General Coach Candidate News

[maxwell]

14 minutes ago, Henryville Hoosier said:

Bruce Pearl

If not Brad, I sure hope you're right.

 

[iubb]

1 minute ago, cleeter said:

Peegs has "soft" and "hard" chatter.
BTB's got "Big" and "little" winks

*By the way, has anyone checked in on Rabby. Dude had a BADDDDDDDD day today

 

[P92]

Bryson Tucker to be next coach!

[SlammySammy]

Dolson making us go right up to the edge so that we have devolved into just begging him to make the decision and don’t give a **** if it is Brownell. Lmao 

[LIHoosier]

9 minutes ago, moyemayhem said:

Pretty big list... Brad Stevens, Ben McCollum, Billy Donovan, Buzz Williams, Bruce Pearl, and Bill Self.  Also really unlikely names like Brian Dutcher, Brad Underwood, and Bryce Drew.  Who am I missing?

You're missing Buinn Quckner

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

1 minute ago, P92 said:

Bryson Tucker to be next coach!

Nope Bill Parcells!!!

[jonz44]

Zach reporting a left field candidate is possible, but the search has been very tight lipped. He says it reminds him of the 2006 search. There were several names being thrown around at the time and then Kelvin Sampson came out of no where to obtain the job. 

Most of these prognosticators remind me of weather forecasters. Vague, indefinite, state the obvious, and are a helluva good predictor in past tense.... it's gonna be somebody and I'll name 20 might be's then toot my own horn later.

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[tyappleg]

Why does every damn candidates name start with B? 

[Asha’man]

24 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

Big wink update. First, I haven’t been given “everything,” just a “big wink” in response to the appropriate big wink questions from the big wink contact who makes big wink financial contributions who would not pony up big wink money without first getting his own big wink from a big wink financier that a big wink contract would only be going to a big wink hire. Here you go…

The first name of our next coach begins with B. The last name of our next coach does not begin with B. See you all in a few weeks and enjoy the tournament!

Bruce Pearl. Thanks. 

[JustWinBaby]

Just now, tyappleg said:

Why does every damn candidates name start with B? 

I swear he just said that to mess with us, knowing that basically every candidate’s name starts with the same letter lmao. Genius trolling if it’s not legit info. Heck, even if it is

[HinnyHoosier]

9 minutes ago, OKHOOSIER said:

Search szn 2k25 will definitely go down as the year of horrifying AI generated photos. 

We need a thread just for those. A scrapbook, so to speak.

[JustWinBaby]

Just now, HinnyHoosier said:

We need a thread just for those. A scrapbook, so to speak.

No, we don’t. *shivers*

[RaceToTheTop]

I'll give a more in depth break down later, but I've been crunching some numbers on McCollum's D2 teams and comparing them his year at Drake.  A couple of early notes:

• The number of shots both teams put up in Drake's games was 97 per game.
• The number of shots put up by NW Missouri State and their opponents per game in McCollum's last five years there was 102 and was never as low as 97.  It's still a slow pace, but the Drake pace this year was lower than any year McCollum had in D2.  D1 average is around 118 shots/game.
• The efficiency at NW Missouri State was incredible -- both in overall field goal percentage, three point field goal percentage, and free throws percentage.  They also got to the line quite a bit.  Average points scored for NW Missouri in the five years was in the upper 70's while they gave up about 60 per game.  At Drake this year they averaged 70.1 and gave up 58.4.

If McCollum kills it at a P5 school with quality athletes, expect the pace and style of play to be similar to Houston's.

[tyappleg]

2 minutes ago, JustWinBaby said:

I swear he just said that to mess with us, knowing that basically every candidate’s name starts with the same letter lmao. Genius trolling if it’s not legit info. Heck, even if it is

At least he eliminated Brownell, lol.  Hopefully that part is right.

[Silat Player]

6 minutes ago, jonz44 said:

Most of these prognosticators remind me of weather forecasters. Vague, indefinite, state the obvious, and are a helluva good predictor in past tense.... it's gonna be somebody and I'll name 20 might be's then toot my own horn later.

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Did someone say Miss Cleo?

[rayl456]

4 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

Why does every damn candidates name start with B? 

Well, this is the BTB board, bud.  lol. :)

[HoosierInParadise]

Yeah, I'm not a fan of the guessing games anymore. Issac spoiled it for me. If you have a name, just say the name and let everyone jump all over it.

[OliviaPope40]

Just now, Silat Player said:

Did someone say Miss Cleo?

That commercial annoyed me just like the Discover commercial annoys me.

[Henryville Hoosier]

Our next coach

 

[Magnanimous]

Just now, HoosierInParadise said:

Yeah, I'm not a fan of the guessing games anymore. Issac spoiled it for me. If you have a name, just say the name and let everyone jump all over it.

There’s a picture