General Coach Candidate News

[TTT 1,300]

55 minutes ago, TTT said:

https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=Josh Schertz offense&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:0722f3cd,vid:B5wBkx1x3MY,st:0

Start at 27:30 for Josh Shertz interview with thoughts on St Louis basketball and some of his philosophy.

Unless the ghost of Tony Hinkle has been hired just go ahead and hire this guy.  He gives a good interview.

[jimsorgi 1,101]

15 minutes ago, bodsbums said:

Hoosier dreams return,

Stevens walks where Knight once ruled,

Echoes of the past.

Who asked for a haiku?

Endless search for coach

Amidst the lore of failure

Is found our future

 

[IUHAHN81 3,303]

Didn't I read on here that Brad wouldn't get into negotiations until we technically don't have a coach? 

[Stromboli 6,193]

Anyone else excited to see who gets the first post on 2000???

[Hoosier987 2,604]

1 minute ago, IUHAHN81 said:

Didn't I read on here that Brad wouldn't get into negotiations until we technically don't have a coach? 

Coaches say a lot out in public...doesn't mean nothing is happening behind the scenes. 

[Tony! Toni! Toné! 659]

25 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

Well Doggonit I felt like I finally got one of @Tony! Toni! Toné!’s posts. I mean I felt really good and think I was agreeing with you here @Chris007until you said “horse”. Dang if that is a horse, or if there is some hidden meaning where a bull is a horse well I guess I will never get one of his posts. I was feeling all young and cool then you said horse. That has to be the ugliest horse out there. 

Ride her til she bucks you!

[Home Jersey 15,210]

3 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

It would be impossible because hundreds if not thousands have failed. 

What counts as failing though? Coaching is a complicated career path. Only one team wins it all/their conference every year. 

Should Greg McDermott be out because he failed during his time at Iowa State? I think of course not. 

Pitino Jr. stunk at Minnesota but now has New Mexico at 25-6 with a chance in March. Don't want him personally. 

Mick Cronin is certainly not a failure, he goes to the tournament every year, but he's not a world beater either per se. 

Chris Collins has a mediocre record at NW, which is probably impressive in itself considering it's NW. 

Bruce Weber flamed out at Illinois then went to Kansas State and went to an E8 and T-1st in the conference twice. 

Tom Crean had high highs and low lows at IU. He was hot garbage at UGA. 

IMO we are shopping in an aisle without any guarantees.

You can take someone with a higher floor and accept their ceiling for what it is, knowing they're probably not going to start the next dynasty here but you're giving yourself a shot to win consistently and eventually have a handful of special teams. 

Or you can "gamble" on a guy who has won 80% of his career games, including the outright MVC title in his first year in D1. Who set the single season wins record at Drake (30-3 .909) and may have more upside potential at just 43 years old. He certainly could fail here, wouldn't be the first to... but it would be a first for him personally. There are no guarantees. 

[Hornsby 3,870]

It would be impossible because hundreds if not thousands have failed. 

It would be one long list.

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[Kentuckysucks 4,331]

13 minutes ago, IUHAHN81 said:

Didn't I read on here that Brad wouldn't get into negotiations until we technically don't have a coach? 

Nonsense.  According to our insiders Brad has been negotiating with Dolson since Thanksgiving.

[Hoosier987 2,604]

9 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

What counts as failing though? Coaching is a complicated career path. Only one team wins it all/their conference every year. 

Should Greg McDermott be out because he failed during his time at Iowa State? I think of course not. 

Pitino Jr. stunk at Minnesota but now has New Mexico at 25-6 with a chance in March. Don't want him personally. 

Mick Cronin is certainly not a failure, he goes to the tournament every year, but he's not a world beater either per se. 

Chris Collins has a mediocre record at NW, which is probably impressive in itself considering it's NW. 

Bruce Weber flamed out at Illinois then went to Kansas State and went to an E8 and T-1st in the conference twice. 

Tom Crean had high highs and low lows at IU. He was hot garbage at UGA. 

IMO we are shopping in an aisle without any guarantees.

You can take someone with a higher floor and accept their ceiling for what it is, knowing they're probably not going to start the next dynasty here but you're giving yourself a shot to win consistently and eventually have a handful of special teams. 

Or you can "gamble" on a guy who has won 80% of his career games, including the outright MVC title in his first year in D1. Who set the single season wins record at Drake (30-3 .909) and may have more upside potential at just 43 years old. He certainly could fail here, wouldn't be the first to... but it would be a first for him personally. There are no guarantees. 

I don't think Mcdermott or Cronin have failed. They're not necessarily my first picks, but I would choose them over Mccollum and my guess is most people would.  For a high major like Indiana, failing is not winning on a consistent level, not having us compete for Big Ten titles every couple of years and someone who doesn't have us competing for Final Fours every several years. I'm not placing my trust or bets on Mccollum to do any of that until he's got more experience other than D2 and 1 year at Drake with 2 quad 1 games (both of which weren't great teams either) under his belt...as you said, it's "no guarantees." I think we have some guarantees this time around. 

[Trish 14,401]

3 hours ago, MikeRoberts said:

Then why are they reaching out to McCollum?

 

There’s no confirmation on that. 

[IUHAHN81 3,303]

3 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

Nonsense.  According to our insiders Brad has been negotiating with Dolson since Thanksgiving.

Yes sir. Thats been the word. Maybe I'm not getting it quite right. Coulda been wouldn't "sign" or give "verbal" or something like that. Just vaguely remember reading SOMETHING along those lines. Hell, maybe I just made it up in my optimistic head! Haha

[Shoes_N_Shorts 210]

56 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

You stay on that horse if it tries to buck. But it's not trying too. 

That’s… not a horse. 

[Hoosier Guy 8,333]

46 minutes ago, 12345Brad said:

As @Chris007 mentioned, talking to a handful of candidates is part of the process for a variety of reasons. 

I liken it to the Bears before they hired Ben Johnson.  We all knew that Ben Johnson was going to be the head coach.  Still, they interviewed everyone under the sun until the announcement was official.  The same thing could be happening here.

[Mopladysman 1,323]

4 minutes ago, Trish said:

There’s no confirmation on that. 

Nor the other.

[8bucks 7,461]

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

Ride her til she bucks you!

Yeah I kind of got that lol but poor @Chris007 needs to watch some horse movies while we wait for an announcement 

[Trish 14,401]

3 hours ago, Motley's said:

None of those teams hired an active CBB coach. So that's a good indication that IU will hire someone who's still coaching. It's a great opportunity to continue to study the candidates. 

Miami just hired Duke’s assistant coach. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 89,594]

Coaching Changes just tweeted Ryan Odom is the clubhouse leader for NC State.

[Demo 22,882]

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

Coaching Changes just tweeted Ryan Odom is the clubhouse leader for NC State.

That would make all kinds of sense.

[LamarCheeks 21,908]

6 minutes ago, Trish said:

Miami just hired Duke’s assistant coach. 

That actually happened last week. Introductory presser was today, though.