General Coach Candidate News

[SlammySammy 494]

Just now, Uspshoosier said:

But he was an assistant there for awhile.  He has a lot of connections to Iowa St.   make an offer and make him say no.  I agree with Demo he would be number 1 on my list 

I am starting to warm up to this one…young guy….hard charger…..make it so

[Chris007 50,286]

40 minutes ago, JimmerNoe said:

@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. 

I have not. I’m not sure if he’s our #2 or not but I think he will be someone we will want to talk with as soon as the season is over if we don’t have a coach already.

[DChoosier 9,130]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

I have not. I’m not sure if he’s our #2 or not but I think he will be someone we will want to talk with as soon as the season is over if we don’t have a coach already.

Have you heard anything new about the Brad Steven’s train being ramped up again?

[Chris007 50,286]

19 minutes ago, Demo said:

Would think that list is a really accurate summary. The more I’ve thought it, since I continue to disbelieve on Stevens,  I’ve got Otzelberger in his own tier. I think that guy would be a freaking legend here. 

Rabby said that his agent is telling people he has no interest in listening to offers.

[SlammySammy 494]

18 mil buyout for Otz…..and he’s left ISU twice and come back….i say he’s a longshot

[Hovadipo 58,484]

6 minutes ago, IndianaSconnie90 said:

It's laughable that you think THEY negotiated an easy buyout so he could jump ship to IU instead of making it easier for them to can him in the event that he didn't pan out. C'mon now

They’re two different buyouts though. They owe 70% of remaining pre-bonus salary if they fire him, which starts around 15 million after this year. His buyout for resigning starts at a bit over 6 million after this year (5 million + his signing bonus) and drops each year. 

[Chris007 50,286]

Just now, DChoosier said:

Have you heard anything new about the Brad Steven’s train being ramped up again?

It’s been a quiet few days. I’m guessing things will heat back up next week.

[SlammySammy 494]

Again, @JerryYeagley23 stated “we have our guy”. Maybe he can drop some breadcrumbs

[Herotime 917]

1 minute ago, SlammySammy said:

Again, @JerryYeagley23 stared “we have our guy”. Maybe he can drop some breadcrumbs

I’d love to hear more about that, too

[Demo 21,144]

6 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Rabby said that his agent is telling people he has no interest in listening to offers.

Would imagine that’s true, at least in season. But you make the call. 

[Alford Bailey 12,532]

Nothing is gonna happen for at least a month. All these guys are still coaching including Woodson.

[OKHOOSIER 4,058]

8 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Rabby said that his agent is telling people he has no interest in listening to offers.

If we don’t hear about a Dusty extension or at least talks soon, I’m going to assume there is heavy smoke blowing in that direction. 

[go iu bb 7,254]

20 minutes ago, IndianaSconnie90 said:

It's laughable that you think THEY negotiated an easy buyout so he could jump ship to IU instead of making it easier for them to can him in the event that he didn't pan out. C'mon now

Different buyout. The buyout to fire him is 70% of his remaining contract, so around $11M now.

[DChoosier 9,130]

4 minutes ago, OKHOOSIER said:

If we don’t hear about a Dusty extension or at least talks soon, I’m going to assume there is heavy smoke blowing in that direction. 

Dusty is in a good position.

At the very least he will remain at UM and get a multi-million dollar bump.

EDIT: RE “dollar bump”. My sincere apologies for using a word that rhymes with hump.

[AZ Hoosier 8,640]

3 hours ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Stevens, May, and Beard are my top 3. Get one of them and I’ll be happy. Once we dip away from those three I’ll get concerned. 

Stevens, Otzelberger and May for me...

[IUHAHN81 2,631]

Someone get ahold of Brad's dad and tell him to remind Brad that he created him and he'll do as he says! Go hang some banners....and not in Boston! 

[hoosierhoo 270]

Listened to a bunch of podcasts today to get a vibe for what national people are saying.

Two main things stood out - First, not a lot of faith that we’ll land one of the really big fish. Everyone talked about Stevens and it was split between making fun of us for even trying or saying, “hey, you at least need to make the call and make him say no.” But no one thinks we get him.

Second, a pretty interesting factoid I heard (which seems directly counter to the current belief) was that Otzelberger actually had his buyout substantially LOWERED this past offseason. It went from like $15 million DOWN to $5 million. I think it was Goodman who said that on Field of 68, but don’t hold me to that…Anyway, if that is actually true that is awfully interesting.

[AZ Hoosier 8,640]

3 hours ago, Pagoda said:

I’m not trying to debate the details of what happened and if he is okay to hire.  I’m just saying any big brand program, UNC, KU, IU, UK, you name it, will face issues hiring someone with his background.  UK looked at a lot of coaches in their search last year and his name never really came up.  It gets very complicated with him.  We’ll see what happens.

The fact that a number of  big time openings have come and gone and Beard has not been hired makes me think that there are still a number of questions unanswered... but after the last 8 plus years, this has to be a home run hire... we cannot take chances.

[Kentuckysucks 2,808]

1 minute ago, hoosierhoo said:

Listened to a bunch of podcasts today to get a vibe for what national people are saying.

Two main things stood out - First, not a lot of faith that we’ll land one of the really big fish. Everyone talked about Stevens and it was split between making fun of us for even trying or saying, “hey, you at least need to make the call and make him say no.” But no one thinks we get him.

Second, a pretty interesting factoid I heard (which seems directly counter to the current belief) was that Otzelberger actually had his buyout substantially LOWERED this past offseason. It went from like $15 million DOWN to $5 million. I think it was Goodman who said that on Field of 68, but don’t hold me to that…Anyway, if that is actually true that is awfully interesting.

The national guys really don’t have a clue.  They are saying we won’t land a name simply because we didn’t the last few times.  Those were all really weird and unique circumstances.  The goal in those searches was never to go out and simply hire the best coach we can get.  There were so much politics, nepotism, racism, etc involved.

That won’t be the case this time.  Dolson is doing the search and I feel he can hire almost anyone he wants.  If we were ever going to land a big name now would be the time.

[sirhoosierlot 3,023]

4 minutes ago, hoosierhoo said:

Listened to a bunch of podcasts today to get a vibe for what national people are saying.

Two main things stood out - First, not a lot of faith that we’ll land one of the really big fish. Everyone talked about Stevens and it was split between making fun of us for even trying or saying, “hey, you at least need to make the call and make him say no.” But no one thinks we get him.

Second, a pretty interesting factoid I heard (which seems directly counter to the current belief) was that Otzelberger actually had his buyout substantially LOWERED this past offseason. It went from like $15 million DOWN to $5 million. I think it was Goodman who said that on Field of 68, but don’t hold me to that…Anyway, if that is actually true that is awfully interesting.

For as much as I dislike Badman he is plugged in and if he starts talking Otzelberger to IU I will generally believe that is the pick. I’d be super stoked if that is the case.