General Coach Candidate News

[IndyResident16]

3 minutes ago, Banksyrules said:

Honestly I just want coach who's able to recognize what's not working.  There's nothing wrong with having the wrong game plan. but the stubbornness to not change something for the sake of pride and ego ticks me off.

I'll go one further, just hire a coach who won't tolerate low bball IQ or players who don't play hard/tough. 

[Chris007]

10 minutes ago, IndyResident16 said:

I've already prepared myself for the amount of mental gymnastics that will be on full display once Dolson inevitably promotes Calbert Cheaney here in the next year or two. Hell those same people have convinced themselves that Dusty May is the next Brad Stevens and if you didn't know, Brad Stevens was once interested in the job and he was coming here until he didn't.

Easy speaking about my family like that. For one CC doesn't want or has never wanted to be a head coach. He doesn't want to even be an assistant. He's happy wth player development.

[IndyResident16]

5 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Easy speaking about my family like that. For one CC doesn't want or has never wanted to be a head coach. He doesn't want to even be an assistant. He's happy wth player development.

Best news I've heard all day. What a relief. 

[Kentuckysucks]

13 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Easy speaking about my family like that. For one CC doesn't want or has never wanted to be a head coach. He doesn't want to even be an assistant. He's happy wth player development.

It shows.  Our players know how to shoot and play D just like he did.

[Hoosier987]

38 minutes ago, coonhounds said:

Let's keep in mind while discussing potential candidates our list of previous hires and who could actually win here. Davis, sampson, crean,Archie Woodson. Only one of those guys talent wise had the credentials to actually be hired here imo. Only 1 has moved on and showed yes indeed does have what it takes. Davis probably has been second best so far. Think about that! Something to think about

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and that one person will be a HOF coach!

[Chris007]

4 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

It shows.  Our players know how to shoot and play D just like he did.

I'm not sure if you are joking or not but he's arguably the greatest player in our history. He's not going to be able to get players to play like him. Let alone when he's been on the job for less than 8 months. But I know that several players have said he has helped their games. Not sure why we fans want to attack everyone who has anything to do with the program. I promise everyone understands that no one is happy with where we are. 

[Hovadipo]

6 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Not sure why we fans want to attack everyone who has anything to do with the program. I promise everyone understands that no one is happy with where we are. 

No one eats their own like Indiana.

Anything to "win" an argument. Complete garbage.

[HoosierTrav]

2 hours ago, cybergates said:

https://barttorvik.com/trank.php?year=2020&sort=&hteam=&t2value=&conlimit=All&state=All&coachyes=1&begin=20191101&end=20240501&top=0&revquad=0&quad=5&venue=All&type=All&mingames=0#

Coaches performance according to Bart Torvik over the past 4+ seasons...

We friggin had him folks! 

[Kentuckysucks]

7 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I'm not sure if you are joking or not but he's arguably the greatest player in our history. He's not going to be able to get players to play like him. Let alone when he's been on the job for less than 8 months. But I know that several players have said he has helped their games. Not sure why we fans want to attack everyone who has anything to do with the program. I promise everyone understands that no one is happy with where we are. 

That was sarcasm.  Calbert is my all time favorite player.  There's not much he can do in his current position.  

And as a kid growing up our neighbor was a math teacher at Harrison and had Calbert in class.  Always had nothing but great things to say about him.

[Hoosier987]

9 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I'm not sure if you are joking or not but he's arguably the greatest player in our history. He's not going to be able to get players to play like him. Let alone when he's been on the job for less than 8 months. But I know that several players have said he has helped their games. Not sure why we fans want to attack everyone who has anything to do with the program. I promise everyone understands that no one is happy with where we are. 

I wish CC would sit in front with the rest of the Assistant Coaches. Several times I see him sitting behind the bench...he's an IU legend. 

[Kentuckysucks]

1 minute ago, Hoosier987 said:

I wish CC would sit in front with the rest of the Assistant Coaches. Several times I see him sitting behind the bench...he's an IU legend. 

He should sit in Armond Hill's seat.  Hill should go back to the NBA.  I can't think of a single positive thing he's contributed.

[southernindianahoosier2]

2 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Wait -- is this news? I grew up in Indiana and graduated from IU, but for the past 30 years, I've lived abroad, so to speak (Minnesota, Texas, Virginia), so I'm not as in tune to IU news as I wanna be or should be. 

