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I'm guessing Dolson's getting too many of these emails, and it's great too see he's not ignoring fans. I think this is his generic response (i.e. a copy and paste) for all fans wanting to reach out to him about the hiring.

I consider Beilein possibly being a double (up to a triple) due to his age, but he will put us in scoring position when he retires.

But the heavy denial was way too heavy. We got crushed. He left us no doubt or any guesswork. IMHO, unless he gets fired in mid season, there's no way we have a chance to get him. Waiting until the end of NBA season is plain dumb unless he gave Dolson a firm commitment behind the scene. But then even with a remotely possible verbal commitment, he can change his mind and stay in the NBA if a new opportunity arises. More often than not, if a person says no, it simply means no.

Until you get hit by another disappointing comment from the one and only Indiana Masshole.

Hey no matter how some people make fun of him, it won't matter 'cause he got a trophy wife. He's a winner in life.

Hey you excluded a female coach. I definitely think we're landing a human being.

I would rather have Mike Woodson all day every day. I understand Hammon can be a great coach, but her resume is not stronger than Woodson's. We already have one of us who could be as good as Hammon or better, and on top of that, Woodson's love for IU and the state of Indiana is absolutely undeniable. I know some people think that Woodson's got a low ceiling, but I think differently. Because he's from Indy and he's an IU guy who was a star player at IU, played and coached in the NBA, he's got a pretty good upside. If he assembles a good coaching staff (I think he would), I think he would succeed here at IU.

I wanna see some 'Sweet Georgia Brown' at IU!!

If he keeps growing and becomes one of the major names in D1, his ego can get bigger and may take a blueblood gig, but timing is just not on our side at this point.

Nate Oats seems to me like another pipe dream. He's got good things going at Alabama. If he does well in that sh!tty conference like Mark Few, he's got no problem getting a high seed every year.

Are you sure about this? That's a strong accusation that Dolson is playing a mind game because he missed a white whale.

Gosh, thinking about all of these coaches made head spinning, so I settled on the most surefire and the safest one: John Beilein. Yes Beilein is a grandpa to young players, and he doesn't have many years left in his tank. But in my mind, the most important thing is the next 5 years and how we can get back to relevance during that time, then we can talk about a 10 - 20 year plan.

Yes winning is first and foremost, but for a sustained success at IU, it may take more than winning. DD said Crean, after showing some success, got very arrogant to Indiana high school coaches and AAU coaches. Or maybe like you said, DD's making things too complicated. What we need is a coach who can coach and has a well-rounded personality.

Yeah, Alford seems to be the one he likes the most. But on one of his shows, I believe he mentioned about Alford's ego, and if Alford drops his ego a bit, he's got a great chance to succeed because of his ability to 'connect' to Indiana high schools, fans, and the former players. All in all, after RMK, all non-IU guys failed and failed to connect to all stakeholders of Indiana basketball (not just IU men's basketball). DD believes it takes one of us who's got deep understanding of the state and IU basketball. It made sense to me.

Totally makes sense to me. I mean...why would he come to IU to be a savior? He's not even an IU guy. Childhood dream is nothing but a distant memory.

If Stevens wants to become a full-blown Masshole, he's gotta work on his accent. Here's an instructional video.

He's got a trophy wife. Seems like a high achiever. Just kidding. I would pass. I don't know...just doesn't feel right. For a blueblood program, I've felt that IU is more of a strong regional program (Midwest) than a national program like other bluebloods. We gotta find the best cultural fit...someone who can connect to people in Indiana.

Since the 10 mil buyout is a guaranteed income for the next 3 years, if I were him, I'd take a year off to regroup. Not a good thing from IU's perspective, but I don't think it's anything IU admin didn't expect. I think there could be a clause in the contract that Miller should put a reasonable efforts to find the next job, but it's easy to do a subpar job on a job interview...deliberately.

This was hilarious.

Yeah we got too excited and overhyped this whole thing...out of desperation. So part of the wounds is self inflicted.

I think still some of us want to give Stevens the benefit of the doubt and to want to trust his former 'image' a bit too much. If he didn't want this job from the beginning, all he needed to say on Tuesday was "No I don't want the Indiana job. I'm not going to Indiana. Period." But he didn't for whatever reason, he dodged and gave a vague answer. Then came out on Friday basically saying "Didn't I tell you I don't want Indiana? Yeah I'm from Indiana, so I got some good memories from childhood , but I'm not a kid any more. I'm a grown man who loves Boston and Massachusetts. So piss off." It can't get any clearer than that. What I'm pissed off about is as a result (even if Stevens didn't mean it) IU and its fans became a pathetic bunch and a laughing stock. And for that, I don't think I'm going to root for this guy any more.

I don't think there's any smoke screen. Stevens made himself crystal clear and then some more. I was baffled when he said he made it clear in Tuesday's conference; well Brad, you didn't. He dodged the key word "NO" and said all the fancy words. My guess is after the Tuesday interview, something happened between him and the Celtics, and he came out on Friday and burnt the bridges with confidence.

I agree with you on everything except the part he would unite the fanbase. I don't think he's that type of person. But I still think he's a grand slam hire. It's just that his sense of loyalty to 'everything Indiana' was not what we thought it would be. Nonetheless he would do a terrific job because he's a great basketball mind and his players loved him (but seemingly not at Boston).

Just googled on Mike Woodson, and I didn't know he is an assistant at Knicks. Intriguing prospect, but I don't know anything about him as as a coach. Does anyone here know?

Chris Beard hands down but if he's not interested, I like Beilein as long as he'd help us on his successor. I can see Beilein possibly has 5-6 years in his tank; he hires one of IU former players (Fife, Lewis, or Cheaney) as his top assistant and groom him to become the next coach after him. That to me would be a pretty good mid term and long term plan. Seems like Oats is locked at Alabama at this point; I don't mean he's not going to move, but timing is just not right for him. For some reason, I don't feel comfortable with Drew. And hopefully Dolson is not considering any mid major coach this time.