General Coach Candidate News

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,002]

1 minute ago, LookatthestonesonDolson said:

Although still a “Purdue jockstrap”...

Chris Beard?  Sense he may have already had some of his best years.  He would scare me as a possible miss.  Yes, he has had a nice run in the tourney, but does not seem to have parlayed that into recruiting momentum with sustaining strength.  They are a rather average 17-10 this season.  Tough conference, but still.  Stumbled down the stretch, too. 
 

Although not popular, I would be disappointed with Beard.  

Just 3 more posts and you can lose the Purdue jockstrap moniker.  It's a highly effective motivator don't you think?

[Hoosier Guy 7,491]

2 minutes ago, Billingsley said:

Great questions. IF its about money I believe the offer will take care of that concern. I think it comes down to recruiting. 

I agree. Recruiting at IU shouldn’t be too bad though. It’s a lot different trying to convince a recruit to go to Butler compared to IU. It’s like Roy at UNC, K at Duke, Self at Kansas and Calipari at UK. Those are the four elite programs that IU should be on par with once again. Once those coaches started winning at said programs, the recruiting took care of itself. That’s what Stevens could be at IU

[Chris007 43,208]

1 hour ago, JudahRMK said:

Wrong time for that with all the buzz going around....what about Coachss whats he heard?

He sent out a nice email last night. I like what he had to say. 

[LookatthestonesonDolson 88]

1 minute ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Just 3 more posts and you can lose the Purdue jockstrap moniker.  It's a highly effective motivator don't you think?

Haha.  Anything “Purdue” is a good motivator to progress.  

[Mr. Hoosier Pride 485]

4 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

It's gonna be Dane Fife. 

Sure, it's a risky move, but look at it this way ... 

He committed the absolute dumbest foul in IU basketball history and yet -- it turned out OK in the end. 

(Before anybody wants to tell me Dane isn't the guy, I'm just joking. Sorta. He's not my first choice. Or my second. Or my third. Or my fourth. But I'd take him over a lot of the other folks who've been mentioned). 

He never touched Jay Williams ... BS call!

[Chris007 43,208]

49 minutes ago, Mr. Hoosier Pride said:

So what about all that flight tracking I heard about?  Anything fun going on?  I saw on Facebook that Brad Stevens was spotted having lunch at the Pizza Pantry in Ellettsville....

My family has eaten there for over 35 years. Don't hate on the pantry. :-)

[mamasa 15,061]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

He sent out a nice email last night. I like what he had to say. 

Are you able to share on here? Understand if not, but curious :)

[HoosierFan1994 4,640]

I listened to the Brad interview...he kind of played it off. He didn't really answer the question until the end and said "I am not". Take it for what it's worth.  

[tyappleg 2,885]

[Chris007 43,208]

52 minutes ago, mdn82 said:

Hey guys (stu I will be good for my short trip).  @chris, just curious if you have heard on the starting point of 10/$65m?  I have heard that number a couple of times today.  
 

Edit:  Testing the waters to see if the info is consistent or if this is how this search is gonna go with rumors and whatnot.

I have not heard that number specifically. I  think you need to be at 7 million to get Brad

[Mr. Hoosier Pride 485]

9 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

It's gonna be Dane Fife. 

Sure, it's a risky move, but look at it this way ... 

He committed the absolute dumbest foul in IU basketball history and yet -- it turned out OK in the end. 

(Before anybody wants to tell me Dane isn't the guy, I'm just joking. Sorta. He's not my first choice. Or my second. Or my third. Or my fourth. But I'd take him over a lot of the other folks who've been mentioned). 

This was as close as he got ... Jay flopped

[LamarCheeks 17,505]

Just now, HoosierFan1994 said:

I listened to the Brad interview...he kind of played it off. He didn't really answer the question until the end and said "I am not". Take it for what it's worth.  

I put very little stock in any interview until Dolson comes out and names the next coach. I still think the chances of Stevens coming are very, very remote, but when asked about it -- what else would he say? Whether he has it in the back of his mind as an option or not, he's not gonna want to be fielding questions on it every night -- so of course he's gonna deny interest or say he's committed to the Celtics. 

When put in these situations, coaches deny interest in other jobs all the time -- I never put much stock in those denials. 

[southsidehoosier 4,803]

4 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

My family has eaten there for over 35 years. Don't hate on the pantry. :-)

I’d know that dining room just by smell. 

[tyappleg 2,885]

Just now, Mr. Hoosier Pride said:

This was as close as he got ... Jay flopped

If Carlos Boozer made that layup it would have killed 12 year old me. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,002]

6 minutes ago, mamasa said:

Are you able to share on here? Understand if not, but curious :)

Have you checked your messages today?????????????

[Trish 11,448]

I’m at the point where anyone but Brad Stevens would disappoint me. 
 

I blame no one but myself. 

[mamasa 15,061]

Just now, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Have you checked your messages today?????????????

I have not!  I'm slack a lackin'...

[Mr. Hoosier Pride 485]

2 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

If Carlos Boozer made that layup it would have killed 12 year old me. 

Jared Jeffries talked about how mad he was at Dane for the foul but the guy never made an attempt to block out Boozer ... he nearly lost us the game

[tyappleg 2,885]

Just now, Treesh said:

I’m at the point where anyone but Brad Stevens would disappoint me. 
 

I blame no one but myself. 

Why do we do this to ourselves?

[Ghost of Rick Majerus 817]

1 minute ago, Treesh said:

I’m at the point where anyone but Brad Stevens would disappoint me. 
 

I blame no one but myself. 

All of us are in the same boat.