realTomCrean

We want Crean! We want Crean! We want Crean! We want Crean! We want Crean!

You may not like it, but COACH TOM CREAN IS COMING BACK. Look at the interviews, the tweets, the sudden IU narrative CTC is pushing - it's simple he is the next IUBB HC

You anticipate it breaking before week's end?

Chris has been Brad Stevens this entire time hasn't he

So what do you think based on what curry has been saying?

Tom Crean 2011-2017: 138-69 W/L 63-45 B1G record 2x Conference champ 3x S16, 4x Tourney appearances Notably his last season 2016-2017 OG tore his ACL and was out for the year. IU was 10-3 before his injury. I’m not over 40 so this stretch seems pretty tolerable comparatively toward what has followed. This should be the baseline, many coaches, like Devries do not have the history that can achieve this level of success

Personally? I put more weight into key statistics like deflections.

You're saying they shouldn't have time. I'm saying I want Mike Braun behind a microphone by day's end!

Yeah, that'd be malpractice to not have an idea. You could be right, McCollum could have a dream of being a Hawkeye legend, but then again you'd think Btown boy Dusty May would have the same dream. I'm still 5% in the camp that Dusty is coming to IU at seasons end - because that's what I want to believe. I also believe that Brad Steven is IU's next head coach. Cast a wide net as the wiseman says

That's a good point about NIL. If Iowa is financially constrained to buy out Devries at $4M, how does that play to NIL. If I were a coach and school X has unlimited funds seemingly and School Y has very limited funds (in a harder place to recruit to as well) - the choice would be easy

Not God's fault

Wade would work for me as well. In regards to Iowa I believe they've had Devries as their golden boy for a few years now, but honestly i do not give a shhh about what Iowa does or does not do. They're totally irrelevant as a basketball program and state to me

At times like these you just have to wonder what Mike Braun is doing? A joint-governor conference on the ineptitude and corruption of the NCAA committee would go further! Mike, you want to be re-elected? I know you're on this board - stand up for your state! In 49 states it's just basketball, but this is INDIA

McCollum: We all know by now that he hasn't finished lower than 1st in conference in over a decade. Albeit D2 but so was his competition. This year, first year in D1, the guy is 3-0 vs P5, w/4x D2 transfers that START. So, the knock I'm seeing on here is that there is so much more that comes with the IU job. I agree! Media relations, selling the university, recruiting the All Americans, eg. I argue that with a competent GM and a support staff + $6M to spend on players he is a golden egg. This guy is 30-3 with 4x D2 starters and IU can provide him $6M+ to fill out a roster. He is the homerun hire, the bottom of the 9th 3 runners on, down 3 GRAND SLAM. IU has never failed to get McD All Americans, top end talent regardless of the incompetent coaches. The brand sells itself. Hire Ben McCollum or watch him win the league for the next 2 decades at another school.

Because he hasn't finished lower than 1st in conference in over a decade.

I feel the same way in the comparison to Cig. Mccollum hasn't finished lower than 1st in a conference in over a decade. The tempo is a point of concern, on DD's show this morning McCollum stated he likes his teams to shoot more 3s than what they have this year but he just doesn't have the right personnel for it. How do you guys like that; he identified his team's strength/weakness and implemented a change in style to get them to play at their highest level of execution possible. That's a positive to me. Regardless, against 3 P5 teams this year he scored 76+ on all (80+ twice). It's either hire McCollum or watch him win B10 titles (ala Dusty May) at Iowa for the next decade or two.

Do we identify the coach today? No Does Byron Tucker drag a decade+ of Rabjohns' work through the dirt and ruin what's left of his reputation regionally and nationally by the end of the day? Yes! Life's better when you enjoy the small things.

I believe IU fans are still weary, even with last year's success, due to decades of being beat down. After the 2020(?) season where IU got the screwed out of the B1G championship game, it has made me cautious to invest my time, emotions, and $ into the program out of fear of a one-hit wonder. An 8+ win season this year and I'd be willing to say the IUFB section starts filling up on here.