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[IU - Kaulie 2,090]

Ok guys.  Help a girl understand.  What are the strong reactions against Brad Brownell and all the love for Ben McCollum about?
I get Brownell hasn’t got to the tournament much at all, but he has been at flipping Clemson.  He has had, count them, 1 losing record at a football school deep in ACC country which used to be arguably the best conference in basketball.  IU is not too big for him.  McCollum has been in D2.  How do we know he can handle this job?  He is a huge risk.  

[CookHallGymRat 233]

People need to relax lol. It’s not Brownell.

[rayl456 826]

Halftime score BIG10 tournament…Wisconsin 23…Michigan 21.  That’s some great offense with both teams chucking 3’s…I mean bricks.

[TadQueasy 2,351]

Just now, IU - Kaulie said:

Ok guys.  Help a girl understand.  What are the strong reactions against Brad Brownell and all the love for Ben McCollum about?
I get Brownell hasn’t got to the tournament much at all, but he has been at flipping Clemson.  He has had, count them, 1 losing record at a football school deep in ACC country which used to be arguably the best conference in basketball.  IU is not too big for him.  McCollum has been in D2.  How do we know he can handle this job?  He is a huge risk.  

Please Kaulie, for the love of all things holy, do NOT post positive thoughts about Brownell.  We just cannot take it. 

[mdiu28 2,887]

Not loving the Bozich replies to Tyme on X…..yikes….please Scott do not hire Brownell 

[CrimsonV 112]

Just now, rayl456 said:

Halftime score BIG10 tournament…Wisconsin 23…Michigan 21.  That’s some great offense with both teams chucking 3’s…I mean bricks.

Both teams are gassed. Settling for 3s in lieu of expending more energy 

[Rusty Shackleford 837]

About the only thing I can glean from all of this is that IU signing a coach yesterday would explain all of the craziness here and on twitter today. Doesn't point in the direction of any coach in particular, but would explain the uptick in "chatter".

What a rollercoaster...

[Indynorthsider 93]

1 minute ago, IU - Kaulie said:

Ok guys.  Help a girl understand.  What are the strong reactions against Brad Brownell and all the love for Ben McCollum about?
I get Brownell hasn’t got to the tournament much at all, but he has been at flipping Clemson.  He has had, count them, 1 losing record at a football school deep in ACC country which used to be arguably the best conference in basketball.  IU is not too big for him.  McCollum has been in D2.  How do we know he can handle this job?  He is a huge risk.  

Me personally it’s because Brownell is been very meh at Clemson and he’s 58. McCollum has done nothing but win and is a young guy, 43.

Why for me it’s BM over BB!

[WRSMick55 233]

2 minutes ago, HoosierReb01 said:

McCollum isn't the home run, he's the walk off 9th inning grand slam. So if your info is correct, we settled for something less.

Either way it happens it’s a win. :)

[Mopladysman 1,308]

3 minutes ago, mdiu28 said:

Not loving the Bozich replies to Tyme on X…..yikes….please Scott do not hire Brownell 

What’s he saying?

[IU - Kaulie 2,090]

3 minutes ago, TadQueasy said:

Please Kaulie, for the love of all things holy, do NOT post positive thoughts about Brownell.  We just cannot take it. 

I’m sorry lol.  I don’t want Brownell for the record lol.

[Home Jersey 15,097]

8 minutes ago, HoosierInParadise said:

The problem is that people say "the Stevens rumors are stupid, and you have to be gullible to believe them." The same people believe the BB rumors as gospel. The same people say "no one knows anything." I'm sorry but three stances are too many....can you all be more consistent in your stance?

Nobody knows anything. 

The Brownell rumors are more substantiated (media people talking about it) than the Stevens rumors (IU message board posters are really the only people speculating about it).

Nothing inconsistent about that. Pretty linear thought process.

[JSHoosier 22,182]

6 minutes ago, HoosierReb01 said:

McCollum isn't the home run, he's the walk off 9th inning grand slam. So if your info is correct, we settled for something less.

You've got McCollum confused for Stevens there.

[HoosierTrav 8,279]

1 minute ago, IU - Kaulie said:

Ok guys.  Help a girl understand.  What are the strong reactions against Brad Brownell and all the love for Ben McCollum about?
I get Brownell hasn’t got to the tournament much at all, but he has been at flipping Clemson.  He has had, count them, 1 losing record at a football school deep in ACC country which used to be arguably the best conference in basketball.  IU is not too big for him.  McCollum has been in D2.  How do we know he can handle this job?  He is a huge risk.  

Championship level coaches win championships at every level. In no world is Brad Brownell considered a better winner than Ben McCollum. 
 

Todd Goldin, Nate Oats are killing it right now at football schools. Is the number of losing records and middle to bottom of the conference finishes our standard for hiring, this cycle? 
 

If McCollum (who’s won 12 straight league titles) is a huge risk, then Brad Brownell is a huge white flag. 

[Hoosierfan1901 8,146]

22 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Can a current coach sign a contract?

If you are talking about in season, then Yes, but there is a bunch of legal stuff behind it since it would be considered a breach of contract and some other legal stuff. But I believe the NCAA prohibits it during in-season.

[mdiu28 2,887]

1 minute ago, Mopladysman said:

What’s he saying?

[HoosierInParadise 1,604]

Nobody knows anything. 
The Brownell rumors are more substantiated (media people talking about it) than the Stevens rumors (IU message board posters are really the only people speculating about it).
Nothing inconsistent about that. Pretty linear thought process.

The thought process of posters on here and how they express those thoughts are anything but linear.

[hoosierbannerd 3,189]

5 minutes ago, rayl456 said:

Halftime score BIG10 tournament…Wisconsin 23…Michigan 21.  That’s some great offense with both teams chucking 3’s…I mean bricks.

Watching this after the Florida/Tennessee game boarders on cruel and unusual punishment...

[theriverpilot 6,701]

6 minutes ago, IU - Kaulie said:

Ok guys.  Help a girl understand.  What are the strong reactions against Brad Brownell and all the love for Ben McCollum about?
I get Brownell hasn’t got to the tournament much at all, but he has been at flipping Clemson.  He has had, count them, 1 losing record at a football school deep in ACC country which used to be arguably the best conference in basketball.  IU is not too big for him.  McCollum has been in D2.  How do we know he can handle this job?  He is a huge risk.  

Consistency is the 10,000 foot short answer. McCollum has it and Brownell doesn’t. 

[go iu bb 8,812]

3 minutes ago, IU - Kaulie said:

Ok guys.  Help a girl understand.  What are the strong reactions against Brad Brownell and all the love for Ben McCollum about?
I get Brownell hasn’t got to the tournament much at all, but he has been at flipping Clemson.  He has had, count them, 1 losing record at a football school deep in ACC country which used to be arguably the best conference in basketball.  IU is not too big for him.  McCollum has been in D2.  How do we know he can handle this job?  He is a huge risk.  

With Brownell you have a good idea of what you're getting which is double digit losses every year, not competing for B1G titles, and missing the NCAAT more often than not. It's no coincidence that the ACC is terrible this year but it's also his best season.

McCollum  is a big risk, but he has won at a very high level until now so this he's viewed at having more potential. High risk/high reward type of hire.