General Coach Candidate News

[ap2345]

10 minutes ago, btownqb said:

What if you took what he did at UVA at the baseline for what he could do at Indiana? 

tourney 8 times and 5 of them before the S16, he's exited... what if.. at IU he could be like 3 times exited, but 1 more FF, and another E8. 

3 E8s in 8 years. 2 FFs. 1 NC 

If Virginia would’ve had a chance to prepare like normal for Ohio they probably win.

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

How would hiring Bennett a failure.   National  championship, 5 conference titles, 2 conference tournament titles and 4 sweet 16's in 10 years.

He doesn't score like the NBA

 

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[AZ Hoosier]

2 hours ago, hoosierbannerd said:

My lord, that triple overtime win (can't remember the year)-- that was fantastic! My friend (God rest his soul) gave up and went to bed. Couldn't wait to tell him the next day of our win.. good times

IU won 86-85 in 3OT. The game was at Madison on Feb 16, 1986. But Bennet wasn't there yet.

[IU Scott]

3 hours ago, IUCane said:

Wouldn't call that a HomeRun

Well he has been one of the top coaches in college basketball the last 10 years

[CSP]

7 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

Now that is inconsistency I can get on board with! 

He seems to be in that sweet spot of between "potential" and "experienced winner"

You don't like national championships? 

[CSP]

8 minutes ago, Feathery said:

100%. NCAA is played in the half court not in transition. Especially the further into the tournament you get. 

Absolutely 

[CSP]

Tony Bennett has gotten his teams ranked in the top 6, at least once, in each of the past 8 years lol 

But nah... he plays slow sometimes. Pass

[WayneFleekHoosier]

We’d be very lucky if Tony Bennett is the play.  We could only wish, IMO. 

[CSP]

Just now, Hardwood83 said:

No, I said "I'm in" I can live with the flame-outs if Deep runs and an occasional banner result. 

I really think over a 20 year span they would more than even out. We'd also be sooo much more competitive/a true threat in the regular season. 

[Kentuckysucks]

1 minute ago, Hardwood83 said:

No, I said "I'm in" I can live with the flame-outs if Deep runs and an occasional banner result. 

You can't win it if you ain't in it.  TB would have us in it.  Every year.

[Hoosierfan222]

The idea people wouldn’t be excited about Tony Bennett is entirely shocking to me.

[IU Scott]

If we are only looking at offense might as well go after Dana Altman since his team has already put up 65 points and there is still 17 minutes to go in the game.

[Seawolf82]

Just now, IU Scott said:

If we are only looking at offense might as well go after Dana Altman since his team has already put up 65 points and there is still 17 minutes to go in the game.

I would be happy with Altman.

[hoosierbgh]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfan222 said:

The idea people wouldn’t be excited about Tony Bennett is entirely shocking to me.

Why would IU fan's be excited about Virginia's coach? To be perfectly clear, when I say Virginia's coach, I mean Bennett is not leaving Virginia. 

[JSHoosier]

4 minutes ago, Hoosierfan222 said:

The idea people wouldn’t be excited about Tony Bennett is entirely shocking to me.

No kidding.  We have some issues if we wouldn't be tickled with a championship coach.

[IUc2016]

My goodness. Can we please stop talking about Tony Bennett. There have been no reports he is interested or IU is interested. 

[TheDarkKnight69]

If Greg McDermott hadn’t had his incident a few weeks ago, would he be someone y’all would be more likely to consider?

[tyappleg]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfan222 said:

The idea people wouldn’t be excited about Tony Bennett is entirely shocking to me.

It's irrational. The guy has managed to win the ACC 5 out of the last 8 years at Virginia and hasn't missed the tournament since 2012. Oh, and won a national championship. 

[Trish]

How about we quit recycling old coaches like Matta and Altman?

We need some fresh blood with potential. 

WHERE IS AJ ******** MOYE? 

Boy I missed having players that played for Indiana, not at Indiana. 

 

[IU Scott]

2 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Because it would be a failure. He doesn't fit Indiana. We literally just had a cardboard cutout of a coach that couldn't get the fanbase excited. He fits Virginia. A historically bad basketball school that had zero culture. So Bennett built one. Indiana has a culture for basketball and Bennett is the literal opposite. 

I have to assume from your post you are a 20 something that is more worried about glitz and glamour over substance.  I remember watching Loyola Marymount in the early 90's and they were fun to watch.  But that style is not sustainable for the long run in basketball.  They scored 120 points a game but gave up the same amount.