General Coach Candidate News

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  On 3/14/2025 at 10:41 PM, Zcorey92 said:

Brad brownell as head coach with mark turgeon as GM!! 

 

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  On 3/14/2025 at 9:56 PM, Uspshoosier said:

If Brownwell is hired will people cut bait? or if you cut bait with Woody will you stay away? or will you give him a chance to prove you wrong on the court?

I would give him a very unenthusiastic chance. To me, it would signal that IU is very okay with being mediocre so I would be even less invested in the team than I currently am. I'd probably just check scores after the fact and watch 1 or 2 games the first year. If I couldn't watch a game, I probably wouldn't bother to have live updates on my phone like I do now. Then if it looks like it was actually a good hire, I'd start to come back but it would be slow.

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  On 3/14/2025 at 10:43 PM, ronzo4IU said:

English dollar.. my wife took my son and I to Cornwall England last summer and I really liked the sound of that..lol

My wife IS English, so I use "quid" all the time. It's impossible to not have her vocabulary leach into mine after so many years.

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  On 3/14/2025 at 10:44 PM, Bowhunter said:

Big name Brad Brownell?

Has something to do with black neighborhood I think.  Has something to do with Terry.  Woodson was obviously fired as was Johnson.  

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  On 3/14/2025 at 10:29 PM, HoosierPapi4 said:

Me waiting for RTZ to burn down BTB

 

Wonder if he is on that same flight to LA via Japan like Jerry was 

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75 and sunny today. Definitely back deck and cigar season.

 

Unfortunately I had to work today. What’s the latest? When is Stevens announcing and what channel?

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  On 3/14/2025 at 10:44 PM, AZ Hoosier said:

Campaigning for RMK’s old job.

I saw the look in his eyes as soon as that reporter asked his question, and thought, "Well this isn't going to end well for you. I've seen someone else with that same look, and I damn near know verbatim what's coming next". Lol

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  On 3/14/2025 at 10:41 PM, SlammySammy said:

What’s a quid?

A British pound, about 1.29 USD.

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I’ve been thinking about the coaching search today. Let’s say IU doesn’t make the tourney. Do you think we would hear something by Monday/ Tuesday if it’s not a college coach?

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Add Kevin Willard to the list. 

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  On 3/14/2025 at 10:43 PM, Scotty R said:

Pretty good watch and at around the 40 minute mark he talks about the coaching search. To the posters who don't want McCollum you will like what Galen says about him. I don't know if he knows much but with him doing a lot of sports media at IU you would think he has some knowledge.

 

He has some good insight. He's more plugged in than he lets on, but it's not clear he has any direct line to the program. He's definitely got friends in the athletic department, but whether or not those are "sources" in the context of a coaching search is unlikely.

That said, he does drop some info from time to time, usually quite subtly. But today he tweeted out "smokescreen" (albeit, with emojis for what I assume is plausible deniability purposes) not long after Bozich's Brownell tweet. Which is a more brazen use of his platform to get out some sort of message.

I believe that he knows more than he lets on, but tries his best not to step on the toes of anyone in the athletic department.

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  On 3/14/2025 at 10:41 PM, SlammySammy said:

What’s a quid?

Quid Budker.  Mike Woodson’s friend.

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  On 3/14/2025 at 10:09 PM, Asha’man said:

I’ll do what I’ve done the last 8 years. Won’t make an effort to get tickets to games. Watch from home if they are good and when they are bad I will just check the scores and dream for the day they take basketball seriously again. 

The last 4 Crean years and Archie years buried most of my interest. The comical Woody hire plus watching TJD renewed some interest. Honestly coach search season has gotten me through the last two. 
 

If Brownell comes in and hits the ground running then great. If he is going to do a slow build like at Clemson I’ll be mostly out.
 

This program is probably already mostly dormant unless Dolson has an ace up his sleeve. 

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  On 3/14/2025 at 10:19 PM, GP711 said:

Wonder if any houses with a horse barn have sold recently 

So are you saying we will hear Donovan resignation from the Bulls this weekend and we will hire him Monday LOL!

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Shout out to @cybergates for being 100 pages behind... roller coaster ahead of you...

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  On 3/14/2025 at 10:51 PM, TrueHoosier62 said:

My wife IS English, so I use "quid" all the time. It's impossible to not have her vocabulary leach into mine after so many years.

Funny, it’s my favorite accent..I could listen th that all day!

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For the people that still think it’s Stevens, he has to be hired soon, as in very soon right?  That’s why I don’t buy it, there would be leaks about him stepping down from his Boston job.  If the Celtics know, they’d already be looking for his replacement and people would be talking. Again I hope I’m wrong but the Stevens ship has sailed.

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AH to be hosting “Brownouts”

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  On 3/14/2025 at 11:13 PM, IUwins0708 said:

For the people that still think it’s Stevens, he has to be hired soon, as in very soon right?  That’s why I don’t buy it, there would be leaks about him stepping down from his Boston job.  If the Celtics know, they’d already be looking for his replacement and people would be talking. Again I hope I’m wrong but the Stevens ship has sailed.

Agreed. I’m sure Dolson asked weeks ago. I think Bozich has it right and it’s Brownell. 

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  On 3/14/2025 at 9:58 PM, Crazy about IU said:

I agree he would be a five star hire. I think he may be the best coach in the Big Ten

Greg Gard is a Wisconsin guy through and through.