Welcome Coach Miller

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

1 hour ago, CrossboneIU22 said:

 

And for another report:    LOL.  What a wonderfully wacky time it is.

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Michigan State assistant Dane Fife is not going to Duquesne, sources told ESPN.

[CrossboneIU22]

2 minutes ago, CrossboneIU22 said:

It is a twitter post by Gary Parrish stating Michigan State assistant Dane Fife is in advanced talks to replace Jim Ferry at Duquesne, a source told @CBSSports.

UPDATE: Dane Fife has ended discussions with Duquesne. Is no longer pursuing the job, a source told @CBSSports.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

2 minutes ago, CrossboneIU22 said:

UPDATE: Dane Fife has ended discussions with Duquesne. Is no longer pursuing the job, a source told @CBSSports.

Beat ya!   Nah, Nah, Nah.  

[bigrod]

5 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Beat ya!   Nah, Nah, Nah.  

Seems like a pretty short discussion.

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

hahahah....not sure i can ride that train again today...so hopeful for Donovan, but also a little weary lol. 

I've never gotten too excited. As I've said several times, I'll believe it when it's announced

 

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[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

I guess this removes him as a replacement candidate.  (Not that I think realistically he would have been to begin with)

Did you delete your original post?

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[RTJ85]

This may be unpopular, but I don't care. If we don't get Donovan...I want Fife. He's been steadily creeping up my board. I realize the risk, but I think the upside would be worth it.

[SteelerHoosier]

1 minute ago, RTJ85 said:

This may be unpopular, but I don't care. If we don't get Donovan...I want Fife. He's been steadily creeping up my board. I realize the risk, but I think the upside would be worth it.

Yuck

[CrossboneIU22]

3 minutes ago, iufaninillinois said:

Did you delete your original post?

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Not that I am aware of

[spe317]

Here's some conspiracy for ya. Been some action for one charter plane out of the airport. It's flown from Indy, to Btown, to Houston, and back and soon goes to Oakland County which is a short drive from East Lansing. Maybe the new coach is beginning to look into assistant coaches and Dane Fife's name has come up. No need to be a head coach at D when you can be assistant with the big BD.

[Dizz]

You can't hire Fife to be head coach at this point.  Would be even more of a laughing stock among major programs.

[hoosierbannerd]

4 minutes ago, RTJ85 said:

This may be unpopular, but I don't care. If we don't get Donovan...I want Fife. He's been steadily creeping up my board. I realize the risk, but I think the upside would be worth it.

I'll have what you're having...

Seriously, he needs success at a mid-major first AT LEAST

Going from IPFW to an assistant to top 5 job in 'Merica?       ah  nope

[Alford Bailey]

Wont be Fife or Alford. Will be Donovan or someone in the Bennett- Marshall range or someone completely out of the blue like Bill Self.

[biteoftheapple]

Especially when we need a home run

[bigrod]

9 minutes ago, RTJ85 said:

This may be unpopular, but I don't care. If we don't get Donovan...I want Fife. He's been steadily creeping up my board. I realize the risk, but I think the upside would be worth it.

Maybe some day we look back and say, "Wow, we could have had Dane Fife back in 2017" but there's no way you can take a chance like that at a critical time like this.

[323SGrant]

9 minutes ago, RTJ85 said:

This may be unpopular, but I don't care. If we don't get Donovan...I want Fife. He's been steadily creeping up my board. I realize the risk, but I think the upside would be worth it.

With all due respect, I prefer not to have another Izzo assistant. His last recommendation couldn't get us to the Final Four.

[RTJ85]

Who thinks Izzo is a good coach? What about Brad Stevens? Roy Williams? They all went from assistant to HC. I want BD first and foremost, but if you can't get him I think you look hard at Fife. 

[Trish]

Just now, 323SGrant said:

With all due respect, I prefer not to have another Izzo assistant. His last recommendation couldn't get us to the Final Four.

Hard to judge on that, Crean never played competitive basketball in his life. 

 

At least Fife is an experienced player who learned from Bobby and Izzo.

[323SGrant]

1 minute ago, Treesh said:

Hard to judge on that, Crean never played competitive basketball in his life. 

 

At least Fife is an experienced player who learned from Bobby and Izzo.

No doubt. I couldn't help taking a shot at Izzo!

[JSHoosier]

1 minute ago, Treesh said:

Hard to judge on that, Crean never played competitive basketball in his life. 

 

At least Fife is an experienced player who learned from Bobby and Izzo.

I was about to say this.

Besides, how many Izzo assistants could manage to not learn a thing from him aside from the one we can all name?  Let Fife show if he learned anything somewhere else, loved him as a player though.