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[Rico 3,109]

Greg Tonagel??????

[iu-dl 1,484]

Sportsline odds (we're not going to like last place here, folks):

Beilein +300 S. Drew +350 C. Beard +500 Alford +700 Altman +900 T. Matta +1200 D. Fife +1400 E. Musselman +1500 P. Moser +1700 N. Oats +2000 M. Pope +2500 Rick Pitino +3000 M. Few +4000 Brad Stevens +5000

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,647]

Todd Leary @LearyTodd

Texas Tech owes us one... We will take Coach Beard and call it even!!!

[mdiu28 1,876]

2 minutes ago, IU-DL said:

Sportsline odds (we're not going to like last place here, folks):

Beilein +300 S. Drew +350 C. Beard +500 Alford +700 Altman +900 T. Matta +1200 D. Fife +1400 E. Musselman +1500 P. Moser +1700 N. Oats +2000 M. Pope +2500 Rick Pitino +3000 M. Few +4000 Brad Stevens +5000

I'd put Few at +a billion (I'd then put $5 on it)

Would be awesome but he isn't leaving Zaga.  

[Magisterium 393]

15 hours ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

If Indiana is going to fire Archie, this is a huge step forward IMO. I don't think Fred Glass would've fired Archie with a 10 mil buyout. He would've waited another year. We saw that with Crean in 2015. That being said, I have to think (and this has been said on here) they are getting a proven winner. Not a Dane Fife, not a Gates. It has to be a proven P5 winner. You don't fire Archie Miller to replace him with a coach who has a similar resume as him. You just don't, not with a 10 mil buyout. 

If I had to put money on someone (and frankly I've went from Alford to Fife so who the hell knows) I'd say Eric Musselman is the guy. I don't know if Stevens leaves one year after his extension. They would really have to wow him. I think Beard is a Texas guy and don't see him coming to Indiana. The next guy that comes to mind would be Musselman. I would HOPE Indiana University could lure a coach from a football school. 

personally I think any hypothetical decision by Brad would have less to do with extensions, or contracts in general, than it would with the question of whether his preference for NBA over college coaching has changed over time or not.

FWIW there have definitely been expressions of dissatisfaction about Brad's coaching in the Boston media--as well as suggestions that some of the Celtic players regard him as "a college coach" and have basically tuned him out.

[Trish 11,706]

25 minutes ago, HoosierTrav said:

Not a fan of this type of argument. Stevens only played at Depauw. Fife played at IU. Who’s the better coach? 

To be fair, Stevens has been a head coach longer. 
 

The answer may be obvious but perhaps Fife is a really good head coach. He did fine as a 26 year old. 

[HoosierFan1994 4,754]

So is there a press conference today? 

[cleeter 2,153]

So is there a press conference today? 

Yes. 4pm on B1G Network.

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,685]

2 minutes ago, IU-DL said:

Sportsline odds (we're not going to like last place here, folks):

Beilein +300 S. Drew +350 C. Beard +500 Alford +700 Altman +900 T. Matta +1200 D. Fife +1400 E. Musselman +1500 P. Moser +1700 N. Oats +2000 M. Pope +2500 Rick Pitino +3000 M. Few +4000 Brad Stevens +5000

no inside info, but i say no way we hire Beilein.  I can certainly see Drew.  We aren't going to hire a 68 year old guy when it could take 3 years to get things going.  Nope.  

[HoosierFan1994 4,754]

Just now, cleeter said:

Yes. 4pm on B1G Network.

Wow so half an hour. I haven't seen any IU media talk about it. 

[NVFalcons1990 359]

4 minutes ago, IU-DL said:

Sportsline odds (we're not going to like last place here, folks):

Beilein +300 S. Drew +350 C. Beard +500 Alford +700 Altman +900 T. Matta +1200 D. Fife +1400 E. Musselman +1500 P. Moser +1700 N. Oats +2000 M. Pope +2500 Rick Pitino +3000 M. Few +4000 Brad Stevens +5000

Matta is where the money is at......

[IUc2016 7,121]

Just now, HoosierFan1994 said:

Wow so half an hour. I haven't seen any IU media talk about it. 

Alex Bozich mentioned it when he was on Assembly Call's live show earlier. Said he had to go get ready for Scott Dolson talking to the media at 4. That is where I first heard it.

Someone might want to tell Kent about the press conference IU isn't having. 

[Stuhoo 81,802]

1 minute ago, NVFalcons1990 said:

Matta is where the money is at......

I agree, and that would be excellent 

[Magnanimous 4,628]

Just now, IU-DL said:

Sportsline odds (we're not going to like last place here, folks):

Beilein +300 S. Drew +350 C. Beard +500 Alford +700 Altman +900 T. Matta +1200 D. Fife +1400 E. Musselman +1500 P. Moser +1700 N. Oats +2000 M. Pope +2500 Rick Pitino +3000 M. Few +4000 Brad Stevens +5000

 

+10,000

[NVFalcons1990 359]

1 minute ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

no inside info, but i say no way we hire Beilein.  I can certainly see Drew.  We aren't going to hire a 68 year old guy when it could take 3 years to get things going.  Nope.  

With Belein's pedigree we could get some good transfers..... with Matta you get his great recruiting in Indiana and the Indy area (Greg Oden)

[HoosierFan1994 4,754]

3 minutes ago, IUc2016 said:

Alex Bozich mentioned it when he was on Assembly Call's live show earlier. Said he had to go get ready for Scott Dolson talking to the media at 4. That is where I first heard it.

Someone might want to tell Kent about the press conference IU isn't having. 

I don't think it will be to announce a new coach. Huge s/o to @Chris007. This is a free message board and he was better than any of these "insiders" people pay for.

I think Dolson has a few guys lined up and is confident he can get one of them. 

[HoosierTrav 7,900]

2 minutes ago, Treesh said:

To be fair, Stevens has been a head coach longer. 
 

The answer may be obvious but perhaps Fife is a really good head coach. He did fine as a 26 year old. 

He did ok. This job is an absolute meat grinder. If a guy can’t win in the horizon league, then he’s definitely not winning at freakin Indiana. It’s really that simple. Stevens won big at butler and in short order. If my memory serves me correctly, I’m pretty sure Stevens started as a head coach 2 years after Fife. We cannot hire Fife. It would be an epic disaster. 

[IUc2016 7,121]

Just now, HoosierFan1994 said:

I don't think it will be to announce a new coach. Huge s/o to @Chris007. This is a free message board and he was better than any of these "insiders" people pay for.

I think Dolson has a few guys lined up and is confident he can get one of them. 

Not what I am saying. Kent said IU wouldn't have a press conference about a coach getting fired. They are having a press conference about a coach getting fired. 

[AZ Hoosier 7,686]

On 2/12/2021 at 12:35 PM, Chris007 said:

10 million is there to protect him for next year. 

Apparently that's not enough... "Archie, clean out your office..."

[HoosierFan1994 4,754]

1 minute ago, IUc2016 said:

Not what I am saying. Kent said IU wouldn't have a press conference about a coach getting fired. They are having a press conference about a coach getting fired. 

Oh I know. I just saw some on here and another message board wondering if it was a new coach. 

It's funny...the local media got it wrong.