thehelgo

understood, but the OP of that statement basically was saying no alum has ever been successful coaching his alma mater. Hoiberg certainly experienced relative success there, and it was highly unlikely he would have been fired.

Fred Hoiberg at Iowa State. Left on his own to the NBA, but ISU would have done pretty much anything to keep him.

They are not at the same level as IU with regards to recruiting and tradition, but have similar strength in facilities and they get their fair share of 4 star guys. The biggest problem that McDermott had there is that he would get good recruits, who would then transfer out after a year or 2. It was a constant revolving door. There was a lot of complaint about his system being too structured and not allowing any freedom. Perhaps it was just that specific situation, but it certainly impacts my thoughts.

A hard NO on that one. Iowa State thought the same thing when they hired him in 2006. He was never better than .500 there. He had a losing record over 4 years and only beat a ranked team once. I am a grad of Iowa State and Indiana, and the years he coached at ISU were some very down years in terms of results and excitement.

I guess I may be one of the few that would be ok with Alford. Finally bridges the gap with Knight era, and he would/could recruit the crap out of the state of Indiana. Still young enough to be a long term success as well. Edit, I realize that this is my first post - I just found this site after being a Peegs board guy for a long time. No, I am not Steve trying to drum up support.....