General Coach Candidate News

[jeffincol 168]

Ned's plane took off before the Bedford plane landed.  Sorry guys.

[Papacap 2,025]

Just now, Chris007 said:

Love is in the air. 

Don’t need flowers, chocolates or any present. Just give her this card and you’re set. 

[tyappleg 8,182]

Just now, jeffincol said:

Ned's plane took off before the Bedford plane landed.  Sorry guys.

Smokescreen. Not sure what for.  But I just like saying everything is a smokescreen these days. 

[HoosierPapi4 488]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

Love is in the air. 

You happen to say this as soon as Pfau plane takes off....was that truly a coincidence? 

[jeffincol 168]

3 minutes ago, HoosierPapi4 said:

You happen to say this as soon as Pfau plane takes off....was that truly a coincidence? 

I think so.  Plane from Bedford hasn't landed yet.

[moyemayhem 1,780]

19 minutes ago, Dave from Dayton said:

Yeah, heard that Dolson was looking for one more donor's concurrence.  Johnny Cougar just gave it to him.

Maybe.  Just saying.

Ponying up that cash for Bradley...

[Artie86 3,501]

38 minutes ago, IU Prof said:

I guess I don't understand why people think there would be so many clandestine meetings in Florida for a deal like this. Yes, I think people would want to meet face to face a couple times, but most negotiating can take place over Zoom these days. There's no reason for people this busy to be wasting hours at a time to fly to/from Florida for a discussion that could be held over Zoom in 30 minutes.

.....when people have money to spend you and are trying to "bring one home" you do things like this at all costs. Dolson is being a complete "Rock Star" right now! If Brad does happen, Dolson deserves a huge raise!

[tyappleg 8,182]

4 minutes ago, jeffincol said:

I think so.  Plane from Bedford hasn't landed yet.

Is it possible he is jumping from one plane to the other mid air?  

[Magnanimous 5,362]

14 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

*if Tom Brady had solely played Division 2 football until this year and had never played against an above average NFL team.

So answer my question; other than more D2 tourney success with a lesser D2 win%, what makes McCollum a better choice than Schertz? 

Because Schertz also completely dominated in D2 and has a significantly better D1 resume.

1. He does not have a significantly better D1 resume.

2. Ben McCollum is the Nvidia of today’s college basketball landscape. He will dominate the entire market for the next 40 years. 
 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 12,009]

Just now, tyappleg said:

Is it possible he is jumping from one plane to the other mid air?  

Bane did it. Idk why Brad Stevens couldn't. 

[HoosierInParadise 1,679]

Love is in the air. 

This is no doubt cryptic info about flights....or there was an actual cupid sighting.

[CrossboneIU22 1,509]

The results are in on the Coaching Candidates Approval Rating (Part 1).  Since this is the NEWS thread, I won't bog it down by analyzing the results in this thread but just put a link to the thread below.  And as promised, I will release a part 2 of the that thread soon.

https://btownbanners.com/topic/14831-potential-coaches-approval-rating-poll-closes-thursday-at-midnight/

 

[5fouls 230]

18 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

*if Tom Brady had solely played Division 2 football until this year and had never played against an above average NFL team.

So answer my question; other than more D2 tourney success with a lesser D2 win%, what makes McCollum a better choice than Schertz? 

Because Schertz also completely dominated in D2 and has a significantly better D1 resume.

Schertz was losing in those DII tournaments that McCollum was winning.  On the same stage, McCollum proved to have more Championship mettle.

I fully understand that McCollum is not going to be IU's coach for the very reasons you have mentioned.  But, if this coaching search falls past Stevens and May, there is a good chance that we are back here in 4-5 years, and even a better chance we (IU) regret not more strongly consider McCollum.  He's not going to be available next time around. 

Edited February 14 by 5fouls

[Hornsby 3,870]

I think one thing hidden in all of this is that with IU's NIL, pretty much any coach we are talking about getting will have access to get better players/recruits than at any stop they've been at.  There really hasn't been a shortage of talent under Woodson, just a lack of roster construction DESPITE the fact that the style of play should have discouraged many from coming.

Woodson had the top nil in the conference. Was the third highest paid coach in the conference. Twelfth highest paid coach in the nation. A new coach would probably have a top five salary in the country. This is an attractive job don't let Woodson being horrible change that fact.

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2 hours ago, GP711 said:

Morning fellow Hoosiers. Just wanted to give a quick update on where things are from my point of view.

Obviously we all know brad has his 2 weeks to decide. We knew this would come at some point. From my point of view, i think more things have to go wrong for him to say no then things have to go right for him to say yes. We know he missing coaching and teaching, we gave brad everything he said he needed. His son could come play for him here at iu. Brad knows it's his last chance. I still think Scott will close him.

With that being said, while brad can say yes at anytime, he can also say no. In Scott we trust!

Heard anything on his daughter?  Sophomore in HS so this could be a tough time to move her.

[jefftheref 195]

20 minutes ago, Trish said:

Chris has taken a sworn celibacy until Brad Stevens is named Head Coach of the Hoosiers. I think more folks here need to follow his lead! 

Anything to make the  wife happy! LOL

[JimmerNoe 1,216]

Once Woodson is officially out the door I think we are going to have to schedule wellness checks for ol’ Hornsby. I’m worried about where all this energy will go!

[Alford Bailey 13,228]

Just for giggles what rumors are you hearing on the other site?

[steubenhoosier 1,873]

11 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

1. He does not have a significantly better D1 resume.

2. Ben McCollum is the Nvidia of today’s college basketball landscape. He will dominate the entire market for the next 40 years. 
 

If McCollum is the Nvidia, who is the Deep Seek?

[Chris007 62,546]

23 minutes ago, Trish said:

Chris has taken a sworn celibacy until Brad Stevens is named Head Coach of the Hoosiers. I think more folks here need to follow his lead! 

Do we have to wait till he is named or just till the ink is dry?