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Not saying it'll be Drew, but the issue isn't just NIL, it's revenue-share in a post-House settlement world. Big 10 schools are better positioned than Big XII schools to pay athletes the full allowable amount of revenue share. So many Big XII schools may soon find themselves at a monetary disadvantage in recruiting aside from NIL. And then add in the fact that IU had suggested it'll not only pay the full allowable revenue share amount, but will allocate a higher percentage of those funds to hoops than most schools, and IU may soon be in a particularly favorable position compared to most other programs. Whether that's enough to get Drew to move is another matter. But there are reasons to think that the IU job might be especially appealing now, even in ways that might not have been the case for the UK opening last year given the timing of the House settlement.

Guessing this may be the flight in question?

Ok, ok...so natty for 3 more years of Woody was too much. Final 4 but Woody comes back 3 more years?

Here's a question...would you rather have Woodson win the natty this year, but then come back for 3 more years, or go out in the first weekend, but get a new coach? Would the answer change if you knew the new coach wasn't Brad/Drew/Otz/Pearl/Few?

This could very well be true, but is Kansas really that preferable a job to IU? I get they've been much better under Self than we've been, but in terms of facilities, support, etc., are they really that far ahead? At a minimum, IU has a more fertile recruiting territory in its home state/region.

My guess is that if you took a poll, less than 50 percent of people here actually think Brad will be the next coach. Probably we'll under 50 percent, in fact. Brad is the most fun coach to discuss. But that doesn't mean a majority of the board actually thinks he'll be the guy. Even Chris has said (at times, at least) that if forced to guess he doesn't think it'll be Brad.

If Isaac is the leak, we're all in trouble.

Am I crazy to think Woodson might try to walk back his "retirement" if he can win a couple games in the NCAAs? Basically, try to rally booster support and force Dolson's hand on firing him?

I think it'll simulcast be on all the Fox networks. Fox, FS1, FS2, Fox News, Fox Business.

Personally, I'd be kinda surprised if the new coach kept any of the three. Malik seems like a good kid, but as someone else put it, he's the type of player that gets you fired. Good enough you have to play him, but too many holes in his game to be a key cog in a championship level team. Mgbako needs a change of scenery. Rumor is that Tucker has been difficult behind the scenes (which is saying something with this crew). I think you need a full reset to fix the culture.

Sure, but as they say in the financial world, past results are no guarantee of future performance.

Thanks for all this. If you can say, would we be surprised by any of the 3 names on the list, or are they guys who've been kicked around here?

One thought that has probably already been posted, but just occurred to me... Let's say Dolson is of the mind to use smokescreens for a search like this. And let's say he landed a big fish (Few, Drew, Pearl, etc.) early on. Brad would be the ultimate smokescreen, in order to keep the true hire protected until after the season...

I hope Dolson's level of surety is more accurate than Woody's, then...

I hope so, but I'm not sure this is consistent with how Goodman has been talking about the job the past couple weeks. I don't thinking he'd be pushing a guy like TJ Otzelberger if he knew Brad was already in the bag. I also think the tweet would likely have been worded differently in that case, without the not a candidate bit. Doesn't mean it's not Brad, just that I'm not convinced Goodman is in on the ruse.

We haven't had a J.R. Holmes rumor yet, have we?

I totally get that. But the recent slippage, plus the lingering questions of burned bridges with Indiana AAU programs make him a bit risky for me. I'd have Otz and Few ahead of Drew, but I'm torn on whether I'd pick TJ or Few.

Agreed. But, for fun, let's say IU can have it's choice of the following (for equivalent money with salary/buyouts). Who do you pick? Few - Proven winner, but no title. Would likely be hungry to get over the hump here. Probably only has 8-10 years left, max, though. Drew - Proven, national championship coach. But recent results slipping a bit. Does he still have the hunger? At 54, could be the guy for ~15 years. Otzelberger- Never advanced beyond the Sweet 16, but has had immediate, impressive success at Iowa State. Clearly still hungry. Could be here 20-25 years if all goes well.

He did. That could be true. But if his source has no idea who the next coach is, it's hard to believe he knows for sure whether the scheduling is related to the new coach. At a minimum, I think we can rule out an unproven mid-major (McCollum) with the type of schedule Dolson is building. So that's not nothing, to me.

So in terms of time frame... If IU doesn't make the NCAA tournament, and it's someone not currently coaching (Brad, Wright, Bennett), we should know in approximately 3 weeks. If IU does make the NCAA Tournament, and it's someone not currently coaching, we should know within a couple days after IU gets eliminated. If it's someone who is currently coaching (e.g., Otz, Drew, etc.), then we should know within a couple days of their team being eliminated (assuming IU's season has also ended by that point). Any way you slice it, we're looking at close to three more weeks of uncertainty, at a minimum.

I definitely don't think we'd be setting up games with St. John's and Marquette, on top of UK, if Ben McCollum was the guy. He'd need to ease into the job year one.

Here's an off-the-wall possibility... We've effectively known since Atlantis that Woodson was cooked. We've also been hearing that Scott has been having conversations with a high level target (assumed to be Brad) since December, at least. TJ Otzelberger reportedly renegotiated his contract to lower his buyout to $4 million in December. What if Dolson has had his guy in place for a while, but it's TJ, not Brad? Edit: This would also explain the relative lack of noise on the search front, Brad's statement to Goodman, and the recent Otz smoke...

I know others have said it, but it seems highly unusual that we'd be scheduling this many non-conference games at this level, without input from the new coach. You'd want to do everything you could to set the new guy up for success, and part of that would be letting him have a big say in the schedule.