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This should go without saying obviously, but there will be no press conference tomorrow. I’ll be able to take the lid off a bit later in the week. But will say this, anybody providing details right no

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I’ve had several PM’s so wanted to drop a quick line to the broader board. Love this group and fully intend to continue to contribute to the community, Im not going anywhere. (Sorry to a few of you) B

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So I couldn’t get much from him unfortunately. But, to me that’s a good thing. There’s been pretty much zero chatter, nor leaks for a month about coaches. He said it doesn’t matter that the season is

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2 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

If an agreement were in place, I’d assume the plan for announcing it would have a contingency for if we don’t make the tournament considering the timing of the portal opening, pre-tournament news cycle, time to build out staff, etc. IMO… especially since it wasn’t so far fetched that we’d miss the tournament. 

This. It wasn't a guarantee IU would make the tournament, if they had a contract with someone they should've had a plan in case of missing the tournament.

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18 minutes ago, BA47591 said:

Very well stated and I agree on almost everything you've said. 

Two Missouri Valley Tourney Championships and one regular season Championship. In 6 years. Has he won a NCAA tournament game? Was he better than Josh Schertz last year? This would stack up right beside the Archie hire.

 

 

 

 

 

I concur.  I think DeVries is a good coach and would handle the rigors of the job a lot better than Archie.  He is definitely more charismatic, but even my 90-year old Aunt with dementia has more personality than Archie. 

BM is potentially special and has a higher ceiling imo.  

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6 minutes ago, BA47591 said:

It doesn't compute like that for me. He could've jumped to a better job then Drake after the 38-0 team. He had several good players obviously that could've came with him then. He wasn't interested then he when he does jump it's Drake Iowa to make a one year spring board to the ultimate nut cracker us. I'm not saying you're wrong, it seems like it's an odd plan for a guy up to now that's been very particular.  

I believe Ben McCollum believes he could turn Drake into the next Gonzaga and become the next Mark Few if you told him he couldn’t. 

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3 minutes ago, Adillac said:

Chris Collins would probably do fairly well at IU- I don’t k ow why I think that lol. 

I agree with you. Obviously, Chris Collins is not a sexy choice, but considering the level of talent he's been forced to work with, there are a few positive things. (1) He is a pretty good motivator (2) His teams play hard nosed defense because that's pretty much the only way he can win (3) From offensive standpoint, Collins seems to utilize his players' talents well and he can tweak based on what he's got. 

With that said, it's kind of a mystery why he hasn't attracted job offers.

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This. It wasn't a guarantee IU would make the tournament, if they had a contract with someone they should've had a plan in case of missing the tournament.

Bulls have tomorrow off …

Sorry - all this Collins talk made me think of his Chicago counterpart.   I like Collins too for the record. 
 

WHAT IF …. big money was indeed raised …

Bulls are in purgatory.  Going nowhere.  Nobody knows the direction.  Owner doesn’t care.   
 

anyway - just thinking out loud.  

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2 minutes ago, akumanina said:

I agree with you. Obviously, Chris Collins is not a sexy choice, but considering the level of talent he's been forced to work with, there are a few positive things. (1) He is a pretty good motivator (2) His teams play hard nosed defense because that's pretty much the only way he can win (3) From offensive standpoint, Collins seems to utilize his players' talents well and he can tweak based on what he's got. 

With that said, it's kind of a mystery why he hasn't attracted job offers.

I’ve said this a few times, but Collins is comfortable in Chicago.  He would leave for the right job, not just any job.   And he expressed interest the last two times the job was open.  
 

as you mentioned, not sexy, but could do well here.  He’s high on my list!

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3 minutes ago, akumanina said:

 

With that said, it's kind of a mystery why he hasn't attracted job offers.

I read somewhere that his plan was to stay there until both of his kids had finished school. I believe his daughter already has and his son is a senior and was a manager for the basketball team this year. 

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1 minute ago, 12345Brad said:

I’ve said this a few times, but Collins is comfortable in Chicago.  He would leave for the right job, not just any job.   And he expressed interest the last two times the job was open.  
 

as you mentioned, not sexy, but could do well here.  He’s high on my list!

Thanks for your comment! I know a lot of us talked about Brad Stevens for quite a while, so if Collins would be the next coach, many fans would be disappointed, but I wouldn't be. Collins knows how to navigate Big 10, and with much better talents, I think he'd do very well here. 

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2 minutes ago, BehindTheBench said:

Anybody else like a kid on Christmas morning right now? 

this is more like Eve..the anticipation.. morning -you're seeing what you got..

we don't know jack...

any hints? :)

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