General Coach Candidate News

[68Hoosier 698]

4 minutes ago, Henryville Hoosier said:

Me going into work if we get Stevens. 

Just as long as you're not going back in March like this.

[jbeaman9 1,067]

4 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I've heard 6 million.

isn't that less than this season? which, a better coach gets more bang for his buck im sure. 

[Pagoda 1,644]

5 minutes ago, Henryville Hoosier said:

Me going into work if we get Stevens. 

If we got him I would be beyond excited.  That said, a lot of our fans, me included, would be penciling in so many future banners I would worry about the jinxes!

[Artie86 2,475]

5 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I've heard 6 million.

how much did Woodson get for this year's bunch? I can't remember.

[Pagoda 1,644]

Just now, Artie86 said:

how much did Woodson get for this year's bunch? I can't remember.

$6M I heard.  What a return on investment.

[Chris007 49,624]

2 minutes ago, jbeaman9 said:

isn't that less than this season? which, a better coach gets more bang for his buck im sure. 

I thought we were at 6 this season if not a little more but I could be wrong. It would be s first though :-)

[Capt. Crimson 3,574]

Just now, Pagoda said:

$6M I heard.  What a return on investment.

I've heard 5 million. 

[Chris007 49,624]

2 minutes ago, Capt. Crimson said:

I've heard 5 million. 

I'm guessing the donations would be up if we are able to get Stevens

[JHoosier914 1,195]

2 hours ago, 4iufourever said:

I say this with all sincerity.  After spending all weekend hitting refresh on this thread, we don't really know anything about who the next coach will be.  Some are speculating IU has their guy without actually saying who that guy is.  The rest has been banter back and forth about how candidate A, B, or C would or wouldn't fit as the next coach at IU.  

Yesterday I decided that I wasn't going to stay on here and check-- to have a life.  Yet, here I am as my students are busy working on an assignment that I assigned by design to give me free time to check out the newest gossip.  I need to get a life. 

As another teacher currently doing the same -- I happened to plan a review day, a test day and a student work day to be able to catch up and refresh on this site.

Please let's not have any bombshells fall between 8-3 central time on Thursday.

[Kentuckysucks 2,783]

13 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I've heard 6 million.

He should ask for more.

[Hollywood Mike Miranda 875]

34 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

1) Stevens, 2) May and 3) Beard in that order...Beard has a chance if it makes it past Stevens and May.

Based on what intel?? The handful of BTB "insider" posters that consistenly have good insight to what's really going on have ALL said very recently that Beard has no shot... as in 0%.

To me, it doesn't sound like Beard is low on the candidate list - it sounds very much like he's not on the list at all and never will be.

[Hoosierfanyuh 3,064]

1 million per starter then 500K for two quality bench players hahaha. I’m joking 

[Chris007 49,624]

4 minutes ago, JHoosier914 said:

As another teacher currently doing the same -- I happened to plan a review day, a test day and a student work day to be able to catch up and refresh on this site.

Please let's not have any bombshells fall between 8-3 central time on Thursday.

My wife is an instructional coach at our school here in town and it seems she works a little bit more than the male teachers on this site. 

[Kentuckysucks 2,783]

2 minutes ago, Hollywood Mike Miranda said:

Based on what intel?? The handful of BTB "insider" posters that consistenly have good insight to what's really going on have ALL said very recently that Beard has no shot... as in 0%.

To me, it doesn't sound like Beard is low on the candidate list - it sounds very much like he's not on the list at all and never will be.

I think the thinking is if it gets past Brad and Dusty the administration might really have no choice.  Maybe they feel really good about their top choices right now but what if they fall through?  I think if the hire is a Buzz Williams type it’s probably the end of the program.  Too many people would just check out.

[TadQueasy 1,113]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

My wife is an instructional coach at our school here in town and it seems she works a little bit more than the male teachers on this site. 

 A simple thank you for your commitment to the cause would suffice.  

[Hollywood Mike Miranda 875]

1 minute ago, Kentuckysucks said:

I think the thinking is if it gets past Brad and Dusty the administration might really have no choice.  Maybe they feel really good about their top choices right now but what if they fall through?  I think if the hire is a Buzz Williams type it’s probably the end of the program.  Too many people would just check out.

I mean, I guess. Just seems like there's a lot of other really good coaches out there in play that could be options if we missed on Brad. Again, sounds like heavy speculation of what the IU admin could / would do vs. what several knowledable folks on here have said absolutely won't happen. 

[Chris007 49,624]

I want to say for all the people watching from the outside, not on BTB that I have no idea if we will get Brad Stevens or not. I like where we stand but I am not certain about anything. I also can't put a number on what I think the chances are. It's all a process and we are letting the process play out. I don't want anyone getting their hopes up then if something happens and they are crushed, it's my fault. I felt bad last time and don't want it happening again. Let's hope it works out differently this time. Just a FWIW. Whatever I post is what I'm hearing at the time. I don't expect to hear anything for a little while. 

[jbeaman9 1,067]

5 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

My wife is an instructional coach at our school here in town and it seems she works a little bit more than the male teachers on this site. 

My wife and I are both teachers....you are 100% accurate in this description. 

[Hoosier987 1,446]

4 minutes ago, Hollywood Mike Miranda said:

I mean, I guess. Just seems like there's a lot of other really good coaches out there in play that could be options if we missed on Brad. Again, sounds like heavy speculation of what the IU admin could / would do vs. what several knowledable folks on here have said absolutely won't happen. 

I'm curious...Is Beard on the latest Hot Board?  I don't pay for the premium but heard there is a new one coming out today...If it gets past our first couple, Beard is an option.

[Hoosierfan2017 22,545]

8 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

I think the thinking is if it gets past Brad and Dusty the administration might really have no choice.  Maybe they feel really good about their top choices right now but what if they fall through?  I think if the hire is a Buzz Williams type it’s probably the end of the program.  Too many people would just check out.

Truthfully I know very little about Buzz Williams before he came up in these discussions. However, his results at Marquette, VT, and Texas A&M are all much better than anything we’ve gotten over the past decade and, frankly, better than what IU has done since I became a fan. With our NIL/resources he could probably do even better than he did at those spots. 

He’s not at the top of my list but IU can, and quite possibly will, do worse.