision. I'll say it again, coaching matters.

Going through his criteria list when deciding to come to IUFB was a good discussion. It basically tells me that coaching matters to him. The Nandolorian

Reminds me of Andrew Luck. If his skills are half as talented as Luck IUFB is in great shape!

This is coming from an IUFB faithful, I believe we will be both. IU will always be a basketball school but the 2024 IUFB season gave all the fans a glimpse at what can be for football season. Coaching matters. "Change the way people think." -Coach Cig

I think we'll always be utilizing the transfer portal. That's just the way CFB is now. Just so long as depth and development is there we should be golden.

I'm starting to get pretty comfortable with the OL room. We've actually upgraded and depth is finally getting there. Front five depth is a core necessity to every successful program from high school to the NFL and everything in between. And I hope we're able to land more 'upper talent' out of high school. I'm on cloud nine folks! I never thought in my life time I would see a day where IUFB is making all the moves I've been dreaming about.

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The Dude abides. I don't have a clue about a coach for IUBB. Lol. I will say if IUFB stays the course y'all won't even care about basketball season anymore. ;-)

You and me both. Good teams figure out a way to win games like this. Knight went off on the scorers table. lol That was a fun year to watch IUBB.

OL Trey Wedig has also upped his NFL scout look at the East West Shrine Bowl. The two Hoosiers on the roster (CJ West and Trey Wedig) have turned heads this week. I think it's safe to say NFL scouts will start visiting Btown more frequently now. Not that they haven't already but it's probably going to happen a lot more now.

"Change the way people think." -Coach Cig

Way too many on my list but when I saw the title of this thread I instantly thought of the game against LSU in the 87 tournament.

Thanks for sharing. I wonder why he decided to forego the draft. Good for him. For selfish reasons I would have liked to see him pursue the league. But really happy for the guy.

I'm not sure where to post this but, CJ West upped his scout look for the NFL draft yesterday during practice for the Shrine Bowl.

Here's a nice depth chart put together by Jamie Jordan. Here's his substack: https://jamiejordan.substack.com/

I'm biased but I would have IUFB at #7 A magical season for the ages. I'll never forget it. I hope to see more during the Coach Cig era.

O$U has been a completely different team since their UM loss. They are definitely the best team in the country.