General Coach Candidate News

[AH1971]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

McCollum isn’t even Iowa’s first choice, apparently. Hiring Iowa’s backup plan would be a total IU move, though. 

I'd hire DeVries over McCollum too given the choice between either and assuming both were available and interested. Very rarely do schools get their top choice however. 

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

Just now, Chris007 said:

I don't like to speak in names. I'm still talking about the same. 

Ok no problem appreciate ya!

[hoosierdaddy1980]

6 minutes ago, 4iufourever said:

I have it easy today at school since it's an early out and parent/teacher conferences today.  Spring break starts Friday!  This is me every 5 minutes:

 

Same for me, except our spring break is the following week!

[Mopladysman]

4 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

My friend just sent me the screenshot of Trilly saying this. Yikes lol 

I get it’s his home but I don’t get the football school thing.  Like saying I’m really good at coaching basketball but please don’t watch me do it. 

[Hoosierfan2017]

5 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

Yes, Woodson was an underwhelming hire…but it’s believed his hand was more forced last time around. It doesn’t sound like that’s the case this time around 

Frankly I don’t really believe that his hand was forced last time, but if the best Dolson can muster this time is McCollum or Brownell, it shows it wouldn’t have mattered last time either.  

[IU05]

2 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

what is there to do with this info? 

Assume that the only possibility those planes would fly from those places to the same place, is to finalize an agreement with Our Guy. 

[Hovadipo]

1 minute ago, Mopladysman said:

I get it’s his home but I don’t get the football school thing.  Like saying I’m really good at coaching basketball but please don’t watch me do it. 

I totally understand what he's saying and, if that's actually his mindset, want nothing to do with him at IU. Sounds perfect for Iowa. 

[Hoosierfan1901]

4 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

what is there to do with this info? 

Unless someone has absolute info who is on the planes, then absolutely nothing

[MrBBall]

4 minutes ago, Trish said:

Ben seems like the coach you land at Wisconsin or Iowa and you regret it because they'll play a style of basketball for the next 15 years and they'll be good here and there with some runs in March.

It's just not a sexy hire, could be a great hire, could blow up like Archie. If it is indeed a mid-major coach, we'll officially know the Indiana job is simply just not good anymore. 

100 ******* percent 

[CSP]

Just now, Hovadipo said:

I totally understand what he's saying and, if that's actually his mindset, want nothing to do with him at IU. Sounds perfect for Iowa. 

Iowa basketball isn't even their #1 WINTER sport lol 

[CSP]

2 minutes ago, IU05 said:

Assume that the only possibility those planes would fly from those places to the same place, is to finalize an agreement with Our Guy. 

I think you guys are on a wild goose hunt. To each their own

[iu eyedoc]

44 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

McCollum makes perfect sense to me.

Occam's razor, also known as the principle of parsimony, suggests that when faced with competing hypotheses or explanations, the simplest one is usually the most likely correct one. 

For me? Ben McCollum is our "Occam's razor candidate."

Is Brownell our Schrodinger's Cat?

 

Both IU's next coach and not IU's next coach at the same time?

[Hovadipo]

Just now, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Iowa basketball isn't even their #1 WINTER sport lol 

If you want to coach in the shadow of wrestling, be my friggin' guest pal.

[Mopladysman]

Kinda sad Iowa somehow has all these lower tier great coaches from that supposedly all want their crap job and we’ve got nobody in Indiana 

[Trish]

Would Brad Brownell even be mentioned if he wasn't born in Indiana? 

[SlammySammy]

[HoosierAccipiter]

7 minutes ago, Mopladysman said:

I get it’s his home but I don’t get the football school thing.  Like saying I’m really good at coaching basketball but please don’t watch me do it. 

…or he knows that if the search has reached his name, IU has struck out on who knows how many before him… maybe IU has reached a level of desperation to offer more money to keep him from choosing Iowa. 

Edited March 12, 2025 by HoosierAccipiter

[EasyEJay]

If Ben McCollum was Scott’s back up plan all along and he his preference is Iowa , and Scott still hasn’t locked up or his “big fish” or whatever hasn’t signed on the dotted line then at risk of this turning into a sh** show . Pick up the phone . Call Will Wade offer him 7.5 - 8 million a year and let’s get back to winning basketball games please ! 

[AH1971]

Just now, Trish said:

Would Brad Brownell even be mentioned if he wasn't born in Indiana? 

I mean he's had a top 20 KenPom team the last two seasons and has decade plus worth of experience coaching P5 basketball. Would he be a candidate at Duke or Kansas? Probably not, but Indiana isn't close to Duke or Kansas right now.

[Indynorthsider]

2 minutes ago, Trish said:

Would Brad Brownell even be mentioned if he wasn't born in Indiana? 

Exactly and no! Never understood why being from or playing in Indiana is a pre qualifier for some people.