General Coach Candidate News

[Soulsnipes 121]

4 minutes ago, Ron Mexico said:

There's another B!

[jermhoosierfan 193]

5 minutes ago, mdn82 said:

https://x.com/heykayadams/status/1902059188618195143
 

You should all be glad to know that we did not reach out to Crean as part of our search…

You mean that he was in Evansville for the OVC, and I didn't get a chance to UBER him around!!!  Ok, now I am not happy. LOL

[Hoosierfan1901 8,146]

4 minutes ago, Hoosier_Hatchet said:

Does it get any better than Pizza X and Brad Stevens?

Brad Adidas

[BehindTheBench 1,555]

Chris Hawkins seems to think it will be Jay Wright. Speaking of Hawkins, if he were to ever want to leave Attucks, he'd make a hell of an addition to the IU staff. Especially in some sort of a recruiting capacity. Would absolutely kill it here in Indy area. 

[Kentuckysucks 4,331]

27 minutes ago, str8baller said:

 

From the ground up.  I hope everyone has lots and lots of patience.

[go iu bb 8,795]

5 minutes ago, Ron Mexico said:

I'd rather have DeVries. 

[FrenchConnection 356]

4 minutes ago, Ron Mexico said:

I don't know if you're joking, but this is a real possibility. First of all, someone tracked a plane to College Station TX yesterday. Why else would anyone go there? Also, Buzz seems to hop jobs every 5-6 years and this is year 6 at A&M. Not that I want him, but Buzz Williams is a real possible consolation prize if IU has not landed whoever they spent the past month chasing. 

[Soulsnipes 121]

Hey @Magnanimous wink if it's Buzz, Tony, Billy or Brad!

[Bowhunter 3,088]

I think it makes more sense for it to be someone we haven’t heard much on. If both sides are in agreement and told not to say a word, then it probably is a mystery guy. 

[jermhoosierfan 193]

46 minutes ago, Sandman said:

I certainly don't hate him but it just isn't an exciting hire. He's a guy that did well at Drake and for a year at WV. Perhaps he'd be great, but there's nothing about him that fires me up.

How about the fact that he is an actual winning college coach who is light years above what we have had the last 8 years?

Edited March 18 by jermhoosierfan

[IndyFife 135]

13 minutes ago, BehindTheBench said:

As neither of those guys are fit to be the Head Basketball Coach at Indiana University, I would be ecstatic. 

Well, let's check in on our last 5 head coaches:

1. MD - journeyman who hasn't sniffed the big time since and was never qualified

2.  Sampson - Ok, maybe one coach capable of coaching IU

3. Crean - fired from Georgia and likely won't coach again.  Coached an NBA HOF'er

4. Archie - sucks at RI and will likely never do much of anything again.  Was worse at his Dayton than his predecessor.

5. Woodson - likely permanently "retired".

I would argue 4 of those guys were never "qualified" to be IU's coach and here we are 25 years later.

They don't necessarily get me super excited from the outset, but I would argue they are more qualified than 4 of the 5 and at least have some tangible results behind them that would at least INDICATE success from their coaching abilities and not just what they stepped into or recruited.

 

[Papacap 1,888]

Just now, BehindTheBench said:

Chris Hawkins seems to think it will be Jay Wright. Speaking of Hawkins, if he were to ever want to leave Attucks, he'd make a hell of an addition to the IU staff. Especially in some sort of a recruiting capacity. Would absolutely kill it here in Indy area. 

Catfish the fortune teller

[nchilberg 15]

Chris Hawkins seems to think it will be Jay Wright. Speaking of Hawkins, if he were to ever want to leave Attucks, he'd make a hell of an addition to the IU staff. Especially in some sort of a recruiting capacity. Would absolutely kill it here in Indy area. 

Birdman from the old days I believe.

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[JaybobHoosier 12,901]

30 minutes ago, FortWayneHoosier said:

live look at us mods!

Where’s governmentcheese when we need him!

[HoosierFan1994 5,139]

Prediction: The Mystery Machine will meet our mystery candidate at the airport in Sellersburg and drive him to Bloomington tomorrow morning. 

[HoosierSadaseci 2,983]

1 minute ago, Soulsnipes said:

Hey @Magnanimous wink if it's Buzz, Tony, Billy or Brad!

He said it started with a B...

[Magnanimous 5,354]

16 hours ago, Magnanimous said:

We’re not pursuing Devries.

Are you still confident in that statement?

[akumanina 403]

25 minutes ago, IvanRenkosillegitimatechild said:

That’s when we know it’s Brownell 

You want something a little more spectacular? It could be either Crean or McCaffrey. .001% chance is still a chance, right?

[Gameface01 178]

lol please all you scorned women , go eat some mint ice cream.  Oh god this poster, that one that and oh this one too.... they lied to me, what they said is probably wrong. I can't stand for this. They deceived me, I mean lol page fillers

[Magnanimous 5,354]

Just now, Magnanimous said:

Are you still confident in that statement?

Absolutely.