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[OliviaPope40 6,825]

2 minutes ago, Papacap said:

Just make sure you ask the little miss to kindly step out so the big boys can talk. 

Probably the most insulting thing I've ever heard of. 

[Shooter 505]

44 minutes ago, IUHoosier5 said:

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

Plenty of guys on IU's roster could be winning players in a different environment. Myles Rice already showed it last season.

For example, Mackenzie Mgbako is not my favorite player on this roster. I find him incredibly frustrating. But it's easy to imagine him contributing to a winner under a different coach who makes him guard 4s, and doesn't tolerate poor effort or jacking contested 17 footers.

[IU Prof 1,205]

38 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Question for someone that knows but when trying to interview an NBA person do you have to get permission from the organization or owner before interviewing the candidate? Just wondering since Brad is the President do we need to ask someone for a formal interview? 

Technically, we'd probably want to permission just to ensure the Celtics didn't sue for contractual interference. But as a practical matter, I can't see them doing that, so I doubt it would matter.

Edit: But that would probably apply more to a finalized contract phase. We wouldn't be tampering just by engaging in preliminary talks, since that's just an NBA rule.

[IUHAHN81 2,610]

I guess Dolson could always slide this DVD across the table to Brad :/

 

[HoosierAccipiter 113]

59 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

No, he’s not

Knows he’s not at THE top of our list, but holding out to see if our search gets to him……

[Uspshoosier 47,703]

14 minutes ago, Demo said:

https://x.com/gnybarra/status/1888429866627854792
 

Buzz Williams interacting with a student from the Mizzou student newspaper. Coaching is teaching, which has been a straight up weakness here.

A ton of people will be upset if he ends up coming to IU.    I won’t be one of them.  

[Deserthoozier 1,089]

3 hours ago, Unexpectedflash said:

I know people call us crazy but KU fans on the internet are getting antsy with bill since they’ve just been good the last three years instead of best team in the country

Hmmm…wonder what’s changed in the past 3 years that might have made things different/leveled the playing field?

(Hint…it’s an acronym that rhymes with pill and used to be illegal… and we’re not talking about weed for the tokers out there!!)

 

[lillurk 4,002]

1 minute ago, HoosierAccipiter said:

Knows he’s not at THE top of our list, but holding out to see if our search gets to him……

Certainly seems like some of our posters in the know are pretty confident our search will be done before it gets past 1A.

[JSHoosier 21,031]

13 minutes ago, Papacap said:

Just make sure you ask the little miss to kindly step out so the big boys can talk. 

Let's make sure to keep Ferguson far far away from the negotiations.

[Scotty R 2,585]

4 hours ago, jimsorgi said:

Yeah, agreed. Everyone would tire of Cronin's "it's always someone else's fault" antics very quickly as well. He's a solid coach who doesn't handle pressure or adversity well and is past his peak at UCLA already. 

Kind of sounds like Izzo who has won big in the big ten. I don't know if the ones complaining about how coaches act is to young to remember how coaches use to be. Go watch clips of coaches like Rollie Masimino, Lou Carnesacca, Bob Knight, Gene Keady, Jud Heathcote to just to name a few. What we see today from coaches is tame compared to these coaches 

[Herotime 893]

34 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Question for someone that knows but when trying to interview an NBA person do you have to get permission from the organization or owner before interviewing the candidate? Just wondering since Brad is the President do we need to ask someone for a formal interview? 

That’s a great question. This is what ChatGPT said on the topic— 

If you’re representing a college or university and want to interview an NBA coach or executive for a coaching or front-office position, you still typically need to request permission from the NBA team before conducting the interview.  

NBA teams often have contracts with their coaches and executives that include buyouts or restrictions on interviews. While colleges don’t operate under the NBA’s jurisdiction, professional teams generally expect institutions to follow proper channels out of respect for existing agreements.  

It’s best to contact the NBA team’s front office—likely starting with the President of Basketball Operations (Brad Stevens, in the case of the Celtics)—to formally request permission. If the coach or executive is under contract, the team may allow the interview, deny it, or set conditions such as compensation for an early departure.

If you want to interview Brad Stevens for a coaching or front-office position at a college or university, you would need to request permission from **Wyc Grousbeck**, the **majority owner and governor of the Boston Celtics**.  

Since Stevens is the **President of Basketball Operations**, he is one of the top decision-makers in the organization, meaning there’s no higher-ranking front-office executive above him. In these cases, ownership typically handles such requests. You would likely need to go through the Celtics’ ownership group, with Grousbeck being the primary point of contact.  

It would be best to formally reach out to the Celtics' organization through their front office, either via email or direct call, to ensure you're following the proper channels.

