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Forget flights . . . anyone watching for Mayflower trucks making a midnight drive from the East Caost to Indy? Asking for a friend who is a long time COLTS fan.

Hypothetical: a contract was signed and the new coach contacts his friend (Goodman) to ask a favor. Send out a vague message that I am not a candidate for the IU coaching position. Scott and I have agreed to give you the heads up hours before making any official announcement. You can say I was not a candidate because I had already accepted the position and we needed to keep a low profile to allow Woodson to bow out gracefully.

The forum speculation about the coaching search is fun and entertaining. However, I'm at the point where I think Dolson has the situation exactly where he wants it: rumors have gone rampant to a point it seems few (if anyone other than Scott) can keep up and know for sure where things stand with any coaching candidate. Things are certainly quiet now and that causes me to think Scott has this well in hand. There are many particulars that could result in Scott having this sewn up but not able to make it public ... yet.

It is a blast spending time reading through posts on this board. I can only imagine the twists and turns these things take as parties attempt to reach an agreement and finalize details of a new coaching contract. It is truly not impossible to recognize how a coaching candidate could be "in the bag one minute" and "a masshole" the next. Would you confide in your current employer before locking in with your future employer? If you chose to stay with your current employer, would you even reveal your prior interest with the other? Regardless of any level of connection to either side, the information "insiders" receive will always have a level of doubt until it is final. An IU fan forum is exactly that; a forum for fanatics. We should all be a little more fanatical these days as our desire to have a new coach at IU is being addressed. Let's enjoy the ride and have faith that Scott will drastically update the IU basketball program. Signed: Captain Obvious

I can confirm I now have it on good authority!

I'll believe it when Brad gives his "I'm a HoosHole" press conference statement.

It's a great day to lose the "jockstrap" designation !!!

Exorcize . . . I thought he said, "Extra Fries" and I was all in.

Regarding Dusty and Greene County: I was born and raised in central Indiana but like most Indiana folk, I was attending H.S. basketball games and running around the top of the gyms before I knew how to dribble a basketball. Indiana fans know basketball and have a connection to the sport unlike many others. While I know very little about Greene County, Indiana, like so many others I know the small schools in that county have a reputation for fantastic H.S. basketball coaches/teams. For those of us who grew up during the one class system in the state, we remember those small schools from Greene county kicking @$$ in the tournament against schools much larger with much greater notoriety year after year. Dusty was raised in that area and around that basketball atmosphere so I'm not surprised at all that he was successful at FAU. I think he has the "IT" that IU needs to recruit in state players along with those portal players who he recognizes with the same "Indiana" fight and grit. I'd take Dusty over any coach IU has hired since Coach Bob Knight any day.

Full disclosure . . . just trying to get rid of the "jockstrap".

In the meantime, while we wait for more info and/or a news dump . . . are all IU fans "True Fans" again now? Asking for a friend.

I think I recall Steve Fisher still had the interim tag when he led Michigan to the National Championship in 1989.

Wisconsin is coddled by conference officials to the point of developing a habit of getting away with incredibly physical play. Then, come tournament time, the officials from other conferences do not allow/accept the moving screens, pushing, and holding Wisky teams are known for around the league. The thing is Wisconsin puts a very good team on the floor every year and I don't think they need all of that physical play to win. Still, bad habits come back to haunt them outside the conference.