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[WayneFleekHoosier 51,576]

Beard vs May is tough. Dolson and May are very close. I think that’s why it’s gonna be Dusty in the end. Do I think the next real program that Hires Beard with a good Nil system will be a top 10 team going forward? Yes. Do I think Indiana is that with May? Maybe.


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[Stuhoo 89,914]

Here is Dusty during an open practice.

The team knows his terminology. 

Dusty is completely in charge.

When the drill goes live? Oh yes… he is plenty intense.

Nice guys can be intense leaders too:

 

[Stuhoo 89,914]

4 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Could you imagine this level of coaching from our man Woody?


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It’s partly why I am much more inclined towards a younger coach. A head football coach is a CEO. A head basketball coach is involved on the court.

[RoadRage 3,012]

12 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

If iu wins today are some of your opinions going to change on Dusty? I like Dusty just think it’s a fun talking point.

I also wonder at this point does Woody really want to win this one to prove a point, or does it not really matter that much to him?

[RaceToTheTop 31,340]

1 hour ago, Uspshoosier said:

They could hire Gates tomorrow and even with an 0-18 conference record on his resume they would still be in better shape than they have been the last 4 years.    Definitely could aim higher however if he actually was hired they would have hired an actual college basketball coach that is well respected and looked at as a very good young coach.   There is a reason he is getting mentioned by national writers.  It’s not just message board posters pushing it.   In my opinion it doesn’t get down to him but if we ended with Gates I would be on board snd ready to roll.   Probably most would turn their nose up at it and make fun of it 

Agree that he would be better than the last four years, but I hope that's not what we are comparing the next hire to.  I mean Woodson wasn't a good hire even though his record was better than Archie's.

[SlammySammy 1,737]

Have we confirmed what @JerryYeagley23 meant when he said “we have our guy”? I mean if that is in fact the case, all of our pondering is for naught and we just need to hear who it is 

[Muskie plays the four 733]

Do not if it matters but Dusty isn't scared to throw hands. Don't know if that makes him an alpha but he isn't scared to fight for a lil guy. 

[RaceToTheTop 31,340]

1 hour ago, Unexpectedflash said:

I liked Greg McDermott last time and i like him again this time if we strike out on everyone. He’s done a masterful job this year. Only issue is that he’s 60 now but he’d win a lot of games

McDermott was a guy that I really wanted IU to go after when he was at Northern Iowa.  I was shocked that he didn't succeed at Northern Iowa.  Certainly turned it on during his next job, though.

[JimmerNoe 1,218]

@Chris007 I know that we are all hoping for option 1 and have reasons to be optimistic, but in general how confident are you that Dusty would be a definite yes if it got to him? I know there have been some reports since last year that maybe he wasn’t as locked in for IU as we initially thought, but wondering if you had heard anything suggestive one way or another. 

[SlammySammy 1,737]

CBS story says “Buzz Williams”? Ewwww nobody had him on their dance card

[VFury 624]

Could be meaningless, could not, but here's Mike DeCourcy's coaching list from Kentucky last year vs Indiana's this year:

https://www.nationofblue.com/mike-decourcy-ranks-kentuckys-best-coaching-candidates/

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/news/indiana-coaching-candidates-replace-mike-woodson/c5ffb93db41e78fb2b4af139

 

[VFury 624]

Just now, SlammySammy said:

CBS story says “Buzz Williams”? Ewwww nobody had him on their dance card

Buzz Williams getting constantly mentioned screams "please give me a raise" to his current job.

[OKHOOSIER 5,893]

4 minutes ago, RoadRage said:

I also wonder at this point does Woody really want to win this one to prove a point, or does it not really matter that much to him?

We will know quick if he finally starts one big. But my guess, because Michigan plays two bigs we will too, never mind that their bigs can step outside and the one guy can put it on the deck. It’s a bad matchup for the Ballo/Malik tandem IMO. But I am certain Woody wants to win this game. I’d bet it’s been circled for a while, unless he’s completely disconnected and thinks their coach is named Rusty May. 

[IndianaSconnie90 806]

Hoping for Dusty to jump ship to a conference opponent after only a year at Michigan feels alot like the NFL crowd that actually believes that an NFL team is going to trade for a sought after HC. Just not real likely folks

[SlammySammy 1,737]

I don’t want one of these guys that gets lucky every few years and makes it to the tournament….williams needs to show he can dominate his conference first….he can’t even win a conference title..I vote no….even though nobody cares about my vote

[Hoosierfanyuh 7,050]

Just now, IndianaSconnie90 said:

Hoping for Dusty to jump ship to a conference opponent after only a year at Michigan feels alot like the NFL crowd that actually believes that an NFL team is going to trade for a sought after HC. Just not real likely folks

I mean Dusty negotiated his buyout to be very easy to do, but go off.

[go iu bb 9,817]

One name I'm happy to see isn't being thrown around is Shrewsberry.

[SlammySammy 1,737]

5 minutes ago, VFury said:

Could be meaningless, could not, but here's Mike DeCourcy's coaching list from Kentucky last year vs Indiana's this year:

https://www.nationofblue.com/mike-decourcy-ranks-kentuckys-best-coaching-candidates/

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/news/indiana-coaching-candidates-replace-mike-woodson/c5ffb93db41e78fb2b4af139

 

Not a fan of that sporting news list at all….wow…

[TheWatShot 15,547]

1 minute ago, go iu bb said:

One name I'm happy to see isn't being thrown around is Shrewsberry.

Give it a couple pages, and somebody who doesn't see this post will pop in here with "what do you guys thing about Micah Shrewsberry?" 

[OKHOOSIER 5,893]

Just now, Hoosierfanyuh said:

I mean Dusty negotiated his buyout to be very easy to do, but go off.

I’m not saying you (or anyone else is wrong about this) but is there any truth to this claim other than folks seeing the buyout as a little low? And it’s not really super low for a guy jumping to P4 from what I can research. I just don’t see anything to support this claim.