General Coach Candidate News

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24 minutes ago, JustWinBaby said:

I wouldn't count out anyone but Brownell at this point. This is such a wild search. I'm having a blast.

You think they’d hire Wade or Beard before Brownell?

[Stuhoo 87,806]

 

Stop the name calling and indirect assessment of basketball people's political views, from any angle.

Immediately (please).

Thanks 

Also an option? Take it to private messages.

no one wants to be locked away from the board during a super-fun coaching szn!

[Pagoda 3,975]

6 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

My .02, haven’t thought most of this through because who really cares that much…

The consistent name throughout the past few weeks has been McCollum. That makes me think there was/is real mutual interest. Now sort of looks like DeVries sniffed around Iowa but maybe didn’t think he could win there/get enough NIL. So if McCollum really covets the Iowa job as much as people say, seems he’d be next in line. Wonder if it gives McCollum any hesitation for his predecessor at Drake passing on Iowa… curious if that means he gets more serious about IU this week. IMO, not saying any of this is what’s happening, just what initially makes sense to me… but if it’s DeVries we should probably know tomorrow and if no news tomorrow, I’d assume McCollum…

I know this statement about resources gets old, but we've got like 2-3x more for player payroll than Iowa.  Would be wild if we wanted Ben and he turned down the chance to spend that much money on the roster because he just loves Iowa.  We'll see, but Ben is Cig-like and could still be Scott's pick.

I don't know who would be better, Ben or DD, just guessing at the outcome.  Of course it may be the old mystery 3rd candidate...

Edit: I just saw the DD pack line defense video... I'm shifting my preference to Ben lol.

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5 minutes ago, HooHooHoo22 said:

I just wanna see what the board does if DD signs an extension with WVU lol 

The Brad train would get rolling again.

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1 minute ago, Kentuckysucks said:

Let’s see, takes like 5 years to learn this defense correct?

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If we're going to hire a former WVU coach, let's just pull off the band-aid and hire Bob Huggins. What could go wrong?

[JustWinBaby 1,732]

Just now, Stuhoo said:

 

Stop the name calling and indirect assessment of basketball people's political views, from any angle.

Immediately (please).

Thanks

no one wants to be locked away from the board during a super-fun coaching szn!

get this woke nonsense off my board! /s

[JPCIVOP 686]

2 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

Back to the Pack!

[Bowhunter 3,088]

Pack-line defense . Oh boy 

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1 minute ago, Kentuckysucks said:

Uh-oh pack line can like a four letter word with some after watching Archie "install" it. 

[IU05 745]

20 minutes ago, newcastle12 said:

Eric from the Hysterics said it’s Devries but nobody at IU has told him that on the Peegs board

Our friend IUFB thinks it’s not Devries and it’s the mystery candidate, but not Stevens.

 

Apologies if I’m not allowed to share that. 

[Hoosier987 2,573]

Javon Small plus Tucker DeVries is the foundation of a Top 25 team. 

[Kentuckysucks 4,330]

Just now, Bowhunter said:

Pack-line defense . Oh boy 

A slightly better version of Miller lite.  Maybe.  Archie had tournament success.

[Home Jersey 15,095]

Just now, Pagoda said:

I know this narrative gets old, but we've got like 2-3x more for player payroll than Iowa.  Would be wild if we wanted Ben and he turned down the chance to spend that much money on the roster because he just loves Iowa.  We'll see, but Ben is Cig-like and could still be the one here.

Yup, impossible to say, don’t know him that well. From interviews, he’s made clear it’s important that he goes somewhere he can finish first in the conference and have good NIL. Has talked a lot about how that’s critical for success. Maybe Iowa’s lesser budget is still enough for him to think he can win there. Or maybe this guy is a stone cold killer with balls of steel and wants to take on the biggest challenge in CBB… who knows how ambitious/legacy minded he is or not…

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Just now, IU05 said:

Our friend IUFB thinks it’s not Devries and it’s the mystery candidate, but not Stevens.

 

Apologies if I’m not allowed to share that. 

[Juwan Moye 976]

3 minutes ago, IU Prof said:

Which tweet? Trying to catch up here. Thanks.

He tweeted that the Devries smoke wasn’t coming from IU. Basically none of the smoke was coming from IU and no one knows anything.

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7 minutes ago, HooHooHoo22 said:

I just wanna see what the board does if DD signs an extension with WVU lol 

That would be much more likely than not given this search.

In fact, it will probably be announced by 5:00 pm today. LOL

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3 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

NOOOOOOOOOOO

[JustWinBaby 1,732]

1 minute ago, IU05 said:

Our friend IUFB thinks it’s not Devries and it’s the mystery candidate, but not Stevens.

 

Apologies if I’m not allowed to share that. 

Where did IUFB say this? I've not seen anything from him today.

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3 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

My .02, haven’t thought most of this through because who really cares that much…

The consistent name throughout the past few weeks has been McCollum. That makes me think there was/is real mutual interest. Now sort of looks like DeVries sniffed around Iowa but maybe didn’t think he could win there/get enough NIL. So if McCollum really covets the Iowa job as much as people say, seems he’d be next in line. Wonder if it gives McCollum any hesitation for his predecessor at Drake passing on Iowa… curious if that means he gets more serious about IU this week. IMO, not saying any of this is what’s happening, just what initially makes sense to me… but if it’s DeVries we should probably know tomorrow and if no news tomorrow, I’d assume McCollum…

Agreed with all of this - would add kudos to Iowa for recognizing that there is 2 outstanding coaches waiting for the job to open up - unlike us last year they read the writing on the wall and took the chance this year - I think we outbid them for one but 2nd place in these 2 is a bit of a chance game - both solid choices. Hopefully they are smart enough to up their NIL game and get on3 of them