General Coach Candidate News

[Motley's 157]

1 hour ago, KnightsChair said:

Yes he was at the game. In his same spot at the scorer’s table as usual.

i couldn’t understand why he had a green tie with shamrocks on, but now it’s making sense.

So, it's Shrews then....

[Mopladysman 524]

Cronin = yuck

[Stuhoo 83,709]

As for what I thought was a prohibitive buyout for Cronin, there’s this nugget from an article during last year’s UL coaching search:

“he’s owed a whopping $20 million if his deal is broken before Mar. 30, and $16 million before Mar. 31, 2025. However, there are rumors that his buyout could drop to zero because of a loophole in his contract.”

[kottke 812]

4 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Cronin is at 69% winning for his career with a Final Four and three Sweet 16s.

His record is almost identical to Chris Beard’s, but without the baggage.

That’s pretty good.

Agreed. He’s nowhere near my first choice, but he’s far better and proven than anyone we’ve had since Sampson. You could argue whether he’s better than Crean I suppose.

[Stuhoo 83,709]

Finally, I find it interesting that @JerryYeagley23 (who I VERY MUCH appreciate) has consistently stated that Dolson “has his guy,” but has yet to clearly state just who that guy is.

[go iu bb 7,172]

6 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Cronin is at 69% winning for his career with a Final Four and three Sweet 16s.

His record is almost identical to Chris Beard’s, but without the baggage.

That’s pretty good.

Excellent point. When you remove the Knight connection, Beard doesn't look nearly as attractive.

I've never understood the amount of love that Beard gets. Good coach but not a home run as some think.

[VFury 137]

6 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Cronin is at 69% winning for his career with a Final Four and three Sweet 16s.

His record is almost identical to Chris Beard’s without the baggage.

That’s pretty good.

I still don't think he's that good. That final 4 run was a miracle run as an 11 seed. Otherwise it's been low ceiling with early upsets galore. Plus, we would get tired of him with his antics. Couple all of that with a buyout in the same range as Nate Oats and TJ Oztelberger, that would be a terrible hire in my opinion.

[OliviaPope40 6,820]

Did Leal sign to sell the next house?

Edited yesterday at 02:37 PM by OliviaPope40

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Just now, Stuhoo said:

Finally, I find it interesting that @JerryYeagley23 (who I VERY MUCH appreciate) has consistently stated that Dolson “has his guy,” but has yet to clearly sate just who that guy is.

Given the timing of all this, best guess is Stevens. As @Chris007 mentioned, if they did this now and were targeting a current college coach, those schools would scramble to amend those coaches contracts.   

[Stuhoo 83,709]

Just now, go iu bb said:

I've never understood the amount of love that Beard gets. Good coach but not a home run as some think.

I have a different reaction. My reaction is that Beard has an extraordinarily fantastic record as a coach, but that Cronin’s record is severely underrated.

 

[Hovadipo 58,197]

If you guys think Woody is unlikeable hahaha holy crap wait til Mick gets on the mic after a bad loss. That’ll be a no from me dog. 

[FightFor6 897]

No offense to anyone here, but if you agree Cronin would be a good to great hire, why would anyone care about buy-out cost? It's not our/your money anyway.

[Stuhoo 83,709]

3 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

If you guys think Woody is unlikeable hahaha holy crap wait til Mick gets on the mic after a bad loss. That’ll be a no from me dog. 

It’s so true.

He’s on those players’ ***** like no one else. It’d be incredibly entertaining, we’d have a team that played with a Houston level of angry, and we would … win.

[Hoosierfan2017 22,538]

Cronin/Williams are, imo, the level of coach we’ll likely end up with. Underwhelming but still quality coaches who could have success here. Not home runs, but not the “swing at a hit pitch” that Mike Woodson was. 

[HoosierHoopster 7,314]

6 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Finally, I find it interesting that @JerryYeagley23 (who I VERY MUCH appreciate) has consistently stated that Dolson “has his guy,” but has yet to clearly state just who that guy is.

The idea that a search committee and all the cost and legwork involved would be just “optics” is ridiculous to me. He almost certainly has his first choice ID’d and I would bet on his having started the back channel talks, but highly doubt anything is a done deal, that’s a big process with lots of moving parts including ongoing negotiations with the existing team(s) that want to keep the coach in question. 

[HoosierHoopster 7,314]

Just now, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Cronin/Williams are, imo, the level of coach we’ll likely end up with. Underwhelming but still quality coaches who could have success here. Not home runs, but not the “swing at a hit pitch” that Mike Woodson was. 

Re the swing reference and Woodson, I’m picturing the Bad News Bears

[Stuhoo 83,709]

10 minutes ago, OliviaPope40 said:

Did Leal sign to sell the next house?

That’s a picture of a US Customs law enforcement affidavit.

[Trish 12,215]

I wouldn’t take Mick, we’re talking about a guy who is miserable 95% of the time he’s presented in the public eye. He think he‘s the star of the show wherever he goes. 
 

I dont see Dolson considering him at all. 

[MrBBall 259]

10 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

If you guys think Woody is unlikeable hahaha holy crap wait til Mick gets on the mic after a bad loss. That’ll be a no from me dog. 

Completely feel the same way. Dude is an ******* and wears out his welcome wherever he goes. You can find his success and, frankly, better resumes of coaches who want to come here. This isn’t 2021. NIL means something that it didn’t then. 

[Hovadipo 58,197]

2 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

That’s a picture of a US Customs law enforcement affidavit.

Is Olivia calling Scott Drew to Indiana????