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11 minutes ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

Rabjohns says Marquette is in “pole position” for Moser. Whatever that means

If you ask Musselman he will bring  a line of bricks and 3 cardboard cutouts of Indycars to explain it to you.

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Anyone else starting to warm up to Andy Enfield assuming the other top candidates all say no?  Valedictorian of his HS class.  Graduated from John Hopkins.  Spent 5 years as an NBA assistant and shooting coach to the Celtics and Bucks.  Was an assistant under Hamilton at FSU for 5 years. Took FL Gulf Coast to the Sweet 16. USC is still playing and gets better each year.  Runs a high tempo and fun to watch offense that should appeal to recruits.  Is only 51 so he could potentially be here 20 years.

Again, definitely not my top choice but would be light years better than Mike Woodson or Cheaney.  Thoughts?

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3 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

Anyone else starting to warm up to Andy Enfield assuming the other top candidates all say no?  Valedictorian of his HS class.  Graduated from John Hopkins.  Spent 5 years as an NBA assistant and shooting coach to the Celtics and Bucks.  Was an assistant under Hamilton at FSU for 5 years. Took FL Gulf Coast to the Sweet 16. USC is still playing and gets better each year.  Runs a high tempo and fun to watch offense that should appeal to recruits.  Is only 51 so he could potentially be here 20 years.

Again, definitely not my top choice but would be light years better than Mike Woodson or Cheaney.  Thoughts?

Yeah, why not

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5 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

Anyone else starting to warm up to Andy Enfield assuming the other top candidates all say no?  Valedictorian of his HS class.  Graduated from John Hopkins.  Spent 5 years as an NBA assistant and shooting coach to the Celtics and Bucks.  Was an assistant under Hamilton at FSU for 5 years. Took FL Gulf Coast to the Sweet 16. USC is still playing and gets better each year.  Runs a high tempo and fun to watch offense that should appeal to recruits.  Is only 51 so he could potentially be here 20 years.

Again, definitely not my top choice but would be light years better than Mike Woodson or Cheaney.  Thoughts?

Yeah I’m warming up to the idea.

If we go by Dolson’s presser, there are only so many coaches who fit the “style” he was describing. I think Enfield would fit the description.

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29 minutes ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

Rabjohns says Marquette is in “pole position” for Moser. Whatever that means

It means that it is a very good, historically relevant P5 job that is close to Moser's beloved Chicago home, and most importantly...

It is a Jesuit school. 

Mutual perfect, love at first sight, fit.

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Now, if you want to know where I think we're going, who is a love at first sight fit for IU?

 

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12 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

Anyone else starting to warm up to Andy Enfield assuming the other top candidates all say no?  Valedictorian of his HS class.  Graduated from John Hopkins.  Spent 5 years as an NBA assistant and shooting coach to the Celtics and Bucks.  Was an assistant under Hamilton at FSU for 5 years. Took FL Gulf Coast to the Sweet 16. USC is still playing and gets better each year.  Runs a high tempo and fun to watch offense that should appeal to recruits.  Is only 51 so he could potentially be here 20 years.

Again, definitely not my top choice but would be light years better than Mike Woodson or Cheaney.  Thoughts?

1 Oats

2 Muss

3 Beard

4 Drew

5 Enfield

6 Altman

7 Beilein 

8 We forfeit next season and keep looking 

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28 minutes ago, Iubravos said:

Indiana is basketball!!!! 

So is Marquette

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1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

It means that it is a very good, historically relevant P5 job that is close to Moser's beloved Chicago home, and most importantly...

It is a Jesuit school. 

Mutual perfect, love at first sight, fit.

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Now, if you want to know where I think we're going, who is a love at first sight fit for IU?

 

A guy whose name rhymes with Tad Evens?

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2 minutes ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

A guy whose name rhymes with Tad Evens?

 

Not just him.

I can think of five to seven, and many of them are excellent candidates. Hint...it's not Eric Musselman or Nate Oats lol.

 

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3 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

So is Marquette

 

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Where did the 27th announcement date come from? More speculation? If it were to be Brad Stevens can we assume that the 27th coaching announcement wouldn't be happening? Been out of the loop here a bit.

