General Coach Candidate News

[IU05]

24 minutes ago, BehindTheBench said:

You don’t fire Woody mid season to hire some guy D2 guy from Drake. I’ll say, my one source was someone in the athletic office. As of weeks ago, heck, even over a month ago, it was Brad. Up until about two weeks ago, it was Brad. He’s since gone eerily quiet, which I assumed was a good thing. Apparently he went quiet out of shame. If this is true, what an utter failure on Scott’s part. Brad was literally in the bag. 

Maybe just locking it down from within? Or is that wishful thinking based on your relationship?

[Hoosier987]

4 minutes ago, Ryno6284 said:

No, give me mccollum any day over Medved!

The fact that we’re in the same conversation as Minnesota and Iowa is sad. Clearly, if we hire a d2 career coach then pass in our Blue Blood card. It’s humbling but I will finally admit we are no longer the desired job that I thought we were. At least Sampson / Archie and Crean were wanted coaches. McCollum is the back up to Iowa lol 

[SlammySammy]

About to get heated in here between the McCollum and Stevens crews. Rumble!

[SlammySammy]

1 minute ago, iu eyedoc said:

Texas up 4 under a minute in 2OT. Does a UT win knock IU out?

Believe it do

[Over 100 Games]

8 minutes ago, BehindTheBench said:

I would 1 million percent take Woody over a D2 coach. And I loathe woody 

“D2 Coach” … try:

-4 time D2 National Championship winner

-30-3 in his first season at D1 with wins over Miami, Vanderbilt, FAU, and Kansas St out of conference. Woody could dream.

-Respected across college basketball and asked for advice by coaches like McCasland, May, and Schertz.

Get a grip. This is a much bigger name than Woody, Archie, or yes, Crean. 

 

[Chris007]

1 minute ago, Home Jersey said:

They must love IU as much as Mike Woodson haha

That’s a lot more than Ben McCollum. I guess he didn’t recruit any of them down in D2

[Jet812]

6 minutes ago, Herotime said:

I gotta believe if it wasn’t Brad @JerryYeagley23 would have been here a  long time ago to tell everyone to give up the wishful thinking. He’s been tagged 1,000 times over the last month. 

Love the optimism, but didn’t @JerryYeagley23 have BS last time too?  Not throwing stones.  I don’t recall last go-round, how long before Woodson was hired did it break on here that BS was out & who broke the news?

[Silat Player]

2 minutes ago, iubb said:

"steve Alford"


Degenerate gambler going to dengenerate 

I'm more worried about the degenerate gambler thinking, "I can get Pat Knight at 50:1 odds. You ALWAYS have to take 50:1 odds when you're offered it!" LOL

[Hoosierfanyuh]

4 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

We don’t have to worry about the donations picking up. Ex-players probably won’t even want to come back. 

So it’s done?

[go iu bb]

5 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

People on here may love mccollum but if that's honestly the best he can do count me as not impressed with dolson. Especially with all we have to offer.

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Huh, who could have guessed that this would be your kind of response? You're usually so happy, relaxed, and positive.

[Chris007]

2 minutes ago, JPCIVOP said:

I'm getting rattled that you and @Chris007 seem rattled...

I’m just having fun with the JV crowd. They love a good Cinderella D2 story 

[Ryno6284]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

We don’t have to worry about the donations picking up. Ex-players probably won’t even want to come back. 

How so? I bet mccollum embraces our history more than our current "star player from 1980 head coach" does/did!

[Silat Player]

1 minute ago, SlammySammy said:

Believe it do

That's what the announcers claimed Lunardi said.

[Home Jersey]

Just now, go iu bb said:

How long does it typically take players to learn McCollum's system? He wins a lot but he's mostly been at one school so he would've had an established system and probably just typical turnover. This year his team starts a bunch of seniors who followed him from D2. So does anyone here know if he typically plays upperclassmen who have been with him for a while and learned the system or is it a mix that includes underclassmen? 

At the P5 level, it would be very hard to get a bunch of talented recruits to come in and ride the bench for a year or two if it takes time to learn. Even 3* players. 

The NYT article has a portion interviewing a former PG of his who plays overseas now, I think he was 5'10. 

They were encouraging him to transfer up to Kansas or KSU, he had opportunities supposedly and decided to stay in D2 because he felt "those schools had their chance" and he was developing more with Ben than he would there. I think forming the roster will be the tough part when he gets started, but he will be able to retain his players. Can he use the portal effectively? Filling out the roster is definitely a huge question and a big risk this cycle since it will be his first without that core group.

I am excited to see what he could do with our NIL budget and in HS recruiting. Stability. Winning. Good days ahead. (IMO)

[Hoosier987]

3 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

We don’t have to worry about the donations picking up. Ex-players probably won’t even want to come back. 

Very good point. The reason why we were tops in the NIL world was because we had former players and very wealthy alum contributing to Woodson. With McCollum, I those donations will be limited 

[RoadToZion]

Fake News.

[Hoosierfan2017]

10 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

I think we all need therapy on here because we are losing it. How about let Dolson do his job and not freak out after every tweet that comes out. Also if a guy is hired that you don't like nobody is making you watch IU play so either back the coach or don't watch anymore. I would really hate if we hired Beard but I would have to make a choice and I probably would still support the program.

You’ll be writing Dolson lengthy emails once he hires McCollum and we’re three years into a rebuild heading nowhere. 

[Hoosierfan1901]

https://x.com/coachingchanges/status/1900315996327428408?s=46&t=0mbJ_TT4MQ8KZKv29ZqhSg

[go iu bb]

11 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

Trilly thinks this is a “trial balloon” and not a done deal to see how fans react. Take that as you will 

If that were the case, who would be the next option? Brownell? I'll take McGollum over him any day of the week and twice on Sundays.

[tyappleg]

3 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

We don’t have to worry about the donations picking up. Ex-players probably won’t even want to come back. 

Considering ex players got us in this mess.  I don't really care.  If he wins, they will come back.  Just win.  It's a huge jump, but he's proven he can coach and win.  Will it work out at a higher level?  Who knows. But if you are rolling the dice on a lower level guy... I'd roll them on McCollum more than the other guys.