General Coach Candidate News

[DChoosier 9,388]

  On 3/13/2025 at 7:49 PM, rcbowla said:

I can't see this Crown tournament actually taking place. Players, coaches and fans want to wait another 3 weeks to watch, play or coach a team that they probably couldn't wait to be done with? I'm sure the ratings will be stellar. Starting at center for Indiana is 6' 5" Jordan Rayford. And at PG is some guy named Craig that IU found at the upstairs pub last night.

We should send the intramural champions.

[JSHoosier 22,116]

  On 3/13/2025 at 7:36 PM, Chris007 said:

This is why I keep saying this is the best search I have ever been around. Today I have had two people tell me it's Collins

Another buddy sent me McDermott done deal, I also got a McCollum done deal

I got a not Stevens but someone just as big

Last night was told the hire has been made since March 1st

Spoke to an agent who said that Drew and May couldn't get an interview because Dolson already had his guy at the end of Feb.

I love this but ready for it to be over. 

Just as big as Stevens, not many of those.

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  On 3/13/2025 at 7:26 PM, Chris007 said:

I have no idea what the Crown is. Does that take place in England? Do I get fish n chips for watching? F*ck the Crown. Let's hire BS and shock the CBB world

 

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This hire better be brad cause I fear almost anyone else we hire will be bad. I am officially doom and gloom until I see a reason not to be. We need a splash hire for instant juice. A reason to pack the hall for hoosier hysteria. Not some mid major hot shot imo

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  On 3/13/2025 at 7:51 PM, JSHoosier said:

Just as big as Stevens, not many of those.

Maybe someone like Oats would be close but that's probably about it.  The other good coaches are too old to be home runs.

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  On 3/13/2025 at 7:36 PM, Chris007 said:

This is why I keep saying this is the best search I have ever been around. Today I have had two people tell me it's Collins

Another buddy sent me McDermott done deal, I also got a McCollum done deal

I got a not Stevens but someone just as big

Last night was told the hire has been made since March 1st

Spoke to an agent who said that Drew and May couldn't get an interview because Dolson already had his guy at the end of Feb.

I love this but ready for it to be over. 

Either Dolson is doing a great job keeping this search close to the vest... or he's an undiagnosed schizophrenic that's just hired 5 different imaginary coaches.

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  On 3/13/2025 at 7:51 PM, TadQueasy said:

That is insanity.

Drew and May couldnt get an interview, but Smart supposedly got one?  

Lots of things that do not add up.  

 

I put May and Drew in the real interviews, Smart in the courtesy interview with the search firm

[JSHoosier 22,116]

  On 3/13/2025 at 7:54 PM, Kentuckysucks said:

Maybe someone like Oats would be close but that's probably about it.  The other good coaches are too old to be home runs.

I was thinking Donovan.

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  On 3/13/2025 at 7:54 PM, moyemayhem said:

Either Dolson is doing a great job keeping this search close to the vest... or he's an undiagnosed schizophrenic that's just hired 5 different imaginary coaches.

He's either got a whale lined up or the search has been a bust.  I see little in between.

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  On 3/13/2025 at 7:55 PM, JSHoosier said:

I was thinking Donovan.

Nah too old.

[Hoosierfan2017 24,351]

  On 3/13/2025 at 7:26 PM, PartyintheVillas said:

If Brownell took Indiana to the elite 8 last year and had them in the top 10 this year, how would you feel? I'm not saying I would be doing cartwheels for BB, I definitely would not, but if we're comparing Brownell, Collins, etc. You don't have to squint to see the case for Brownell the past 2 seasons.

Which Brownell is the real Brownell? The guy who went to the tournament 3 times in his first 13 seasons and teetered on and off the hot seat, or the guy from the past two seasons? How much has he benefited from the ACC becoming a weak conference? Sure Clemson isn’t a basketball Mecca, but it’s not Siberia, and it doesn’t have Northwestern’s Ivy League admission standards. His results have been very mediocre and outside of the past two seasons hasn’t shown an ability to elevate a program. I’d much rather take a flier on Collins or a risk on McCollum than go with Brownell. 

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  On 3/13/2025 at 7:55 PM, Kentuckysucks said:

Nah too old.

He's 59. Indiana could get 10 or so years out of him, I wouldn't complain about that at all.

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Would be hilarious for so much thought and care going into making Woody’s exit as graceful as possible, only for them to be forced to play in the Crown tournament basically a month after the season is over. And consequently end up announcing the next coach before he is actually off the sidelines lol. Don’t see how that tournament can possibly take place logistically but I’m sure people much smarter than me figured it out….

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  On 3/13/2025 at 7:36 PM, Chris007 said:

This is why I keep saying this is the best search I have ever been around. Today I have had two people tell me it's Collins

Another buddy sent me McDermott done deal, I also got a McCollum done deal

I got a not Stevens but someone just as big

Last night was told the hire has been made since March 1st

Spoke to an agent who said that Drew and May couldn't get an interview because Dolson already had his guy at the end of Feb.

I love this but ready for it to be over. 

#1. You need fewer friends. 
#2.  If a deal has been done since ~March 1, it has to be a current non-coach. Contracts can be discussed, but an actual contract couldn’t be “done” while a coach is still under contract with another school. 
#3.  How was Shaka interviewed last week if May and Drew couldn’t get interviews earlier because of a done deal?

#4. May’s extension has always led me to believe something was already baked in for the IU job. 

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  On 3/13/2025 at 3:43 PM, AH1971 said:

Wade and Cignetti actually have very similar demeanors and levels of arrogance and cockiness to them. I love coaches with this kind of attitude. There's a ton of people (outside IU of course) who don't care for Curt Cignetti because of this. 

Watch the documentary.  Not at all the same.  Cignetti's arrogant.   Wade's an a$$hole.

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  On 3/13/2025 at 7:51 PM, TadQueasy said:

That is insanity.

Drew and May couldnt get an interview, but Smart supposedly got one?  

Lots of things that do not add up.  

 

I just can’t imagine a world where that would take place. I’d be excited if Smart was a legitimate candidate, but it’d be downright silly to interview him and not the other two. 

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  On 3/13/2025 at 7:36 PM, Chris007 said:

This is why I keep saying this is the best search I have ever been around. Today I have had two people tell me it's Collins

Another buddy sent me McDermott done deal, I also got a McCollum done deal

I got a not Stevens but someone just as big

Last night was told the hire has been made since March 1st

Spoke to an agent who said that Drew and May couldn't get an interview because Dolson already had his guy at the end of Feb.

I love this but ready for it to be over. 

Yes, they put forth a nice effort with the diversion.  Must mean Brad.

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  On 3/13/2025 at 7:49 PM, rcbowla said:

I can't see this Crown tournament actually taking place. Players, coaches and fans want to wait another 3 weeks to watch, play or coach a team that they probably couldn't wait to be done with? I'm sure the ratings will be stellar. Starting at center for Indiana is 6' 5" Jordan Rayford. And at PG is some guy named Craig that IU found at the upstairs pub last night.

Would make a great "Invincible" story, though. Maybe IU could have tryouts for the basketball team for the tourney. Think of the publicity...LOL