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If you were a ohio state fan you wouldn’t have wanted urban meyer either then, right? Seemed to work out ok for them.

People are really understanding the thug comment. Not saying it’s right, but IU will have to have a diversity and inclusion committee to “start a conversation” about his possibly racist comments. Articles will be written. Old articles will be drudged up about how IU was racist for treating Mike Davis bad. At best he’s maybe suspended for his first game or something. Go look at what happened to mcdermont this year. At worst it tanks recruiting—that and him being 90 yrs old—and dooms the whole thing before it gets off the ground. Just the world we live in today. And I say this as someone who really likes the guy and did all the way back to his WVU days.

That’s life for everyone. Izzo was an assistant. Matta was at a mm when he went to osu. K from Army. Bennett from one of the worst p5 schools. Howard unproven legacy with no experience in college. Self to Kansas and beilien to Michigan were good pulls from good P5 schools but they’re rare. Roy Williams was a special case to his alma mater. IU pulled Sampson from a solid p5 situation and Crean from a good MM situation. Archie was the hot MM guy four years ago. Nothing wrong with iu except the people hiring coaches.

Peep his kenpom numbers. Offense has been an issue. With that said, I wouldn’t be mad if he came. Solid candidate.

You can get whatever you want if you’re willing to chase fads. Chasing recency bias over proven success is what the IU administration has done for two decades and why we’re currently looking again. The coach du jour is often available but usually never the best option.

Yea, had a TO too. Otoh, two missed ft’s and two missed layups or we’re talking about how great beard is for coming back and winning. Fickle game.

Entertaining game. Both teams defend hard. Didn’t see anything offensively that gets me real jazzed about either guy. Ball screen, drive and kick. Same thing every other coach runs.

Bro... you coach college ball and don’t know how good Matta is? Also, look around. Game hasn’t changed except maybe for the worse Xs and Os wise. Guys from the 80s and 90s still dominating: Izzo, Pitino, K, Williams, Few, Tony Bennett running stuff his dad came up with in the 80s, etc... Cmon man...

Yep. And I hate to talk ill of the man, but Stevens isn’t above failure either. He’s never recruited the high major, 1-and-done scene. For example, had Archie gotten a all-big level 4yr starter at guard instead of Romeo, he’s probably still the coach today. Stevens got pretty lucky with the Howard and Hayward recruitments. And Stevens at the pro level has had his problems with the exact type of 1-and-done talent (eg. kyrie, tatum, jb) he’d have to navigate at IU. All candidates have risks. You hire the best you can.

Lol... I can remember when he was the hot young coach and all the message board arguments about firing Davis early to get Matta.

.675 at TT. .550 in conf. Not bad, but not as impressive when you back the minor leagues out. For comparison Matta was like .733/.655 at OSU.

Can’t wait for the winner of this game to be named the definite knee-jerk reaction best available IU coaching candidate. Loser is worse than Moser!

People are worried about Mattas health and want a 75 yr old man run out of his last job for making racially insensitive comments? I’d love to hear the rationale on that one.

We’re not going to know that. Only Matta knows. And dolsons job to vet. We wouldn’t even offer if both weren’t convinced 100%. So if he’s hired feel confident they both are convinced he’s healthy. speculation otherwise is pointless.

Agree. Absolute home-run if we’re getting the same guy that was at osu. Homerun.

This guy is a fool and trolling IU fans for attention. Not sure why some are intent on giving it to him.

Most National media guys are basketball idiots and few have sources. They’re probably reading this board and regurgitating stuff.

He’s 1b to Stevens 1a IF healthy. In fact his floor is higher than Stevens by virtue of actually having navigated major div recruiting before. And he managed it well! I think Stevens ceiling is higher which is why he was the golden child.

Depends on how much he values history, recruiting upside, etc.... If UT offered Tom Allen $10 mil per to coach football don’t you think he’d at least think about it?

You say that now. But when Matta, musselman and fife publicly turn us down you’ll be building the moser shrine in front of assembly hall.

Great leader of men. Gotta think if his xs and os were better they’d never have been stuck in Egypt in the first place!

No... we’re talking about if he’s a respected basketball coach by some of the best coaches in the world. He is. Nobody is seriously considering a 63yr old with no college experience for the IU job. You can separate the two things. Just like some don’t want him here, most of the candidates IU has left couldn’t get an interview for most of the jobs Woodson has had.

I agree with that. His sets look good. Very beilien-ish. Big, big step up to a job like iu tho. That’s why ADs get the big bucks and front row seats. Just going off resume, I’d choose musselman over Moses if forced to. Going off the eye test, I’d probably go Moses. I like their offensive movement.

Musselman was run out of the NBA. Not a deal killer but something to look into. And he has one 20 win season in a P5 conf. His record at Nevada is nice, but its MM success. Alford was .750 at New Mexico. Shaka .740 at VCU. So on and so forth. Not a bad candidate, but it’s essentially betting on a MM darling again.

Do you know how ridiculous this sounds? Take a second and go look at the coaches who have hired him—paid him good money for his coaching services—in the NBA. Multiple championship coaches and several known as top Xs and Os guys have thought Wodson was a good addition to their staff. Unless you’re anonymously Greg Popovich secretly posting here, Ima have a hard time taking your assessment here seriously. (And even though I’m defending an iu guy on an iu board, I still feel compelled to say, he’s not my ideal candidate either.)