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Reading the tea leaves….I don’t think this search is going particularly well. If someone was a hard, definite “no” initially is now “well, on 2nd thought…” likely means one thing. We are striking out a good bit on the top choices.

Well, at least McCollum has won somewhere. Some of the names thrown around haven’t won much anywhere they’ve been and apparently think they will just magically cross some threshold because they move to an 812 area code.

That’s really some insider sh!t

Judging by his rather lengthy career at the power 5 level, aggressive mediocrity.

Wonder why Michigan, Louisville and UK didn’t go after him??

That’s as big of a roll of the dice as McCollum IMO, perhaps even more so as Collins hasn’t proved, at any level, that he can win big.

I cannot imagine, with as big of a hire as this is not only for IU but for Dolson’s legacy overall, that he would risk a hire of Wade or Beard. It’s not just that Wade broke rules that aren’t illegal now, it reflects on his character that he was willing to knowingly break the rules in place. Is this someone you’re going to trust to run the biggest program in the state and attach your legacy to? I just cannot see Dolson doing that.

Well, you know what you’re going to get with Collins and Brownell. Average coaches don’t all of the sudden become great. It’s not like either of these have a small sample size. Both Collins and Brownell were on the hot seat recently at their respective schools. Would you take 3 tournament bids in the next 10-12 years? History shows that is what you could expect to get, based on evidence.

Idea floated around the bench

That was the brilliance of Rick Greenspan

I’m giving Dolson at least enough credit that he won’t hire a guy that will be dumbfounded if an opponent switches to a zone

The next coach will get at least 4 years, whomever it is, barring something illegal. You don’t start changing coaches every 2 years just because you get desperate and impatient.

Why did Cignetti coach so long at low D1 schools?

I would have loved to read the opinions on Cignetti before he was hired.

Just curious, what connections did Sampson, Crean, or Archie Miller have to the past?? Or to Knight??

To me, if the Beard talk is valid, it indicates the search hasn’t gone well. Original top candidates maybe not interested and we have to take another look at someone they initially were a hard no because others have passed??

I don’t get the impression these guys know anything more than rumors on the net like the rest of us

Eric said he would be SHOCKED if Mick Cronin is the next coach at Indiana

I never realized Yasir was caught up in that

I would be surprised if IU hired someone who was on an FBI wiretap for the biggest hire in the history of their storied program.

From everything I have read UCLA is in a real financial pinch. Would seem they would want every dime they could get from that buyout, no?

Yell for the team for those of us watching from our living rooms!

Serious question….if Brownell is a serious candidate, why not Alford?

I second this…good podcast listen

No, it wasn’t