General Coach Candidate News

[8bucks 6,476]

22 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

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

Regarding Scott Drew, I still think he is possible.  I have been to Waco several times and despite those 2 home makeover people, some good brisket there is not much there.  Long drive to Dallas as well.  The Drew's have deep ties to the state (Indiana), I think he could recruit at least as well here as there if not better.  

[HoosierTrav 7,898]

34 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

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

 

[IUFAN1976 3,336]

20 minutes ago, AKHoosier said:

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.

Truth be told, that is why Saban retired!

[Chris007 44,250]

1 minute ago, 8bucks said:

Regarding Scott Drew, I still think he is possible.  I have been to Waco several times and despite those 2 home makeover people, some good brisket there is not much there.  Long drive to Dallas as well.  The Drew's have deep ties to the state (Indiana), I think he could recruit at least as well here as there if not better.  

Deep ties to northern Indiana. No ties to IU. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,111]

With the way the landscape of college basketball recruiting has changed I can't imagine why anyone who hasn't been in the college game would want to jump in.  Woody obviously because he's an IU guy but he's the exception not the rule.

[8bucks 6,476]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Deep ties to northern Indiana. No ties to IU. 

Not many good candidates will have ties to IU

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,111]

Just now, 8bucks said:

Not many good candidates will have ties to IU

Been there; done that.  Let's move on.

[HoosierTrav 7,898]

26 minutes ago, AKHoosier said:

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.

Twice? I was under the impression that it was just once. 

[southernindianahoosier2 902]

5 minutes ago, HoosierTrav said:

Twice? I was under the impression that it was just once. 

If we had fired Crean before the 2011-2012 season would we have been able to get Stevens? 

[Demo 20,337]

I swore I wasn’t going to open this thread. Wasn’t gonna do it. I give in to a single moment of weakness and the 1st name I read is Brad freaking Stevens. 
Gonna go stroll into traffic now.

[Hovadipo 56,530]

1 hour ago, 8bucks said:

despite those 2 home makeover people, some good brisket

Devil's advocate: what else does a guy need?

[Stuhoo 81,461]

4 minutes ago, Demo said:

I swore I wasn’t going to open this thread. Wasn’t gonna do it. I give in to a single moment of weakness and the 1st name I read is Brad freaking Stevens. 
Gonna go stroll into traffic now.

John Belien maybe?

:)

[Chris007 44,250]

14 minutes ago, Demo said:

I swore I wasn’t going to open this thread. Wasn’t gonna do it. I give in to a single moment of weakness and the 1st name I read is Brad freaking Stevens. 
Gonna go stroll into traffic now.

You're right. Is Billy Donovan doing any good in Chicago?

[Dave from Dayton 3,276]

The title of this thread is about The General possibly being a candidate for Basketball head coach...?

That is a little misleading.  Sadly, RMK passed away within the last year.

I do not think that he would toss his hat into this ring.  I don't believe that he is that flexible./s

Going though my list:  Mike Davis; Kelvin Sampson; Dandy Dan D.; Tom Crean; Archie Miller; Mike Woodson...

 

[8bucks 6,476]

25 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Devil's advocate: what else does a guy need?

I mean if you say good brisket you got my attention but I am not recruiting 18 year old kids.  

[cthomas 6,506]

I am done with Stevens and Donovan. Discussions about coaching changes are, in my opinion, the most exhausting we have. I get the frustration with our current situation but to hit the reset button again so soon just feels painful.

[go iu bb 6,257]

13 hours ago, Ngw7183 said:

He has had plenty of “2nd chances” with his drinking over the years. This was a known problem. He was already given those chances before this. He also didn’t serve his proper time for this either. But… 

Some do you won’t buy into that no matter what, so let me try a different approach on why it is a VERY bad idea.

You know all that NIL that everyone loves to talk about. It would be vaporized with him. You can say new fans etc would come in if he won etc. but the real money is from very specific places and that money wouldn’t support this. You also lose minimum 50% of fans even if you win. 

He honestly isn’t even that impressive anyway as a coach. There are better options. Kind of odd how hung up some are on him. 

Yes. I just don't get it. He had a couple of good NCAA runs but has had only 1 full season at the P5 level with less than 10 losses.

[Demo 20,337]

33 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

John Belien maybe?

:)

Actually the one that I laugh at is the reaction if Dolson would have rolled out Tommy Lloyd. A 20-year Asst at 1 school. The meltdown would have been volcanic. Pretty sure Arizona’s ok with that call.

[Home Jersey 8,113]

Cal's turnaround season at UK looking pretty good... gotta give that guy credit for his 9 lives 

[LamarCheeks 19,215]

7 minutes ago, Demo said:

Actually the one that I laugh at is the reaction if Dolson would have rolled out Tommy Lloyd. A 20-year Asst at 1 school. The meltdown would have been volcanic. Pretty sure Arizona’s ok with that call.

Similar to Roy Williams' resume. He was a UNC assistant for 10 years before getting the Kansas gig. Was a high school coach before that, but no big-time head coaching experience when he got that job. Hard to imagine that these days.