General Coach Candidate News

[JustWinBaby 1,401]

2 minutes ago, Hoosier DaDa said:

DvD it is then.

Darian veDries

[AH1971 2,608]

6 minutes ago, JustWinBaby said:

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??

IU wasn’t hiring anybody in the middle of the season. That was obvious. Yes I figured once the regular season concluded actual talks and face to face meeting with coaches would start taking place.

[HoosierDaddyK 162]

6 million dollar buyout for a guy that went .500 in the big 12

[Chris007 60,034]

3 minutes ago, BehindTheBench said:

Come on man, don't do this. @Chris007 and others are legit. Sometimes **** actually does get pretty wild behind the scenes. Thank him and others for bringing us what they hear, and move on. Why point fingers, laugh at people, and call them out if they aren't always right? Be better. 

You and I plus about 12 others know exactly what happened. But this board will run every one of us off. It’s all good man.

[mjeze106 575]

If anyone's curious, we have hired a coach that isn't famous enough for AI to know what he looks like... 

 

I'm convinced that's a good thing.

 

Go Hoosiers! Let's rally behind our new coach!

[IUCane 218]

Just now, Chris007 said:

You and I plus about 12 others know exactly what happened. But this board will run every one of us off. It’s all good man.

I / others need a class on reading comprehension.  I missed the clear Stevens is out messages.  Can’t imagine if the board insiders were clear on Monday we all would still be hanging on still Tuesday 

[Chris007 60,034]

3 minutes ago, BehindTheBench said:

Come on man, don't do this. @Chris007 and others are legit. Sometimes **** actually does get pretty wild behind the scenes. Thank him and others for bringing us what they hear, and move on. Why point fingers, laugh at people, and call them out if they aren't always right? Be better. 

You and I plus about 12 others know exactly what happened. But this board will run every one of us off. It’s all good man.

[AH1971 2,608]

9 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

So Stevens was a yes for 6 weeks then all of a sudden changed to a no?

That would mean that Stevens is flakey and/or a d***. He doesn't come off as either of those things.

Sorry, I'm not buying that.

Or that Dolson isn’t fit to run a CYO athletic department, let alone a B10 athletic department.

These people think we’re stupid lol

[Uspshoosier 52,844]

Dolson about to pull a sitting head coach from a power 5 conference they 2 high major fan bases are extremely sad about today.  Well done Dolson.   Didn’t think IU could pull a sitting high major coach I thought it would be a mid major level coach.    Props to Dolson if true 

[HoosierInParadise 1,511]

I will watch how this goes with Devries but it's got an Archie feel to it. I'm bummed where the program has gotten. Our chance to hire a big time coach, and we didn't, was when we hired KS. What happened after that has led to IU not being a serious basketball school anymore. We will have to see if Devries can win enough to show we are serious, but on the surface, this hire does nothing for me with respect to feeling good about the state of IU basketball.

[Scotty R 3,298]

10 minutes ago, WRSMick55 said:

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.

More likely the Stevens part was never true

 Why in the world would Brad be interested in coming back to coach college basketball. He sees most of the best coaches have left the business the last few years because of the new college landscape. Being a NBA executive is easier than being a college bay coach. He can still have a family life and don't have to worry about the portal and NIL. You don't have to restock your roster every year in the NBA since players are under contract

 

[AH1971 2,608]

10 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

LMAO. If you’re friend hasn’t heard Brad say he wants to coach at IU and his biggest regret was not taking the job in 2021 then he’s not that close.

And turned it down a second time lol

[go iu bb 8,584]

 

[WRSMick55 225]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

You and I plus about 12 others know exactly what happened. But this board will run every one of us off. It’s all good man.

They’ll only run you and everyone else off if you let them. Nothings final until it’s final. If I had info to share I’d share it and to hell with anyone who doesn’t want to believe or attacks when it changes. Keep on doing.

[IUCane 218]

He better win immediately and win BIG.  He is going to be compared to a LOT of names mentioned who were cheaper options

[bodsbums 296]

With all the people reporting it as a done deal there is one person still not joining the fray. Seems likely it’s done, but I will believe it for sure once I see Osterman tweet. 

[lillurk 4,895]

Just now, Uspshoosier said:

Dolson about to pull a sitting head coach from a power 5 conference they 2 high major fan bases are extremely sad about today.  Well done Dolson.   Didn’t think IU could pull a sitting high major coach I thought it would be a mid major level coach.    Props to Dolson if true 

Zoomed out it looks a lot like what UK and UP did last year (though Kelsey was at a much lower level)

[Trish 14,303]

I want to know how far down the list Dolson had to go to get to Darian. I mean, Chris Beard is right there, right?!

[bigrod 3,058]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

You and I plus about 12 others know exactly what happened. But this board will run every one of us off. It’s all good man.

Don't worry about it Chris. If people take message board material as gospel truth, that's not on you. 

[Uspshoosier 52,844]

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