General Coach Candidate News

[hoosiersoxfan]

1 minute ago, HoosierTrav said:

All things considered. Huss SHOULD do very well here. I’d be thrilled with Huss or McCollum. 

Everyday I'm HUSStlin

[ap2345]

Just now, IU05 said:

Give it to me straight, doc. Can I keep clinging to my Stevens dream as of now?

I haven't heard anything from my best source on that situation yet to make me change my thinking yet.

[TadQueasy]

Woodys arrogance comes from nothing though. He has literally done nothing in the world of college basketball and he acts like he created the world. 

At least McCollum has accomplished something and has some skins on the wall.  

 

 

[Papacap]

2 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

I'm hearing all kinds of stuff but I was told yesterday morning rumors would be crazy this week. We'll see what happens. 

Got any more of that stuff?

[AZ Hoosier]

3 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Worth noting in the article where McCasland tells that story, he said he tried to find a retort for McCollum’s offense and couldn’t. He then credits for McCollum for helping change trajectory of his North Texas team. Big jump in their offensive numbers after adopting some of Ben’s stuff. For all the talk of needing a personality that can handle this place, I take stories like these as positive indicators that hes got the chops for that. Doesn’t give me pause for a moment personally.

I read the same... can't argue with that.

[68Hoosier]

16 minutes ago, Demo said:

Will say this: When his name 1st popped up I reached out to a friend who’s a D1 Asst Coach in my neck of the woods who’s actually vaguely acquainted with him, Missouri  basketball is a very small world, and while he thinks he’s really good he also thinks he’s intense to the point of being a little bit nuts(his word, not mine). So I’d always been a little cool on the idea. But I’ve seen no public evidence that he’s anything but just a conventionally driven guy. He’s certainly no Dan Hurley. That still feels like a big step up, but his coaching talent is unassailable.

Side note: for people who like to complain about Woody’s “arrogance”, McCollum literally told Grant McCasland, a really successful coach, that his offense sucked and was too easy to guard. That sounds kind of arrogant. People down with that?

I think the arrogance between the two are a bit different.  When you can point out something and back it up, it's not really arrogance.  Woody's arrogance seems to push away his staff and the fans and not able to back anything up on the floor.

I am okay with some arrogance (see coach cig), but don't talk down the fans supporting your program.

[IUBtown]

3 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

I'm hearing all kinds of stuff but I was told yesterday morning rumors would be crazy this week. We'll see what happens. 

Well sounds like you got someone who knows their stuff, what else have they said.  

[HoosierTrav]

1 minute ago, Home Jersey said:

Worth noting in the article where McCasland tells that story, he said he tried to find a retort for McCollum’s offense and couldn’t. He then credits for McCollum for helping change trajectory of his North Texas team. Big jump in their offensive numbers after adopting some of Ben’s stuff. For all the talk of needing a personality that can handle this place, I take stories like these as positive indicators that hes got the chops for that. Doesn’t give me pause for a moment personally.

Where I’m at…… If McCollum really wants this job and believes he can win championships here, then he’s a no brainer. If there is any doubt in his mind at all, then we shouldn’t. 
 

A prerequisite of succeeding at Indiana is supreme confidence that you can win at Indiana. 
 

Think back to Kelvin Sampson’s introductory press conference 

[IU05]

1 minute ago, ap2345 said:

I haven't heard anything from my best source on that situation yet to make me change my thinking yet.

We ride at dawn 

[monskisprodigy]

2 minutes ago, hoosiersoxfan said:

Everyday I'm HUSStlin

Who the fu$! you think you fu$!in' with? I'm the fu$!in' HUSS!

[str8baller]

18 minutes ago, Demo said:

Will say this: When his name 1st popped up I reached out to a friend who’s a D1 Asst Coach in my neck of the woods who’s actually vaguely acquainted with him, Missouri  basketball is a very small world, and while he thinks he’s really good he also thinks he’s intense to the point of being a little bit nuts(his word, not mine). So I’d always been a little cool on the idea. But I’ve seen no public evidence that he’s anything but just a conventionally driven guy. He’s certainly no Dan Hurley. That still feels like a big step up, but his coaching talent is unassailable.

Side note: for people who like to complain about Woody’s “arrogance”, McCollum literally told Grant McCasland, a really successful coach, that his offense sucked and was too easy to guard. That sounds kind of arrogant. People down with that?

This is Indiana. If he wins championships not only will people be ok with it, they’ll be emulating it with their kids grade school teams on the weekends.  There will be a whole epidemic of youth coaches wearing white shirts, mono-colored ties, and yelling at the other sideline that their action sucks. 

[Silat Player]

1 minute ago, str8baller said:

This is Indiana. If he wins championships not only will people be ok with it, they’ll be emulating it with their kids grade school teams on the weekends.  There will be a whole epidemic of youth coaches wearing white shirts, mono-colored ties, and yelling at the other sideline that their action sucks. 

 

[HoosierTrav]

4 minutes ago, monskisprodigy said:

Who the fu$! you think you fu$!in' with? I'm the fu$!in' HUSS!

Everyday I’m HUSSTLIN

[iubb]

1 minute ago, HoosierTrav said:

Everyday I’m HUSSTLIN

 

[CrossboneIU22]

2 hours ago, Home Jersey said:

https://archive.is/lG8gw

From the Ben McCollum thread, for anyone wanting to get to know him beyond the superficial resume. 

I'm sold just based on this alone.

[IUBtown]

8 minutes ago, str8baller said:

This is Indiana. If he wins championships not only will people be ok with it, they’ll be emulating it with their kids grade school teams on the weekends.  There will be a whole epidemic of youth coaches wearing white shirts, mono-colored ties, and yelling at the other sideline that their action sucks. 

My kid for Halloween if McCollum wins a championship. 
 

[Shoes_N_Shorts]

1 hour ago, str8baller said:

He took all their players with him to Drake. 

...whose best player was taken to West Virginia. The portal works both ways.

[RoadToZion]

[Hoosierfan1901]

Just now, RoadToZion said:

Oh wowzers

[Artie86]

1 hour ago, MikeRoberts said:

 

....no offense to BehindTheBench, but he wasn't one of the the main 3 sources I was speaking about.

 The guys I was referring to was, RTZ, Chris, ap2345. Some of them said some of the other things, but none of them said "done deal".