General Coach Candidate News

[Stuhoo]

12 minutes ago, Hooserfan1901 said:

I am preparing for a Beilein hire now

Just to be clear, I don’t think this guy is a reporter 

[Bankshot]

Maybe Dolson is a Sun Tzu fan?

[8bucks]

1 minute ago, Zachetology said:

It would be deflating if we were already at Matta and Beilein. It would be crushing if it got to any of the IU names. 

I disagree. It would be disappointing had we kept Archie. We are who we are. We are trying to bring a winner. Everyone has risks or is comfortable where they are. 
 

Many programs grow their own coach or pull in a mid major guy.  We haven’t had success yet with the latter but we also aren’t content to be bad. 

[T White]

12 minutes ago, Hooserfan1901 said:

It’s been confirmed

 

No, he says the report was "wide of the mark". Meaning inaccurate.

[Feathery]

1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

Just to be clear, I don’t think this guy is a reporter 

Writer for Sports Illustrated Indiana.  

[TheDarkKnight69]

2 minutes ago, NVFalcons1990 said:

Whew....someone just jumped the gun then on that rumor....

Wish I could make fun of someone for jumping the gun on a rumor :(

[Golfman25]

1 hour ago, Bankshot said:

Here’s a question for the group... why would folks prefer Fife over Michael Lewis? Is it because of his stint as a head coach?

Just wondering because Michael Lewis has been, what seems to be an extremely successful assistant, for like 16 years, under Knight, Stevens, and others. Seems to have played a major part in improving the success of the teams he’s coached with.

And he played for Knight for four full years and coached under him for two more. Fife played some for Knight and some for Davis.

Just curious what folks thoughts are.

 

 

 

Fife is taller.  

But yeah, I'd give Fife the nod due to his previous experience.  But I would view them as 1a and 1b, and would like to see them work together, head coach and associate head coach, to restore the program.  That's if we decide to go the up and comer route.  

[Stuhoo]

Just now, Feathery said:

Writer for Sports Illustrated Indiana.  

I stand corrected. Beilein... okay I guess.

 

[IUHoosierJoe]

14 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

I am sometimes so embarrassed of this fan base with some comments I see from so called fans.  IU fan base use to represent something good and was different than all other fan bases but not so much any longer.

It's unbelievable, and you're exactly right.

[Trish]

Wide of the mark? Good, I don’t want Matta. 

[Herotime]

Do you guys sort of feel like the fact that the admin reached out to both Rabby and Osterman almost immediately to tell them the Matta news was a joke to be significant?

[NVFalcons1990]

9 minutes ago, NVFalcons1990 said:

What this tells me is that options 1 thru 5 all said 'No' (Stevens, Donovan, Bennett, Beard, Few) 

I was rooting for Matta, because I assumed the options above would say NO, Matta's impeccable record speaks for itself.

Where we go now.......Altman, Beilein, Musselman, Moser?

False alarm thank goodness, I hope the hire does not get below or past Matta.

[Zachetology]

2 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

I disagree. It would be disappointing had we kept Archie. We are who we are. We are trying to bring a winner. Everyone has risks or is comfortable where they are. 
 

Many programs grow their own coach or pull in a mid major guy.  We haven’t had success yet with the latter but we also aren’t content to be bad. 

I agree Matta/Beilein would be upgrades over Archie, but I would want to know that Bennett/Beard/Drew/Musselman/Oats were all contacted first. 

[IU Scott]

33 minutes ago, Hooserfan1901 said:

I am preparing for a Beilein hire now

Would love the Beilein hire and he was at the top of my list and ahead of Matta.  I like Matta but his offense was not always the greatest but  Beilein is a great offensive coach.  I heard people talk how detail he is in every little movement in his offense.

[Golfman25]

1 hour ago, IU Scott said:

1) compete and win in the big ten

2) make the tournament

3) start making deep runs in the tournament

All of his former players said RMK never brought up winning the tournament as a goal at the start of the year.  They said all the focus was on winning the big ten and that is all they focused on

That's exactly right.  Control you conference.  If you're in the Big10 hunt every year, you're in the tournament (none of this bubble crap).  Then it's a numbers game.  Some years you'll exit early.  Some years you'll get to the sweet 16 and every so often the final 4.  

[TheWatShot]

26 minutes ago, Mopladysman said:

I’ve lost faith in SD if he truly tried to hire Ohio states sloppy seconds.  Lame.

FYI...Matta was the winningest coach in OSU's history. Hardly sloppy seconds. 

[sirhoosierlot]

1 minute ago, Herotime said:

Do you guys sort of feel like the fact that the admin reached out to both Rabby and Osterman almost immediately to tell them the Matta news was a joke to be significant?

Yes it means the report was wrong and if it had actually occurred the athletic department would look really dumb 

[Mr. Hoosier Pride]

well that was exciting for 30 minutes ..... what's the next rumor?  

Are we having fun yet?

 

[IU Scott]

20 minutes ago, Five Prime said:

Then it's not a good plan...no due diligence?  What?  This just further tarnishes an already broken program.  

Well doing a physical before hiring some one is doing your due diligence.

[Hoosierfanyuh]