General Coach Candidate News

[RaceToTheTop 31,302]

1 minute ago, Treesh said:

And then back to the point I made earlier, the Knicks are the slowest team in the NBA, #30th in the league in PACE. They are not your typical NBA team today. 

Offensively, where he is suppose to be good, the Knicks are #23 in the league. 

He’s not the head coach.  And if you are going to attribute every stat to an assistant, then we should lead the NCAA in points allowed since that’s what the knicks are doing.

this gets back to the whole “they are winning but I don’t like how they are winning” argument about Bennett.  The Knicks have a bad NBA roster and are playing .500 ball by playing how they need to.  That’s a plus, not a minus.

[Lebowski 3,419]

Just now, Treesh said:

An article I read suggest he's an offensive minded. That might be suggested because of his Knicks team with Carmelo in 2013.

I have no idea however --- I really don't know much about the fella besides him playing at Indiana back in the day. 

 

Gotcha, well, I guess he just adjusts his coaching based on player personnel?

[Trish 14,482]

Just now, brumdog45 said:

He’s not the head coach.  And if you are going to attribute every stat to an assistant, then we should lead the NCAA in points allowed since that’s what the knicks are doing.

this gets back to the whole “they are winning but I don’t like how they are winning” argument about Bennett.  The Knicks have a bad NBA roster and are playing .500 ball by playing how they need to.  That’s a plus, not a minus.

I don't know how their staff operates. Sometimes NBA and even college teams have offensive coordinators, defensive coordinators. Nonetheless, the staff is very old-school basketball which goes against what Scott Dolson wanted I thought? 

 

[Trish 14,482]

Just now, Lebowski said:

Gotcha, well, I guess he just adjusts his coaching based on player personnel?

One would think. He gets what he's given in the head coaching role / assistant coaching role in the NBA. 

Which worries me to another point, he's never coached college basketball let alone recruited high school kids. Personally, the potential hire of Woodson just isn't exciting at all and would honestly seem completely out of left-field. We all want Indiana to win again but are we really going to hire an NBA assistant coach that is only being considered because he played for Indiana? Ugh.

Just hire Dane Fife, I like his odds way more as an IU hire. At least high school kids already know him. 

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Just now, Treesh said:

One would think. He gets what he's given in the head coaching role / assistant coaching role in the NBA. 

Which worries me to another point, he's never coached college basketball let alone recruited high school kids. Personally, the potential hire of Woodson just isn't exciting at all and would honestly seem completely out of left-field. We all want Indiana to win again but are we really going to hire an NBA assistant coach that is only being considered because he played for Indiana? Ugh.

Just hire Dane Fife, I like his odds way more as an IU hire. At least high school kids already know him. 

Honestly, I just want a coach that wins.  I don't care who gets hired.

[Hoosierfan2017 25,041]

13 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

If Indiana had to win its conference to make the tournament each year we wouldn’t have more than two either in that time span either.

Certainly, but the past four seasons he's had are the only seasons he's been anywhere close. 

The 13 seasons prior to the past four, he finished: 7th, 5th, 5th, 10th, 6th, 10th, 8th, 10th, 7th, 10th, 6th, 8th, 5th.

10 of those 13 seasons he had a losing conference record. Being a great team and missing the tournament because you don't win your conference tournament is one thing. But that wasn't what was happening to him. He went an entire decade without posting a winning record in his conference.

He's had a pretty good thing going the past few seasons. Their trip to the Final Four was a great moment. But recruiting mid-major players, coaching in the Missouri Valley Conference, and then coaching as the underdog in the NCAA tournament is a far cry from coaching at IU and in the Big 10. Could he kill it at IU? Sure, it's possible. But it would be a very large risk. I don't think IU is in a place where we can take that big of a risk. We're another bad hire away from flatlining and becoming Nebraska football. 

