General Coach Candidate News

[Kentuckysucks 2,415]

6 minutes ago, cbp4iu said:

I have no idea who IU will take but please be a home run. Crazy how quiet everything is!!! 

Fife?

 

[Evariste Galois 575]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

The Hawks liked his coaching so much that they fired him after winning 65% of his games in 2010. 

And won 9 fewer games the next year...

[Indiana8585 129]

2 minutes ago, Evariste Galois said:

Musselman had 3 losing seasons in 3 seasons in the NBA. At the Hawks, the wins went from 13 to 26 to 30 to 37 to 47 to 53 (an average improvement of 5 games per season). 

If the Hawks had not fired him, they would probably win 108 games this year!

Awesome! How the hell do you win 108 games in a 82 game schedule 

[Indiana8585 129]

3 minutes ago, Evariste Galois said:

Musselman had 3 losing seasons in 3 seasons in the NBA. At the Hawks, the wins went from 13 to 26 to 30 to 37 to 47 to 53 (an average improvement of 5 games per season). 

If the Hawks had not fired him, they would probably win 108 games this year!

If you think Woodson is a good candidate then my oh my have the expectations fallen. As an alum it’s sad to see how bad we’ve become and this type of hire would be the end. 

[Indiana8585 129]

2 minutes ago, Evariste Galois said:

And won 9 fewer games the next year...

Who cares he’s had 3 winning seasons in 8. Please tell me how that’s good? Oh wait because Musselman flamed out went to Nevada and then Arkansas so it’s got to work with Woodson right? 

[Evariste Galois 575]

1 minute ago, Indiana8585 said:

Awesome! How the hell do you win 108 games in a 82 game schedule 

The math does not lie... 11 times 5 = 55 + 53 = 108 games.

What was that I learned about extrapolation? I am sure it is not important!

[Hoosierfan2017 21,896]

1 minute ago, Evariste Galois said:

And won 9 fewer games the next year...

And yet they didn’t decide to bring him back that next year. Let’s just be real here. You and others think Mike Woodson would be a good hire because he went to IU. I know it, you know it, we all know it. And that’s fine. People can want what they want in a coach.  But it’s silly for us to sit here and pretend that his 3 winning records in 8 full seasons as a head coach are double check pluses in his favor. 

[8bucks 6,556]

1 minute ago, Indiana8585 said:

If you think Woodson is a good candidate then my oh my have the expectations fallen. As an alum it’s sad to see how bad we’ve become and this type of hire would be the end. 

The thing is, we see the guys on TV and can look up their records but we have not met them or heard them outline their plan. It might be that Woody has the most realistic plan and he blows Dolson away when they meet. 
 

Maybe he talks with Beard or Drew or Coach X and thinks this guy is a jerk or creep or full of himself and won’t work here at IU. 
 

 

[TadQueasy 815]

7 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

Fife?

 

I like Fife and would be happy to have him as the coach.  But that video makes me want to gouge my eyes out.  That is not helping him at all.  

[FritzIam4IU 349]

14 minutes ago, cbp4iu said:

I have no idea who IU will take but please be a home run. Crazy how quiet everything is!!! 

Women are routing VCU right now...chatter will probably start back up tonight/tomorrow.

[Stuhoo 81,803]

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

And yet they didn’t decide to bring him back that next year. Let’s just be real here. You and others think Mike Woodson would be a good hire because he went to IU. I know it, you know it, we all know it. And that’s fine. People can want what they want in a coach.  But it’s silly for us to sit here and pretend that his 3 winning records in 8 full seasons as a head coach are double check pluses in his favor. 

*what absolutely no one said.

 

[Indiana8585 129]

1 minute ago, 8bucks said:

The thing is, we see the guys on TV and can look up their records but we have not met them or heard them outline their plan. It might be that Woody has the most realistic plan and he blows Dolson away when they meet. 
 

Maybe he talks with Beard or Drew or Coach X and thinks this guy is a jerk or creep or full of himself and won’t work here at IU. 
 

 

No we also have stats and records, if you think a guy with 3 winning seasons in 8 is somehow a good candidate then that’s on you. I for one don’t want a coach who’s not been successful in the nba plus has no college coaching experience. 

[Indiana8585 129]

Just now, Stuhoo said:

*what absolutely no one said.

 

Then why would he? No one can give any other reason other than he was an unsuccessful nba coach on here. Please give one reason he makes a good candidate beside playing at IU? 

[Kentuckysucks 2,415]

2 minutes ago, Indiana8585 said:

No we also have stats and records, if you think a guy with 3 winning seasons in 8 is somehow a good candidate then that’s on you. I for one don’t want a coach who’s not been successful in the nba plus has no college coaching experience. 

And why can't he get another NBA HC job if he's so great?

[Evariste Galois 575]

4 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

And yet they didn’t decide to bring him back that next year. Let’s just be real here. You and others think Mike Woodson would be a good hire because he went to IU. I know it, you know it, we all know it. And that’s fine. People can want what they want in a coach.  But it’s silly for us to sit here and pretend that his 3 winning records in 8 full seasons as a head coach are double check pluses in his favor. 

When he is responsible for 66% of the Knicks winning seasons over the last 20 years... yes maybe.

[T White 299]

14 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

The Hawks liked his coaching so much that they fired him after winning 65% of his games in 2010. 

I can't be sure of the time period, but the Hawks had a stretch where they went trough about three owners in as many years. Even had a period where it was in the courts.

[Indiana8585 129]

Just now, Kentuckysucks said:

And why can't he get another NBA HC job if he's so great?

You won’t get an answer for that, just some responses explaining how he was a good nba coach despite his record. 

[Stuhoo 81,803]

3 minutes ago, Indiana8585 said:

Then why would he? No one can give any other reason other than he was an unsuccessful nba coach on here. Please give one reason he makes a good candidate beside playing at IU? 

I don't see that many (any?) saying he's their preferred, or even one of their preferred candidates. Read the thread. People ARE saying that his NBA resume is not half bad. 

I'll speak for myself; trashing Woody and only claiming you'll be satisfied with a group that won't be willing to leave their current jobs is a bad bad take.

[Hoosierfan2017 21,896]

9 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

*what absolutely no one said.

 

Do you think someone needs to come out and literally say it? I understand that you’ve been looking on the bright side of any potential hires, but it’s beyond obvious that it’s the only reason why anyone would give him a second thought. We’ve got people trying to rationalize why 3 winning seasons in 8 full seasons and never advancing past the second round actually isn’t that bad. If he had went to, say, Florida instead of IU 40 years ago, everyone would be laughing at the idea. But since he went to IU, some people think it would be a good hire. 
 

And if those people don’t think that he would be a good hire then they’re advocating for someone who they think would be a bad hire. 

[IU Scott 2,375]

1 hour ago, Kentuckysucks said:

Checks all the boxes?  Has never coached at the college level.  Has never recruited before.  Is old.  Proven loser at the NBA level.  What box does he check?  That he's an NBA guy?  That's worked wonders for Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, St John's, Memphis, Georgetown, etc.