General Coach Candidate News

[Home Jersey]

2 minutes ago, Zcorey92 said:

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

How have you come to this conclusion?

[CSP]

3 minutes ago, HinnyHoosier said:

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. Time will tell I suppose.

I edited my post... Fran didn't even make a Sw16. 

We've made... 4? 

 

Iowa isn't close to us. If you feel they are, that's fine, too. 

[MikeRoberts]

8 minutes ago, bigrod said:

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

Funny coming from “big rod”

[tyappleg]

Just now, Home Jersey said:

How have you come to this conclusion?

Probably talking about Wade/Beard.

[Parakeet Jones]

31 minutes ago, iubb said:

very interesting..

I’m posting this for no other reason than I am bored. This will never happen, but what I wouldn’t give to see it. 
1.  IU announces new coach today or tomorrow that is currently free. 
2. New coach starts immediately, obviously. 
3.  IU reverses course and agrees to play in The Crown Tournament. 
4. New coach get 1.5 weeks to practice them and evaluate them in a real game setting and then decisions are made about roster spots. 
5. The Crown gets better ratings than it deserves based on rabid IU fans 

Completely impossible fantasy, but it was fun to think about on the drive home from an appointment. 
 

[Tasmanian Devil]

15 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 Want a smiley face!!

[Hurryin' Hoosiers]

3 minutes ago, HinnyHoosier said:

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. Time will tell I suppose.

Except our success from the distant past has created a bunch of die hard old farts that is helpful for NIL.  We still have a bigger stick to wield than Iowa when it comes to NIL and fundraising.

[HinnyHoosier]

2 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

I edited my post... Fran didn't even make a Sw16. 

We've made... 4? 

 

Iowa isn't close to us. If you feel they are, that's fine, too. 

I've edited mine too.

Our reputation with our administration changes the view of the job as well.

[RaceToTheTop]

Part of me wants IU to announce their coach during the UNC game just to stick it to them.

[ib4iu]

38 minutes ago, lillurk said:

At the very least this speaks pretty highly of the ath dept staff’s ability to convince them to wait and see. 

Well remember Isaac said the team had been notified lol

[Teter02]

SIAP but Rabby pointing to significant smoke around Devries being the guy.

[Herotime]

Been out all day, can anyone catch me up?

[AZ Hoosier]

32 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

The schools have to process the portal request within two days. So it can take two days but I don't know how typical that is. I would guess it's actually unusual. There is also nothing stopping players who are entering the portal to make the info public themselves.

Players can announce their intentions, as well... it may not be "official", but it gets the word out...

[TadQueasy]

1 minute ago, Herotime said:

Been out all day, can anyone catch me up?

Read all the pages like the rest of us!  ;-) 

[tyappleg]

1 minute ago, Herotime said:

Been out all day, can anyone catch me up?

Smoke around DeVries.  But both Iowa and WVU think he's there's.  So nobody knows anything still. 

[Hurryin' Hoosiers]

Just now, Herotime said:

Been out all day, can anyone catch me up?

[Stuhoo]

2 minutes ago, Herotime said:

Been out all day, can anyone catch me up?

Darian Devries likely to soon announce his intentions for next season, and IU is one of the primary options.

[westgym]

43 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

More than likely yes, which was always going to be the case.

The idea that Brad Stevens was going to walk away from the Celtics in the middle of the season sounds more ridiculous by the day….yet has been the topic of discussion for the last two months.

With the understanding that I have little credibility here, debated for the past few days about sharing this outside of a few through DMs.  But here goes:

A longtime friend and colleague of Brad’s told me over the weekend that BS will not be the next coach.  Was this an exact quote from Brad?  He didn’t say that, (and didn’t say it wasn’t) but left no room for doubt.

Post this due to some fans thinking BS is toying with the fan base/dragging this out/is letting his daughter decide (!) and turn against him based on untruths.  
 

The sooner fans can let go of Brad,  then it allows folks to get excited about the next great coach waiting in the wings.

[HurryinHoosiers]

Honestly, props to Dolson for keeping this so tight lipped if he indeed "has his guy". Absolutely no one has a clue on who it is which is wild considering the world we live in. But he also may not have his guy yet which is why every name under the sun is being thrown out. Either way, this has been incredible to follow. 

[tyappleg]

7 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Part of me wants IU to announce their coach during the UNC game just to stick it to them.

It being DeVries would make it even more funny.