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Have they set out the chairs for the press conference? Does anyone know if the pep band will be there?

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This. An immediate family of mine who is high up in a Power 5 athletic department told me last year May didn’t want the job. They share a close common friend. May’s immediate family was telling people last fall that he isn’t coming to IU. All signs point to May carving his own path that likely won’t include IU.

My interpretation of the Athletic Department releasing next year’s games despite not having a head coach (that we know of): ”Buckle up, the future is going to be great and you won’t want to miss out. Buy those season tickets.” It used to kill me seeing empty balconies at Midnight Madness- now empty balconies at Big Ten games?!? It’s crazy the levels of apathy bad basketball has driven this fanbase to.

I watched Nevada the other night get thumped at home by Boise State. I have to say, it was the worst offense I’ve watched all year. I was terribly disappointed it was a Alford coached team. Ball screens and no movement off the ball. Terrible shot selection. It was atrocious. This Alford coached team hardly resembled Indiana basketball of old.

Some of his best players at Drake are D2 guys he brought with him. I get it. Big jump- but the dude is a killer.

Do you think Dolson offered him the “head coach in waiting” tag because he HOPED he would be a good head coach one day? In fact, part of me wants Fife to get and kill it here just so Dolson and Fife can show Woody and Crew what they missed out on because of their arrogance. We ended up hiring Mike Woodson- Fife would be an upgrade and no one would care more. That said, he isn’t in the top 10 of my wishlist, but Id rather have him than Cronin or Buzz.

On the basis that Fife was originally brought here to be coach in waiting. Things did not go well while he was here, but I don’t think that was his fault. He was considered in the top five last go around, so what’s changed?

Unpopular to “meh” coaches with the IU fanbase that I think would fit here: (I’ve had to take myself to this mental space because I can’t hold out for Stevens) -Alford -Brownell -Fife -McCollum -McCasslin -McDermott As people, I think they would do well with the IU fanbase and the Bloomington community.

I like Chris Beard… Have watched the Fireside Chat since he started at TTU… There’s no way he ever coaches at IU… We kicked the tires in 2017… nope We kicked the tires in 2021… nope We’re done kicking the tires… The only way he coaches here is if Rick Pitino is our AD…

This contract still sucks- 3 mil to 4 mil, one extra year, and a 7.5 mil buyout?!?! That HARDLY says “STAY AWAY FROM OUR COACH OF THE NEXT 20 YEARS!”

Screw it- pay the buyout. If BS is no, and May really is our #1 then you pay the buyout. I thought Michigan was going to cover for our HUGE mistake of not hiring him last year by the crappy contract they gave him, but it sounds like they’re going to make us pay. If we’re paying for a 15mil Tom Allen buyout then you bite the bullet for the future and pay it.

This needs to be a homerun. IU has done enough favors for subpar coaches. It’s time an elite coach who wins consistently is walking the sidelines. I’m tired of being out coached by Matt Painter…

As a lifelong IU fan and an Eastern Greene Tbird, this would be incredibly disappointing news. It seemed like last year was the year, and it was a punch in the gut to see him go to Michigan, but to not be able to hire him away… woof. I’m sure other candidates will be fine, but man is he a people person. He embodies Knight in that manner- remembers names, writes notes, visits people in the hospital and teaches his players to do the same. It would have been impossible for the people of Indiana to not support him. Perfect fit culturally. Dang it…