General Coach Candidate News

[Pagoda 2,288]

Search firm may also help with background checks, data on market compensation, and good old CYA to make sure we don’t miss anything.

[AZ Hoosier 9,019]

57 minutes ago, SlammySammy said:

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

There was an article earlier this week that said the buyout was actually more in the $11M range... 

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/news/top-virginia-head-coach-target-may-have-lower-buyout-estimated/c9190af5e1fbec166cc9e3c0

[cbp4iu 1,915]

Dusty passing the test so far

[Hovadipo 58,986]

9 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Search firm may also help with background checks, data on market compensation, and good old CYA to make sure we don’t miss anything.

Believe we also retained a search firm for the Cig hire. Like you alluded to, I don’t put much stock into the “search” part of the title. 

[IndianaSconnie90 528]

23 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Clearly  you've missed the point... drinking is not necessarily bad. But abusing alcohol is. And what happens when one drinks can be life altering... and in the case of chronic alcoholics, disqualifying... 

Great then we're all in agreement. It shouldn't be about whether or not he drinks but whether or not he's going to get into legal trouble of that kind again while drinking. So let's stop hand wringing over the fact that he's probably still drinking

[DLG3 1,114]

I’m sorry, but Goodman is an idiot. To hear him (and most national guys) tell it, no one is available, unless they are a grossly underpaid mid-major coach. (Almost) anyone is available for a price, and even if IU basketball has lost a lot of its luster, it still can meet nearly any price it wants to. 

[Asha’man 127]

3 hours 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 

For me the goal isn’t to be better than what we are now. It’s to be a national title contender year in and year out. That list is very short. I do think May could be that type of coach. 

[IndianaSconnie90 528]

14 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Both could be true...

I don't play in "could". I play in most likely. 

Mr. Michigan AD, if you wouldn't mind, I'd love to coach at IU someday soon. With the odds of IU firing Woodson within the next year or so, could we make it easy for me to jump ship in the likely event that they carry out that firing?

This conversation/thought process almost certainly didn't take place. It doesn't happen like that, especially within the conference 

[Chris007 52,621]

26 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

I saw that referenced and you can probably take it at least 2 different ways.  One, we don't have a replacement in place.  Two, we do have the replacement and the search firm is purely for optics.   I'd have to go back and look for it on 247 but didn't Raby kind of indicate hiring a search firm was for appearance?

Yes I believe it’s appearance only. They probably cross the T’s and dot the I’s.

[cbp4iu 1,915]

Coaching search is going to be fun

[hoosierbannerd 2,426]

9 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Yes I believe it’s appearance only. They probably cross the T’s and dot the I’s.

So all the t's in Stevens...

[Redcamaro 273]

Dusty moving higher on my list.

[Uspshoosier 49,459]

22 minutes ago, Asha’man said:

For me the goal isn’t to be better than what we are now. It’s to be a national title contender year in and year out. That list is very short. I do think May could be that type of coach. 

Got to crawl before you can walk.   Get someone who can have consecutive winning conference records first and get the program actually competing for conference titles and worry about wining national titles later.   I’m a big you can’t skip steps guy.  IU is in the middle and just another college basketball team (on court results wise).  They just need a solid college coach to get them in the conversation again.    Don’t expect anyone to like that take or agree with it just my opinion 

[cbp4iu 1,915]

I’m paying Brad 20 mil more after watching this game

[kottke 896]

7 minutes ago, cbp4iu said:

I’m paying Brad 20 mil more after watching this game

Or pay 20 million less and take Dusty.

[JSHoosier 21,415]

56 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Thanks to Quinn and Ferguson

Yep. They grifted this program for all they could, Buckner even got the university to pay for a 13k private flight.

[HoosierAccipiter 157]

57 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Search firm may also help with background checks, data on market compensation, and good old CYA to make sure we don’t miss anything.

100%

[Papacap 1,030]

For those who have said the longer time goes with no extension for May, the higher the chance we are looking at him seriously is true. If I’m Michigan, I’m locking him down if at all possible.

[Asha’man 127]

1 hour ago, Uspshoosier said:

Got to crawl before you can walk.   Get someone who can have consecutive winning conference records first and get the program actually competing for conference titles and worry about wining national titles later.   I’m a big you can’t skip steps guy.  IU is in the middle and just another college basketball team (on court results wise).  They just need a solid college coach to get them in the conversation again.    Don’t expect anyone to like that take or agree with it just my opinion 

I understand what you are saying. However with the portal and the NIL IU has at its disposal, we have to get a top end coach who can win a national title. Not that we will get it immediately. But we should be a tournament team next year no matter who our coach is. That’s the first step. Next step we are competing for a Big Ten title which means we have a chance at a final four. Gates to me is a guy who wins enough to not get fired but doesn’t make us a threat annually. And we are adrift for another decade. 

[Asha’man 127]

1 hour ago, Papacap said:

For those who have said the longer time goes with no extension for May, the higher the chance we are looking at him seriously is true. If I’m Michigan, I’m locking him down if at all possible.

As a Michigan football fan I’m on their boards regularly. I don’t think people fear him leaving because he is in year 1. However the MGoPodcast which should drop Sunday/Monday is going to be a good listen. The guy who owns the website/podcast got the last AD fired and has a lot of connections to get info. So interested in if he says anything.