[Golfman25 6,819]

26 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

I am including myself in this statement that our fan base is just nuts.  We take every little tidbit that is tweeted and take it as gospel and freak out about it if it doesn't meet our agenda.  Dolson said you will not hear from him until the announcement on the new coach is made  So why not let him do his job and see what happens instead of freaking out every minute.  We have no idea if any of this info going out has any truth to it at all so let it play out.

It would be nice to have at least a "we are looking at many candidates, some of which are still dancing.  With respect to their programs, we won't entertain discussion with those candidates until their "one shining moment" is complete."  

[Iubravos 327]

If we can't get Oats, we have to get Musselman!!!   

[Vauxhall and IU 317]

My brain is starting to turn to mush reading these threads. Here's what I know: four years ago I was following our coaching search just as intently as I am now, and I didn't learn about the hire from here or Twitter or anywhere else. I learned about it from this post ⬇️ on the official IU Basketball Facebook page. My hunch is we'll probably hear about the new hire the same way. I might need a break from this.

 

[HoosierFan1994 5,351]

3 minutes ago, Vauxhall and IU said:

My brain is starting to turn to mush reading these threads. Here's what I know: four years ago I was following our coaching search just as intently as I am now, and I didn't learn about the hire from here or Twitter or anywhere else. I learned about it from this post ⬇️ on the official IU Basketball Facebook page. My hunch is we'll probably hear about the new hire the same way. I might need a break from this.

 

I think Woj broke it. There was a lot of smoke that Saturday morning that Indiana was going to make an announcement that day. Just like the Sunday Evening/Monday morning last week regarding Archie. Nobody is going to break it here, but there will be some smoke. 

[Nonymouse 115]

There’s a small plane flying from White Plains, New York to Bloomington this afternoon...

Guess who lives in White Plains?

just saying. 

Edited March 23, 2021 by Nonymouse

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,703]

The only candidates still in the tournament that are realistic.. well honestly I don't see Drew or Mussleman being realistic. 
 

Says who? Dolson or fans who think that is the case?
I have no clue who he is thinking about. I haven't seen a list released by him. No one really knows. It is conjecture on our part and our reality here on a message board.
He might know something we don't.

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[IUwins0708 3,108]

1 minute ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

I think Woj broke it. There was a lot of smoke that Saturday morning that Indiana was going to make an announcement that day. Just like the Sunday Evening/Monday morning last week regarding Archie. Nobody is going to break it here, but there will be some smoke. 

 

1 minute ago, Nonymouse said:

There’s a small plane flying from White Plains, New York to Bloomington this afternoon...

Guess who lives in White Plains?

just saying. 

Who...

[IUc2016 7,121]

1 minute ago, Nonymouse said:

There’s a small plane flying from White Plains, New York to Bloomington this afternoon...

Guess who lives in White Plains?

just saying. 

He will not be the coach, just sayin

[IUwins0708 3,108]

6 minutes ago, Vauxhall and IU said:

My brain is starting to turn to mush reading these threads. Here's what I know: four years ago I was following our coaching search just as intently as I am now, and I didn't learn about the hire from here or Twitter or anywhere else. I learned about it from this post ⬇️ on the official IU Basketball Facebook page. My hunch is we'll probably hear about the new hire the same way. I might need a break from this.

 

Sound advice honestly.  

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,703]

IPhone 4's even!!!

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[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,703]

That’s related to Franklin

What happened? Haven't heard

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[Artie86 3,503]

2 minutes ago, IUc2016 said:

He will not be the coach, just sayin

It’s Zeke, right? ( NY resident)

[IUc2016 7,121]

Just now, Artie86 said:

It’s Zeke, right? ( NY resident)

correct

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,703]

I am including myself in this statement that our fan base is just nuts.  We take every little tidbit that is tweeted and take it as gospel and freak out about it if it doesn't meet our agenda.  Dolson said you will not hear from him until the announcement on the new coach is made  So why not let him do his job and see what happens instead of freaking out every minute.  We have no idea if any of this info going out has any truth to it at all so let it play out.

Amen

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