General Coach Candidate News

[Silat Player]

6 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

Dusty isn’t negotiating anything with anyone right now 

Well, maybe Michigan...

[IUHoosierJoe]

18 minutes ago, NCHoosier said:

I don’t have many contacts, but I know someone close to the Cronin family. He will not be our guy. He was pissed when UCLA joined the B1G as he didn’t like that brand of ball. That was part (not all) of the reason he went west when he was on the market previously. 

That’s very interesting…it seems to me like his brand of ball has been more like the midwest teams than the other west coast teams.  Thank you for passing that along.

[ap2345]

1 minute ago, Silat Player said:

Well, maybe Michigan...

No, he’s not

[Asha’man]

2 hours ago, JSHoosier said:

If I were to guess I'd say there's only one person IU would pony up that kind of money for.

Which is a problem. If you’re going to fix it then use the same resources to fix it. 

[Silat Player]

1 minute ago, Asha’man said:

Which is a problem. If you’re going to fix it then use the same resources to fix it. 

Yeah, and I hope that's not true. If you don't get 1a, then go for 1b, then 1c and so on down the list. 

Last time, IU missed on 1a and then went to 1zzz. 

Can't skip those steps this time.

[IUHoosierJoe]

1 minute ago, Asha’man said:

Which is a problem. If you’re going to fix it then use the same resources to fix it. 

All the resources (i.e., donors) may not be available for any other coach.

[ap2345]

Learn about Brad’s ties to IU 

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/2010/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=504130 

https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/n orth-canton/2017/04/21/celtics-coach-has-roots-in/21319891007  

https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/11/03/brad-s tevens-basketball-journey-was-shaped-by-bob-knight-he-was -bigger-than-life/ 

https://youtu.be/ixUrKO918cU?si=NXaQ-QR5hT0izXgx

[Hoosierfanyuh]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

By the way, y’all may not like Jeff Goodman, but he has sources at IU. He won’t come out and say much declarative, but he dropped Cronjn’s name early and hasn’t backed off.

He’s 3 on the first watch list on peegs 

[OKHOOSIER]

2 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

No, he’s not

We left Indiana and moved to Michigan before high school, and my entire family on my mom’s side is from Michigan. My grandfather taught at UM. My mom went there. It’s basically the second place I’m from other than Indiana. All of my friends and family that follow CBB closely and are Michigan fans/alumni are not super excited about his post game comments and the fact there’s zero rumors of contract negotiations leaking out. They are very nervous. 
 

Long winded way of saying I think you’re right he’s not working on an extension with UM, yet anyways. 

[CSP]

Just now, Hoosierfanyuh said:

He’s 3 on the first watch list on peegs 

Gross 

[IUHoosier5]

What I want to know is who would the next coach even want to keep from the current roster?

[ap2345]

Just now, OKHOOSIER said:

We left Indiana and moved to Michigan before high school, and my entire family on my mom’s side is from Michigan. My grandfather taught at UM. My mom went there. It’s basically the second place I’m from other than Indiana. All of my friends and family that follow CBB closely and are Michigan fans/alumni are not super excited about his post game comments and the fact there’s zero rumors of contract negotiations leaking out. They are very nervous. 
 

Long winded way of saying I think you’re right he’s not working on an extension with UM, yet anyways. 

Yep, he’s not entertaining anything with anyone until the season is over. 

[Trish]

Going from Woodson to Mick would be an “upgrade”, but a complete downgrade to the program. 
 

Might as well hire Tom Crean back if we’re not landing a big fish (Pearl, Stevens, May)

[Napleshoosier]

4 minutes ago, Trish said:

Going from Woodson to Mick would be an “upgrade”, but a complete downgrade to the program. 
 

Might as well hire Tom Crean back if we’re not landing a big fish (Pearl, Stevens, May)

Bite ur tongue!  :)

[IU Prof]

22 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

There’s more of a comparison that you realize even though Brad didn’t go to IU 

I get Brad's attachment. I'm just saying it's not like his dad coached on the staff or that Brad led IU to a Big Ten title and Rose Bowl.

[Napleshoosier]

2 minutes ago, IU Prof said:

I get Brad's attachment. I'm just saying it's not like his dad coached on the staff while Brad led IU to a Big Ten title and Rose Bowl.

He studied and worshiped Knight!

[Unexpectedflash]

We take mick from ucla and their fans are probably happy. Obviously not a science because Dayton fans were sad about losing Archie but I want fans sad about losing a good coach 

[IU Prof]

Just now, Napleshoosier said:

He studied and worshiped Knight!

Understood. I wasn't trying to say that Stevens doesn't have ample reason to potentially want to come to IU. Just that it's a slightly different situation than Harbaugh who starred at UofM and grew up in Ann Arbor, and also was on the outs at his NFL job.

But, again, overall I still think it's a good analogy!

[Napleshoosier]

1 minute ago, IU Prof said:

Understood. I wasn't trying to say that Stevens doesn't have ample reason to potentially want to come to IU. Just that it's a slightly different situation than Harbaugh who starred at UofM and grew up in Ann Arbor, and also was on the outs at his NFL job.

But, again, overall I still think it's a good analogy!

Did you grow up in Indiana?

[ziggyiu]

1 hour ago, OKHOOSIER said:

Preface with I am not stumping for Cronin, just pointing out some stuff. The guy has won 70% of his games at every stop. Like remarkable consistency, that no one we’ve hired since RMK has had. Also people think UCLA has resources? That school is in the red and has notoriously bad NIL. 
 

Again, I don’t really want him, but IU could do much worse than Cronin. 

The school being in the red doesn't have much to do with resources--natural (like kids want to play there because it's LA and because they routinely have a pro presence) and manufactured (there's still an allure to UCLA, like with UNC, UK, etc.).

Their NIL wasn't good initially, but that's not the case any more. 

I used to work in sports comms/marketing, and am fortunate to have firsthand experience and maintain contacts. Like with IU, UCLA has tarnished their brand some, but they have enough resources to make FFs with Ben, go to S16s with one Steve and win conference and conference tournaments with another Steve, etc. The coaches have changed but a level of success that IU hasn't been able to sustain has been achieved across multiple coaches.

UCLA is still a really, really good gig, and in my opinion Mick isn't producing enough to make me think he can elevate IU to where I'd like to see it.