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Oats, Muss, Beilein and Enfield are really the only guys who fit the play style wanted. Beard and The Loyola guy are just about the opposite. 

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1 minute ago, kreigh8 said:

Where did the 27th announcement date come from? More speculation? If it were to be Brad Stevens can we assume that the 27th coaching announcement wouldn't be happening? Been out of the loop here a bit.

Just a bunch of bs from people who want attention. 

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15 minutes ago, Iubravos said:

 

 

Hey, this isn't a "Whose fans love their basketball more?" contest.

Indiana is basketball too. So are Duke, UCLA, Arkansas, NC State. Lots of schools that have a rich bball history and prioritize the program. So get that inference of "I don't realize how much IU loves basketball" out of here.

 

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48 minutes ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

Rabjohns says Marquette is in “pole position” for Moser. Whatever that means

Whew!

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15 hours ago, CrimsonV said:

Just caught Around the Horn bit on Porter Moser to Indiana.  

3 out of 4 panelists (the other didn't say either way) said he shouldn't leave for IU if offered and Loyola was a better job. 

Plaschke also said IU is no longer a blue blood and no one wants to go there anymore. lol

The barrage from national media continues

 

These media guys are so idiodic and can't process things objectively. If anyone tells them to stay at a small local TV station getting paid 100K rather than to work for a national TV network for considerably more money and fame because of more job pressure and scrutiny, I'm dead sure these guys will tell them "Fxxx off!". These media guys are there showing their mugs at Around the horn because they had ambition and aspiration to achieve more and challenged themselves, but when they talk about other people, "hey money and fame's good, but you don't want that big pressure and stress. Be happy where you are." 

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1 minute ago, IU Prof said:

Whew!

Yeah--agree. 

I think Moser is a really good man and a good coach I can easily root for, but if he's not the guy that's fine by me.

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10 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Yeah--agree. 

I think Moser is a really good man and a good coach I can easily root for, but if he's not the guy that's fine by me.

You want to talk about hiring a guy based on a couple tournament runs....that guy's record is pedestrian as hell.  I suppose he could have just taken awhile to get going, but that is another Archie Miller type of hire IMO.

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14 minutes ago, akumanina said:

These media guys are so idiodic and can't process things objectively. If anyone tells them to stay at a small local TV station getting paid 100K rather than to work for a national TV network for considerably more money and fame because of more job pressure and scrutiny, I'm dead sure these guys will tell them "Fxxx off!". These media guys are there showing their mugs at Around the horn because they had ambition and aspiration to achieve more and challenged themselves, but when they talk about other people, "hey money and fame's good, but you don't want that big pressure and stress. Be happy where you are." 

The national media folks know very little about Indiana basketball. Other than TDJ, they probably couldn't name one player on the team. Probably didn't watch more than 4-5 games last season -- if that. So take what they say with a grain of salt. Plenty of people cover IU basketball who know much more about the team than the national guys -- they just don't have the spotlight. 

I remember a few years back, driving somewhere and listening to a baseball playoff game on the radio. Chris Berman (full disclosure: I can't stand Berman) was announcing the game on ESPN. It was a first-round, best-of-five series between Colorado and Philly. The Phillies won the first two games and were up in the third. Berman says, in his annoying, over-the-top voice: "If you think this team is gonna go down without a fight, then you just don' t know THE COLO-RAAAADO ROCKIES!" ... My first thought was -- and after spending two-plus games with them, you do know the Colorado Rockies? Needless to say, Philly rolled and finished the sweep. National media folks are portrayed as experts because they have the platform, so to speak. They know nothing more about IU than anyone here. 

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2 minutes ago, IUCrazy2 said:

You want to talk about hiring a guy based on a couple tournament runs....that guy's record is pedestrian as hell.  I suppose he could have just taken awhile to get going, but that is another Archie Miller type of hire IMO.

True, there's some commonalities. However, as you know, he is not Archie Miller.

Coaching resume commonalities tell little about the total picture of what a guy is really like.