General Coach Candidate News

[IndianaSconnie90]

2 hours ago, BehindTheBench said:

I’m sorry I’m not giving you the info you want to hear. There was a verbal and an agreement/plan to sign and announce formally after season was over. Again, believe it or not, but that is simply a fact.

No it isn't lol

[Chris007]

3 minutes ago, BtownBallers said:

So there is another flight to that airport near Boston tonight from Indianapolis International departing at 11:30 pm. Still could be nothing. Sorry if this was already posted, hard to keep up tonight. 

Most likely wouldn’t be flying out of the International Airport. It would be Indy Executive. I would also keep an eye on Teterboro.

[Motley's]

21 minutes ago, Trish said:

Never said he can’t win, I’m implying Indiana can’t land the big fish because it’s not just “Indiana’ anymore. 

When has IU ever hired a “big fish” when they were hired? Sampson was probably closest, but he was under NCAA sanctions. 

[IU05]

Two questions:

1: Who is Jerry? Lot of ppl have referenced him as someone in the know but I haven’t seen a post in the few days I’ve been on. Do we trust him? And who does he think it’s gonna be?

 

2: Yall see theres a flight from Bedford to Teterboro a couple hours after the flight from Btown landed in Bedford. In the infamous words of all our flight trackers, “could be something. Could be nothing.”

[MrBBall]

4 minutes ago, BtownBallers said:

So there is another flight to that airport near Boston tonight from Indianapolis International departing at 11:30 pm. Still could be nothing. Sorry if this was already posted, hard to keep up tonight. 

That’s a real odd plane to take from Indy to Mass

[Chris007]

12 minutes ago, newcastle12 said:

It even more likely that this push is from his agent to get Iowa to move quick.  

Or to gauge our interest 

[IU05]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

Most likely wouldn’t be flying out of the International Airport. It would be Indy Executive. I would also keep an eye on Teterboro.

Dang it you just beat me to this in my last post 

[IU5355]

4 minutes ago, Trish said:

Exactly this. Iowa wants Ben to move an hour in a half east instead of 10 hours to Bloomington. He loves Iowa and his kids love Iowa from what I’ve read.

Bloomington isn’t Des Moines or Iowa City and that’s a good thing. 

Iowa also has terrible NIL, which is a huge factor in today's day and age.

[Home Jersey]

2 minutes ago, Golfman25 said:

My concern with a guy like McCullum is lack of experience at the D1 level and can he, or will he, adapt.  He plays an offense that worked great with limited talent and the D2 level, and seems to work at Drake.  Sure, he beat a top team here and there.  But we are talking the daily grind of the Big10.  Can he, will he, upgrade his system to attract and use more talented players he can get at IU?  You need the horses at this level to be consistently good.  

Those are valid concerns. He is 43 and other notable young coaches praise his acumen.

I trust he will continue learning and growing. And will be able to win big here too. We'll see if he becomes the guy. 

[Scotty R]

3 minutes ago, Motley's said:

When has IU ever hired a “big fish” when they were hired? Sampson was probably closest, but he was under NCAA sanctions. 

How many big fish actually change jobs

[4iufourever]

Brad Stevens will be the next coach at IU.  Done deal.

 

 

 

So I've been told. 

[DSUMMITT]

2 minutes ago, Motley's said:

When has IU ever hired a “big fish” when they were hired? Sampson was probably closest, but he was under NCAA sanctions. 

And tons of people were real mad. Real mad. I remember it was cause they thought it was a  Herbert push - that they were buddies was the only reason we hired him.

[Chris007]

6 minutes ago, Golfman25 said:

My concern with a guy like McCullum is lack of experience at the D1 level and can he, or will he, adapt.  He plays an offense that worked great with limited talent and the D2 level, and seems to work at Drake.  Sure, he beat a top team here and there.  But we are talking the daily grind of the Big10.  Can he, will he, upgrade his system to attract and use more talented players he can get at IU?  You need the horses at this level to be consistently good.  

You said it much better than I have tried tonight 

[hoosierbannerd]

 I know wrong thread, but y'all should be watching Creighton/DePaul...great game!

[Demo]

8 minutes ago, Shooter said:

So he's going to love Mgbako?

Seriously though, it's sounds like you are describing Matt Painter. I've often thought that Painter's best quality is that he knows exactly what he is looking for in a player, and doesn't care about stars. 

For sure. I made a joke elsewhere about how wild it would be if neither of the major Indiana schools were recruiting a Xavier Booker-type because they were slugging it out over some kid from Mt Vernon. But I’m completely confident that scenario would arise at some point, though IU will always be able to recruit higher end kids than Purdue. 

[IU5355]

1 minute ago, 4iufourever said:

Brad Stevens will be the next coach at IU.  Done deal.

 

 

 

So I've been told. 

Go on.. we've heard this before. 

[Motley's]

1 minute ago, Scotty R said:

How many big fish actually change jobs

Bill Self and Roy Williams

[wirenuts]

Just now, 4iufourever said:

Brad Stevens will be the next coach at IU.  Done deal.

 

 

 

So I've been told. 

Aren't you always in the laughing columns of every poster that has had something to say about stevens for like the past 4 weeks?

[Chris007]

4 minutes ago, IU05 said:

Dang it you just beat me to this in my last post 

Check your messages 

[Magnanimous]

If Kansas or Duke hired McCollum this offseason, would folks laugh at them or be disappointed it wasn’t us? How do you all think he’d do at either of those programs?