Its Always Sunny at IU

Hope you are right my man. But that is certainly interesting. He posted updates immediately on Twitter after his unofficial to Va Tech and officials to Syracuse and UNC. Crickets on social media after Bloomington.

I just read where Taylor has not posted anything on his social media accounts after his trip to Indiana. He immediately had updates after Carolina and Syracuse. I'm not a social media expert but that is probably not good for IU.

That is correct.

According to Doyle in the Star he's going to oversee recruiting among other duties. Let me tell you something. Look it up, Thad Matta ruled Big Ten recruiting at Ohio State. Go to Ohio State 247 and look at Matta's classes even when he was struggling with health at the end. Thad Matta is absolutely going to crush it recruiting at IU.

Oats would reboot the IU program in the best way possible with his personality and style of play. Just a complete home run. Do the buyout and offer a Calipari style contract and it can happen. That's not likely though.

I don't think Oats will leave a good situation. But if we are talking just throwing piles of cash, doing the buyout then making Oats one of the highest paid coaches in the game Bama won't match that because they can't. I'm not sure any athletic department can afford both coaches at the top of the pay list as most athletic departments barely break even. And Bama already spends a ton on football....obviously worth every penny as Alabama football is the king. It's not going to happen, but there is a price that Alabama will not match for Oats.

There's no grand plan as that rarely happens. The 10 Mil was to get Archie out ASAP. The offer was made to Stevens who said no. Dolson is now having associates cold calling coaches to see who is interested. Holtman was a no. Probably Matta as well. Should be an interesting week.

No coach is leaving a good situation for a job that right now is a lateral move. Those schools have money too. I'm starting to feel Mike Lewis once UCLA loses. That way Dolson can say we were waiting on him all along. I believe the reports of Matta and Holtman have some truth which means there's no grand plan and Dolson is having associates cold call coaches hoping someone says yes. I have always been ok with Fife, but am starting to warm up to Lewis big time given his expertise of running a good offense.

Maybe less Q and more Wall Street Bets which was, and still is, a wild fun ride. This is fun stuff. I love the Stevens news and it's not over until another coach is named. But logic tells us the 10 mil was simply to get Archie out of the building ASAP. There was no grand plan. Dolson called and got a no from Stevens and now he's making calls to see if anyone else is interested. I'm starting to feel Mike Lewis once UCLA loses. But I'll continue to be here for the Stevens stuff until that happens.

Dolson should be fired on the spot if he hires Moser. Thats the exact opposite of the type of coach he talked about in his press conference. Archie had a better mid-major record (over time) at a much better conference than Moser.

Archie had to go. Lots of smoke there would be a ton of transfers. He just didn't work out. We don't know if Mike Lewis or Fife will work yet, but 100 percent Archie was not going to work. I actually like our returning players and think we have a chance at the dance next season. Had Archie stayed it would have been a last place finish in the league and no recruits.

Go ahead and shut down this thread. 0.0 chance he's hired at IU. None.

I appreciate these thoughts. Usually coaches with good situations don't leave. Alabama and Arkansas are great situations for those guys. I'd argue that Arkansas has just as much basketball tradition and just as much booster money. This coaching search will be a reality check for lots of IU fans. But Indiana is still a great place to be. We will be a solid program soon.

Respectfully disagree. With lots of love to our current players they are not going to start or play much at established Power 5 programs. I don't see anyone other than TJD who would play significant minutes for Michigan State. I know it's worked out for Justin Smith, but that's not the norm. There will be over 1,000 players in the portal this year. Being a basketball player at IU is a big deal. Only so many schools where you are treated like a rock star. IU is a great place to be. Michigan State went from Jud to the top assistant Izzo. Next in line is Fife for them. We can get him right now before he destroys us for 20 years in East Lansing.

Totally agree. Also coach K would make us a tournament caliber team on day one. Same percentage of him coming to IU as those guys. Coaches don't leave good situations for a lateral job move. It's hard to find happiness in that profession. There is enough talent on this team to go to the dance next season as long we don't let them all leave while waiting for moonshots that will never happen. Hire Fife right now and end this circus.

Few really believed him. Just as no one really believes the guys on here with Stevens news. Everyone is just having fun. I'm waiting for the next update from Yeagley even though I know it's just a joke. It's a fun joke. We are not all gullible.

The problem is the guys most think "are the guy for this job" are not coming to IU. Oats and Musselman have better situations now. No way they leave those for a rebuilding program. Zero percent. So who will take the Indiana job that has the most upside? It's either Fife or Lewis. Porter Moser has a worse tourney record than Archie and runs the same slow down offense. Fife already recruits in the Big Ten and will take over our conference's best program when Izzo retires. Michigan St fans seem to think he's head coaching material.

I believe we can hire a coach who is as successful as was Crean and doesn't wear out all those who work with him. Crean did win 2 Big Ten titles. IU will be in the tourney next season with the current players on the team. Hire Fife and end this circus instead of waiting for Oats and others to turn you down.

Hey, we are best in the Big Ten in something. Strange to see NC State fans so high on the crazy list.

Of course its a troll, but have to admit it's a good one. The guy has been saying this date for a while. Going to be funny to see what he posts after noon. He will either point and laugh at the gullible IU fans or shift the date.

I think IU is set up to be solid immediately for the new coach. Most of the guys on the team were very good recruits. Miller was just an awful, awful coach. I'm not saying Big Ten champs but the new guy could absolutely make the tourney next year with our current roster.

Totally agree. I don't actually believe it's Stevens. But if it's him I would wait until the summer and be totally happy. If this thread is going in May with no IU coach announcement then you know it's Stevens.

Pushing back the dates for big events is right out of the QAnon playbook. And you know what, I love crazy so I'm totally cool with that. I'll be here refreshing this thread all week until I hear it's someone other than Stevens. At noon today that mysterious Peegs poster will shift the date and time of the big announcement and I'll happily be sucked right back in.

True. Alabama is a better job than Indiana right now. Unfortunately that may be the case for lots of coaches IU is waiting for. Why would anyone leave Alabama or Arkansas for Indiana? Most guys don't leave good situations unless they are moving up. If we don't take Dane Fife he's going to crush us at Michigan State when he takes over for Izzo. End this now. Hand the keys to Fife and let's see what he can do.

Not necessarily. They would be gone somewhere else if it's after the NBA season is over. That's a trade off worth having in my opinion, but by then the good players in the transfer portal will be gone.