General Coach Candidate News

[Hoosierfanyuh]

Can we check flights now to see if the presser is tomorrow?

[WRSMick55]

5 minutes ago, pumpfake said:

If true, that would be a major failure on his part.

Of course, when an announcement IS made he'll say "this is the guy we were after all along".  Sheesh.

If true, “ him” is a major Richard who fu**@d around with IU and is not a reflection on Dolson. Then IU had to do an actual Coach search.

[LIHoosier]

3 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

If you think DeVries is remotely comparable to the Woody hire and constitutes getting “hoodwinked” I’d hate to hear you describe the Louisville hiring of Kelsey lol. 

Mugging gone wrong?

Stabbed and left for dead in an alley?

Grand theft auto?

Sign me up for getting hoodwinked! 

The answer's obvious. Its held at gunpoint in a strip club.

[tyappleg]

2 minutes ago, HoosierInParadise said:

6 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

Thamel is the dude from ESPN...if it's not DeVries then this is crazy....

It says targeting.....that's a fancy way to say "top candidate" which no one has been correct on this entire search.

It's done.  It's DeVries.  

[JHoosier914]

1 minute ago, AH1971 said:

So Dolson and Stevens had a handshake agreement for over a month causing Dolson to not pursue May, Drew, Otzelberger and it fell apart….again….at the last minute.

Good lord

Just let it go.  (When official) we have our coach.  Let's all rally behind him and support him instead of getting into a pissing match over stories

[HoosierInParadise]

It's done.  It's DeVries.  

Well, call me skeptical...I'm not buying it.

[CSP]

1 minute ago, tyappleg said:

It's done.  It's DeVries.  

It is? 

[FortWayneHoosier]

Let’s go!!!!!! 
 

[Scotty R]

7 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

Dolson is a moron.  Got hoodwinked in 2021.  Got hoodwinked in 2025.

I still can't believe you guys actually believe all this crap

[mjeze106]

2 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

So Dolson and Stevens had a handshake agreement for over a month causing Dolson to not pursue May, Drew, Otzelberger and it fell apart….again….at the last minute.

Good lord

I'm starting to think that Brad Stevens is not, in fact, a fan of Indiana basketball

[Asha’man]

1 minute ago, AH1971 said:

So Dolson and Stevens had a handshake agreement for over a month causing Dolson to not pursue May, Drew, Otzelberger and it fell apart….again….at the last minute.

Good lord

The fan fiction about Stevens is the stuff of legends. I’m good friends with one of Stevens former players, and it was never going to happen. It was always a pipe dream. It’s why I never bought it. But it was fun to discuss in the thread for sure. I did love the whale AI pics. lol. 

[sirhoosierlot]

[Chris007]

2 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

So Dolson and Stevens had a handshake agreement for over a month causing Dolson to not pursue May, Drew, Otzelberger and it fell apart….again….at the last minute.

Good lord

As you can see on here some boosters and posters think Stevens signed. I was told he did, but then on Monday morning was told he actually said no. So I’m happy with Devries and if it’s not him great too.

[Silat Player]

3 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Alright, Thamel said it and the people who cover CBB/IU have picked up on it.

Let’s go DDV!!!  Hit that portal and call Mullins!

I'd love to see it, but not sure that he has the name to to Mullins away from Hurley. 

[darB s'tI]

I'm not there yet. Even Thamel says Indiana is "targeting" Devries. Not exactly a statement of confidence the two parties have even talked.

[JustWinBaby]

2 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

So Dolson and Stevens had a handshake agreement for over a month causing Dolson to not pursue May, Drew, Otzelberger and it fell apart….again….at the last minute. And you believe that?

Good lord

That doesn't seem to be what he's insinuating, and I don't believe that any of that is the case.

Most of the time if a coach doesn't get pursued, it's because he was not interested. Backchannel conversations are happening all the time. This is why Dolson hired a search firm. If we didn't pursue Otz or Drew, there's probably a simple explanation: they didn't want the job. As far as May, I believe there was some mutual interest, but not enough on May's part to pull him away.

You're making an awful lot of assumptions about what happened. Do you really think Dolson sat on his hands for two months, watched WVU get snubbed in the tourney, and started making calls Sunday night??

[FortWayneHoosier]

[Home Jersey]

Just now, darB s'tI said:

I'm not there yet. Even Thamel says Indiana is "targeting" Devries. Not exactly a statement of confidence the two parties have even talked.

An ESPN national CBB reporter isn’t going to say something like that unless it’s borderline imminent.

[JSHoosier]

13 minutes ago, pumpfake said:

If true, that would be a major failure on his part.

Of course, when an announcement IS made he'll say "this is the guy we were after all along".  Sheesh.

Well he's not going to say he was caught with his pants down and had to scramble.

[Hoosierfanyuh]

https://x.com/jonrothstein/status/1902114478969229435?s=46
 

second sentence is weird