General Coach Candidate News

[MisterBigRig 66]

Possible Staff Members:

• Alan Major
• Terry Johnson
• Kareem Richardson
• Wyking Jones
• Chris Jent

[wirenuts 1,056]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

I'm good with another IU guy on the bench but I don't think the entire bench should be made up of IU guys.  I definitely would like to see Hunter retained because of his recruiting connections to the east coast.  A  number of our outstanding offers under Archie were a result of Hunter's connections.

Honestly forgot about Hunter. He should stay and would definitely help on recruiting side

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2 minutes ago, MisterBigRig said:

Possible Staff Members:

• Alan Major
• Terry Johnson
• Kareem Richardson
• Wyking Jones
• Chris Jent

The kids at ISU are CRAZY about Richardson. 

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Woodson going to offer Dakich a job tomorrow on his show. 

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21 minutes ago, wirenuts said:

Honestly forgot about Hunter. He should stay and would definitely help on recruiting side

No. Everyone from before needs to move on. 

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If we are going to have a coach who has regional recruiting connections, need someone who knows the south. 

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1 hour ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

No. Everyone from before needs to move on. 

 Hunter only came in at the end. But I'm certainly not opposed to letting Hunter go if you get somebody better at recruiting to replace him. He just seems like he has plenty of influence on the east coast, which definitely cant hurt

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Woodson going to offer Dakich a job tomorrow on his show. 

Dakich makes substantially more money doing what he’s doing. I know it’s a joke, but I figured I’d chime in anyway.



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3 hours ago, Feathery said:

Pull over, your slow lane is over there. 

FYI, you may still get Lewis or a Fife on staff. Let it play out. 

Better than moser 10 fold

[mdn82 25,510]

5 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Dakich makes substantially more money doing what he’s doing. I know it’s a joke, but I figured I’d chime in anyway.



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Did he get a raise?  Last I knew he only made $200k for both his radio and tv gig.  Or do we pay our assistants that poorly?  I truly don’t know but it’s going to be important with Woody. 

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1 hour ago, mdn82 said:

Did he get a raise?  Last I knew he only made $200k for both his radio and tv gig.  Or do we pay our assistants that poorly?  I truly don’t know but it’s going to be important with Woody. 

He makes enough money to live in the nicest place in Indy on Geist Reservoir

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Loved Calbert as a player but we don’t need an ambassador but a grinder on the recruiting side and someone willing to put in time for player development. Not sure Cal even wants to live in Bloomington


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15 hours ago, IU Scott said:

He makes enough money to live in the nicest place in Indy on Geist Reservoir

Is this similar to saying a woman working at McDonalds is the hottest girl working at that particular McDonalds?  It’s a home on a reservoir in Indiana man lol.  I have no idea why my statement responding to what Wayne said led you here, but I am moving on.

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So I have heard it in a few places now, but does anyone have the scoop on the potential that Archie didn't even want the job at IU when he was hired?

[HoosierFan1994 4,754]

11 minutes ago, reconmkd said:

So I have heard it in a few places now, but does anyone have the scoop on the potential that Archie didn't even want the job at IU when he was hired?

Bozich and his dad said that on Assembly Call. It sure looked like it but I'm not sure I buy it. IF it's true, that is on Fred Glass for not doing his due diligence. 

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Just now, HoosierFan1994 said:

Bozich and his dad said that on Assembly Call. It sure looked like it but I'm not sure I buy it. IF it's true, that is on Fred Glass for not doing his due diligence. 

Goodman has said it as well. Said he really wanted OSU but Indiana came open and felt like he had to take it

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3 minutes ago, IUc2016 said:

Goodman has said it as well. Said he really wanted OSU but Indiana came open and felt like he had to take it

Last night was the first I had heard of it. His first year and a half at IU I was sold. It wasn't until that losing streak that I felt he didn't want to be here. 

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21 minutes ago, IUc2016 said:

Goodman has said it as well. Said he really wanted OSU but Indiana came open and felt like he had to take it

I don't see how this is surprising. It was just a B1G job to Archie. He would have been just as happy to take the Illinois or Maryland job. I was simply a step up in status and pay. The same was probably true for Crean, Sampson and Davis. That being said, most guys coaching are just doing a job and have no particular love for the institution. That works most places but it doesn't work here because of the massive shadow that RMK casts over this program. It also won't work at Duke once Coach K retires or at Carolina after Roy Williams. That's why, if I were a college coach with no ties to IU, I would want no part of this job. 

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1 minute ago, FrenchConnection said:

I don't see how this is surprising. It was just a B1G job to Archie. He would have been just as happy to take the Illinois or Maryland job. I was simply a step up in status and pay. The same was probably true for Crean, Sampson and Davis. That being said, most guys coaching are just doing a job and have no particular love for the institution. That works most places but it doesn't work here because of the massive shadow that RMK casts over this program. It also won't work at Duke once Coach K retires or at Carolina after Roy Williams. That's why, if I were a college coach with no ties to IU, I would want no part of this job. 

Agree with most of this. Where I differ somewhat is on Crean. Not that he would've wanted  IU specifically, but he pretty clearly had the ego to want to be the guy at one of the true heritage programs. And in 2008, IU looked like the only 1 of those jobs that was going to come open in the near term.I don't think he would have valued an Ohio St the same as an IU. I also think Duke and UNC have ready made succession plans which have a chance of succeeding, whereas IU couldn't have had less of one.

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On 3/28/2021 at 9:14 PM, mdn82 said:

Did he get a raise?  Last I knew he only made $200k for both his radio and tv gig.  Or do we pay our assistants that poorly?  I truly don’t know but it’s going to be important with Woody. 

A very large percentage of assistant coaches make well below $100K. That’s substantially lower than 200K. I’m not sure what Indiana staff made prior to Dane Fife’s seemingly higher-than-typical agreed upon salary, but even the 90th percentile of assistant coaches is $90K and the median is $57K. And, yes, I know many of the smaller schools bring this down considerably.

I’m sure when compared to many I live a life of poverty, but I disagree that paying someone $200,000/year is “poor man’s” wages.