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same w/ Nate Oats and Alabama

$4.4 Mil in Philly = what, $7.5 Mil in Bloomington?

agree to an extent, but IMO most of the recruitable "personnel" these days have more offensive skills than defensive ones, particularly shooting

again, what the fanbase feels has little if anything to do with it--it's what Dolson and the BOT feel about Drew and his history. Personally, having lived through everything from the "Dickens omni-probation" in the 1960s through the Knight tenure, Sampson debacle, Crean schizophrenia, and Miller detour, I simply don't have enough ethical outrage left to 1) object strenuously to a potential Drew hire or 2) object strenuously if Dolson rules out a Drew hire. I'll just roll with it either way. Same w/ any potential hire of one of the "IU guys" too. If it happens, I won't lose sleep over it but I won't feign enthusiasm about it either, despite the inevitable follow-up pronouncements that said IU guy "will unite the fanbase" and "was Dolson's #1 choice the whole time," given the implausibility of such assertions. As much as I'd like a "splash hire" if only to rub it in the face of the overrated, overpaid "experts" in the sports media, I'm also more than prepared for a much more modest hire such as a Fife. And if that is what does eventually occur, I'm also prepared to hear the same shallow, lazy "experts" who keep telling us at every opportunity how far from elite the IU program is, and how unrealistic its fanbase is, rip Dolson for such an uninspiring, "non-elite" hire. That's just how their games are played.

not one OR the other, one MORE THAN the other--which in today's game, would appear more often than not to be offense

Titus made an interesting point: in the Sweet 16 there are (now were) 7 teams in KenPom's top 25 defenses and 11 in KenPom's top 25 offenses--and that doesn't include Alabama, which is somehow outside the top 25 offenses statistically speaking possible moral: much like college football, college basketball is currently in something of an "offense > defense" era

as long as they're candy-striped straitjackets......

but that doesn't really explain Dolson's allusion to a 2nd donor who was willing to help with "transition costs" unless SD had reason to think he'd probably be dealing with a 2nd buyout attached to whatever new coach he'd be likely to hire--if it was just "get Archie gone at all costs" then I'd think the one donor would've been enough

sorry but that's wrong, it's been said numerous times on several message boards: Drew (not just his assistants) got the program cited by the NCAA for "failure to monitor" (a la Kelvin Sampson) and the school suspended Drew from coaching for several games. Also, the NCAA found that Drew's program violated rules prohibiting having "talent scouts" at its basketball clinics. We can debate all day and all night how egregious or innocuous Drew's behavior was back then, but none of that debate really matters. The only thing that matters is, how would Dolson and the BOT feel about Drew's history, especially after the Sampson debacle? Maybe they feel that disqualifies Drew from consideration; maybe they think it's no big deal. I don't pretend to know, but what I do know is 1) what Drew actually did and 2) how it involved more than just Morefield's interactions with Perea.

apparently not

w/ Drew it's about more than just the HMP situation which may or may not matter to Dolson, I have no idea; but there's more to the story than just the Morefield/Perea angle

lots of people had Smart getting fired, so it's no major surprise he got out of town first, especially once Marquette let Wojo go

I'm really puzzled that the UVA fanbase made Goodman's list. I thought a big part of that job's attraction to Bennett was its lack of a "crazy fanbase/fishbowl" environment?

maybe someone should contact Sage Steele and ask her to give ESPN some "pushback" about the IU fanbase

maybe because IU was allegedly interested in Holtmann last time around and he told them "no thanks"?

IIRC Holtmann is trying to flip Logan Duncomb and CJ Gunn from IU to tOSU

largely agree; IMO the issue w/ Oats wouldn't be the buyout (or even any potential salary offer that Bama could match). I just get the feeling Oats doesn't want to leave Bama...yet. That might change if UNC or Kentucky came calling, but for IU these days...tougher sell. Maybe Oats needs to have a heart-to-heart talk w/ his fellow Maranatha Baptist grad, Coach Tom Allen.

it might also garner some uncharacteristic praise from the "anti-IU" sports media, which could matter to some folks in IU Admin

most IU fans will remember Moser from his last tournament run, which has some parallels to Archie's Elite Eight run (FWIW) oh well...maybe it's a smokescreen, maybe all the "bigger" names turned Dolson down--I can''t imagine Scott would need much help from donors to overcome Moser's buyout (if he even has one) if it is Moser, I hope to God he hires at least one REALLY good recruiter, since they'd be going after a different level of recruits than at Loyola.

Celtics lost?

I can't imagine Beilein agreeing to that, except maybe back at Michigan if Martelli left

the Drew stuff involved more than just Morefield's actions

I'd be quite surprised if a coach--especially one as accomplished as Beilein--would agree to entering into a situation where the university/AD, not Beilein himself, chose one or more of the Assistant coaches. That's just not how these things typically work. If Dolson suggested it, and Beilein agreed, then maybe it could take place. But that's the only realistic way IMO it could happen.

nice enough take, but would've been more helpful if he'd included some names none of the "IU guys" would seem to fit that description (at least, not the ones most frequently mentioned), nor would Matta or Beilein. Not sure who that leaves except maybe some "dream candidates" like perhaps Beard, Oats and Eric the Wild. Or SoCal Andy and his lovely wife...

he's too busy trolling fanbases to break actual news