General Coach Candidate News

[PartyintheVillas 937]

  On 3/13/2025 at 7:53 PM, coonhounds said:

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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We win the off-season every year. We don't need instant juice. We need actual wins during the season. I don't care if we don't make a sexy and exciting hire as long as the guy comes in and wins games.

[Chris007 60,830]

  On 3/13/2025 at 7:58 PM, Alistair Smash said:

#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. 

As I said Dolson interviews are different then the search firms interviews. The search firm is doing Mark Turgeon stuff

Dolson is meeting with the real people one-on-one and some are complaining that their client could get a call returned. 

Of course that makes me believe one thing

[PartyintheVillas 937]

  On 3/13/2025 at 7:35 PM, IUCrazy2 said:

Brownell's career is a lot more Woody and Archie at IU than it is Elite 8.  I would rather take a flyer on a mid major up and comer than settle for 20-12 bubble....again.

Yeah but I was only comparing Collins and Brownell, so reading comprehension?

[pumpfake 4,451]

  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. 

Hmmmm.  The "someone just as big" is both intriguing & concerning.  Wasn't it Jerry who posted with a capitolized Few?  On the other hand it could be anyone and they're trying to pimp up that coach.

Whatever the case, it HAS been an impressively run search.

[RaceToTheTop 30,094]

‘Contractually obligated’ to go to the crown tournament has still not been verified as to what that means.  Sports illustrated reached out to the crown and asked that very question and did not receive an answer.  May simply mean a team can’t accept an NIT bid instead of the crown (schools would prefer the NIT if it meant home game).

[Chris007 60,830]

  On 3/13/2025 at 7:58 PM, realTomCrean said:

https://x.com/cbbcontent/status/1899962855337705525?s=46&t=KBMjZuJJTG50JspPvw-4aA

If your begging for the job today, your not getting the job

[Alistair Smash 582]

  On 3/13/2025 at 7:59 PM, Old Friend said:

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

I would characterize Cignetti as confident. I’ve never considered him arrogant. I never see him at the meetings, anyway…

[Rookie33 941]

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

Just as big as Stevens, not many of those.

Few? Jay Wright? 

[IUCrazy2 2,821]

  On 3/13/2025 at 8:00 PM, PartyintheVillas said:

Yeah but I was only comparing Collins and Brownell, so reading comprehension?

Don't be a dick.  

[68Hoosier 1,194]

  On 3/13/2025 at 8:00 PM, Chris007 said:

As I said Dolson interviews are different then the search firms interviews. The search firm is doing Mark Turgeon stuff

Dolson is meeting with the real people one-on-one and some are complaining that their client could get a call returned. 

Of course that makes me believe one thing

Why would Dolson have a list of interviews and hire a search firm to have separate interviews of people we are not considering?  Seem like a waste of time and money but I have no clue on how these things work.  

[PartyintheVillas 937]

  On 3/13/2025 at 7:57 PM, Hoosierfan2017 said:

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. 

If you want inconsistency, Collins is the guy. It doesn't matter how down the ACC is, he made the elite 8 and his computer rankings still have him top 20 both seasons regardless of how down the ACC is. Brownell has equaled Rick Barnes at Clemson.

[PartyintheVillas 937]

  On 3/13/2025 at 8:02 PM, IUCrazy2 said:

Don't be a dick.  

Don't tell me what to do!

[Hoosier82 626]

  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. 

That’s awesome.  With that much noise, there would be no way to separate fact from fiction.  We are truly going to be surprised with this announcement.  

[#1fanofafrin 607]

[68Hoosier 1,194]

  On 3/13/2025 at 8:02 PM, IUCrazy2 said:

Don't be a dick.  

The proper term is Richard.  This is a family forum, LOL.

[Chris007 60,830]

  On 3/13/2025 at 8:03 PM, 68Hoosier said:

Why would Dolson have a list of interviews and hire a search firm to have separate interviews of people we are not considering?  Seem like a waste of time and money but I have no clue on how these things work.  

Search firm does a lot more than just interviews. Background checks, setting up PR, vetting assistants different things like that

[IUCrazy2 2,821]

  On 3/13/2025 at 8:03 PM, PartyintheVillas said:

Don't tell me what to do!

Go to your room! 

[JPCIVOP 687]

  On 3/13/2025 at 7:58 PM, Alistair Smash said:

#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. 

#TurgeonAllAlong

[Old Friend 8,613]

  On 3/13/2025 at 3:50 PM, Over 100 Games said:

This guy won the SEC in a very heated booster environment where fans are constantly unhappy. Brian Kelly can’t even do that there with all the resources and support given to him. He continued to win despite sanctions, investigations, and suspensions. Then he took the fall for several other big name coaches doing the same thing (we all know Self was named in that investigation, as was Pitino, as was Duke) because they had the most evidence. The fallout was ugly, he had to wait, and then he rebuilt himself again at McNeese, and had them in the tournament AGAIN in back to back years. The videos of his players and his manager are incredibly likable, and they’ve taken social media by storm. Those types of things speak for themselves in recruiting.

Let’s not forget that Coach Cig was very unlikable before he started winning. You can try to say that he was, but man did he put a target on his back in everyone else’s eyes. He still does, but do you hate it? No, because he’s your coach, you’re winning, and that’s outside noise 

He "won" what?  His last 3 seasons there with his own team were 21-10, 19-10, 22-11.   He's made it past the round of 32 once in his career.  Won what??  Where are the standards??  I'm seeing people in huge support of some very mediocre coaches who haven't ever done a damned thing.   Why do we want another guy who, save a single season, had records similar to Woodson in what was then an either equal or inferior league?   Cignett's not an a$$hole.   Watch the documentary.  And you don't think fans here would be unhappy with similar results?????   Come on.

[MikeRoberts 7,880]

  On 3/13/2025 at 7:37 PM, HoosierSadaseci said:

Honestly...with 3/17 being a day after brackets are announce...if we're going to hire an underwhelming coach...it would be buried in all the bracket talk...so that would be ideal...however...I'm hopeful for a big name coach that would make a splash when announced...so that would likely be after 3/17....

Where did 3/17 come from? That seems like a made up date