General Coach Candidate News

[Hardwood83 4,773]

9 minutes ago, Travis Scott said:

Tell me again why everyone is talking about Woodson? It's not like Dolson said he was meeting with him or anything? For all we know I have the same chance of being the next coach.  Patience is a virtue. 

Someone posted earlier that it's Beilein or Woodson and will likely be announced this week. Also Rothstein (I think) tweeted that IU is focusing on former players. Probably a few other odds & ends. 

I'm with you. I am not surprised by the wild rumors and herd mentality, I am a little surprised at so many are insisting we just hire (_____________) immediately and be done with it, as if we get extra credit for a quick move. I don't want a quick hire, I want the right hire and most of the people mentioned here don't fit that in my opinion. I don't want any of the former IU players, nor a mid-major darling. I want a proven winner and that may take some time. Took us a long time to get in to this mess, not gonna get fixed in 5 days. 

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1 hour ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

That's a Thibs coached team right there. 

And Thibs is a great coach.  Wins with what he has.

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59 minutes ago, Capt. Crimson said:

Armaan in the transfer portal... Need someone quick to stop the bleeding.

Disagree. Like it or not Armaan Franklin isn't nearly as important to IU's future as this hire. Get it right and Armaan will stay or he'll be replaced, either way the coach will be the deciding factor, not a few of the current players. 

[bigrod 2,871]

I forget... How much head coaching experience did Izzo have when he was hired at Michigan State?

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7 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

Someone posted earlier that it's Beilein or Woodson and will likely be announced this week. Also Rothstein (I think) tweeted that IU is focusing on former players. Probably a few other odds & ends. 

I'm with you. I am not surprised by the wild rumors and herd mentality, I am a little surprised at so many are insisting we just hire (_____________) immediately and be done with it, as if we get extra credit for a quick move. I don't want a quick hire, I want the right hire and most of the people mentioned here don't fit that in my opinion. I don't want any of the former IU players, nor a mid-major darling. I want a proven winner and that may take some time. Took us a long time to get in to this mess, not gonna get fixed in 5 days. 

Sure--you're describing something that would be excellent if it happened.

My question is--if Stevens, Beard, Oats, Musselman, Drew, etc. all say "no thanks" then what?

BTW, it's not your plan, but the 'wait a year' concept is ridiculous IMO. Do we really think that after a year of Kenya Hunter or Mike Roberts as interim coach the job will be more attractive? It will be far less attractive, and the recruiting will truly be decimated

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Gonna root for success regardless of who it is.  I don’t care if it’s for love or money who comes here as long as they succeed.

I hope if it is Woodson, that Michael Lewis could be brought in as the associate head coach.  He knows the college game and recruiting.

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1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

Sure--you're describing something that would be excellent if it happened.

My question is--if Stevens, Beard, Oats, Musselman, Drew, etc. all say "no thanks" then what?

BTW, it's not your plan, but the 'wait a year' concept is ridiculous IMO. Do we really think that after a year of Kenya Hunter or Mike Roberts as interim coach the job will be more attractive? It will be far less attractive, and the recruiting will truly be decimated

100% on the waiting a year concept.  That’s a killer.

[Trish 11,566]

Yeah he gone. 

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2 hours ago, IUc2016 said:

Beilein could get us to the final four in four years and then retire. Which would mean we are still looking for a new coach in four years. 

I'll take it if it means we go to a final 4 and I also think Beilein would give us at least 6 years.

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Just now, IU Scott said:

I'll take it if it means we go to a final 4 and I also think Beilein would give us at least 6 years.

wasn't saying I wouldn't take it. Was saying it's not either/or like he stated

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Yeah he gone. 

Um. No.

It’s more so just to explore options, to build relationships. It’s not, ‘I’m out of IU.’ That’s not the message we want to send to anybody.”

Armaan Franklin enters portal, wants to meet with next IU coach as part of process:

The tweet is just horribly written.


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6 minutes ago, Treesh said:

Yeah he gone. 

That’s your take away?

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9 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Sure--you're describing something that would be excellent if it happened.

My question is--if Stevens, Beard, Oats, Musselman, Drew, etc. all say "no thanks" then what?

BTW, it's not your plan, but the 'wait a year' concept is ridiculous IMO. Do we really think that after a year of Kenya Hunter or Mike Roberts as interim coach the job will be more attractive? It will be far less attractive, and the recruiting will truly be decimated

Big IF, but it's simple you make your list and work the way down until you get a "yes". 

If Dolson puts forth an effort and the best we get is Mike Woodson or some 34 yr old from the Sun Belt conference  then we have our answer. IU is a football school now and no amount of money will fix it. Lower our expectations and accept mediocrity. 

Thankfully I don't expect that outcome. 

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2 minutes ago, iubb said:

Um. No.

It’s more so just to explore options, to build relationships. It’s not, ‘I’m out of IU.’ That’s not the message we want to send to anybody.”

Armaan Franklin enters portal, wants to meet with next IU coach as part of process:

The tweet is just horribly written.


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Oh please.

 

Eric Mussleman is texting him right now from the Sweet 16. "Justin loves it here, you'll love it here and you'll start!"

"Would you rather play for me or for that old fart Mike Woodson?"

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2 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

Big IF, but it's simple you make your list and work the way down until you get a "yes". 

If Dolson puts forth an effort and the best we get is Mike Woodson or some 34 yr old from the Sun Belt conference  then we have our answer. IU is a football school now and no amount of money will fix it. Lower our expectations and accept mediocrity. 

Thankfully I don't expect that outcome. 

Thank God for football.

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1 minute ago, Treesh said:

Oh please.

 

Eric Mussleman is texting him right now from the Sweet 16. "Justin loves it here, you'll love it here and you'll start!"

"Would you rather play for me or for that old fart Mike Woodson?"

Or he is texting, give me a couple weeks and I’ll be the next coach at IU and we will do great things. :)

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I know we as fans have our list of possible candidates and think if we don't get one of them it means he missed on all of his targets.  The thing is that we have no idea who is n Scott's list and it could be very different than yours or mine.

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18 minutes ago, bigrod said:

I forget... How much head coaching experience did Izzo have when he was hired at Michigan State?

How much did Mike Davis have when he was hired at Indiana?

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4 minutes ago, Feathery said:

Or he is texting, give me a couple weeks and I’ll be the next coach at IU and we will do great things. :)

He's telling Franklin that Dickson street is better than Kirkwood. He's not wrong about that.. 

2 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

If you are a true IU fan then you should back whoever is hired

I want to play poker with you! LOL

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35 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

One could argue that it's about the discipline of completing the process... discipline to one extent or another is critical to this...

If you know how to coach basketball, then you don't. Don't need a degree for it. Just stupid standards for no reason.