[JF87 1,753]

1 hour ago, Silat Player said:

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.

I agree.  Make your offer to the top guys and don't worry if they say no.  I don't understand why schools panic when their first couple of coaches they pursue say no.

[Uspshoosier 47,703]

SEC is grind and is trending as the best college basketball conference.  The B1G is clearly number 2.   If I’m a high level sitting coach I would look for a job opening in the B1G.  One that is at the top of the Nil food chain in the whole conference and probably top 5 nationally would look really appealing to me.   While the B1G is a great conference no school or coach currently scare you.  Easier to move up the ladder  in the conference in the B1G compared to the SEC.   Ius opening will be very appealing to a lot of great coaches 

[Demo 21,065]

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-coaching-search-2025-hot-board-version-1-0/
 

Schumann’s 1st tier list. I like Mike, smart guy. Couple of things: 1) I’m not as high on Drew as some, but if Rick Bozich is correct that he straight turned down UK and U of L both last cycle, taking IU would be quite an endorsement. 2) Golden in a top tier seems off, but, damn, look what dude’s doing.

[lillurk 4,002]

3 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

SEC is grind and is trending as the best college basketball conference.  The B1G is clearly number 2.   If I’m a high level sitting coach I would look for a job opening in the B1G.  One that is at the top of the Nil food chain in the whole conference and probably top 5 nationally would look really appealing to me.   While the B1G is a great conference no school or coach currently scare you.  Easier to move up the ladder  in the conference in the B1G compared to the SEC.   Ius opening will be very appealing to a lot of great coaches 

Agree, I think PU and Illinois are operating near their cruising altitudes, UM has a good young coach who has the goods, Izzo MSU is Izzo MSU, but the open job at the sleeping giant of a program has obvious appeal. 

[Stuhoo 83,776]

29 minutes ago, Demo said:

https://x.com/gnybarra/status/1888429866627854792
 

Buzz Williams interacting with a student from the Mizzou student newspaper. Coaching is teaching, which has been a straight up weakness here.

Looks like Curly from the Three Stooges

Behaves like a grown-@$$ man and an intelligent leader.

impressive

[lillurk 4,002]

Just now, Demo said:

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-coaching-search-2025-hot-board-version-1-0/
 

Schumann’s 1st tier list. I like Mike, smart guy. Couple of things: 1) I’m not as high on Drew as some, but if Rick Bozich is correct that he straight turned down UK and U of Lladt both last cycle, taking IU would be quite an endorsement. 2) Golden in a top tier seems off, but, damn, look what dude’s doing.

If Golden’s background comes back clean he’s wayyyyy up the list for me, have been a fan since the ‘22 San Francisco team

[JF87 1,753]

20 minutes ago, OliviaPope40 said:

Probably the most insulting thing I've ever heard of. 

Especially when that "little miss" is his wife and agent.  

[Chris007 49,657]

13 minutes ago, Herotime said:

That’s a great question. This is what ChatGPT said on the topic— 

If you’re representing a college or university and want to interview an NBA coach or executive for a coaching or front-office position, you still typically need to request permission from the NBA team before conducting the interview.  

NBA teams often have contracts with their coaches and executives that include buyouts or restrictions on interviews. While colleges don’t operate under the NBA’s jurisdiction, professional teams generally expect institutions to follow proper channels out of respect for existing agreements.  

It’s best to contact the NBA team’s front office—likely starting with the President of Basketball Operations (Brad Stevens, in the case of the Celtics)—to formally request permission. If the coach or executive is under contract, the team may allow the interview, deny it, or set conditions such as compensation for an early departure.

If you want to interview Brad Stevens for a coaching or front-office position at a college or university, you would need to request permission from **Wyc Grousbeck**, the **majority owner and governor of the Boston Celtics**.  

Since Stevens is the **President of Basketball Operations**, he is one of the top decision-makers in the organization, meaning there’s no higher-ranking front-office executive above him. In these cases, ownership typically handles such requests. You would likely need to go through the Celtics’ ownership group, with Grousbeck being the primary point of contact.  

It would be best to formally reach out to the Celtics' organization through their front office, either via email or direct call, to ensure you're following the proper channels.

I’m not sure I like that answer.

[MikeRoberts 7,416]

13 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

Let's make sure to keep Ferguson far far away from the negotiations.

Can anyone validate that story with 100% certainty? I was told that was not true and made up by pro Dolson people to make it look like he had it on lock and then others came in and screwed it up for him. Meanwhile he was never really coming because his family didn’t want to. That last part should have been known very early on but was overlooked. 
One of many reasons Buckner and others were able to claim incompetence and push him aside and take control of the hiring and insert their guy, aka plan zzz.