General Coach Candidate News

[Jet812]

2 minutes ago, ceast11 said:

News today is suggesting Will Wade and NC State are having a second meeting and close to closing the deal.

McCollum, Wade, etc are going to take other jobs because they’ve been notified they’re no longer candidates?

[Home Jersey]

McCollum to Iowa looks very likely. I don't think they'd be willing to spend ~$4.5M on buying out DeVries then pay him more than $3M salary and still have money for basketball NIL. McCollum will be a cheap, great hire for them. He talked a lot about it being important for him that he goes somewhere that he can place first in the conference and NIL being a big part of that. 

Sad day when even the hottest mid-major coach decides he can win bigger at Iowa than Indiana, lol.

Our NIL does not make us an elite job. Nobody wants the headache of being here. IUBB is the new IUFB. 

Good thing it's easy enough to get excited for Huss or Calhoun. I'd bet on either of those two at the moment. 

[Hoosierfan2017]

Give Wade a strong *** offer and get this show on the road. The Boy Scout approach hasn’t gotten us anywhere for 2+ decades now. 

[mdiu28]

If we hire Brad Brownell, it'll be very hard to be optimistic about IU basketball. I'm not one of the "I'm done with IU if we blah blah". I'll still root for my guys but damn, this program is not serious if that comes to life. 

Who is it this time that's in Scott Dolson's ear saying "you gotta check out Brad Brownell, man. Trust me" ? What has Brad Brownell done to even be in this conversation? What a deflating hire that would be. 

[Trish]

1 minute ago, GP711 said:

troll or not trish, this has ben mccollums plan all along

It has been as I reported last night that the Goodman tweet was fake news. Also confirmed by RTZ. 

[GP711]

Just now, Trish said:

It has been as I reported last night that the Goodman tweet was fake news. Also confirmed by RTZ. 

My fault trish didnt you know were like that! mccollums agent deserves a raise for how he handled this. 

[Trish]

Folks, let's take a second here.

You don't fire Mike Woodson for Brad Brownell. Scott isn't nor can't do that. 

[JHoosier914]

We know that people are using the IU opening as a springboard to other jobs and/or raises at their current gig.

My thoughts are...if these other jobs (NC State, Iowa, etc) can make the moves seemingly so quickly*, why isn't Indiana?

Signs, to me, point to the realistic opinion that we have our guy, whomever it may be

 

*this is from an outsiders opinion.  I realize that I know very little in terms of timeframe/timetables

[rcbowla]

2 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

McCollum to Iowa looks very likely. I don't think they'd be willing to spend ~$4.5M on buying out DeVries then pay him more than $3M salary and still have money for basketball NIL. McCollum will be a cheap, great hire for them. He talked a lot about it being important for him that he goes somewhere that he can place first in the conference and NIL being a big part of that. 

Sad day when even the hottest mid-major coach decides he can win bigger at Iowa than Indiana, lol.

Our NIL does not make us an elite job. Nobody wants the headache of being here. IUBB is the new IUFB. 

Good thing it's easy enough to get excited for Huss or Calhoun. I'd bet on either of those two at the moment. 

You and I seem to align pretty closely on these mid major types. Just curious though on your thoughts regarding Schertz? That seems to be one I'm higher on than you.

[TheWatShot]

Can't remember which posters, but 2 months ago there were a couple guys on HSN who said Iowa was going to fire McCaffery after this season so McCollum wouldn't get away. Not just speculating, they sounded pretty sure of it. 

[Henryville Hoosier]

14 minutes ago, Rusty Shackleford said:

Fran is OUT. Will it be DeVries or McCollum at Iowa?

I have a feeling they will have a new coach before we do. 

[GP711]

1 minute ago, Trish said:

Folks, let's take a second here.

You don't fire Mike Woodson for Brad Brownell. Scott isn't nor can't do that. 

Almost like maybe scott has a good idea of who his guy is:)

I think i like you trish

[Papacap]

2 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

McCollum to Iowa looks very likely. I don't think they'd be willing to spend ~$4.5M on buying out DeVries then pay him more than $3M salary and still have money for basketball NIL. McCollum will be a cheap, great hire for them. He talked a lot about it being important for him that he goes somewhere that he can place first in the conference and NIL being a big part of that. 

Sad day when even the hottest mid-major coach decides he can win bigger at Iowa than Indiana, lol.

Our NIL does not make us an elite job. Nobody wants the headache of being here. IUBB is the new IUFB. 

Good thing it's easy enough to get excited for Huss or Calhoun. I'd bet on either of those two at the moment. 

Man, I’ll bet you are the hit at parties. We will never know if McCollum would rather go to Iowa because he won’t be offered the IU job. These flavor of the day hysterics are…..hysterical. 

[Jwalk83]

Monday morning! Welcome aboard Franny!!

[Trish]

1 minute ago, GP711 said:

Almost like maybe scott has a good idea of who his guy is:)

I think i like you trish

I can't reveal my identity, but Chris can vouch for me. 

[DougJr74]

DeVries will take Iowa job if NIL is good enough.

 

[GP711]

1 minute ago, Trish said:

I can't reveal my identity, but Chris can vouch for me. 

Neither can I, but DM sent:)

[hoosiersoxfan]

[WayneFleekHoosier]

McCollum will be very good for Iowa. I didn’t like him for Indiana. I love his fit at Iowa. He can mostly keep the roster intact. They recruit at the level he’ll excel at. They won’t likely win national championships but they will be Good Fran level which is solid.

Indiana needs to make a statement. The conference is improving around us.


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[IUBtown]

9 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

McCollum to Iowa looks very likely. I don't think they'd be willing to spend ~$4.5M on buying out DeVries then pay him more than $3M salary and still have money for basketball NIL. McCollum will be a cheap, great hire for them. He talked a lot about it being important for him that he goes somewhere that he can place first in the conference and NIL being a big part of that. 

Sad day when even the hottest mid-major coach decides he can win bigger at Iowa than Indiana, lol.

Our NIL does not make us an elite job. Nobody wants the headache of being here. IUBB is the new IUFB. 

Good thing it's easy enough to get excited for Huss or Calhoun. I'd bet on either of those two at the moment. 

The handwringing over something that hasn't even happened is what's sad.