General Coach Candidate News

[mjeze106 291]

Well well well, look who it is...

[Hoosier987 2,070]

4 minutes ago, Trish said:

Fair point, they also hired a former player similar to Woodson at Indiana. Duke and UNC hired former players. I do think that's not discussed enough in terms of college basketball coaching changes nowadays. Folks are retiring and the new era is upon us. 

Very true about the former players. I guess you can say we tried that route lol 

[Magnanimous 4,904]

5 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Louisville hired a mid major coach last cycle that hasn’t won a tournament game as well

IU has 1 winning conference record in the last 9 years but somehow people believe IU should be able to pull sitting power 5 coaches that have things rolling at their current school.  Times have definitely changed 

Exactly. Duke, UNC, Kentucky, and Louisville have all been in the same situation as us for their most recent coaching searches. And I think all of those programs would give a hard look at McCollum right now if they were hiring this cycle. 

[Hornsby 3,555]

Kentucky hired a guy 12 months ago with 0 NCAA tournament wins. That's just where college basketball is now.

He also had 4 years experience at byu where he had an almost .700 winning percentage. 8 years total d1 experience. The Louisville coach had like 10 years of d1 experience

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8 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

There is an article on ESPN.com but I could only read a little bit of it because it is behind a paywall. The main thing was where are all the big time coaches. It was talking about why Indiana other big time programs are having trouble getting top tier coaches to come to their schools. Also said if Texas and Villanova comes open they probably will have the same problem.

Have ESPN+ and read it - not much too it - says 2 favorites for IU are McCullom and Brownell.

Talk a little about teams searching mostly said  other coaches are 'cost prohibitive' if even interested - listed all the big names buys outs - all are over 10 mil.

[Uspshoosier 51,795]

4 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

We’ve made one E8 since the Nintendo 64 was released…

Some company is releasing an HD N64 with HDMI this year for 249.99 so maybe this next year will be the year IU gets back to the Elite 8 

[Scotty R 3,050]

23 minutes ago, Silat Player said:

Wait...what? How did it get that far?

No one really knows anything so take it with a grain of salt

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 10,546]

1 minute ago, Hornsby said:

He also had 4 years experience at byu where he had an almost .700 winning percentage. 8 years total d1 experience. That's three years more experience at a better school than drake

 

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so that's the predetermined line for success? That's where McCollum would need to get to know he'd be successful? or would that goal post move once he obtains it, as well? 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 9,118]

Im on the Will Wade train. Screw it.

[Uspshoosier 51,795]

2 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

He also had 4 years experience at byu where he had an almost .700 winning percentage. 8 years total d1 experience. That's three years more experience at a better school than drake

 

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3 of his years at BYU were in the WCC 

[pumpfake 4,258]

If there are strategic smokescreen/leaks, I can see McCollum's name being exactly that.  The sudden, multiple "leaks" in the last day or two makes me suspicious.*

 

* DISCLAIMER: I don't know squat and my intuition is 100% unreliable.

[Ryno6284 3,750]

1 minute ago, Hornsby said:

He also had 4 years experience at byu where he had an almost .700 winning percentage. 8 years total d1 experience. That's three years more experience at a better school than drake

 

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Any conference regular season or tourney championships? Any national championships? I think some are underselling the winning that McCollum does.

[Hoosier82 432]

I wander what a McCollum hire does for NIL.  I would assume Dolson is telling every candidate what they would have available next year.  

[Kentuckysucks 3,825]

Just now, Magnanimous said:

Exactly. Duke, UNC, Kentucky, and Louisville have all been in the same situation as us the for their most recent coaching searches. And I think all of those programs would give a hard look at McCollum right now if they were hiring this cycle. 

UK got lucky by pouncing on Cal at the exact right time.  Remember that we could've had him too at one point.  Their other post Pitino hires have been Tubby, the drunken psycho, and Pope.

UNC currently has Davis who will likely be fired next year.  Before Roy it was Doherty and Guthridge. Duke hired a former player who had never been a HC before.

We would be lucky to land McCollum.

[Hornsby 3,555]

3 of his years at BYU were in the WCC 

Either way he had alot more experience and a track record to look at. Some of you want to turn over a program with the top nil in the big ten to a guy with one year of d1 experience.

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[Trish 13,247]

Just now, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Im on the Will Wade train. Screw it.

Dolson isn't touching that. Dolson is a clean face kind of guy, probably wants someone who wouldn't hurt a fly. Will Wade will pay someone to hurt a fly. 

[Uspshoosier 51,795]

Kentucky hired Mark Pope when he only had 1 year of high major coaching under his belt 

[AKHoosier 7,412]

I'm just ready to start supporting and following our new coach.

I legit don't even care who it is anymore. (Just not Brownell please).

[Magnanimous 4,904]

1 minute ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

so that's the predetermined line for success? That's where McCollum would need to get to know he'd be successful? or would that goal post move once he obtains it, as well? 

If McCollum retired today there is a legitimate argument he’d eventually make the basketball HOF as a coach. Several D2 coaches have made it with less success than he has had. They just stayed at their schools for decades to accumulate more all-time wins.

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24 minutes ago, Hoosier82 said:

Crazy Idea.  IU hires Ben McCollum, who in turn hires recently fired big ten head coach Fran McCaffery as an assistant to help navigate the big ten.  Fran gets to be closer to his kids and work a few years until he wants to retire.  I wouldn’t hate it.  

Get to watch FranCon in person? Absolutely. Seriously though his is considered a brilliant offense mind from what other coaches say. Plus I'd get to watch his head explode in person.

https://247sports.com/college/iowa/article/ncaa-tournament-bruce-pearl-freedom-and-confidence-keys-to-fran-mccafferys-successful-offenses-206590122/