Coach Search 2017 IU Candidate: Tony Bennett (University of Virginia)

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I'm not basing my opinion on this game and I've been vocal about my question mark on Bennett, but I don't care how efficient your offense is you absolutely cannot score under 40pts in a basketball game. That's a large problem.

[Jam]

Wow! 39 pts

[mdn82]

Wow! 39 pts

But were they an efficient 39 points?


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[Trish]

PASS


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[IUfan_Charlie]

9 minutes ago, mdn82 said:

But were they an efficient 39 points?


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29%

[Yogi's Picnic Basket]

Coach K got beat handily to a 15 seeded Lehigh a few years back so I think it is safe to say it can happen. Specially when UVA wasnt even the highest seed in the game. I would still love to have Tony Bennett if and only Billy D said no.

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[BlueDevil]

Coach K got beat handily to a 15 seeded Lehigh a few years back so I think it is safe to say it can happen. Specially when UVA wasnt even the highest seed in the game. I would still love to have Tony Bennett if and only Billy D said no.

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Handily? They lost by 5


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[Yogi's Picnic Basket]

Handily? They lost by 5


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Did you watch the game? Lehigh was in control for most of the second half. Handily doesnt mean by 30 it meant with no threat. Who cares if they won by 1? MSU was beat by a 15 too!! That mean Izzo sucks along with Coach K?

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[Yogi's Picnic Basket]

Handily? They lost by 5


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I forgot who was posting that remark. Point is they were a 15 seed no way that should happen!! It happened to the best coach out there besides Popovich I think Bennett deserves a break.

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[Brass Cannon]

Just remember this is a down year for Bennett

[Yogi's Picnic Basket]

Exactly!! Still finished 5th in the ACC which was best league by far and it was the worst year they have had in a few years. Oh yeah in the Lehigh Duke game, Lehigh lead a lot of the first half then last the lead and if I remember correctly Lehigh led the last 9-10 minutes of that game. Even with McCollom shooting horribly.

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[Brass Cannon]

10 minutes ago, Fkfootball1 said:

If Bennett would take the job tomorrow, I'd go ahead and hire him. IU can't afford to screw around on this search.

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Yep same here. Unless Lando is really just waiting we gotta pull the trigger. 

[Bowhunter]

Why did we hire a searching firm if we already have our guy?
Also I still don't think Bennet is right for us. He is on my list but I complained about his offense the other day and tonight just proves it.

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[AZ Hoosier]

37 minutes ago, Bowhunter said:

Why did we hire a searching firm if we already have our guy?
Also I still don't think Bennet is right for us. He is on my list but I complained about his offense the other day and tonight just proves it.

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There is no search firm. It's "All Glass, All the Time". That's what he said in the Thursday presser.

[Brass Cannon]

43 minutes ago, Bowhunter said:

Why did we hire a searching firm if we already have our guy?
Also I still don't think Bennet is right for us. He is on my list but I complained about his offense the other day and tonight just proves it.

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One game proves nothing. 

[JSHoosier]

57 minutes ago, Bowhunter said:

Why did we hire a searching firm if we already have our guy?
Also I still don't think Bennet is right for us. He is on my list but I complained about his offense the other day and tonight just proves it.

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I've only seen one post saying a search firm was hired.  Could be a smoke screen, or helping with backup plans, or not true.

I did some checking and these firms also help to maintain confidentiality and negotiate/close a deal, not just find candidates.  So it could be a step towards becoming official.

[Brass Cannon]

16 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

I've only seen one post saying a search firm was hired.  Could be a smoke screen, or helping with backup plans, or not true.

I did some checking and these firms also help to maintain confidentiality and negotiate/close a deal, not just find candidates.  So it could be a step towards becoming official.

Yep with certain people checking airports and flight data sometimes you need intermediaries to keep things secret. 

[VeevlandBrowns]

Pack Line (the defensive approach Tony Bennett uses) gets a lot of talk and it's been hugely effective for him and his team. Simply put, what the Pack Line does is "pack" defenders into help position off the ball, while the man guarding the ball is providing strong defensive pressure. I think it unfairly gets labeled as "sagging" defense, which it's really not most of the time. They want to encourage you to drive into help (don't get beat baseline and funnel drivers into the middle of the lane) and they also want to contest post entries HARD. They'll live with a lot of perimeter jumpers because they think that's a lower percentage shot (they're right) and they also believe their defenders can react to provide a strong contest even if the shooter appears to be theoretically open.

On the other end, Bennett will remind you of plenty of teams we've seen over the years in the Big Ten. He doesn't run the Swing stuff we've seen from Wisconsin or the kind of read/react stuff Beilein busts out, but in a very generalized sense they will look familiar in that they run their stuff with poise and just don't make many mistakes. Bennett's offense gets a lot less talk than his Pack Line defense but it's also interesting. He inherited the "mover blocker" offense from his dad and UVa runs it very well. Simply put, some guys are movers (shot makers) and some are blockers who are there to set picks and free up the movers. It's done with basic motion principles but the emphasis is always on getting a good shot as the primary objective and thus UVa is known to run a fair amout of clock in pursuit of those good shots.

His career has proven that to be a legitimate strategy over time. You can argue that you need more free flowing offense or 95th percentile athletes to break through and win the whole thing but his tenure at UVA has been very successful...easily the best since peak Terry Holland.

I think he, and his success, is a major reason why the college game reduced the shot clock from 35 seconds to 30. 

I like the Bennett style. I like that it exists as a change-up. It's just something different to watch and evaluate. I like the variety. I wouldn't want college basketball to become homogenized the way the NFL and NBA are, with everyone doing the same thing. But the 30-second clock, down from :45 and down from :35, has provided steps in that direction.

I thought it was hilarious when Bennett used to beat Duke and North Carolina and win the ACC with inferior talent. I think that's good for basketball.

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[Josh]

39 points. That's extremely alarming

Hire Billy! That would be outstanding

[triple]

8 hours ago, Fkfootball1 said:

If Bennett would take the job tomorrow, I'd go ahead and hire him. IU can't afford to screw around on this search.

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Absolutely NOT!  His record is on par with Crean's.  Eleven years of power conference play.  Two conference championships.  One tourney run to the Elite Eight.  an 8-16 record against his biggest foes (UNC, Duke combined).  This is not a home run hire.  Patience will serve us better here.  We need to get it absolutely right this time around.