General Coach Candidate News

[FrenchConnection]

I have been making a lot of jokes here, but here are my actual thoughts. I want:

1. A big fish,. I'm not even sure that Stevens would be that. His success at the college level is limited. To me, that would mean a Billy Donovan or Jay Wright. 
2. An up-and-comer. Ben McCullom or Alan Huss are those coaches this cycle. 
3. I could even deal with Will Wade because what he's accused of is no longer even a violation. My problem with Beard is that he seems like a Billy Gilespie waiting to happen. 
4. What I don't want to happen is to hire a retread like Brownell. He was an up-and-comer during the Archie Miller search. he got his chance and has been average at best. 

You have to either get the sure thing or take a swing. No in-between. 

[spe317]

27 minutes ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

Did he delete his tweet? It won't come up for me

He did. It was reposting an old contract extension like it was new. 

[Mr. Hoosier Pride]

4 minutes ago, FrenchConnection said:

I have been making a lot of jokes here, but here are my actual thoughts. I want:

1. A big fish,. I'm not even sure that Stevens would be that. His success at the college level is limited. To me, that would mean a Billy Donovan or Jay Wright. 
2. An up-and-comer. Ben McCullom or Alan Huss are those coaches this cycle. 
3. I could even deal with Will Wade because what he's accused of is no longer even a violation. My problem with Beard is that he seems like a Billy Gilespie waiting to happen. 
4. What I don't want to happen is to hire a retread like Brownell. He was an up-and-comer during the Archie Miller search. he got his chance and has been average at best. 

You have to either get the sure thing or take a swing. No in-between. 

He was in the conversation when we hired Crean.  He would have been an up and comer back then!

https://www.insidethehall.com/2008/03/31/ith-super-happy-fun-time-coaching-search-brad-brownell/

[rcbowla]

Not sure why I'm having such a hard time getting people on the Calhoun caboose. If we're going mid major/up and comer. His teams play a style that is fun to watch and tenacious on defense. 

[Magnanimous]

28 minutes ago, rcbowla said:

I mean your "wink" talk clearly eludes to McCollum. Somehow people here have forgotten who the #1 fanboy of McCollum is. I don't mean fanboy to be derogative here, just don't have a better term.

I didn’t necessarily hint it would be McCollum though. 

[spe317]

14 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

I didn’t necessarily hint it would be McCollum though. 

McCollum is a great fall back option. He’s still got some unknowns to his name but he checks a lot of the boxes. 
 

But a wink, that’s another level altogether. I can’t imagine we have to wait more than a few days for the lid to open up a la Jerry’s intimation or the slow-motion wink from Magnanimous. 

[rcbowla]

23 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

I didn’t necessarily hint it would be McCollum though. 

Right. Just like you're not denying it would be him.

[rcbowla]

49 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

I didn’t necessarily hint it would be McCollum though. 

And to be clear....I'm totally on board with McCollum. All of this talk about politics, schmoozing and recruiting is meh to me. Is that important? Sure, to an extent. What IU, and every program, needs 1st and foremost is a ******* coach. Give me a dude that knows what the **** he's doing and the guys he needs to ******* do it. Period, end of story. Guy wins and guess what? Everyone around will be schmoozing his @$$ and recruits will line up. I don't care how far he's gone in NCAA tournament, I don't care how many 5*'s he's recruited and I don't care how "icky" he is. Give me a dude that ******* wins and knows what it takes to ******* win. Sorry for so many "f" bombs kids.

[JustWinBaby]

Mike Pegram (Peegs) dropped a major hint that it's McCollum. We shall see.

I'm still holding out hope for a bigger fish but I won't be upset if that's the hire.

[Hoosier Guy]

42 minutes ago, JustWinBaby said:

Mike Pegram (Peegs) dropped a major hint that it's McCollum. We shall see.

I'm still holding out hope for a bigger fish but I won't be upset if that's the hire.

Jerry said that regional media has zero intel and is just fishing for clicks.  This leads me to believe it’s not McCollum.

[JustWinBaby]

34 minutes ago, Hoosier Guy said:

Jerry said that regional media has zero intel and is just fishing for clicks.  This leads me to believe it’s not McCollum.

I agree. I waffle back and forth because truthfully I know nothing. Just like 99% of us here lol

[bigrod]

I have to say, no matter the end result, Dolson has done quite a job keeping everyone guessing. But it takes two. The other party (or possibly parties) have also done a great job keeping it quiet. This leads me to believe it has been essentially one party, because the more involved, the harder this becomes. Especially in these times. 

[Hoosier Guy]

56 minutes ago, JustWinBaby said:

I agree. I waffle back and forth because truthfully I know nothing. Just like 99% of us here lol

I still hope it’s a certain someone.  We’ll see soon enough.

[coonhounds]

So we're starting being locked in on mccolum today?

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[Alistair Smash]

If Jerry said he will be able to take the lid off later this week, that leads me to believe that this is not a coach in the field of 68. I’m content now to wait. 

[BtownStrength]

15 minutes ago, Alistair Smash said:

If Jerry said he will be able to take the lid off later this week, that leads me to believe that this is not a coach in the field of 68. I’m content now to wait. 

 

[OKHOOSIER]

Getting caught up this morning and knowing that Jer seems to always pick his words carefully the most interesting part being about the media. Specifically sending a dog whistle to ignore anything from the regional beat. This is interesting. It tells me if there is a leak it may be from a national pundit-- plenty to be drawn from that if you were prone to speculate on who you should have notifications turned on for/what that might mean for a hire. There's my conspiracy theory for the day. 

 

[TrueHoosier62]

This is a lot like the week leading up to Christmas. You see all the gifts under the tree with your name on it, and hope one of them is a Red Ryder BB gun and not a damned bunny outfit.

[MrBBall]

6 hours ago, JustWinBaby said:

This has me pumped man. A few things we can glean from this:

1) Regional media (Bozich, Rabjohns, etc) are locked out; the Brownell smoke is nothing. I think we can also ignore Rabjohns' hot boards

2) "Dolson has given very strict orders" implies that there's been far more going on behind the scenes than any of us know, and it's likely no one outside of a small circle knows who the hire is going to be. But it gives confidence that Dolson knows what he's doing.

3) "I'll be able to take the lid off a bit later in the week" seems to imply that we have our guy and an announcement is coming this week; this also indicates our coach is not currently in the tourney.

I have zero reason to doubt @JerryYeagley23. He has stayed silent for nearly a month, which leads me to believe he's following Dolson's "strict orders" rather than posting whatever the latest rumor he hears. I have more confidence than ever that Dolson has made an excellent hire and cannot wait to support our new coach.

Since this has been going on for weeks, and I believe done for weeks, this isn’t a flavor of the day coach. I believe this is someone not on Rabby board. It’s not someone currently coaching. 

Enjoy this week!!

[MrBBall]

2 hours ago, Hoosier Guy said:

Jerry said that regional media has zero intel and is just fishing for clicks.  This leads me to believe it’s not McCollum.

Exactly. Not McCollum