General Coach Candidate News

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

I will very literally take anyone over Archie. I really don't care who it is. 

Whether we like it or not, it'll cause for some new hope for the program. Archie would be walking to his death all of next season. The boos wouldn't be able to get louder. 

[IUHAHN81]

I'm just sitting here in awww. That's all I got. 

[Golfman25]

53 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I was told that IU has reached out to Andy Enfield. He doesn’t sound exciting to me.

Out of the box hire.  Not sexy but could possibly succeed at IU.  At least he's not mid-major (I know PAC whatever is debatable).  Unfortunately, I don't think we are getting a guy with a ring, already in the HOF.  New coach is going to have to work for it.  

[Hoosier1984]

Reading some articles on him now and his teams...sounds like Archie 2.0. Doesn’t get the most out of his players, doesn’t make adjustments and fans say his teams are hard to watch even in a win.

[Bowhunter]

I was told that IU has reached out to Andy Enfield. He doesn’t sound exciting to me.

What a buzz kill! I like it better when you talk about Stevens[emoji38]


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[MikeRoberts]

Who else are we reaching out to? Surprised to hear that is the only name shared here I believe and he would likely be outside the top 15 coaches we have all been talking about.

[Trish]

36 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I will very literally take anyone over Archie. I really don't care who it is. 

Whether we like it or not, it'll cause for some new hope for the program. Archie would be walking to his death all of next season. The boos wouldn't be able to get louder. 

This is the most dangerous thinking one could have. 
 

Are you okay, sir? 

[Trish]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

I was told that IU has reached out to Andy Enfield. He doesn’t sound exciting to me.

Time to quit IU basketball then! Looking forward to going full NBA! 

[Trish]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

Okay folks--before we trash a guy because he is a relatively unfamiliar name, let's get 'truthy': Enfield as a head coach--Very impressive results at two college stops:

Florida Gulf Coast (Two seasons preceding Enfield and the two seasons he was there):

2009: 8-21

2010: 10-20

Total: 18-41

ENFIELD ARRIVES

2011: 15-17

2012: 26-11

Total: 41-18

USC (Seven Seasons preceding Enfield and the seven seasons he has been there):

2006: 25-12

2007: 21-12

2008: 21-13

2009: 16-14

2010: 19-15

2011: 6-26

2012: 14-18

Total: 122-110

ENFIELD ARRIVES:

2013: 11-21

2014: 12-20

2015: 21-13

2016: 26-10

2017: 24-12

2018: 16-17

2019: 22-9

2020: 20-6

Total: 152-108

• Was the shooting coach/consultant for the Bucks and the Celtics. Three point shooting coach god.
• Has successfully recruited five star players.
• Has some slime on him-assistant Coach Tony Bland was an FBI scandal target.
• Salary and buyout is completely doable.

 Could you look into the strength of schedule for the years he arrived and maybe in comparison? I’ll dig into it Monday I suppose. 
 

Trying to avoid too much depression today I suppose. At least it’s beautiful here in Bloomington! 

[IUrocker]

I just wonder if a name like Andy Enfield is going to be one of many that are underwhelming being thrown out there as some smoke because we truly have a bigger fish on the line....my hopes at least. I’d just like to think Dolson wants to get this right and see IU basketball get back to where it’s supposed to be. 

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

I was told that IU has reached out to Andy Enfield. He doesn’t sound exciting to me.

Who? [emoji6]

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[lillurk]

5 minutes ago, Treesh said:

This is the most dangerous thinking one could have. 
 

Are you okay, sir? 

It’s important that IU make a good hire.

It’s also true that IU has many, many options that will be an improvement over the current situation and/or a lame duck

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Enfield's name popping up today is like the zookeeper throwing fresh meat in the lion's cage.

[Trish]

2 minutes ago, lillurk said:

It’s important that IU make a good hire.

It’s also true that IU has many, many options that will be an improvement over the current situation and/or a lame duck

Sure. 
 

But a no name hire.. there goes the fan base. 

[Hoosier1984]

6 minutes ago, Treesh said:

 Could you look into the strength of schedule for the years he arrived and maybe in comparison? I’ll dig into it Monday I suppose. 
 

Trying to avoid too much depression today I suppose. At least it’s beautiful here in Bloomington! 

This is just for USC time.

2020-53

2019-66

2018-76

2017-70

2016-61

2015-51

2014-86

2013-81

2012-42

2011-86

In comparison IU has been top 30 most of these years.

[MikeRoberts]

I’m open to an Andy Enfield and I would hope most would be. You never know how someone is going to perform when they get here.

holtmann at OSU, Howard at Michigan, Underwood at Illinois all looked like ok to somewhat underwhelming hires and all are thriving in the right environment 

there are a lot of coaches that could succeed and they all may not be as obvious as a Brad Stevens

[Trish]

1 minute ago, Hoosier1984 said:

This is just for USC time.

2020-53

2019-66

2018-76

2017-70

2016-61

2015-51

2014-86

2013-81

2012-42

2011-86

In comparison IU has been top 30 most of these years.

Thank you! 
 

Looking at Twitter it looks like USC fans want this guy fired? After a good season by the looks of it? 
 

Imagine the fans here. LOL! 

[lillurk]

2 minutes ago, Treesh said:

Sure. 
 

But a no name hire.. there goes the fan base. 

This is not a defense of Enfield at all but: the overwhelming consensus is

-we need a change, and

-we want to win in an honorable way.

Everyone commenting here has opinions on who gives us the best chance to do the latter, but there are LOTS of candidates who might succeed at a high level given the resources at IU.

I’ve been critical of the process that led IU to pick Archie. I still think a mid-major coach could make the leap and succeed. Enfield fits something like the Holtmann mold, Fife fits a version of the Scott Drew/Matt Painter mold...the key is getting it right and winning games, not winning the press conference.

[MikeRoberts]

4 minutes ago, lillurk said:

This is not a defense of Enfield at all but: the overwhelming consensus is

-we need a change, and

-we want to win in an honorable way.

Everyone commenting here has opinions on who gives us the best chance to do the latter, but there are LOTS of candidates who might succeed at a high level given the resources at IU.

I’ve been critical of the process that led IU to pick Archie. I still think a mid-major coach could make the leap and succeed. Enfield fits something like the Holtmann mold, Fife fits a version of the Scott Drew/Matt Painter mold...the key is getting it right and winning games, not winning the press conference.

Yeah, I couldn’t care less about optics and how people and the media react to the hire, I want to see wins.

[lillurk]

Just now, MikeRoberts said:

Yeah, I couldn’t care less about optics and how people and the media react to the hire, I want to see wins.

Right. I don’t think I need to remind anyone but IU won the hiring season and so on in 2017. That isn’t working out.