General Coach Candidate News

[SlammySammy]

6 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

 

Think she was just trying to keep Andy Katz awake! 

WOULD

[jimsorgi]

6 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

I can't believe this wasn't mentioned yesterday. Rabby with a big scoop: Hiring Shrewsberry is not on the table.

Feel free to act shocked.

I can break news like this.  

BREAKING: Despite Georgia Tech's halftime lead over Duke, Indiana is NOT expected to pursue Damon Stoudamire as its next head basketball coach. 

[Jeff Flabjohns]

1 minute ago, HoosierPapi4 said:

1 day closer to ending the pain and suffering 

This might be Woodys last game. I don’t see them accepting an invitation to that new Crown tourney

[CrossboneIU22]

2 hours 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 think Self, like Calipari and some others, benefitted a great deal from under the table payments to get players.  NIL being legal now and bringing the playing field to a more level standard, I believe has hurt him being able to get the best of the best players and winning with them.  Just my personal opinion.

[JustWinBaby]

If we lose today, I see no reason to wait till next week or later to announce the new coach. It’s clear this team doesn’t have the chops to accomplish much if they sneak into the NCAA tourney. Let’s just announce the coach (assuming the deal is done) and have something positive to discuss.

[tyappleg]

1 minute ago, DoctorP said:

This might be Woodys last game. I don’t see them accepting an invitation to that new Crown tourney

I think they are still in with a loss.  But they definitely will be sweating out bid stealers. 

[tyappleg]

Just now, JustWinBaby said:

If we lose today, I see no reason to wait till next week or later to announce the new coach. It’s clear this team doesn’t have the chops to accomplish much if they sneak into the NCAA tourney. Let’s just announce the coach (assuming the deal is done) and have something positive to discuss.

If the guy we are hiring is still coaching, we will need to wait regardless.

[SlammySammy]

1 minute ago, tyappleg said:

Huh?????  Mods?????

[JustWinBaby]

Just now, tyappleg said:

If the guy we are hiring is still coaching, we will need to wait regardless.

We’ll just have to see who it is I suppose.

[AZ Hoosier]

3 minutes ago, DoctorP said:

This might be Woodys last game. I don’t see them accepting an invitation to that new Crown tourney

I dunno... every king needs a Crown... even a self-proclaimed king.

[go iu bb]

3 hours ago, str8baller said:

His half court offense is not great. It’s what kills him in the tourney every year. It’s what killed him against Davis where IU held them to 15 points below their average. His next final four was against Wrights Villanova squad where Houston scored a whole 44 points! 
 

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.  
 

He’s overrated by the people who think if only IU kept him we’d have another banner by now. Possible, but not close to a sure thing. Probably not even likely given the fact that in about 35 years of coaching at P5 (Houston wasn’t always tho) schools he’s made two Final Fours. At some point you have enough data to establish a trend.  
 

You want to kill the IU administration for passing on a scumbag that cost us a banner then lament not going after Pitino. Or complain that we didn’t go after Beilein. All much better coaches than Sampson. 

Sampson himself says that he's a better coach now than when he was at IU due to things he learned while in the NBA.

[SlammySammy]

Just now, AZ Hoosier said:

I dunno... every king needs a Crown... even a self-proclaimed king.

Oh you know he is eyeing that thing......

[Pudman]

Wonder if the new Chancellor is going to have a say. Probably not, but they are supposed to be the person in charge of the Bloomington campus.

[SlammySammy]

1 minute ago, Pudman said:

Wonder if the new Chancellor is going to have a say. Probably not, but they are supposed to be the person in charge of the Bloomington campus.

This guy? 

[str8baller]

4 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Sampson himself says that he's a better coach now than when he was at IU due to things he learned while in the NBA.

Wouldn’t surprise me. 

[iubb]

33 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

I can't believe this wasn't mentioned yesterday. Rabby with a big scoop: Hiring Shrewsberry is not on the table.

Feel free to act shocked.

[Hornsby]

If we have our guy, why are we even interviewing anyone else?

We have our guy

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[Hornsby]

I dunno... every king needs a Crown... even a self-proclaimed king.

Just let him cook

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[go iu bb]

IF Self were to come to Indiana, yes, it probably would be just a short term deal before he retires. 4-6 years, I'd say so we'd have to go through this again in the not too distant future. However, he would leave the program in a much better position than it is now as well as killing the narrative that IU isn't an attractive school to big name coaches. I would expect the next hire to be a good one, too, or there would also be more room to take a chance on an up-and-coming coach.

That said, I see absolutely no way Bill Self leaves Kansas unless he's retiring. 

[iu eyedoc]

1 hour ago, AH1971 said:

He's perfect for the IU job. Been clamoring for him since this thread blew up a month ago. 

You also clamored about Mick Cronin suing UCLA to get out of his buyout. So there's that