LamarCheeks

Hey, why not? She just led the Hoosiers to our first Sweet 16 and consistently has been in the Top 20 for the past two seasons and this past season, we've dipped into the Top 10. She's a proven winner, a proven recruiter and has been successful at luring talented transfers. Last season, she handed consensus No. 1 South Carolina its only loss. The Gamecocks only trailed after four quarters all season -- three were against us. You could argue that last season, it was the best victory in IU sports. Plus, she's right down the hall ... (If we can have a ridiculous Becky Hammon thread, we can have one for Moren as well. She has several years of college experience on her resume; Hammon has none!)

Let's just hope the new coach -- whoever he is -- can persuade Race and Armaan to stay. I s'pose I should say Stewart as well, but having not seen him play at IU, it's difficult to miss something you never had. If those guys do go -- and TJD departs -- the new coach will be looking at an empty cupboard. Not quite like what Crean got when he arrived, but sheesh ... He could inherit a roster of six scholarship players: Leal, Lander, Galloway, Geronimo, Jerome and Rob. Throw in Brunk if he stays and Duncomb if he comes and you get eight. Some decent players, but that's not a B1G roster.

Depending on what you believe, it appears Matta is out. Either he wasn't interested, or he was and wasn't healthy enough. I will say this: If healthy and committed, he would have been a great hire. His resume is more complete than any candidate out there.

Would a college coaching hire normally have to pass a physical -- or was it in this case a condition of his employment? Or would that even be legal? Not trying to dispute your info, I just have no idea how this works? And if he was offered, I would assume that means he was interested?

Which story was that?

I'm not sure if anybody knows what Dolson is doing. Maybe they do, maybe not. But if we are indeed hiring Mike Woodson -- to me, it's a very uninspiring hire. I was skeptical of Stevens coming and thought Beard was a long shot, but I would've been OK with Beilein or Matta (if healthy). But apparently Matta isn't interested? Anyway, I should also say I thought Moren and Allen were uninspiring hires -- so I've been wrong before (lots of times).

Sources tell me the search is over. We have found our new couch -- it's on its way to B-town. Presser at 1 tomorrow.

Unless it's Tinkle.

Oladipo is supposed to get traded. Other than that, I can't think if anything that would have any affect on IU basketball.

But it would unite the fan base! LOL ... What nobody considers is what difference does it make if the fan base is united behind a guy if he can't win. What if we hired Calbert -- who has never been a head coach at any level -- and he goes 11-21 in his first season and 13-20 in his second? How united will the fan base be at that point?

Then there's no need for a thread.

Apparently so.

No offense to Ms. Hammon, but methinks we're just getting a bit silly now. IMO, there are enough threads to follow as it is. I think we should keep threads for realistic candidates to coach IU basketball. This is just not realistic. There is absolutely nothing out there -- nothing -- indicating she's a candidate to coach at IU.

I would guess if this is the rout they might choose, Woodson and Lewis might be more realistic. I don't think Fife would come back to be an assistant for another 4-5 years.

BTW, everybody seemed to think Lander's tweet had to do with the possible naming of a new coach. Has anybody entertained the possibility that it could be a portend to his entering the portal?

One thing to remember: Those two are established at their institutions. Hamilton has been at FSU for 19 seasons. Boeheim has been at Syracuse since Jesus Christ had his moment of doubt and pain ... I try not to have an age bias, but starting at a school when you're 63 or 68 is a tad concerning. At least it is in my opinion. That said, If we hired Beilein or Woodson, I'd still watch games and support team. That won't stop.

Woj said there was no way Stevens would go back to coach in college and that if he parted ways with the Celtics, he definitely would go to another NBA team. He said there really is no comparison to coaching in the NBA vs. college -- and that maybe top NBA assistants would consider college jobs if they thought they couldn't get a No. 1 NBA gig, but a head coach wouldn't. He added that Donovan parted ways with OKC and got snatched up by the Bulls right away -- never even gave a return to college a thought. He basically said what many here thought before all the "Stevens to IU" talked heated up. It's just not gonna happen. Or at least it's very, very, very unlikely.

He's getting $10M depending on future employment. If you fire him in March, he stands a good chance of landing another job that will mitigate that buyout. He might take next year off regardless, but if you fire him in June, his chances of landing another job decrease significantly.

Not sure that was the line of thinking. I think the line of thinking was that Archie had been here for four years and underperformed. I think the way we finished the season -- losing six in a row and showing no heart -- sealed it. I don't necessarily think we fired Archie because we thought we could get Stevens. I think we fired him because he was doing a very poor job.

If you do that, you leave Archie twisting in the wind till June. People might not like him, but you want to treat him fairly. Or what happens in June if Stevens changes his mind or says no? That would be an absolute mess.

Or what would be the reaction of we hired Alford and he was a miserable failure? Would DD turn on Alford, or would he find someone else to blame?

Dakich is on the Dan Patrick Show prattling on that Alford should get the gig. Says he's against hiring the "hot" guy -- a-la Sampson, Crean, MIller. I know Alford is his buddy, but he's been very unremarkable as a coach. If he didn't play at IU, he wouldn't even be mentioned. Why do people like Dakich think Alford coming to Bloomington would all the sudden make him a great coach? That puzzles me to no end. Dakich also said he called Glass after he hired Archie and told him he just made a huge mistake.

He kept insisting he did nothing wrong, then when he was hired at UCLA, issued a half-assed "apology" -- but only because he was getting hammered about it. ... At least that's my recollection of it.

Forget Altman -- this has to be Wayne Tinkle!!!