Cheaney Interview

[Uspshoosier 45,751]

https://pride.iu.edu/spirit/calbertcheaney/

 

 

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[southsidehoosier 5,027]

I'd love to have him on the staff.


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[Tom White 1,435]

Thanks for posting that. It is always good to hear from guys like Calbert.

[jonz44 810]

Calbert always has seemed to be such a classy individual. I'd love to see him back at IU in some capacity. 

[Lebowski 2,744]

There's a buzz down in here that Cal's in the running for the UE HC job.  Not sure if there's any validity to it though. 

[Hovadipo 56,261]

18 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

There's a buzz down in here that Cal's in the running for the UE HC job.  Not sure if there's any validity to it though. 

I’ve read both he and Michael Lewis will (or have) receive(d) calls. 

[mamasa 15,316]

I asked my friend who lives in Evansville if she'd heard anything about Calbert being a candidate.  She said "That's all I've heard, lol".  Seems there's a lot of people getting excited

[Lebowski 2,744]

https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/college/evansville/2018/03/14/looking-potential-evansville-basketball-coaching-candidates/423100002/

[Hoosierfan31 466]

" “I finished the first round of phone interviews today,” Spencer said. “We will be bringing them in starting this week, hopefully getting through this process quickly.”

Sources indicate Calbert Cheaney is the potential frontrunner.

Spencer said a reasonably-expedited search was the plan Wednesday morning in the hours after Marty Simmons was officially fired after 11 seasons as head coach."

From evansville paper. Seems A.D. is really tight lipped about the search. Rumor is calbert is asking for 1.5 million for him and staff..double what Simmons was allotted. Pretty ballsy for a first time head coach

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[Hovadipo 56,261]

I read that all but like two of UE’s guys have requested release now. Someone is going to have to take over an already bad Valley team with a good chunk of the roster gone. 

[Bowhunter 2,693]

Lewis might end up being the better coach. Both are obviously Knight deciples. Lewis has coached under Brad Stevens and with several other good coaches,

[Hoosierfan31 466]

I read that all but like two of UE’s guys have requested release now. Someone is going to have to take over an already bad Valley team with a good chunk of the roster gone. 

Some of them may stay just depends on the coach. Some of them leaving* May not be a bad thing.

 

Only ones i would take on the whole team is Ryan Taylor and dru smith

 

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[Hovadipo 56,261]

21 minutes ago, Hoosierfan31 said:

Some of them may stay just depends on the coach. Some of them leaving* May not be a bad thing.

 

Only ones i would take on the whole team is Ryan Taylor and dru smith

 

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Yeah that’s what I meant by good chunk. Unlikely all of those guys find landing spots. I imagine Cheaney would be able to keep some around. Seems like a guy players would like. 

[Geometry Hoosier 1,151]

I heard Simmons was making $250,000. I'm not sure if that's true or not.


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[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,776]

If the number is true that Calbert reportedly threw at UE, I wonder if it wasn't more in line with "Well, I would have come but they wouldn't match my offer."   In essence, he doesn't flatly turn them down.  He did a really nice interview several months ago that I posted but I have no idea in what thread.  He seemed very comfortable in St. Louis and being able to follow his children's high school careers.  I believe his daughter is a very accomplished tennis player and his son is also involved in athletics.   To accept the UE job means that all ends and from that interview I got the impression that fatherhood is very important to him at this stage of his life as he acknowledged missing out on much of their earlier years because of his involvement in basketball.     Now having said all this, probably by the end of the day he'll be announced as the new UE head coach.  That would match the luck I've had with my ESPN brackets and our own Survivor League.  

[Chris007 44,066]

2 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

If the number is true that Calbert reportedly threw at UE, I wonder if it wasn't more in line with "Well, I would have come but they wouldn't match my offer."   In essence, he doesn't flatly turn them down.  He did a really nice interview several months ago that I posted but I have no idea in what thread.  He seemed very comfortable in St. Louis and being able to follow his children's high school careers.  I believe his daughter is a very accomplished tennis player and his son is also involved in athletics.   To accept the UE job means that all ends and from that interview I got the impression that fatherhood is very important to him at this stage of his life as he acknowledged missing out on much of their earlier years because of his involvement in basketball.     Now having said all this, probably by the end of the day he'll be announced as the new UE head coach.  That would match the luck I've had with my ESPN brackets and our own Survivor League.  

The salary demands that were being reported are false said Pat Hickey the Evansville writer. I will say that CC has made some calls to potential people he would want on his staff if he would happen to take the job. 

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The salary demands that were being reported are false said Pat Hickey the Evansville writer. I will say that CC has made some calls to potential people he would want on his staff if he would happen to take the job. 

Actually hickey said--- that the athletic director said the numbers were false, but he (hickey) got those numbers from 2 different sources. Spencer just knows he can deny since being a private U they don't have to say what they are going to pay like public universities do. UE is also allegedly trying to block Dru Smith a transfer to several schools, including d2 southern indiana

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[Chris007 44,066]

52 minutes ago, Hoosierfan31 said:

 

Actually hickey said--- that the athletic director said the numbers were false, but he (hickey) got those numbers from 2 different sources. Spencer just knows he can deny since being a private U they don't have to say what they are going to pay like public universities do. UE is also allegedly trying to block Dru Smith a transfer to several schools, including d2 southern indiana

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Calbert is in Evannsvile today per Pat Hickey and others

Calbert Cheaney is in town today to formally interview for the Evansville head coaching job. He is one of at least three (possibly four) candidates who will be in this week to meet with AD Mark Spencer.

[Chris007 44,066]

1 hour ago, Hoosierfan31 said:

 

Actually hickey said--- that the athletic director said the numbers were false, but he (hickey) got those numbers from 2 different sources. Spencer just knows he can deny since being a private U they don't have to say what they are going to pay like public universities do. UE is also allegedly trying to block Dru Smith a transfer to several schools, including d2 southern indiana

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I don't know the if the numbers quoted are correct or not but I do know he wants the pot to be bigger so he can hire the people he wants as Assistants. 

[Lebowski 2,744]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

I don't know the if the numbers quoted are correct or not but I do know he wants the pot to be bigger so he can hire the people he wants as Assistants. 

If that's true then that's actually a good thing for UE basketball, especially if they want to be conference contenders year after year.  This job can be a really good job to land and if the school is willing to go "all in" then it makes sense to ask for a bigger pot.  I mean it wasn't too long ago that Butler was playing in the Horizon League and considered a rival.