General Coach Candidate News

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Just now, SlammySammy said:

Well, we had the "Pope smoke" yesterday or day before and all it did was cause confusion LOL

I’m a man of forgiveness. We’ll let it slide and welcome it back haha.
 

The Stevens news was flying. The sources were told to shut it down again so it didn’t get out. But now since we’re about to know, it’s ok for it to leak for real this time haha. 

[Papacap 1,862]

If it ends up being Wright, then catfishhughes on X becomes the legend that Isaac only dreamed about.

[hper50 1,631]

Good morning. Let’s announce a Coach today. I’m tired 

[Tasmanian Devil 1,904]

27 minutes ago, Jet812 said:

I absolutely think they’re GOOD basketball coaches.  I wouldn’t say they’re GREAT coaches.  I’m hoping for a great coach.

That’s fair.

still hoping we land the whale. We’ll see

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12 minutes ago, Cd71 said:

I'm starting to see Jay Wrights name pop up more.  Anyone else?

Repeaters

[HoosierInParadise 1,585]

Yah, but there’s no possible way the whole team could keep that secret for more than 5min. Somebody would be texting, instagramming, and snapping while they were being told. 

Doesn't mean SD isn't letting them know that they'll be happy with the hire. In that case, I'm sure they are in wait and see mode.

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1 hour ago, Hoosier987 said:

Rabby probably did get a text. I think we’re going to land a coach out of left field that’s going to cause big excitement 

So here’s where I’m intrigued with this… what if Tucker isn’t entering because his family was promised that we have a Big Fish coming in so please wait to enter. I know he can enter and withdraw but you never know. 

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19 minutes ago, Cd71 said:

I'm starting to see Jay Wrights name pop up more.  Anyone else?

So today's name is going to be Jay Wright?

Got it. 

At least we do spread the names around. LOL

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3 minutes ago, IvanRenkosillegitimatechild said:

So here’s where I’m intrigued with this… what if Tucker isn’t entering because his family was promised that we have a Big Fish coming in so please wait to enter. I know he can enter and withdraw but you never know. 

I would think it will be hard for these guys to go anywhere else and make what they are at IU.  

[Josh 13,155]

Why would anybody want this to end?  I need this to drag on a while

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Just now, Silat Player said:

So today's name is going to be Jay Wright?

Got it. 

At least we do spread the names around. LOL

At least it's a step up from previous candidates that the board has freaked out about...

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21 minutes ago, Cd71 said:

I'm starting to see Jay Wrights name pop up more.  Anyone else?

Some rando on twitter posted that and it just spread.  I wouldn't take it seriously. 

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2 minutes ago, Josh said:

Why would anybody want this to end?  I need this to drag on a while

Jay Wright is the name of the day today, which has about a .0000001% chance of happening, so yeah, I'm ready for this to be over. 

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The only thing I'm confident or certain about is Scott Dolson's ability to conduct a leak-free search.  It's been an absolute master class.

Here we are, likely on the verge of announcing who it will be and the media and message boards are still throwing around names like Santa at the Christmas parade.

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16 minutes ago, hper50 said:

Good morning. Let’s announce a Coach today. I’m tired 

Most accurate thing ever said on this board lol. 

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This is just my thought on the transfer portal and IU not based on anything else. If we see guys not flooding the portal I think it has zero to do with waiting to see who the coach is. No reason to believe that in this era. 

The reality is the coaching was bad and no one here increased their earning potential beyond what they currently make. Reneau could probably get similar money for his scoring, but Bako, Rice and Carlysle are almost certainly not going to make more on the open market than they have already contracted at IU. 

Maybe they can enter the portal and return without impacting previously held agreements, but that seems super unlikely to me given the new coach may not even want the player to return and teams are not obligated to allow a player to come back. 

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Let's ride...

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1 minute ago, The Big Cig said:

and now he's hooked listeners in for the day 

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20 minutes ago, HoosierInParadise said:

57 minutes ago, HoosierAccipiter said:

Yah, but there’s no possible way the whole team could keep that secret for more than 5min. Somebody would be texting, instagramming, and snapping while they were being told. 

Doesn't mean SD isn't letting them know that they'll be happy with the hire. In that case, I'm sure they are in wait and see mode.

Exactly I think Malik is the biggest one to watch on this, yes maybe IU can pay a bit more but right now if there was uncertainty this kids last year of college is coming up he ain't sticking around for just any ole coach. Or at least is gonna put his name in the portal and see who comes a calling. 

The Tucker thing is also interesting if its been well known he's got a foot out the door since Dec why wouldn't he put his name in the portal and the family is on the wait and see mode. Dad's clearly on social media you think he was gonna stick around if Ben McCollum was the hire? 

If we make it through today with no guys in the portal than IMO that's something BIG 

* I agree they have not been told WHO specifically that would leak out in a matter of secs LOL*