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I'd love to see it, but not sure that he has the name to to Mullins away from Hurley.

That was my worry all along. For those of you who are older. I had the worry of a Fred Akers at Purdue type of situation. I know that some older guys can work out, but I was far from sold on a coach like Jay Wright. He was a great coach at Villanova. Do you really think that he is still the same coach at 62 (or whatever age he is) after being out of the game for a few years? By that I mean, do you think that he's interested in grinding the same way that he did when he was 42? Of doing the extra 10 or 15 percent that it takes to be the best anymore? Maybe he would, but I would wonder. I would honestly wonder the same thing about Stevens and I even articulated that on here. He's not coached at all in a while and not in college in forever. Would he have the same fire at all to do the grunt work required anymore to really be successful anymore? I wonder...

I think it's great. I'm glad that Dolson went with a young, hungry coach. And one with some experience to boot.

Can we finally admit that Dolson didn't have a coach locked up for weeks and weeks? It seems that he had requirements for a coach and used a search firm to help him identify candidates, just like other teams do. It sounds like Devries met with IU and also met with Iowa recently. It sounds like Dolson "retired" Woody w/o having a coach in his back-pocket. No smoke screens. SImple explanation. Occam's razor.

Well, it's not the coach's job to get the players shots, so... LOL

The Syracuse zone showed some Xs and Os weakness in Crean.

This is very true. I remember Marquette fans being glad that Crean was gone. That was the first red flag about him.

That would be much more likely than not given this search. In fact, it will probably be announced by 5:00 pm today. LOL

Right? Your seed is always going to be super low in the tourney.

Is it possible that athywithaCK (I don't want to actually say her name to accidentally draw her/him out) is actually Zach? The man is talking a lot about process here...

It is with Woody was coach, that's for sure.

Is it 2021 again? Am I in a time machine? LOL

That's exactly what people were <fairly> saying about Brownell in the ACC, too.

That would be an AMAZING twist. He was Brad Brownell all along...

So today's name is going to be Jay Wright? Got it. At least we do spread the names around. LOL

Agreed. Florida is a better job than IU right now. Why would he leave? They have SEC money. They're in Gainesville, which is a great college town. It's warm year-round. The coeds are great looking there, which may <allegedly> be important to Golden, given his <alleged> past history. And he's already got a winning program. He would have zero reason to leave.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too.

Now there is a blast from the past. Kudos!

Did someone say Miss Cleo?

So we're hiring Buzz Williams?

As a parent, I too find this a ridiculous story. But, I also found the "famiily vote" story from 2021 to be crazy as well. Do you get kids' input? Sure, of course. Do you sit at a table and give kids an equal vote to determine the future of your family and to determine whether or not you take a new job? Of course not. LOL But, it's a story that makes IU fans feel better about Stevens not taking the job, so...

Yeah, I HATE how they play offensively. I used to hate watching his Marquette teams play as well for the same reason. I wouldn't like Buzz for the same reason that I wouldn't like the Leprachaun. They can be really ugly offensively.

I''m not sure that I've ever bought the "he had to know who his candidate was for sure when he fired Woody" argument. SHOULD he have have known who he was going after? Absolutely! The only person who didn't know that Woody was going to be gone after this year was Woody, QB, Ferg, and Woody's family. Anyone who has paid attention to the team and Woody's lack of coaching knew that buying him a roster wasn't really going to work and was a last gasp kind of move. But, with that being said, Woody "retiring" mid-season didn't necessarily mean that Dolson had his man. I've never believed that argument. There were many other factors in play there.

WVU to Drake would seem like a step back or laterial move at best.