General Coach Candidate News

[GP711]

Just now, VFury said:

Keep talkin....

Long shot, still on brad train, but another big name popped up yesterday with some “soft chatter” shoutout Rabby

[AH1971]

13 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Can you win a title with him? Sure…he puts together good teams that are athletic and play pressure defense and wear on you for 40 min. But he needs to get lucky in the draw. Teams with good guards who can handle their pressure and/or make it a game off half court offensive execution send him packing every year. And he’s basically been a 1 seed the last four years so you would expect them to make the S16.

They would have given UConn everything they wanted had Shead not gotten hurt in the S16 against Duke last year.

[Motley's]

2 minutes ago, Crazy about IU said:

In Woodsons mind he has done a great job. But what he doesn’t get is he is not competing against the big boys. He does a good job of eating the cupcakes though. 

The weird thing is, he can beat Izzo and Painter, but not Collins or Hoiberg. 

[Crazy about IU]

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

 

I once knew a girl that would be good at that .

[Hoosierfanyuh]

2 minutes ago, GP711 said:

Long shot, still on brad train, but another big name popped up yesterday with some “soft chatter” shoutout Rabby

Elaborate lol

[hoosiersoxfan]

1 minute ago, 12345Brad said:

Bulls are in NBA purgatory.  Reinsdorf sucks.  

Being a fan of two teams he owns is so incredibly frustrating.  Throw IUBB on top of that and you've got one unhappy sports fan.

[Jet812]

20 minutes ago, Crazy about IU said:

Let’s do this who is everyone’s top 3 picks to get the IU job. The most likely.

Greg McDermott 

Shaka

Stevens

ole-what’s-eez-name

McCollum

Turgeon

I’m a pessimist.

[Hoosierfan1901]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Elaborate lol

Billy D probably, went back to the house talk yesterday and he said that house screams Billy D

[Motley's]

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

He’s talking about Billy D

Here's the problem with Donovan. Same reason UK moved on from him last year. He won't do anything until Bulls season ends. 

[pumpfake]

1 hour ago, JSHoosier said:

Welp, time to speculate who would be a big fish. A whale is a mammal so Stevens is out.

sTurgeon?

[tyappleg]

24 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I had a great conversation with someone last night.

I'm going

Stevens, Self, Few, Donovan. But mostly just the first one

That's a hell of a list.  I'm still going to temper my expectations and am expecting a mid major guy.  Appreciate all your info though. 

[AH1971]

11 minutes ago, JPCIVOP said:

So here's a question; is Self slowing down? How would we feel about Bill Self? Call me crazy, but I'm leery of him compared to the others on that list. Confident in Few, but IU would be a much bigger job than he's used to doing.

Think Stevens and Donovan would be obvious home runs. 

I see absolutely ZERO incentive for Bill Self to ever coach again once his time at Kansas is up. Has nothing left to prove and has health issues. 

[JSHoosier]

5 minutes ago, pumpfake said:

sTurgeon?

Ap said big fish, not minnow; if Turgeon even qualifies as a minnow.

[JSHoosier]

29 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I had a great conversation with someone last night.

I'm going

Stevens, Self, Few, Donovan. But mostly just the first one

[johnsoniu]

9 minutes ago, hoosiersoxfan said:

Being a fan of two teams he owns is so incredibly frustrating.  Throw IUBB on top of that and you've got one unhappy sports fan.

Preach

[Trish]

Good morning folks, we’re 10 days or less from naming our next head coach. That is, an unexpected run from the Hoosiers spoil that.. 

[Silat Player]

30 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I had a great conversation with someone last night.

I'm going

Stevens, Self, Few, Donovan. But mostly just the first one

I've always thought that if IU was going to get a true whale this cycle, Donovan made the most sense. If he was ready to return to college to finish his career, IU would be the perfect choice. 

He probably wants out of Chitown. It's just a matter of whether he wants to return to college. He would seem like a more realistic choice than a guy who has turned IU down multiple times and seems really happy in Boston. 

Just a thought...

[Alistair Smash]

3 minutes ago, Trish said:

Good morning folks, we’re 10 days or less from naming our next head coach. That is, an unexpected run from the Hoosiers spoil that.. 

I sure freaking hope its the under.  I don't think I have 10 more days of this in me.

[12345Brad]

13 minutes ago, hoosiersoxfan said:

Being a fan of two teams he owns is so incredibly frustrating.  Throw IUBB on top of that and you've got one unhappy sports fan.

Blackhawks are in a tank-a-thon, but Bears finally are headed in the right direction (hopefully)

[EasyEJay]

3 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

I see absolutely ZERO incentive for Bill Self to ever coach again once his time at Kansas is up. Has nothing left to prove and has health issues. 

I agree but he’s stated multiple times that he still wants to coach passed this year . Kansas fans are NOT happy they want him out now . many believe that will would be able to go get Nate Oats from Alabama (no idea if that’s true but they believe they can ) 

If admin desires to nudge him in that direction and he still wants to coach ? IU would be the perfect landing spot . Hed have the resources similar to Kansas and he’s coached in the Big Ten before (it’s a little different ) also too if be easy for him to raise the floor of the program . BUT again the chip on his shoulder might push him for 4-5 more good years . Who knows you are probably right . Better to talk about this than McCollum or Brownell For the next 90 min till tipoff lol