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I rather look at reality over random Internet rumors

SMH Woodson No Archie No Crean No I wouldn't say leaving Marquette is leaving a top job. It would be equivalent to a coach like McDermott leaving Creighton Sampson yes Also if you look at the college landscape the last few years will show you it doesn't happen often.

Well UK couldn't get their top choices or UL. UK probably has as much money as we do and their job is better than ours. Most coaches won't mess with winning or happiness so why would they leave their current jobs

They also say you move on when he says no

I still don't understand how some of you are surprised that other power conference coaches are not knocking our door down to coach here. Has the other hires in the last few years not prove to you it isn't likely you will get another top coach to leave their jobs.

Comments like this is why I hate the rumors posted on here that never have been verified. The only place I have seen Stevens as a legitimate candidate are on our message boards. Every national college basketball analysts I have seen just laugh at the notion of Stevens leaving the Celtics for the IU job.

There is no such thing as a sure thing.so you just have to take a risk sometimes. So show me in the last 5-10 years where all of these top coaches have left their current power jobs for another one. Calipari to Arkansas and he left more to get out of UK Can't think of to many more off the top of my head

Page 1981 a great year to be a Hoosier fan

Off the top of my head these guys were all at one time a mid major coach. Calhoun Hurley Oats Pearl Self Golden Painter TJO Drew Cronin

RMK was .500 against Purdue

Duncan Robinson went from D3 to UM and now has had a long NBA career

Who are those sure things. It won't be Stevens,Drew,TJO or May so there are no thing as a sure thing either I would take a chance on McCollum over guys like Beard, Wade,Collins or Brownell

Yes they will try to go big game hunting but more than likely won't get the big game. How has KU shown they hire big time coaches lately since they haven't hired a new coach for over 20 years. They hired Roy Williams who had no HC experience. If you look at the all time great coaches very few went from one elite job to another. Most of them started at a mid major then got their major job and stayed at one place.

Nobody is a can't miss prospect

All the proof you need is the hires from blue bloods the last few years to see that top coaches aren't leaving their current jobs for another job. UCONN Hurley Rhode Island UK Pope BYU UL Kelsey C of C UNC Davis Assistant coach Duke Shchyer Assistant Coach UCLA Cronin UC

We sports fans are a weird bunch. We all have candidates we like and would like to see hired and we spend hours trying to make others see what we see. I like McCollum and would like to see him hired so why do I care if others don't like him. Why do we try to justify our opinions and try to change others mind because im the end none of it matters. IU will hire a coach who they feel is the best fit to coach IU. All of us will have a choice after the hire the next coach. You can either support the choice or find another team to follow.

Pitino didn't leave the big east for UK Also show me the last few years where a lot of coaches left power conference teams for other power teams. Calipari left because he was getting heat and wanted out.

So if IU had hired Kelsey last year our fan base would have been outrage. UL thought they had May after Drew said no. UK went after Hurley and Drew before selecting Pope

So why did UK have to settle for Pope or UL for Kelsey

I just don't see a reason for the guys like TJO or Drew to leave for this job because they can win there and with less pressure. Why do you think UK had to settle for Pope or UL with Kelsey. Top coaches don't leave for other power conference teams. It shouldn't be real hard to understand that

What makes Beard a top coach. He has had two really good seasons and the rest are just average. Doesn't that sound a lot like Crean

I am not talking about the administration but the fans turning on coaches at the first site if trouble.

If you are talking about offense being boring so that would eliminate Beard and TJO since their offense isn't very good.

What is so funny Certified. The IU fans were used to the up tempo Hurrying Hoosiers and didn't like the slow pace and defensive oriented style of RMK. It didn't take long for the fans to change when they saw it win big.

Actually from what I have heard that some fans weren't happy with the RMK hire