General Coach Candidate News

[Bankshot 528]

In my opinion, the concerns over the ‘lateness’ of a Coach Stevens arrival (saying Coach Stevens sounds good), should he be the next coach, are offset by a few things:

- what he could do with our current roster

- recruiting for him would be instantly different...he would be recruiting downhill not up

- the possibility of the effect of the transfer changes

Bottom line, I would just not be as concerned about waiting for June or July for a coach Brad Stevens. I would go so far as to say if he wants to come you wait until June ‘22 if you need to.  : )

 

[JaybobHoosier 11,839]

Like everyone, really hoping for Stevens but expecting differently. Not trying to be the mood killer, but I think we will be just fine with a Beard, Drew, Belien, Matta (if healthy), and a few other good candidates. We all want the golden boy and I am in that boat too, but we have to realize that it might not happen and it’s not for an insane amount of trying.
If it doesn’t happen but we still get a heck of a coach, I just worry this fanbase will never be satisfied even if we are a top program consistently. I don’t think it’s Belien or Matta, but I am confident in Scott Dolson that he will make a heck of a hire, regardless if it’s Brad Stevens or 99% great.
We are IU and should demand greatness, but doesn’t mean the coach will be flawless.


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[Unexpectedflash 969]

I saw Jayson Tatum say he understands how it would be pretty cool for Brad to come back here. Listen to your star player Brad and come home. 

[Ryno6284 2,543]

Just now, Hoosier Guy said:

We better have beer buckets too

I will buy the first bucket, even if I have to sit the aisle seat!

[beaver56 55]

8 minutes ago, JaybobHoosier said:

Hey Beave, don’t know if you remember me but I used the moderate during the John Decker days. Always neat seeing old posters still around!


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I absolutely do Jaybob.

[IUguy77 202]

13 minutes ago, Hoosier1984 said:

I know my wife was suppose to be home 3 hours ago from work and I’m not even sure if she is here yet or not....just keep scrolling

Well at least you got your priorities straight. Lol

[rcbowla 6,874]

Welcome to all the HSN guys. Great to get new thoughts and perspectives. Hopefully you all stick around and post on both sites once that one gets new hamsters.

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[NVFalcons1990 355]

18 minutes ago, madmax said:

Yeah... but he's never won less than 20 games and has NBA experience. He's not my top choice, but I think he could crush in recruiting and would do really well at IU.

The thing with Muss, he has hung his hat the last 2-3 years on getting transfers......not sure where he ranks on pulling in top-level recruits, especially from the state of Indiana.

[Chris007 43,367]

2 minutes ago, Ryno6284 said:

Treesh is the conductor?

@Treesh is definitely driving this train

[Trish 11,453]

1 minute ago, Ryno6284 said:

Treesh is the conductor?

I’ll take any job. I resigned my Archie conductor position Monday morning around 9AM. 
 

Luckily... in time. ;)

[Huntnfreak 19]

I’ve been a member here since 2013, but never posted...just lurked! Came over to hang out after HSN crashed!

[tyappleg 2,900]

2 minutes ago, JaybobHoosier said:

Like everyone, really hoping for Stevens but expecting differently. Not trying to be the mood killer, but I think we will be just fine with a Beard, Drew, Belien, Matta (if healthy), and a few other good candidates. We all want the golden boy and I am in that boat too, but we have to realize that it might not happen and it’s not for an insane amount of trying.
If it doesn’t happen but we still get a heck of a coach, I just worry this fanbase will never be satisfied even if we are a top program consistently. I don’t think it’s Belien or Matta, but I am confident in Scott Dolson that he will make a heck of a hire, regardless if it’s Brad Stevens or 99% great.
We are IU and should demand greatness, but doesn’t mean the coach will be flawless.


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Shut it Jaybob.  Stevens or bust.  

[Hovadipo 54,258]

!!!!!!
 

Any further reminiscing will be deleted. 
 

Thanks, 

 

MGMT

[Hoosier Guy 7,504]

2 minutes ago, Ryno6284 said:

Treesh is the conductor?

We were aboard the tank train for Crean as well. Might as well not be any other way

[IUwins0708 2,666]

Every time I read something positive, for some reason I go to Twitter and convince myself the opposite. I’ll just hang out here until we get a coach. On a serious note, if it’s not Brad how devastated will this fan base be? I’ll be behind whoever but I think we will all be a bit disappointed. I still think it’s less than a 5% chance it’s him but that’s the best percentage we’ve ever had with him so I’m running with it!

[Notithatlives 93]

4 minutes ago, Jesus Shuttlesworth said:

I don’t really understand the dislike for Beilein on here.  He is not my top pick - I mean what girl doesn’t want Brad Stevens and Will Sheehey on the sidelines but he could/would win big here real quick.  His Michigan players loved him and I think he would be here several years and could completely change the culture.  We all have our own opinions but I think we could do far worse with some of the other names I have seen on here than Beilein.  Just let me keep dreaming about Stevens and Sheehey :)

1 he's old and looks even older than he is

2 cannot risk the recruiting aspect.  This is woke 2021.  

I love Beilein, he looks just like my late uncle.  But he's not our guy.  

[JaybobHoosier 11,839]

Shut it Jaybob.  Stevens or bust.  

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[Unexpectedflash 969]

Just now, IUwins0708 said:

Every time I read something positive, for some reason I go to Twitter and convince myself the opposite. I’ll just hang out here until we get a coach. On a serious note, if it’s not Brad how devastated will this fan base be? I’ll be behind whoever but I think we will all be a bit disappointed. I still think it’s less than a 5% chance it’s him but that’s the best percentage we’ve ever had with him so I’m running with it!

I think it depends on who we get instead. If we got an Oats, Drew, or Beard then I would be sad it's not Brad but still ecstatic about the future. Now if we got like Enfield I'd be pretty devastated. 

[Notithatlives 93]

1 minute ago, IUwins0708 said:

Every time I read something positive, for some reason I go to Twitter and convince myself the opposite. I’ll just hang out here until we get a coach. On a serious note, if it’s not Brad how devastated will this fan base be? I’ll be behind whoever but I think we will all be a bit disappointed. I still think it’s less than a 5% chance it’s him but that’s the best percentage we’ve ever had with him so I’m running with it!

Can't be any more of a gut punch than when they hired archie for 3.4 million dollars.  Who were we bidding against?

[Ghost of Rick Majerus 817]

Just did a twitter search for Brad Stevens. How can IU's fan base "cannibalize" itself any worse than Celtics fans?