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1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

He's gonna be 63 this week. He can be a recruiting closer, but he's not gonna be out there beating the AAU bushes.

However, I really think his best recruiting plus is who he could put on staff. In the past ten years, he's been hanging out with sSO many big-name, high character NBA players: Felton, Delk, about to retire DeAndre Jordan (would be an incredible assistant), Melo and Rose, Jamal Crawford (what a GREAT get he would be). Too many others to name.

 

Not that it should matter but don't you have to have a degree to be an assistant? I don't believe any of those players you named have one. But I could be wrong. 

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So I couldn’t get much from him unfortunately. But, to me that’s a good thing. There’s been pretty much zero chatter, nor leaks for a month about coaches. He said it doesn’t matter that the season is

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Just now, Hoosierfan2017 said:

I will say this about Woodson.. If it’s between him and the mid major flavor of the month, I’d go with him. I want us to avoid a mid major guy at all costs. If Woodson would have his teams play an offense that doesn’t make me want to stab my eyes out like Archie’s did then I’d give him a shot.

Well he's coaching the slowest paced team in the entire NBA at the moment.

So... 

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Your reasoning is sound. Between THOSE two, I would lean towards Woodson. 

However, does anyone here truly believe Mike Woodson is the best coach IU can get? Not asking "could he succeed?" or "Could we do worse?" of course the answer to both is yes. Simply asking is Mike Woodson, +60yo NBA journeyman that has never coached in college- the best option for IU basketball? I don't think he's even in the top 10. If Dolson thinks so then: A) He burned through a lot of other options and we're settling or B) His list and mine bear no resemblance to each other.

Hire the best candidate you can. If that is Mike Woodson we're not looking very hard.  

Best coach we could get?

A great question that we'll never be able to answer in 2021. This I think we can all agree is true:

Somewhere out there is a first ballot hall of fame coach that is in his 30's or early 40's and on someone's staff. We can get him ... now.

THAT is the best coach we could get. Now name him (cause I can't ;)

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I don't want Alford at all, but honestly if the administration is hellbent on picking an IU guy then he would be my choice. He's the only one with actual college head coaching experience. We'd know what we are getting, which admittedly isn't all that great, but I'd rather do it than take a flier on an assistant or Woodson. 
Fife does have D1 HC experience to be fair

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We don't really know who option 1 has been.
What if it's been Porter Moser, Enfield, Mike Lewis, Drew, Musselman, or Oats all along? 
Can anyone really tell me why that cannot be the case? And if so, we would not get a whisper for a few more weeks.
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One thing I'm reasonably sure of. If we don't hear by the end of this week, then we are not going after Beilein, Woodson, Fife, Beard, Alford, or Mack. That would happen by this Friday, give or take a day or two. 
 
At least they aren't at the top anyhow. They could still end up being the guy if the top options don't pan out but agree with your overall point

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9 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

He's gonna be 63 this week. He can be a recruiting closer, but he's not gonna be out there beating the AAU bushes.

However, I really think his best recruiting plus is who he could put on staff. In the past ten years, he's been hanging out with so many big-name, high character NBA players: Felton, Delk, about to retire DeAndre Jordan (would be an incredible assistant), Melo and Rose, Jamal Crawford (what a GREAT get he would be). Too many others to name.

 

For some reason having a staff made up of assistants that almost certainly received impermissible benefits while in college does not give me the warm and fuzzies. 

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14 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Not that it should matter but don't you have to have a degree to be an assistant? I don't believe any of those players you named have one. But I could be wrong. 

Is that an actual rule? That seems bizarre

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49 minutes ago, IUHoosierJoe said:

I guess I'm confused, if all the rumors are to be believed, why Dolson started with his A-list candidate, and when that supposedly fell through he pulled out his D-list instead of waiting for the Bs to finish the tournament.

I mean, you obviously start with your dream hire and work your way down. I don’t know that the admin ever preferred some of the guys this board does over TM - and I’d argue rightfully so. 

And sure, there may be other calls to make before you get to JB and MW (or even TM), but if they’re not interested, that process takes five minutes.

I also just don’t know all of what they’ve heard already from the agents of the guys still in the tourney. It could be that for one or two of them they’ve been told “I’ll talk to you when we’re eliminated” in which case you move forward with narrowing your pool but don’t make the hire yet if it’s possible he could rise to the top of your list. For example, it could be that they still want to talk to someone like Porter before they make they’re hire, even if they favor JB and MW right now. 

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1 minute ago, Hoosierfan222 said:

Is that an actual rule? That seems bizarre

I do not know, but I am nearly 100% sure it is not a rule.

Edit: I am not advocating for those assistant coaches, by the way.

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If it’s Woodson, I think we should wait to see what kind of staff he can put together, before we get our pitchforks out. Juwan Howard had zero head coaching experience and zero experience recruiting. He’s dominating right now. Woodson is highly respected amongst players and coaches in the NBA. If he can put together a high powered staff, I can absolutely see how young talent would want to come play for Woody. At this point, how much worse can it get than Archie? Bring on Woody. If he doesn’t work out, we can put the whole “IU needs an IU guy” theory to rest, for good. 

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