General Coach Candidate News

[HoosierHoopster]

Hey DWB. I don’t think it’s just you, and imo it’s a good question. So the cop out answer is, first, it depends - depends on who we get. It is a cop out but also I think right. It takes a certain type of coach and the right fit to get the most out of an existing roster.

Think we’ll need a strong transfer or 2 but worth remembering we haven’t seen Parker Stewart play yet, and I would absolutely bet on Lander having a much stronger season with this one behind him, a full summer of conditioning and on age and body being an actual college kid, he’ll be stronger, bigger and experienced. He’s an exceptional talent, number one ranked point guard n his class — he’ll no longer be hamstrung by his age. All those guys, and Hunter, will play bigger roles - how much they / the team needs to be turned around remains to be seen 

Edited March 18, 2021 by HoosierHoopster

[LamarCheeks]

Caught the tail end of Dan Patrick talking about the IU opening on his show this morning. I just went back and listened to the whole segment. He said his "source" -- he has a lot of sources who supply varying degrees of accurate information -- told him Scott Drew wasn't coming, but that Tony Bennett and Chris Beard were on the list. 

Dan also said Brad Stevens wasn't coming -- but that was only based on Brad's weak denial the other day. 

I have to wonder about the reliability of his source, because I pretty much haven't seen Bennett's name connected to this job anywhere. And I know I'm probably a party of one, but Bennett would be my No. 1 choice -- even over Stevens. So I would have noticed. And IUwins or Chris said they had first-hand knowledge that Drew is very interested. 

[TrueHoosier62]

3 hours ago, KzooHoosier82 said:

As a former player I will say that one important “born with it” aspect is the mental ability to make shots. I played with (and to some degree was) guys who would hit all the shots with perfect form in an empty gym and in practice...come game time the speed was too much, couldn’t settle the nerves and didn’t hit for percentage as a result. Maybe not at this level though, but was just a thought. 

Agree 110%. IU has plenty of athletes who can hit shots, but no shooters.

[JaybobHoosier]

Well, now who we got? Lol. 
It is what it is, not sense of swimming in a pool of misery. Lets move on and focus on some really good candidates! With Stevens seemingly off the board, I guess we will see if it’s an already available former college coach or someone still in the tourney. Will be an interesting next couple of weeks for sure. 
Go IU!!!

[Josh]

On 3/17/2021 at 2:41 PM, Josh said:

This site is on the brink of legendary status or failure.  The misfortunes of another site has delivered many new faces just as we're talking about Brad Stevens as our next coach.  If he does become coach, this site will supplant all others.  If he does not, this site will be a Stevens punchline.

Transformative times.  I'm glad I'm here to see it.

Uh oh

[Alford Bailey]

I take anything that comes from the HSN site with a huge grain of salt. Definitely more to the Stevens story than Donovan I think. Not mad at Chris at all. He has been a good source.

[Trish]

What did we pay $10 million dollars for? We're going to find out. A booster gave his money with insurance knowing we were going to get someone. (I'd hope he's/she's smart enough)

I just don't know folks. I really think we should've kept Archie until we had a solid answer from Brad. Maybe he said No a month ago? Maybe Scott is indeed waiting for the tournament to be over? Maybe our candidate is still coaching

I'm expecting we'll have our next coach by this time next week. There as no need to fire Archie this early unless that booster was really just careless with his money. 

[HoosierAloha]

I honestly don't care who the next coach is as long as they win and don't get too far into the much.

[JudahRMK]

42 minutes ago, Treesh said:

What did we pay $10 million dollars for? We're going to find out. A booster gave his money with insurance knowing we were going to get someone. (I'd hope he's/she's smart enough)

I just don't know folks. I really think we should've kept Archie until we had a solid answer from Brad. Maybe he said No a month ago? Maybe Scott is indeed waiting for the tournament to be over? Maybe our candidate is still coaching

I'm expecting we'll have our next coach by this time next week. There as no need to fire Archie this early unless that booster was really just careless with his money. 

Cam is probably still counting money while reading all this with a slight grin on his face 

[Trish]

1 minute ago, JudahRMK said:

Cam is probably still counting money while reading all this with a slight grin on his face 

He's got a fat cigar in his mouth looking at the Brad Stevens thread laughing his @$$ off. 

