Archie Miller's staff at Indiana will be Bruiser Flint, Tom Ostrom (Dayton) and Ed Schilling (UCLA),

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4 minutes ago, HoosierSadaseci said:

I never thought I'd actually want IU to hire John Groce...but I'll take him as an assistant.

Exactly. I was worried he might've been our next head coach at one point a couple of weeks ago.

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I would love to have "The Birdman" or Greg Tonagel!  Call that a day!

[AKHoosier 6,564]

I'm so getting my hopes up on John Groce like I did with Billy Donovan, which probably means we'll get left at the altar all over again.  He would be such a solid addition to the staff for hopefully a few years to lock up the Midwest.

All eyes to the Akron job now, hopefully they take a chance on an up-and-comer rather than Groce.

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43 minutes ago, AKHoosier said:

I'm so getting my hopes up on John Groce like I did with Billy Donovan, which probably means we'll get left at the altar all over again.  He would be such a solid addition to the staff for hopefully a few years to lock up the Midwest.

All eyes to the Akron job now, hopefully they take a chance on an up-and-comer rather than Groce.

I would Groce has had 2 head coaching gigs and hasn't rocked either 

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Don't think you'll be seeing either of the latter mentioned

Meaning no Elston or Anderson? Not upset one bit by Anderson.

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I don't think Jackson will come back. He left Kansas to have a job to spend more time with his children.


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Jackson was amazing. I think your right he isn't even an option at this point. Sadly.

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What is making people even think Groce is a possibility? I haven't seen a thing.

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3 minutes ago, Yogi's Picnic Basket said:

What is making people even think Groce is a possibility? I haven't seen a thing.

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Him and Miller know each other he will want to work for a year.  Plus a few People have brought it up 

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Him and Miller know each other he will want to work for a year.  Plus a few People have brought it up 

I know that they know each other. Other than that there is nothing. I don't see why people are getting their hopes up again. Didn't we learn anything from the Billy D situation. FWIW former head coaches are more likely to get another job staying the course of waiting around instead of jumping in as an assistant.

Not too many guys at a high level program like Illinois get fired then become an assistant and get another good job. He will either take a opening now or wait until next year.

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12 minutes ago, Yogi's Picnic Basket said:

I know that they know each other. Other than that there is nothing. I don't see why people are getting their hopes up again. Didn't we learn anything from the Billy D situation. FWIW former head coaches are more likely to get another job staying the course of waiting around instead of jumping in as an assistant.

Not too many guys at a high level program like Illinois get fired then become an assistant and get another good job. He will either take a opening now or wait until next year.

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Yeah there's nothing other than reporters reporting it.....

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Yeah there's nothing other than reporters reporting it.....

Don't get me wrong it would be awesome, but I am comfortable with any guy Archie feels will help. Whether big name or no name. I am all in.

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Yeah there's nothing other than reporters reporting it.....

Yeah I thought reporters from Illinois and Dakich were saying this. Both said it depends on that Akron job.


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I don't understand this sentiment that Flint and Groce are recruiters, and Archie would need to add an X's and O's guy. Flint has been a head coach for close to 20 years and Groce for 7. Especially Flint, but neither gets that long as an HC just being a recruiter. 

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3 minutes ago, BGleas said:

I don't understand this sentiment that Flint and Groce are recruiters, and Archie would need to add an X's and O's guy. Flint has been a head coach for close to 20 years and Groce for 7. Especially Flint, but neither gets that long as an HC just being a recruiter. 

I agree and think this is why Ostrom is coming in. He'll be our main recruiter 

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I don't understand this sentiment that Flint and Groce are recruiters, and Archie would need to add an X's and O's guy. Flint has been a head coach for close to 20 years and Groce for 7. Especially Flint, but neither gets that long as an HC just being a recruiter. 

I don't know if all teams do it this way but often the assistant coaches are responsible for scouting and developing the game plan for upcoming opponents. These rotate among the assistants so you need to have a staff that has both a knowledge of the game as well as an ability to recruit.

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Not a big Groce fan on a personal level. He taught at my high school in the 90's and was asked to resign because he was sleeping with a student (a senior who was 18....so not illegal, but highly unethical)

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15 minutes ago, HoosierRich said:

Not a big Groce fan on a personal level. He taught at my high school in the 90's and was asked to resign because he was sleeping with a student (a senior who was 18....so not illegal, but highly unethical)

I don't believe this for a second. 

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Not a big Groce fan on a personal level. He taught at my high school in the 90's and was asked to resign because he was sleeping with a student (a senior who was 18....so not illegal, but highly unethical)

Looks like he went from being a player to an assistant coach at Taylor. When was he at a HS?

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I don't believe this for a second. 

Was this high school located in Yuma?


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I don't know if all teams do it this way but often the assistant coaches are responsible for scouting and developing the game plan for upcoming opponents. These rotate among the assistants so you need to have a staff that has both a knowledge of the game as well as an ability to recruit.

Edit: dumb comment