General Coach Candidate News

[coonhounds 9,099]

Put me down for chris beard as my number1. He can coach and I believe in second chances. None of us were there for the altercation so really can't judge to much.

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[Hornsby 2,117]

The fact is its to early! We win Friday in the call center and win a few more then what? So yea it's to early but the writing is on the wall.We really do need a home run here though. Still shocked with so much on the line we went with what we did with Woodson

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We have lost 19 in a row in the kohl center. I probably have as good of a chance of winning the lottery as we do winning in that building with this team. I would say keeping united under a 15 point loss would be a huge accomplishment.

 

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[J34 1,490]

6 hours ago, IUFAN1976 said:

I personally don’t care about having a seat at the table with the top recruits, I think the coach should recruit players that fit his style of play and are high character players 

Shouldn't the coach be viewed as high character also. Beard is viewed as having  questionable character by many fans(not just our fans). Coaches,in a lot of cases, have to gain the trust of mothers and grandmothers. Not sure an alleged domestic charge will sit well with quite a few of them. Not that I am for or against, but after getting feedback from the women in my life, probably not a great hire. Perception is important. 

[Hoosier2014 289]

Mark me down for Scott Drew or Tommy Lloyd if the change is this season. Or write a blank check to Dan Hurley. 
 

If it’s next year/beyond, I could may be convinced on Dusty May. 

[IUFAN1976 3,336]

1 hour ago, J34 said:

Shouldn't the coach be viewed as high character also. Beard is viewed as having  questionable character by many fans(not just our fans). Coaches,in a lot of cases, have to gain the trust of mothers and grandmothers. Not sure an alleged domestic charge will sit well with quite a few of them. Not that I am for or against, but after getting feedback from the women in my life, probably not a great hire. Perception is important. 

Yes, but everyone makes a mistake and should have a chance to make amends and given at least a second chance

[Scotty R 2,212]

32 minutes ago, Hoosier2014 said:

Mark me down for Scott Drew or Tommy Lloyd if the change is this season. Or write a blank check to Dan Hurley. 
 

If it’s next year/beyond, I could may be convinced on Dusty May. 

Why would either of them come here and leave their current job. You just don't see coaches leaving a top program to go to another one. Look at the latest hires from blue blood programs.

UNC former player and assistant

Duke the same 

Syracuse the same

Villanova unproven coach

[IU - Kaulie 1,891]

It’s hard to envision Woodson leaving voluntarily.  He thinks he can bring titles here. The rest of the season can get pretty bad though.  It can get much worse than it is right now.  I don’t know if that happens he would think about getting out though. I’m sure he would think he could turn it around and right the ship.  It’s going to take people close to him to tell him to get out.  Is the old guard (Buckner, May, IT) going to do that because we finally got an IU guy?

[J34 1,490]

4 minutes ago, IUFAN1976 said:

Yes, but everyone makes a mistake and should have a chance to make amends and given at least a second chance

Agree on the second chance, but if this JR tweet from a year and a half ago, still holds a drop of water, then hard pass. If you feel that kind of pressure to win in football country, to the point of drinking, imagine the pressure he will feel in Bloomington. And we complain about Woody having a cigar after a loss.

[IU - Kaulie 1,891]

If we are discussing potential coaches I would have to think more about it, but if there is one hard no it’s Chris Beard.

[Hoosier2014 289]

17 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

Why would either of them come here and leave their current job. You just don't see coaches leaving a top program to go to another one. Look at the latest hires from blue blood programs.

UNC former player and assistant

Duke the same 

Syracuse the same

Villanova unproven coach

Very true but you’d be shocked at how a pay raise can entice people. $6 mill a year plus heavy bonuses sounds pretty good. 

[Home Jersey 8,105]

1 hour ago, Hoosier2014 said:

Mark me down for Scott Drew or Tommy Lloyd if the change is this season. Or write a blank check to Dan Hurley. 
 

If it’s next year/beyond, I could may be convinced on Dusty May. 

Not trying to single you/this suggestion out, but it will never happen... Dan Hurley's wife is an extreme NJ Italian (lol), he had a hard enough time convincing her to let them move to Connecticut, where her parents/siblings/cousins, etc. are less than 3 hours away. I think Danny Hurley is at UConn for the long haul. And that's bad news for the rest of CBB!

[Home Jersey 8,105]

1 minute ago, Ngw7183 said:

I am of the opinion this team still makes it respectable this year, next year is a lot better and we have plan in place by mid next year for a much better transition than doing it now. That gives you time to keep an eye on the younger guys and more time for them to prove it. 

I would throw a name I don’t see much in same model of Dusty. With success but young. Yeah, he has had some troubles with a suspension for tampering and argument with an opposing coach but appears we are all in on whatever now. He also knows how to beat Purdue and UK. Could recruit heck of out NJ/NY area which seems to be where most the top guys are coming from more and more. 

Shaheen Holloway - have to take him from his former school though 

Just a name I haven’t heard at all. 

I love Shaheen. Love watching the way he coaches (it looks like SHU has 6 players on the court half the time). 

Just don't see ANY way he leaves his alma mater SHU, unless it's for the NBA some day. He just got there. I don't know that he's the kind of guy who would be motivated even by something like $10M/yr necessarily. Don't see the fit personality wise... 

As you said, he's also not really a proven commodity yet. He has his team playing hard though. Big improvement in year 2. 

[HoosierTrav 7,898]

9 hours ago, Chris007 said:

No Stevens or Donovan? Oh Come On

I say we try to get Stevens another promotion. I’m a glutton for punishment. Why else would I keep coming back? 

[Chris007 44,245]

10 hours ago, HoosierTrav said:

I say we try to get Stevens another promotion. I’m a glutton for punishment. Why else would I keep coming back? 

I'm all for it. His kid starts college next year so maybe he wants to coach him. 

[Chris007 44,245]

11 hours ago, Scotty R said:

Why would either of them come here and leave their current job. You just don't see coaches leaving a top program to go to another one. Look at the latest hires from blue blood programs.

UNC former player and assistant

Duke the same 

Syracuse the same

Villanova unproven coach

You are correct neither are going to leave their current job and take a step down to come here. Yes IU would be a step down compared to those two programs in 2024. We probably have a higher ceiling in the long run but they both are a better program today

[str8baller 5,384]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I'm all for it. His kid starts college next year so maybe he wants to coach him. 

I mean…he’s still the premier candidate in college basketball. And he has ties to Indiana. Even if he burned us bad last time, you swallow your pride and make the call. 

[Chris007 44,245]

Just now, str8baller said:

I mean…he’s still the premier candidate in college basketball. And he has ties to Indiana. Even if he burned us bad last time, you swallow your pride and make the call. 

I much as I wanted to punch him in his face last time, as much as he lied about what happened, I'd still call him first and throw the bank at him

[AKHoosier 6,986]

Stevens has turned us down twice now. The only hope is that he wants to get back in to coaching again. 

I can see that being way less appealing than his current job. The transfer portal and NIL seem like huge headaches to coaches.

[str8baller 5,384]

3 minutes ago, AKHoosier said:

I can see that being way less appealing than his current job. The transfer portal and NIL seem like huge headaches to coaches.

100%. Most guys cite offseason time commitments (ie recruiting) as the reason for going to the pros, football and basketball.  
 

I don’t think he ever comes. You make the call anyways. 

[BGleas 7,917]

I'll be really, really surprised if Stevens ever comes back to college again. He's an NBA guy at this point. 

Shortly after Woodson was hired I spoke to someone in the Celtics front office. I didn't specifically ask about the IU job, but asked if they thought Stevens would ever come back to college basketball and the answer was an emphatic no.