General Coach Candidate News

[IU22 269]

  On 2/10/2025 at 1:59 PM, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Can't some of you just ignore what you don't want to read? 

Look, I would love Beard here, guy can coach. It's just that the same thing gets posted over and over and over.

[ap2345 11,320]

Beard will not be an option

[Magnanimous 5,362]

  On 2/10/2025 at 1:22 PM, Stuhoo said:

You are gonna die on McCollum hill my friend!  :)

Address my concern - I don't give a rat's @$$ about style of play because if he's the real deal he will adjust his style of play immediately if and as warranted.

This is a guy that is/has

• never been associated with any P5 program at any time,
• has only been in any way associated with a D1 program for 23 games,
• has never played against a ranked team,
• has never beaten a team in the NET top 40,
• is at a program with almost zero NIL (that's why he needed to bring a bunch of D2 players in), 
• is coaching at a school with no football
• has never dealt with major boosters, agents, or media attention
• has never managed a large staff or organization

So let's agree that he is an outstanding on-court technician and off-court culture-setter and motivator. Can't we also agree that Indiana will have innumerable choices of similarly talented on-court technicians, albeit ones with on-court success against the best teams in the nation, and ones who have success in addressing every single bullet point I listed?

Those are fair points and  is why he should have Thad Matta and Dane Fife on staff for the first year or two to navigate this fishbowl.

 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,887]

  On 2/10/2025 at 2:01 PM, IU22 said:

Look, I would love Beard here, guy can coach. It's just that the same thing gets posted over and over and over.

hmm... to each their own! 

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild 811]

  On 2/10/2025 at 2:00 PM, AZ Hoosier said:

Your point would be more valid if you weren't posting about  Beard and the DV and the posting about Beard's DV yourself.

Completely fair! Wasn’t trying to talk about it exactly so if it came across that way wasn’t my intention. 

[AZ Hoosier 10,901]

  On 2/10/2025 at 1:17 PM, IUHoosierJoe said:

Do you know if Dolson passed on him or if Beard said no?  I’ve heard both and just curious what you know.

Beard is practically begging for the job on social media... no way he turned it down. Ever.

[Hoosier DaDa 3,770]

  On 2/10/2025 at 1:40 AM, 5fouls said:

Risky was hiring a 60 something head football coach from James Madison.

McCollum will be insanely successful when a P4 school snatches him up.  Would not be surprised to see Iowa 'retire' Fran just to hire him.  

So Iowa the run and gun team fans would be happy with the slow pace?

[IUHoosierJoe 2,153]

  On 2/10/2025 at 2:07 PM, AZ Hoosier said:

Beard is practically begging for the job on social media... no way he turned it down. Ever.

Yes, but he had a much better job last time we had an opening.

[AZ Hoosier 10,901]

  On 2/10/2025 at 2:06 PM, IvanRenkosillegitimatechild said:

Completely fair! Wasn’t trying to talk about it exactly so if it came across that way wasn’t my intention. 

All good from me... 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,887]

  On 2/10/2025 at 2:07 PM, AZ Hoosier said:

Beard is practically begging for the job on social media... no way he turned it down. Ever.

link?

[GP711 2,068]

fwiw, any Beard smoke that is there is coming from the agent side because beard wants the job. It's a hard no from the athletic department side, he was passed on before het got arrested. 

[DChoosier 9,819]

  On 2/10/2025 at 2:01 PM, IU22 said:

Look, I would love Beard here, guy can coach. It's just that the same thing gets posted over and over and over.

That’s what happens on a board. The “Fire Mike Woodson” thread has over 2,000 pages. If nothing was posted over and over that thread would be reduced to roughly three pages. :)

[str8baller 7,501]

  On 2/10/2025 at 2:09 PM, Hoosier DaDa said:

So Iowa the run and gun team fans would be happy with the slow pace?

Why not? They just want to win. 
 

Some of you guys act like if you’re not watching the tv with the energy of a methed-out lab monkey banging a keyboard, it isn’t really basketball. 
 

Wisconsin, Villanova, and Virginia fans got to watch plenty of wins, conf titles, FFs and championships the last decade-plus while IU has been mostly having circular conversations about coaching searches. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,887]

  On 2/10/2025 at 2:14 PM, GP711 said:

fwiw, any Beard smoke that is there is coming from the agent side because beard wants the job. It's a hard no from the athletic department side, he was passed on before het got arrested. 

the bold is malpractice, if true

[Hoosier DaDa 3,770]

Hear me out everyone. Dolson needs to hire Will Wade, not as our head coach, but as our headhunter. Will is task with making Brad Stevens “strong a$$ offer” that Stevens can’t refuse.

[mdiu28 2,891]

  On 2/10/2025 at 2:14 PM, GP711 said:

fwiw, any Beard smoke that is there is coming from the agent side because beard wants the job. It's a hard no from the athletic department side, he was passed on before het got arrested. 

If this is true, then my confidence level in our admin just plummeted. 

[AZ Hoosier 10,901]

  On 2/10/2025 at 2:13 PM, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

link?

Don't have the link... but did the RMK shout out on Twitter/X last week.

[ap2345 11,320]

  On 2/10/2025 at 2:14 PM, GP711 said:

fwiw, any Beard smoke that is there is coming from the agent side because beard wants the job. It's a hard no from the athletic department side, he was passed on before het got arrested. 

This is a fact

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,887]

  On 2/10/2025 at 2:17 PM, AZ Hoosier said:

Don't have the link... but did the RMK shout out on Twitter/X last week.

That was at halftime of the UK game, unless there is another instance? 

[ap2345 11,320]

  On 2/10/2025 at 2:16 PM, mdiu28 said:

If this is true, then my confidence level in our admin just plummeted. 

The IU admin is fine