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Grinding out in the half court will keep a team in almost any game, but also makes a team susceptible to horrible loss as it leaves most poor teams in as well.

Landing the big fish isn’t as easy as it used to be. Look at most recent hirings - even at the most historically elite programs and that becomes obvious. The $ playing field has leveled substantially with NIL/Coach pay/etc. in addition, many coaches and their families value stability. Getting 5-6 years (or more) at $4M per year to turn something around vs 3 and $6M per year has its appeals. Lower stress, more time to build your way, etc.

This is why I’m 100% on board now. All year I have commented/complained to other fans that IU was just a collection of high prices players. They were not a team and the pieces didn’t fit together to make a team.

Where can I see both crash outs?

What are the WVU boards people are reading?

He said Iowa, not Iowa State. Hawks are a disaster

Well, ok, but we all have emotional attachments to where we grew up. So, while they may not be different, the emotional attachment may be quite different.

With the Iowa or IU job being more attractive to Devries / McCollum, keep in mind that decisions aren’t purely about money and NIL. Sometimes fit and emotion are bigger determinants. Both those guys are from Iowa. Just a thought

Honestly, they may have a decent case. Put their resume next to UNC and it seems very fishy - especially when UNC AD was the the committee chairman

Agree. Dude wins games. That what we all really want, right?

Same thing every cycle. Everyone gets sucked into the Brad, Jay drama before getting something mid to underwhelming. A ‘home run’ would be Beard or McCollum. Most of this other stuff is nothing more than wishful thinking

I’m an IU and Iowa state alum. It’s not Otz

I’ll gladly eat crow if it’s Stevens, and I hope it is. I just don’t see it

Otz and Drew simply won’t happen. Not sure about Lloyd.

Every coaching search here seems to end that way. Everyone gets excited at the possibility of Stevens, only to get Archie or Woodson.

Why does everyone think Stevens is in play? Hasn’t he been pretty clear that he’s not doing it?

It better not be Brownell. That would be dumb.

Long time lurker and finally signed up to post. 2002 grad, so I’ve lived through mostly bad hoops. IMO, we need a Beard or Wade to jumpstart this. Stop with the ‘Indiana guy’ or someone with the the appearance of being completely clean of any perceived wrongdoing. Time to win! Wade or Beard will win and are attainable. Brad, Otz, etc are not attainable.