General Coach Candidate News

[Trish 11,712]

 

[iubb 2,558]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

 He needs to be quiet till Saturday

hmmmmmmmmm

[Southside 1,914]

Just now, AKHoosier said:

The more time goes by, the bigger of a rebuilding job IU will appear to be with how many of our guys are in the transfer portal.

This could rival the mess Tom Crean inherited in 2008, minus the sanctions and character problems.

Nah. Nobody is "gone" yet. 

And the situation was very different with players leaving or given their walking papers when Crean came.

And if it does become a complete rebuild, it's probably the best year ever to rebuild via the portal. 

[IU Scott 2,375]

1 minute ago, AKHoosier said:

The more time goes by, the bigger of a rebuilding job IU will appear to be with how many of our guys are in the transfer portal.

This could rival the mess Tom Crean inherited in 2008, minus the sanctions and character problems.

Even if we lose some f these players there will be plenty of players in the portal to get

[AKHoosier 7,058]

1 minute ago, IU Scott said:

Chris Mullins had never coached a t any level just like Clyde Drexler when he coached at Houston

Or Patrick Ewing and Penny Hardaway.

And they didn't have to learn on the job at a school with massive expectations in an absolute meatgrinder of a conference.

IU is a hell of a place to "learn as you go". 

[Go_Hoosiers 191]

Can we take anything away from all of these guys entering the transfer portal (Geronimo just entered). I know Dolson is talking to them prior to entering. If we were close to having a coach in place, wouldn't Dolson say, "Just wait a day or two and give the coach a chance before you enter".

[Artie86 2,046]

4 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

He needs to be quiet till Saturday

Ok.. it’s the 27th...any connections to that date?

[AZ Hoosier 7,701]

29 minutes ago, goiubb2000 said:

Would Duke hire Christian Laetner?

I sure hope so...

[Trish 11,712]

To me, it's concerning that players are entering the portal at different times. They are getting told by their AAU coaches, friends, family that you should explore your market for free.

One they see greener grass.. it's hard to turn away pending our hire. 

At least we know the boys were faithful to Archie! 

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5 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

He needs to be quiet till Saturday

Maybe "Twitter" needs to delete some more of his tweets...

[SteelerHoosier 2,586]

6 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

He needs to be quiet till Saturday

Agreed

[HoosierFan1994 4,759]

2 minutes ago, Go_Hoosiers said:

Can we take anything away from all of these guys entering the transfer portal (Geronimo just entered). I know Dolson is talking to them prior to entering. If we were close to having a coach in place, wouldn't Dolson say, "Just wait a day or two and give the coach a chance before you enter".

Bingo. Which is why I find it hard to believe it’s an IU guy. 

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1 minute ago, Artie86 said:

Ok.. it’s the 27th...any connections to that date?

Nope.  Absolutely nothing.  None at all.  

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Just now, Go_Hoosiers said:

Can we take anything away from all of these guys entering the transfer portal (Geronimo just entered). I know Dolson is talking to them prior to entering. If we were close to having a coach in place, wouldn't Dolson say, "Just wait a day or two and give the coach a chance before you enter".

IMO, every single player who is looking out for their best interest, should be in the portal. With the tournament maturing, more and more kids will be added every day. It's best to get in as soon as possible, even if you don't want to return, or are at least willing to be re-recruited by the new coach.

[PB1230 502]

5 minutes ago, Magisterium said:

I'd be quite surprised if a coach--especially one as accomplished as Beilein--would agree to entering into a situation where the university/AD, not Beilein himself, chose one or more of the Assistant coaches. That's just not how these things typically work.

If Dolson suggested it, and Beilein agreed, then maybe it could take place. But that's the only realistic way IMO it could happen.

I think you are correct, and why I think Beilein AS the associate coach to a more inexperienced head coach/IU guy is more plausible than the other way around

Edited March 25, 2021 by PB1230
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[Willkie71 180]

It's no wonder the players are considering their options. With zero knowledge of what is actually going to happen, the negativity on these boards is so bad it's even beginning to scare me!  But with the right hire, many or all can come back.  Will totally depend on the hire IMO. 

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Just now, Treesh said:

To me, it's concerning that players are entering the portal at different times. They are getting told by their AAU coaches, friends, family that you should explore your market for free.

One they see greener grass.. it's hard to turn away pending our hire. 

At least we know the boys were faithful to Archie! 

We don’t know that. They could have still hit the portal if he were the coach. It’s a free year, almost anyone should be looking to be honest. 

[Magisterium 394]

3 hours ago, ap2345 said:

You shouldn’t be surprised that it hasn’t been publicly reported. The media is usually wrong with coaching search information. 

The Drew stuff is pretty common knowledge. It was an assistant that Drew kept around even after those events. 

the Drew stuff involved more than just Morefield's actions

[Hoosierfan2017 21,911]

9 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

None of us know anything about these caches and what so let the people who are doing the interviewing do their jobs.  Also why believe every little thing that is being reported on the internet.

All the information being leaked points in one direction, and it’s not a good one. A week ago I though John Beilein would be a disappointing hire. Now? He’d be a freaking grand slam in my eyes.

I love IU. I loved my time at IU and will always look back fondly on it. I met my girlfriend there, and I met some of my best friends there. But there comes a point where rooting so hard for a program that can’t get out of its own way stops being enjoyable. For me, another underwhelming hire would bring me to that point. It especially would if the rumors of Dolson not being interested in Beard or Drew are true. I wouldn’t ever root for another school, I’d just become a casual fan.

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1 minute ago, Treesh said:

To me, it's concerning that players are entering the portal at different times. They are getting told by their AAU coaches, friends, family that you should explore your market for free.

One they see greener grass.. it's hard to turn away pending our hire. 

At least we know the boys were faithful to Archie! 

I think seeing Smith at Arkansas and Damezi at Loyola (even though he's not playing) is probably a huge factor.