General Coach Candidate News

[Chris007]

8 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

So can you give us more info on Mack’s interest?  Did we reach out first?  Did he? 

My guess from what I heard was that his agent has made it known to IU he would listen to what we have to say.

[Bowhunter]

My guess from what I heard was that his agent has made it known to IU he would listen to what we have to say.

Probably just to get a raise


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[HoosierTrav]

1 minute ago, lillurk said:

Hard to compare but I think it would be easier to recruit at IU if you got it going consistently.

I personally don't buy that. Cant think of anything that Indiana offers a coach that UL doesn't, other than maybe a better campus experience. 

[MemphisHoosier]

3 minutes ago, HoosierTrav said:

Sounds to me like he's simply just hearing what we have to say. I don't view the IU job as better than U of 6, I guarantee he doesn't either. 

Yeah, if it came out that he 'worked' IU & the process for a raise and extension at U of 6, I wouldn't be surprised...

[Trish]

15 minutes ago, Josh said:

Only two years as a head coach at a place that's confused whether Cleveland is a city or a state...defend your pick sir.

Gates is going to Boston College. 

[lillurk]

2 minutes ago, HoosierTrav said:

I personally don't buy that. Cant think of anything that Indiana offers a coach that UL doesn't, other than maybe a better campus experience. 

Yeah I wouldn’t argue this a ton, though I think in both spots you recruit lots of IN and Midwest kids and if IU was cookin’ more of them might prefer IU.

[lillurk]

2 minutes ago, Treesh said:

Gates is going to Boston College. 

Probably so and I admire @Stuhoo’s commitment to pumping him up. Hope he succeeds...BC seems like a tough gig to me.

[maharkn]

James Franklin at PSU only hires assistants with hot wives bc that means they can recruit. I’d say Enfield can recruit. Lol

Gives the dad of top five players a job helps him to

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[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

What about Steve Pikiell? I would personally rather have a couple other options but curious to see the response.


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I think he likes it at Rutgers

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[Demo]

7 minutes ago, Bowhunter said:

Probably just to get a raise


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Yeah, this wreaks of the Painter to Mizzou talk way back when.

[Demo]

32 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

DENNIS GATES DAMMIT (I get it—I’m on an island with this)

I try not to judge guys I haven’t watched and I’m fairly sure the last full CSU game I saw was coached by Kevin Mackey.
That’s been a couple of years, right?

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

Truly don't get the Fife love. 
If he didn't go to IU, no one would want him let alone know who he is. 

But, but, but it has to be an IU guy.

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[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

I’ve heard that Chris Mack has told IU he would listen. Anyone interested?

Trolling?

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[Baltimore Hoosier]

Isn’t it probably more feasible that IU waits until April 2022 before firing Miller to pay the 50% buyout? 

That being said, why would a coach like Stevens ever leave the NBA for a program that hasn’t won a championship in almost 35 years? Hell, they’ve only won 3 conference Championships in the last 20. A coach in a reasonably comfortable situation at a power 5 school would have to be crazy to come to IU. There is NO patience amongst the fan base or local media, despite being mediocre for most of the last few decades, and there is unbelievable pressure to win immediately. Pretty tough gig.. A guy like Dennis Gates or Dane Fife might be the best we can hope for.

[8bucks]

10 minutes ago, Baltimore Hoosier said:

Isn’t it probably more feasible that IU waits until April 2022 before firing Miller to pay the 50% buyout? 

That being said, why would a coach like Stevens ever leave the NBA for a program that hasn’t won a championship in almost 35 years? Hell, they’ve only won 3 conference Championships in the last 20. A coach in a reasonably comfortable situation at a power 5 school would have to be crazy to come to IU. There is NO patience amongst the fan base or local media, despite being mediocre for most of the last few decades, and there is unbelievable pressure to win immediately. Pretty tough gig.. A guy like Dennis Gates or Dane Fife might be the best we can hope for.

Don’t fall for the “need to win immediately” story. It is the furthest thing from truth otherwise we would have had this discussion in year 1.   

[DChoosier]

25 minutes ago, Baltimore Hoosier said:

There is NO patience amongst the fan base or local media, despite being mediocre for most of the last few decades, and there is unbelievable pressure to win immediately. Pretty tough gig.. A guy like Dennis Gates or Dane Fife might be the best we can hope for.

What’s your definition of “win immediately”. It’s year 4 and we are in 10th place, have not had better than a .500 conference record and this, the 4th year, is his worst conference record yet (albeit.....the BT is brutal this year). We have the same, same, same issues we had 4 years ago and rather than the fan base having “NO patience”, as you wrote, I think there has been a fair amount of patience considering the lack of progress,

[LamarCheeks]

Andy Enfield has one major positive (other than the wife) -- I would absolutely hate the hire. And given my track record, that might not be a bad thing. 

At the time ... 

I liked the Crean hire. 

I liked the Archie hire. 

I hated the Moren hire. 

I hated the Allen hire. 

So -- what the hell, bring on Andy Enfield. 

[JaybobHoosier]

Only two years as a head coach at a place that's confused whether Cleveland is a city or a state...defend your pick sir.

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[DChoosier]

49 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

My guess from what I heard was that his agent has made it known to IU he would listen to what we have to say.

Does the Ville still have possible NCAA sanctions hanging over their head (as if that means much these days :( ). If so, maybe that is why he would be open to taking off. OtherwiseI agree with other posters that it might be his agents way of getting more money from the Ville.

[ViaSwiss]

Enfield!? Really!?? He is just Tom Crean but with even less results. 

 

Scott Drew is the guy and he has legit interest in IU.