[NashvilleHoosier]

My biggest fear now is that going all in on BS (which I’m glad we gave it a shot) ends up backfiring with other candidates. Anybody connected with basketball has watched this play out to some extent. It’s no secret our choice was Brad Stevens and the entire fan base was behind it. Will other top coaches who may have had interest now hesitate knowing they are at best the distant second choice and that they’ll never be Brad Stevens? 

[ap2345]

8 minutes ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

My biggest fear now is that going all in on BS (which I’m glad we gave it a shot) ends up backfiring with other candidates. Anybody connected with basketball has watched this play out to some extent. It’s no secret our choice was Brad Stevens and the entire fan base was behind it. Will other top coaches who may have had interest now hesitate knowing they are at best the distant second choice and that they’ll never be Brad Stevens? 

They won’t care for the right price. Plus they’ll want to be the coach that fixed Indiana. 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Indiana basketball has been digging its grave one shovel full at a time for 20 years. We need a miracle folks. Fortunately, I believe in miracles. Batter up!


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[BayernFan]

Now that the BS is over, what will happen?  Donors are saying wtf.  $10 million for what? To get jerked around for two months?

So Dolson will go and get a REAL Indiana guy that the donors will LOVE.
 

Keith Smart 

Way better than BS anyway  

jmo 

Edited March 20, 2021 by BayernFan

[Go_Hoosiers]

Anyone who spends the first 35 years of their life in Indiana and then moves to Boston and declares themselves a “Masshole” can kick rocks and shouldn’t be the head coach at IU. Let’s go find a better coach for IU.

[jmsgws]

1 hour ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

My biggest fear now is that going all in on BS (which I’m glad we gave it a shot) ends up backfiring with other candidates. Anybody connected with basketball has watched this play out to some extent. It’s no secret our choice was Brad Stevens and the entire fan base was behind it. Will other top coaches who may have had interest now hesitate knowing they are at best the distant second choice and that they’ll never be Brad Stevens? 

What is there to backfire?  It is only people like us message boards that are making a big stink over Stevens.  To the rest of the world, it is a non issue.  IU tried to hire him, and he didn't want to come.  This same scenario plays out during every coaching search.  

[BottomLine]

1 hour ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

My biggest fear now is that going all in on BS (which I’m glad we gave it a shot) ends up backfiring with other candidates. Anybody connected with basketball has watched this play out to some extent. It’s no secret our choice was Brad Stevens and the entire fan base was behind it. Will other top coaches who may have had interest now hesitate knowing they are at best the distant second choice and that they’ll never be Brad Stevens? 

Wouldn't give a second thought to being second choice for a destination job.  Indiana has the fan base, facilities, money, and tradition to be a top job.  It is located in a state that is a hot bed for basketball.  The University has been there and done that numerous times in the past and has the potential to do it all over again.  All it is waiting for is the right person to wake up the sleeping tiger.  Second choice?  So what?  If I were a coach and thought I had the gonads to take IU back to the top, I'd jump at the opportunity.

[NashvilleHoosier]

12 minutes ago, jmsgws said:

What is there to backfire?  It is only people like us message boards that are making a big stink over Stevens.  To the rest of the world, it is a non issue.  IU tried to hire him, and he didn't want to come.  This same scenario plays out during every coaching search.  

It may not. I hope it doesn’t. But it wasn’t just message board chatter. Plenty is social media chatter with national media chiming in. Any other coach’s circle will be aware that we put all our eggs in the Stevens basket. They may not care. But if I’ve got things going at another school, I’d be hesitant to take over a place that I know everyone wanted someone else to that degree.

[Travis Scott]

Do we know for certain Stevens was even who we were going after? After today nothing is real :)

[cleeter]

Wouldn't give a second thought to being second choice for a destination job.  Indiana has the fan base, facilities, money, and tradition to be a top job.  It is located in a state that is a hot bed for basketball.  The University has been there and done that numerous times in the past and has the potential to do it all over again.  All it is waiting for is the right person to wake up the sleeping tiger.  Second choice?  So what?  If I were a coach and thought I had the gonads to take IU back to the top, I'd jump at the opportunity.

If I myself and another guy applied for a job and said company picked him over me but said guy decided to stay where he was so they then offered it to me (the backup plan) I’d be all for it. I got the job so I’m good. Basically just a long drawn out way to say “agreed”


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