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I don't know. Arkansas is the one school I know about that did. Cal took it and he got a raise.

Ole Miss THOROUGHLY vetted the man. Got him on the cheap for a year, signed him to an extension and he negotiated a minimal buyout. If IU wants him, he'll be vetted again. That should be enough.

I wouldn't suggest this guy for us but if there was ever a coach that deserved to have something to work with, it's Ben Johnson. The lack of resources at Minnesota makes it impossible to win there.

I want a consistent year in, year out identity of gritty, maximum effort, toughness, bare knuckle basketball. That requires a culture that reflects a personality type. I believe that's what IU nation would embrace. That's who we are I think. We're a gritty, basketball-educated fan base that sees through gimmick, half-assed basketball. Dusty would be successful but I have no idea what a Dusty culture would look like. Toughness will win a lot of games and when matched with talent you have a juggernaut. The coaches out there that I admire for that are Sampson, Pitino, Beard and Otzweiler. 3 of those have had issues. 2 of those are old. Otzweiler isn't leaving his wife's school. I keep coming back to Beard.

I would say we're in agreement on that.

How about the winner of the Miss St vs Ole Miss game ne our next coach.

Man was I fooled by the off-season.

They did everything they could to give us this one down the stretch. I think Rice just goes rogue after timeouts. Honestly if a play was drawn up for him, wouldn't it be a clear out or something to get him downhill?

Sounds like Scott has a plan. As often as he talks to Brad if he's still working that situation, maybe it's possible. Can we presume that the agent contacts have been made with Dusty? That's probably several weeks from taking shape. I wonder who is the next teir of contacts?

It came to this for Woody to bring Reneau off the bench and change his defensive scheme. We exploited MSUs lack of shooting and did some good things down the stretch.

What coaches out there get the effort that Sampson teams give? That's what we're looking for. You know you're in street fight playing his teams. Who's teams look that? They have an identity every year that reflects the personality of their coach. We would chew up and spit out 3/4 of this list by year 3. Who would be a the best choice for generic u? Probably McCollum. But not us. We're different.

Well you're partly mistaken. If he were to agree to the standard 6y deal it would have to include his son be the coach in waiting. That's not a road I would want to go down.

These are the numbers I know from the couple of contributors I know well. Ballo, Rice, Carlyle =2.5m. Leal, Galloway =900k. (3.4m) A conservative guess on the rest. Mgbako, Tucker, Reneau, Goode (2.5m) Hatton, Cupps, Newton, James (500k) I'm confident it's not less 6m.

Had DJ not gotten hurt, could he have worked with Killer?

I think Pete Yonkman is the voice at the table for Cook. It doesn't mean Ferguson still doesn't hold some weight. You seem to be pretty close to the situation. If I remember correctly Dolson had zeroed in on Matta as his guy and the uncertainty with his health stopped that and Dolson didn't have a plan B? That is the part Brian Evans leaves out of the story. But after that Quinn moved in. At the time Jawan Howard made an elite 8 and Penny was moving in the right direction. The narrative had softened a bit on the alumni coach.

The last 2 searches I would've been ecstatic over Stevens. Not so much this time.

Killingworth has to be in the post on one of these teams.

I think Pete Yonkman is the voice at the table for Cook. It doesn't mean Ferguson still doesn't hold some weight. You seem to be pretty close to the situation. If I remember correctly Dolson had zeroed in on Matta as his guy and the uncertainty with his health stopped that and Dolson didn't have a plan B? That is the part Brian Evans leaves out of the story. But after that Quinn moved in. At the time Jawan Howard made an elite 8 and Penny was moving in the right direction. The narrative had softened a bit on the alumni coach.

I'm pretty sure that Dolson and Stevens talk regularly.

McNeely **** the bed a bit at the end there.

Pitino year two. He might win another championship before he retires.

St John's lost 2 games in the Bahamas. 1 since. Then there's us. Lol

When was the last time you've seen defense like this St. Johns team?

I was hoping to see a separate thread for this statement. This is as a good look for IU. There is starting to be some really strong momentum for Beard out there. I just want a coach we don't second guess before tipoff. I want a serious staff with a proven track record. If it doesn't work then and we're back here again in 4 years then we know we're cursed. I really believe it will be Beard.

I think it has to be an Alpha personality that is proven. Beard recently referenced RMK during their win over Kentucky. I'm telling myself it was wink to Dolson.