General Coach Candidate News

[The Big Cig 77]

5 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Latest from Jeff Rabjohns: 

I’m told an announcement today is unlikely, but still could happen. Some soft chatter that if it’s not today, it will be either tomorrow, Thursday, or after the next coach is done in the tournament. I’m still following up on that with a few other people though. 
 

 

(Not a real update) 

Thank you Captain Obvious (Rabby not Home Jersey). Could this all be hinging on Woodson’s retirement being finalized or did that happen yesterday?

[LamarCheeks 21,587]

29 minutes ago, JimmerNoe said:

I’m parked with lunch in hand and nothing to do but refresh for 40 minutes. Give me something people!

How 'bout a Fresca? 

[HinnyHoosier 6,297]

Just now, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

What are you trying to convince me of? 

Stu is telling you Iowa has had more success in the Fran era than we've had in the last umpteen eras. He never said it was a better job. Just trying to help differentiate, and also help some people in here see that there's a legitimate reason we could be competing with Iowa for a coach. People act like we're competing with Penn State rather than a program that for several years has been more successful than ours.

[MikeRoberts 7,871]

7 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

No it wont.  Woodson did not have so much heat after year one.  

Agree. The new coach doesn’t have to win big right away but the key to keeping the fanbase happy is good coaching, players improving, E&E from both the players and staff, using the portal as well as building foundations with high school recruiting etc. Those things buy you time

[Alistair Smash 581]

1 minute ago, LamarCheeks said:

How 'bout a Fresca? 

Fresca is the most underrated mixer in history. 

[Jeff_Boy_Ardee 1,336]

3 minutes ago, GP711 said:

Here’s what I got. I think our next coach will be the “mystery candidate” mentioned my Goodman. I’m not fully ready to say it’s Brad but not fully ready to say it’s not. I do believe it’s a big name. Not sold on devries, I know he’s the coach of the day. That’s what I got for now. 

The mystery candidate mentioned by Goodman is his fallback when he missed all his other proclamations 

[str8baller 7,092]

3 minutes ago, HinnyHoosier said:

Ok. How about "more successful"? 

Because the numbers are pretty telling.

Really? They’ve been a protected seed once since Alford was there. 0 conf titles. One tourney title since then. 
 

Any time before that and you start having to figure in our titles and FF’s. 
 

Fran’s their longest serving coach since dr tom and he’s never made a S16

[Papacap 1,836]

5 minutes ago, GP711 said:

Here’s what I got. I think our next coach will be the “mystery candidate” mentioned my Goodman. I’m not fully ready to say it’s Brad but not fully ready to say it’s not. I do believe it’s a big name. Not sold on devries, I know he’s the coach of the day. That’s what I got for now. 

 

[IUCrazy2 2,795]

10 minutes ago, BGVille Hoosierfan said:

Where's Chris007, Jerry, and RTZ???  Want to hear their thoughts.

They have already shared their opinions.  At this point I kind of feel like they are going to find out if they were right around the same time as the rest of us.

[bigrod 3,065]

7 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

You had me. I was getting progressively angrier with each word. Well played.

Hmmmm... How to make the soft chatter hard...

[Rusty Shackleford 818]

5 minutes ago, GP711 said:

Here’s what I got. I think our next coach will be the “mystery candidate” mentioned my Goodman. I’m not fully ready to say it’s Brad but not fully ready to say it’s not. I do believe it’s a big name. Not sold on devries, I know he’s the coach of the day. That’s what I got for now. 

I think the search is done and has been for a while.

the only uncertainty was whether IU would make the tournament. 
 

It’s all logistical at this point: When, where, and how. 

[Ctf9 379]

Is DeVries worth agonizing about lol?

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 10,960]

7 minutes ago, HinnyHoosier said:

Stu is telling you Iowa has had more success in the Fran era than we've had in the last umpteen eras. He never said it was a better job. Just trying to help differentiate, and also help some people in here see that there's a legitimate reason we could be competing with Iowa for a coach. People act like we're competing with Penn State rather than a program that for several years has been more successful than ours.

 

I would be disappointed with having to compete with Iowa for a coach, especially DeVries. 

 

Wait Fran hasn't even made a Sw16? lol cmon now

[hoosiersoxfan 683]

1 minute ago, Ctf9 said:

Is DeVries worth agonizing about lol?

[tyappleg 7,194]

2 minutes ago, Ctf9 said:

Is DeVries worth agonizing about lol?

Can DeVries coach all 3 at the same time?

[DSUMMITT 364]

7 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

That is the false narrative that IU fans don't give coaches a chance before turning on them. People were very patient with Crean and many still don't count the first three years. Miller and Woodson were given a two years before the grumbling really started. With any coach, there is that small minority which are unhappy from the start.

Agreed- i was in the stands those first 3 years of Crean- every home game and we saw those kids give everything they had and while it wasn't sold out the crowd that was there responded in kind. 

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Our next coach...

[Zcorey92 139]

What a massive failure if this is who Indiana ends up with. So many proven winners that would take the job 

[realTomCrean 2,713]

18 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

It’s always been you, Tom. 

@realTomCrean

[HinnyHoosier 6,297]

5 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

I can see that Iowa has had, at most, marginally more success since Fran has taken over than Indiana has. 

I would be disappointed with having to compete with Iowa for a coach, especially DeVries. 

I can understand how one would feel that way. But the only real difference between the two now is that one of had 3 decades of a hall of fame coach and the other didn't. Now that we've been back down on Earth for 25 years we aren't as prime a spot as we used to be. And seriously, does Indiana not have a reputation of a completely bumbling iteration of an Athletic Administration to this point? People see it's been a clown show here for a while. Time will tell I suppose.