General Coach Candidate News

[LamarCheeks]

Just now, HoosierTrav said:

I would not complain, although I think Brad Stevens is a better coach and the perfect fit for Indiana. Bennett is tremendous as well and we’d be lucky to have him. Still get pissed when I think about Kyle Guy not wearing candy stripes. 

If memory serves, his grandparents are IU alums and season-ticket holders. And he wanted to go to IU, but he didn't like Crean. 

[HoosierTrav]

2 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

If memory serves, his grandparents are IU alums and season-ticket holders. And he wanted to go to IU, but he didn't like Crean. 

Shame. Missed opportunity for a homegrown legend. He made the better choice though. Obviously. 

[lillurk]

Bennett wins. I think there’s a way of understanding the last four years as IU taking the wrong lessons about what makes that happen, though.

[rcbowla]

We have a better chance of seeing Stevens take the job than Bennett. Mostly because you'd have to add $18M (believe that's the #) buyout on top of everything else.

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[Indiana8585]

I thought Bennett was still unhappy about the way his sister left here as women’s coach when we did our search that ended up with Crean. 

[rcbowla]

Greg McDermott may end up being on the market

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[Trish]

15 minutes ago, rcs29 said:

Greg McDermott may end up being on the market

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Hard pass!

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

3 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Bennett's past 8 seasons:
30-7
30-4
29-8
23-11
31-3
35-3
23-7 
16-6 (this season)

Yep, pretty boring stuff ... But those results are the opposite of IU basketball recently.

Yes he wins. But when I think of Indiana basketball, I think about games getting up and down the court and scoring in bunches. Not becoming the world's slowest organism. 

[JSHoosier]

1 hour ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Yes he wins. But when I think of Indiana basketball, I think about games getting up and down the court and scoring in bunches. Not becoming the world's slowest organism. 

I find winning fun to watch, if they're winning I don't care if they average 50 points a game or 80.

[coonhounds]

I think the real news broke when IU declined to host the opening round in the NIT and instead played on the road.  I'm not sure why IU decided to play in the NIT when they knew they weren't going to retain Crean.  Would have made more sense to fire Crean and then play with an interim coach.  Nothing good was going to come of a lame duck coach coaching an NIT game.

Iu has just quit hosting nit games in general. We made up a excuse Archie's 1 or 2? times he was in as well not to host.

 

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[Rico]

6 hours ago, rcs29 said:

Greg McDermott may end up being on the market

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So might Sean Miller...lol

[coonhounds]

So might Sean Miller...lol

Funny cause he was on posters list last time. Most wanted to pass cause he had talent but never won it all.

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[NashvilleHoosier]

2 hours ago, coonhounds said:

Iu has just quit hosting nit games in general. We made up a excuse Archie's 1 or 2? times he was in as well not to host.

 

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We hosted 3 NIT games 2 seasons ago. The Romeo year.

[lillurk]

52 minutes ago, coonhounds said:

Funny cause he was on posters list last time. Most wanted to pass cause he had talent but never won it all.

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Yeah, he would’ve been my preferred Miller at the time based on recruiting. I was wrong and we really dodged one. IU would’ve gone Sampson 2.0

[rcbowla]

Another reason Tony Bennett can most likely be taken off of everyone's list. He was offered more $ when he signed his latest extension and turned it down to instead reinvest it into the basketball program i.e facilities, assistants pay, recruiting etc. I mean that's essentially his $ that he's investing into the school's basketball program. Doesn't scream "I'm potentially available".

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[LamarCheeks]

When I wrote that I'd rather have Tony Bennett than Brad Stevens (and admitted I probably was one of the only ones to think that way), I was just expressing my "ideal world" hypothetical.

And I should have added this: I know there's 0 percent chance of Bennett coming. He said no when we hired Crean. Whether he was POed at us for his sister's tenure or he didn't want the "fishbowl" existence of coaching at IU, only he would know for sure. Probably a little of both. 

P.S. Obviously, anybody is free to respond. But if you don't like Bennett or his style, that's fine. You're not gonna change my mind. I've just seen a handful of posts saying that Bennett isn't a realistic candidate. Yes, I realize that. Again -- I was just saying that if I had my choice of anybody to coach IU, he'd be my No. 1 selection, even over Stevens. 

Hope everyone has a nice day. 

[Trish]

What candidate are we discussing today boys? 

[OldBuddy67]

5 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Yes he wins. But when I think of Indiana basketball, I think about games getting up and down the court and scoring in bunches. Not becoming the world's slowest organism. 

All that matters is winning! With our crap results over the years who cares what it looks like! Geez!

[Trish]

9 minutes ago, OldBuddy67 said:

All that matters is winning! With our crap results over the years who cares what it looks like! Geez!

That sort of thinking will get us in trouble with the wrong hire though. We can't settle -- we can't make a lateral move. We can't hire a coach who has peaked already.

Not saying Bennett has peaked, he's not coming to Indiana we all knew that after 2008. 

[Chris007]

10 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

If memory serves, his grandparents are IU alums and season-ticket holders. And he wanted to go to IU, but he didn't like Crean. 

Yes had a few beers with his parents on spring break in Florida during Kyle's junior or senior year of high school. They said they did one in-home visit with Crean and he rubbed them the wrong way. Just felt like they were dealing with a used car salesman. I remember his mom saying she felt like she needed to clean the house after Crean left.