I just took it at face value that both "retired" (McRobbie he was 69 when he left). Were they forced out? I don't recall hearing/reading that anywhere. Again, I don't have the inside info many do, but if they did anything but leave of their own volition, this is news to me. 

I had a conversation with someone who's job it is to solicit donations on behalf of IU, that person described the job at the time as sort of a toxic awkward environment because when they would have meetings scheduled or have big donations lined up, they'd have to actively hide it from McRobbie for fear his involvement would lose them the donation. I also believe McRobbies son/daughter worked in that department which led to the awkwardness. Not sure if true, but considering the fact he drained the IU emergency fund for the phallic bell tower, only to be hit with a real emergency immediately after (covid), and that in the height of the financial crisis gave a speech about how parents should sacrifice financially to send their kids to IU because the education was worth it then almost immediately announcing he's giving himself a $1M a year raise after, plus don't think he actually lived in B-town.... lead me to believe that his services weren't highly sought after. Same with Glass, he fired Crean and had a PR tour on how it's a total rebuild for Archie (explain how after being the AD for 9 years you've created a situation for a total rebuild?), then had to pay $10M to fire archie 4 years later does not exude competence. My opinion is that both were severely unqualified for their positions. Were they fired? technically No...

Now obviously both individuals did a few things correctly, I just can't speak to what they did.

[rcbowla]

This thread is going to be awesome after we lose by 25 tonight and don't have another game for a week.

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[southsidehoosier]

3 minutes ago, southernindianahoosier2 said:

I had a conversation with someone who's job it is to solicit donations on behalf of IU, that person described the job at the time as sort of a toxic awkward environment because when they would have meetings scheduled or have big donations lined up, they'd have to actively hide it from McRobbie for fear his involvement would lose them the donation. I also believe McRobbies son/daughter worked in that department which led to the awkwardness. Not sure if true, but considering the fact he drained the IU emergency fund for the phallic bell tower, only to be hit with a real emergency immediately after (covid), and that in the height of the financial crisis gave a speech about how parents should sacrifice financially to send their kids to IU because the education was worth it then almost immediately announcing he's giving himself a $1M a year raise after, plus don't think he actually lived in B-town.... lead me to believe that his services weren't highly sought after. Same with Glass, he fired Crean and had a PR tour on how it's a total rebuild for Archie (explain how after being the AD for 9 years you've created a situation for a total rebuild?), then had to pay $10M to fire archie 4 years later does not exude competence. My opinion is that both were severely unqualified for their positions. Were they fired? technically No...

Now obviously both individuals did a few things correctly, I just can't speak to what they did.

Not that it matters but McRobbie is still around Bloomington. I see him at the gym I go to pretty frequently 

[Trish]

20 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

I wish CC would sit in front with the rest of the Assistant Coaches. Several times I see him sitting behind the bench...he's an IU legend. 

Just depends on the amount of chairs each arena has. The Indiana’s men’s staff is very large. From players to coaching staff to support staff to managers. 

[Hoosier987]

2 minutes ago, Trish said:

Just depends on the amount of chairs each arena has. The Indiana’s men’s staff is very large. From players to coaching staff to support staff to managers. 

Yup. You're right. I was insinuating that there are a handful of people sitting on our bench that deserve to swap places with CC but their positions won't warrant it.

[Hovadipo]

2 minutes ago, southsidehoosier said:

Not that it matters but McRobbie is still around Bloomington. I see him at the gym I go to pretty frequently 

Still rolling with a security detail?

[Hoosier987]

3 minutes ago, Trish said:

Just depends on the amount of chairs each arena has. The Indiana’s men’s staff is very large. From players to coaching staff to support staff to managers. 

FYI - also like the pic on your profile. I'm pretty sure that was from when we curb-stomped UK at the RCA dome. Killingsworth was a beast.

[southsidehoosier]

1 minute ago, Hovadipo said:

Still rolling with a security detail?

Nope, he comes in alone

[realTomCrean]

If IU wins tonight I am going to flirt with a ban on quote tweeting some of you negative nellies. Convinced that some on here enjoy IU struggles so they can ostracize people they've never met and complain about things like.. who sits where on the bench