General Coach Candidate News

[Alistair Smash]

The place is like The Purge right now. 

[Alford Bailey]

7 minutes ago, 4iufourever said:

Most of the "insiders" love the attention and the likes they receive.  Nothing more, nothing less.  Why would anyone with inside information post it on a message board?  They love feeling important and love how everyone holds on to their every word or post.  

I may or may not be planning my burner account for the 2029 search

[Kentuckysucks]

4 minutes ago, IUwins0708 said:

I need some popcorn!

I think most of us would prefer a Xanax at this point.

[68Hoosier]

1 minute ago, FrenchConnection said:

I once had inside information and I posted it on a message board. It was back when Mike Davis got fired. I was sitting in Panera in Bloomington and two of Davis' assistants were at the table behind me. Davis still had his job, but they were talking about needing to search for jobs. I thought that was interesting and I posted it on Peegs, but nobody believed me. 

I don't believe you.  You posted on Peegs.  LOL

 

Just kidding, get back over to Penera and wait till you have something on this current staff.

[Home Jersey]

Just now, Hoosierfanyuh said:

People on here are so hateful for what reason? No one has guaranteed anything and they’ve specified that a few times. 

People don’t appreciate blatant trolling. It’s comical they get their feelings hurt when called out. I get that too… it’s a message board, sharing what you’re hearing is part of the fun. Pretty much all of us have some connection to the university and know people IRL who also do. Some know / are closer to more influential people than others. The vitriol starts, I think, because some people play a role of “insider” “leaking” information to put out “smokescreens” on the message boards when in reality, IMO, they should just be thought of like any buddy you’d shoot the **** about IU with. I don’t hold my friends accountable for being mistaken about who they want/think the next Coach will be. People who come here, say things definitively, then whine when questioned are why others get snippy with them. It’s a tired act that doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt because it’s not done in good faith. That applies to the more recent new accounts here IMO, not Chris

[Helgo]

Same thing every cycle. Everyone gets sucked into the Brad, Jay drama before getting something mid to underwhelming. A ‘home run’ would be Beard or McCollum. Most of this other stuff is nothing more than wishful thinking 

[FrenchConnection]

Just now, 68Hoosier said:

I don't believe you.  You posted on Peegs.  LOL

 

Just kidding, get back over to Penera and wait till you have something on this current staff.

I posted on Peegs (I'm not even sure that it was called that then) because it was 2006. I also had to go home and type it up on a desktop computer because it was 2006. 

[Papacap]

4 minutes ago, HoosierPapi4 said:

@RoadToZion Hearing it is not Brad this morning by multiple different people...Have you heard anything new on your front to make you believe it is not him? 

This is the type of info that has me scratching my head. And this is nothing against you. But how can multiple people know it’s not Brad, but they are going to not say who it is? Or is Dolson telling his inner circle, go out and say it’s not Brad? I’ll say this. If I was someone who was close enough to the situation to know it is not a particular person, I’m not saying **** to anyone including my wife. 

[iubb]

If this was preschool Everyone here would go to timeout so they stop. bickering 

 

We all should stop bickering.. it makes everyone look bd

[IU Prof]

3 minutes ago, HoosierInParadise said:

At this point, if McCollum is the floor, what is there to argue about? After hearing him talk this morning again....impressive, serious, and could be great! I'm down with him or anyone better.

This is where I am at. I still think there's considerable downside risk with McCollum, but he's a guy I could live with. If we can get him.

[Teter02]

2 minutes ago, MrBBall said:

Wow. Devries or McCollum……great……wow…..

 

not killing messenger. Killing the selection when you’ve had 12 months to prep

I’m not excited about either. HOWEVER, how can you make somebody take a job that they aren’t interested in. I’m sure Scott threw the kitchen sink at “big names”. If we don’t have one on the sideline next year, it’s likely not due to a lack of a plan or effort.

The reality check for many of us will be that IU basketball simply isn’t the job we think it is after years of bad basketball.

[TadQueasy]

Personally I do not think it is fair to group RTZ and Chris with Isaac.  They are clearly not the same.  Everyone needs to take a deep breath around here.  This thing still has some flight time left before we come to some clarity.  

[Hoosierfan1901]

Feels like someone will be putting up a Brad Stevens shrine again 

[PartyintheVillas]

I am always amazed at how many people take message board and social media rumors and comments as facts about what is happening. Just because random Joe who claims to know someone who knows someone does not make it fact. We really struggle as a country to separate group sentiment from fact. The facts are no one on these internet sources really knows anything, and if they do it's almost like Schrodinger's fact. It is both true and untrue since there is no way of knowing. Worse than that is when it's not even people who claim to know anything just posting random thoughts as if they are an expert on something and others get all worked up about it being true. Just because a bunch of people are arguing about Ben McCollum or Brad Stevens or Brad Brownell or anyone else doesn't mean any of them are actual favorites or even real candidates.

[tyappleg]

The storm before the calm before the storm today.  I think everybody needs to take a good extended lunch break; lol.  To quote the greatest realtor in Indiana basketball history... Just chill. 

[IUBtown]

4 minutes ago, HoosierInParadise said:

At this point, if McCollum is the floor, what is there to argue about? After hearing him talk this morning again....impressive, serious, and could be great! I'm down with him or anyone better.

Because some people only eat at chain/name brand places.  They want to win the press conference.  They have no ability to comprehend anything beyond the big names being a great hire. 

[Hornsby]

At this point, if McCollum is the floor, what is there to argue about? After hearing him talk this morning again....impressive, serious, and could be great! I'm down with him or anyone better.

Dolson has had 12 months to find the guy. If that's the best he can do consider me not impressed.

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[Bowhunter]

What did Jeff Rabjohns do?

[HoosierInParadise]

I once had inside information and I posted it on a message board. It was back when Mike Davis got fired. I was sitting in Panera in Bloomington and two of Davis' assistants were at the table behind me. Davis still had his job, but they were talking about needing to search for jobs. I thought that was interesting and I posted it on Peegs, but nobody believed me. 

I've learned that if your name is Isaac, more people will believe you...you should have been IsaacConnection...

[iubb]

Just now, Bowhunter said:

What did Jeff Rabjohns do?

Rabjohns did a Rabjohns and reporting fake info and passed it off as fartual