General Coach Candidate News

[str8baller]

6 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

So why did UK have to settle for Pope or UL for Kelsey 

Timing most likely and misjudging the interest of top candidates.  
 

Are you suggesting Kentucky can’t pull away a big time coach? For Christ sakes they’ve hire Pitino out of the Big East, Tubby away from an in conference school and Calipari coming off of a huge run at Memphis. 

Big time programs hire from other maj conf schools quite a bit, for obvious reasons, but they don’t necessarily do it every time. 

[Scotty R]

4 minutes ago, HinnyHoosier said:

What if I told you they didn't settle?

So if IU had hired Kelsey last year our fan base would have been outrage. UL thought they had May after Drew said no. UK went after Hurley and Drew before selecting Pope 

[RaceToTheTop]

1 minute ago, Tony! Toni! Toné! said:

Until somebody posts a definitive “done deal” all they’re sharing is the information they have at that particular snapshot in time. It has nothing to do with being right or wrong. “Right or wrong“ on this particular topic is  wry much fluid.

It talks!

[HoosierSadaseci]

22 minutes ago, Tony! Toni! Toné! said:

I like your style Stu. To clarify this GIF was me nodding in agreement to your post. Far from irrelevant. In fact I’d argue none of my visuals have been irrelevant. In fact I’ve tried to convey to the group what information I’ve been provided.  

Some post long missives to make their point. Totally fine. I prefer pop culture visuals to espouse mine..

I love your posts with Gifs, it's like a game show...

[Scotty R]

7 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Timing most likely and misjudging the interest of top candidates.  
 

Are you suggesting Kentucky can’t pull away a big time coach? For Christ sakes they’ve hire Pitino out of the Big East, Tubby away from an in conference school and Calipari coming off of a huge run at Memphis. 

Big time programs hire from other maj conf schools quite a bit, for obvious reasons, but they don’t necessarily do it every time. 

Pitino didn't leave the big east for UK

 Also show me the last few years where a lot of coaches left power conference teams for other power teams. Calipari left because he was getting heat and wanted out.

[Artie86]

32 minutes ago, Trish said:

Moving on from Woodson, the candidate needs to have a name that gets the Boosters out of bed. 

I know…., I know…..,

[JSHoosier]

22 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

While true, we’re dealing with the same guy who bought out Archie for $10 million to turn around and hire Mike Woodson. 

Then gave Woodson a raise for what should've been bare minimum expectations.

There's zero reason to have any faith that this hire won't be another disappointment.

[Artie86]

24 minutes ago, Tony! Toni! Toné! said:

I like your style Stu. To clarify this GIF was me nodding in agreement to your post. Far from irrelevant. In fact I’d argue none of my visuals have been irrelevant. In fact I’ve tried to convey to the group what information I’ve been provided.  

Some post long missives to make their point. Totally fine. I prefer pop culture visuals to espouse mine..

…keep on truckin’! 

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

I agree with you here.  We shouldn’t be aiming for just “better than Woodson” with this hire.  IU needs to hire an elite coach.

And if elite coaches say no?

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[RaceToTheTop]

1 minute ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

And if elite coaches say no?

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Every time I worry about an elite coach getting IU to the promised land, I remember that both Mike and Hubert Davis have been to title games.

Now, those kind of coaches won't consistently do that but it does show that roster construction is huge.  If Woodson could have just constructed the roster wisely, he'd probably be here despite having bad X and O skill.

[realTomCrean]

1 minute ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

And if elite coaches say no?

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3 choices at that point

1) Forget morals -  Beard 

2) Get the best up and comer - McCollum 

3) Out-spend a lower P5 -  Devries 

[8bucks]

1 hour ago, TheWatShot said:

Or, the two coaches sharing a name has allowed him to post what he has, and he doesn't want to lose that cover. 

 

I think you're massively overthinking this. Is Brad Brownell really going to get someone excited enough to post about it like he has? 

He was just trying to get RTZ to respond.  I think it clear RTZ was not talking about BB

[realTomCrean]

https://x.com/thefieldof68/status/1898818921576161513?s=46&t=KBMjZuJJTG50JspPvw-4aA
 

MSU culture is awesome

[jimsorgi]

5 minutes ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

And if elite coaches say no?

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I feel very strongly about this. If IU is unable to hire an elite coach, they will hire a coach who is not an elite coach. This is my guarantee. 

[12345Brad]

11 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

Then gave Woodson a raise for what should've been bare minimum expectations.

There's zero reason to have any faith that this hire won't be another disappointment.

Didn’t Dolson also renegotiate the buyout at this time too though?  Win-Win

[Hornsby]

Were the fans wrong to turn on the last two experiments?  I was willing to give AM a go, MW should have NEVER been hired in the first place. 

I'll be interested to see how boy wonder mccollum does in the tourney vs a big name team

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[Hoosier82]

17 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Timing most likely and misjudging the interest of top candidates.  
 

Are you suggesting Kentucky can’t pull away a big time coach? For Christ sakes they’ve hire Pitino out of the Big East, Tubby away from an in conference school and Calipari coming off of a huge run at Memphis. 

Big time programs hire from other maj conf schools quite a bit, for obvious reasons, but they don’t necessarily do it every time. 

This was true 20 years ago.  Is it true today in the NIL landscape?  I legitimately don’t know.  Kentucky tried to pull Drew and were unsuccessful.  That itself is not 100% indicative.  I guess we will see if UNC and Kansas come open in the next couple of years.  I would be curious on what type of candidate they get.  

[Hornsby]

That would be catastrophic, absolutely worst case scenario, IMO. 

Bronwell would be on the level of a woodson hire

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[Stuhoo]

 

[Demo]

This McCollum pace of play stuff is killing me. On 3 viewings of Drake I’m guessing he’s probably a 65 possession guy, something like that. Someone less lazy than I am is welcome to check me on that. So he’s not Nate Oats. But I guarantee that Matt Painter and Dan Hurley are sub-70 possession guys. Average fans couldn’t tell the difference between 65 and 70 possessions if their lives depended on it. Aesthetically pleasing offense has zero to do with pace and everything to do with the quality of shots you’re generating. You run a 26 sec possession with crisp ball movement that results in your guy burying an open 3 and someone’s trying to me tell that’s boring? Then you’re not a basketball fan. Find me a guy with a vision of how to play who knows to recruit to it and teach it and dude is gonna win here.