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[DSUMMITT]

I do think it's interesting that McCollum went on Dickitch - I mean I don't listen to him but when I kinda paid attention didn't he usually have buddies and contacts he had from his coaching and iu days? Maybe putting himself out there to IU fans?

[JPCIVOP]

3 minutes ago, SlammySammy said:

Well, I am hearing Dan Hurley.....just saying...new source...seems strange....Cousin lives in Connecticut...runs a bunch of nursing homes in the state....says he got it from family member visiting a loved one....

 

So the thing is that this sounds both completely insane... and reasonably plausible compared with some of the things that have been shared on this board.

[Kentuckysucks]

1 minute ago, Bowhunter said:

Late to the party. What has changed? Which insiders are waking back? Issac doesn’t count 

No one knows a thing apparently.  Still most likely that it's Brownell or McCollum but we're just making educated guesses.

[iu eyedoc]

14 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

Mccullum is very uninspiring to me. I get it you love him but we all don't.

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[Jeff Flabjohns]

1 minute ago, Bowhunter said:

Late to the party. What has changed? Which insiders are waking back? Issac doesn’t count 

I believe another said that they’ve been given misdirections the whole time and so are no longer privy to what’s happening. :)

[Papacap]

Time to piss off everyone.

1) if you come to a free message board, read something from someone with inside sources, and then get butthurt if it doesn’t come to pass, that’s on you.

2) if you share inside info on a free message board, get push back from Debbie Downers, and get butthurt, that’s on you.

3) If you come to a free message board, are contrarian just to be a dick, and then, well, you’re just a dick.

[Iu1973]

Just now, DSUMMITT said:

I do think it's interesting that McCollum went on Dickitch - I mean I don't listen to him but when I kinda paid attention didn't he usually have buddies and contacts he had from his coaching and iu days? Maybe putting himself out there to IU fans?

He has all sorts of coaches on.  Tomorrow he is having Todd Golden on.  And I wish that meant he was coming to IU to coach,  but I know he isn’t. 

[realTomCrean]

McCollum:

We all know by now that he hasn't finished lower than 1st in conference in over a decade. Albeit D2 but so was his competition. This year, first year in D1, the guy is 3-0 vs P5, w/4x D2 transfers that START. 

So, the knock I'm seeing on here is that there is so much more that comes with the IU job. I agree! Media relations, selling the university, recruiting the All Americans, eg.

I argue that with a competent GM and a support staff + $6M to spend on players he is a golden egg. This guy is 30-3 with 4x D2 starters and IU can provide him $6M+ to fill out a roster. He is the homerun hire, the bottom of the 9th 3 runners on, down 3 GRAND SLAM. 

IU has never failed to get McD All Americans, top end talent regardless of the incompetent coaches. The brand sells itself. Hire Ben McCollum or watch him win the league for the next 2 decades at another school. 

[Hoosierfan1901]

2 minutes ago, Bowhunter said:

Late to the party. What has changed? Which insiders are waking back? Issac doesn’t count 

About everyone (some are hoping they have wrong information) besides RTZ, but it also sounds like no one has an dang clue what is going. Going to be an interesting week Bow.

[SlammySammy]

1 minute ago, JPCIVOP said:

So the thing is that this sounds both completely insane... and reasonably plausible based on some of the things that have been shared.

Haddams finest chiming in with the info.....gotta trust my family member on this one. 

[BeerBQ]

49 minutes ago, sirhoosierlot said:

he's just a guy that does funny bits on twitter. i think him and btownmoose were behind shaloobies and probably the kangaroo that was loose in bloomington. if you don't know what either of those two things are, I'm probably (see: definitely) too online. 

I checked that out and I think I know that guy. Hilarious!

[mdn82]

1 minute ago, Bowhunter said:

Late to the party. What has changed? Which insiders are waking back? Issac doesn’t count 

Nothing has really changed.  People just hate the Monday a week after daylight savings more than any other day of the year it seems.

[8bucks]

Just now, Jeff Flabjohns said:

I believe another said that they’ve been given misdirections the whole time and so are no longer privy to what’s happening. :)

Who said this? 

[CSP]

6 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

If he is honestly as great as some on here claim I fully expect him to be playing in the second weekend of the tournament. Can't wait to watch this coaching savant on Thursday. I am expecting to be in complete amazement of his coaching abilities after what I have read.

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I try not to get personal with other people, but.... what is offending you? What is your issue? 

As someone mentioned, if McCollum ended his career TODAY.... he's probably a college basketball HOF.... I think that deserves some sort of respect when discussing him, my lord. 

You speak highly of Beard and Wade because they're good to great basketball coaches, but you have a massive tone of disrespect when discussing someone like McCollum, who by all means from what we've seen ..... is a flat-out stand-up dude. 

 

I just don't understand. It makes it really hard to converse with you/want to converse with you. 

[Alistair Smash]

11 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I’ve spoken with both of them quite a bit during this search both have shared info and sources with me. I totally believe they have posted what they were hearing at the time because I was hearing the same thing. It’s sad the get crapped on though.

I’m pretty new here, but like most boards you can tell the wheat from the chaff. I wish I had info to give to take some heat of those in the know, but I got next to nothing. 

[rayl456]

9 minutes ago, SlammySammy said:

Gone for a few hours to do some work, come back and nothing has changed...still the circular jerkular motion of "I like this guy" and "We know!!!".....and no news from anyone who knows anything.....

Why should I believe that you were working?  Your freaking picture changes every other day, SS…so your street cred isn’t worth spit!  Run along back to your Rat Pack, you weasel!  LOL. :)

[iu eyedoc]

14 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I’ve spoken with both of them quite a bit during this search both have shared info and sources with me. I totally believe they have posted what they were hearing at the time because I was hearing the same thing. It’s sad the get crapped on though.

Some people dig that.

[Silat Player]

9 minutes ago, Jeff Flabjohns said:

If nothing else this search, and the one four years ago, allows us all to see who’s actually got any sources and who’s on the outside like Rabjohns. Props to Dolson
 

It’s a free message board and nobody’s going to police what info you choose to believe.
But the ‘take my ball and go home’ if questioned crowd is incredibly weak.
Our next coach Ben McCollum would never recruit you!! 

What this search has proven to everyone is that I have absolutely zero sources in the AD's office or on the IU BoT. 

I obviously need to find some new friends IRL in the next 4 years. LOL

[IUHoosierJoe]

13 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

You love the attention especially when pushing the Stevens narrative then play innocent when questioned or wrong.

Have you ever thought about why you’re so jealous of someone else getting attention?  I suspect with some of you guys, that’s why you’re really here attacking them.  If you were so offended by the actual information they are sharing, you wouldn’t keep coming back here reading it.

[DSUMMITT]

2 minutes ago, Iu1973 said:

He has all sorts of coaches on.  Tomorrow he is having Todd Golden on.  And I wish that meant he was coming to IU to coach,  but I know he isn’t. 

Cool - thanks - another rabbit hole....