General Coach Candidate News

[Hoosierfan1901 8,159]

2 minutes ago, Hoosier_Hatchet said:

Pitino and Goodman.  

Who is the third?

I should have clarified, it was Goodman’s 3rd endorsement of a coach, TJ O, Drew and now Beard

[JSHoosier 22,182]

9 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

He isn’t even the safe pick. Hes been to fewer tournaments than IU over the past 15 years. Hes the “we’ve given up on trying” pick. Cronin is the safe, boring pick. 

Brownell is the "not Mike Woodson" pick.

[IUCrazy2 2,821]

18 minutes ago, IUBtown said:

Hard not to chuckle at people dismissing Goodman but eat up random posters info.  

I think the only ones who know anything is Dolson and a really small group around him.

[PritchardPutBack 56]

40 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I don’t believe what Goodman said as of today. 

I like that the people you've been hearing from saying we're in a good spot still feel confident. Am kinda curious that since you said Hoosier Connect people thought we were out along with maybe some others, have the doubters changed their thoughts on whether we have a chance?

[IUHoosierJoe 2,065]

1 minute ago, bobknightsghost said:

This is delusionaltown banners. Didn’t you know?

Do you know what I’m looking forward to the most about the end of this coaching search?  I’ll bet you can guess.

[AH1971 2,792]

Anyone surprised @Hornsby hasn’t started reciting Book of Revelation passages yet?

[theriverpilot 6,701]

4 minutes ago, ceast11 said:

Sharing this not to prove I'm an insider, but to reiterate that this has been in motion for over a week. Still not sure it gets done, but there are signs and "leaks" leading to it as a real possibility. Character questions aside, what's everyones thoughts on his coaching abilities?

I think Beard would instill a toughness factor in an IU squad that hasn’t been seen in a long time. It’s a quality that is almost impossible to measure or quantify, but it’s certainly observable.  

  

 
 

[go iu bb 8,883]

Rabby now says that Brownell is not out of the running.

[TheDMV 196]

On 3/6/2025 at 9:25 AM, TheDMV said:

Down to 6 candidates. MT is one of them. 4 of the others are names I haven’t seen mentioned in this thread. 

Goodman backing up what I said Thursday. The fan wish list was only that - a fan wish list. The job isn’t what fans think it is. 
 

 For what it’s worth, had not heard anything about Beard being a real candidate as of mid last week.

[Demo 22,767]

7 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

It’s his 3rd endorsement in the last 2 weeks

Beard’s agent is doing work. 

[Hoosierfanyuh 5,033]

Just now, go iu bb said:

Rabby now says that Brownell is out.

Best leak of the day lol

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild 543]

7 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

From a tactical standpoint, I don’t think his X’s and O’s are any better than someone like Cronin or Brownell who are potential candidates this board are completely out on. But his teams are tough, hard-nosed, and play good defense. 
 

With Beard, assuming he can keep his nose clean, he’d make the tournament most years but think you’d see a wide variance in conference finishes on a year to year basis. He’s barely over .500 in-conference at the P5 level.

It’s probably also a lot easier to recruit at IU than Ole Miss. 

[Hoosier987 2,593]

1 minute ago, go iu bb said:

Rabby now says that Brownell is out.

If this is the case then Beard or a surprise high major candidate 

[go iu bb 8,883]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Best leak of the day lol

Just now, Hoosier987 said:

If this is the case then Beard or a surprise high major candidate 

I edited because I initially misread his post. Actually said he's not out.

[iubb 4,644]

Rabby now says that Brownell is not out of the running.

So nobody knows anything


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[MrBBall 956]

13 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Boring? Yes.

Safe? I'm not so sure about that. He's been pretty blah most of his time at Clemson. It's a risk to assume he'd do better at IU.

Is he up for any other big time position? No. This is Indiana University not some reunion team

[Mopladysman 1,316]

1 minute ago, go iu bb said:

I edited because I initially misread his post. Actually said he's not out.

Who else is not out?

[go iu bb 8,883]

Just now, Stuhoo said:

Man, you guys quote quickly. I initially misread his post which contains the word "not".

[AH1971 2,792]

1 minute ago, IvanRenkosillegitimatechild said:

It’s probably also a lot easier to recruit at IU than Ole Miss. 

Probably. Still doesn’t run a fun and conducive offense.

[Ctf9 402]

1 minute ago, theriverpilot said:

I think Beard would instill a toughness factor in an IU squad that hasn’t been seen in a long time. It’s a quality that is almost impossible to measure or quantify, but it’s certainly observable.  

Agree with this. If you watched his Texas Tech teams, you know what he can do—they were blue collar and tough and really easy to root for. 
 

I also really don’t understand everyone pointing to his conference record—he’s had to do the fresh rebuild thing twice in short order (because of his own mistakes). But what Kelsey and May have done this year is a pretty recent phenomenon. A good coach taking a year or two to get up and running used to be normal. Hell look at Pitino’s first year at St. John’s. 
 

Anyway, I am as equally confused by the people who question Beard’s ability to coach as by the people who worry Stevens has “been away too long.”