General Coach Candidate News

[RoadRage]

1 minute ago, bodsbums said:

Exactly this. I’m a long time lurker and very rare poster.  i’m a huge IU fan that lives out of state so I have no information to contribute. This thread has jumped the shark though. I will be moving on until we actually hire a coach.  I trust the A.D. and we should let him do his job and support him. 
 

For my parting advice, if there are posters that you don’t like, block them and don’t reply to them that’s tempting as it is. They tend to go away when they don’t get the attention they want. Go Hoosiers!
 

You can give your opinion which is as valid as anyone else’s on the board. I don’t see this thread as only for inside information, I see it as a place for posters to express their opinions about coaching options and provide reasons why we should or shouldn’t select that coach. I don’t mind the trolls that much, and I believe our new coach is one of the coaches being discussed in this thread, I feel like we will all know a lot more about that coach when he is chosen because of this thread. I think it is a great thread!

[JaybobHoosier]

So, assuming the Stevens ship has fully sailed and it’s not a smokescreen, what’s everyone’s top 3? These are mine:

- Dusty May

- Chris Beard (if fully vetted and IU feels he can succeed off the court. I’m fully aware this is an extreme long shot, but still in my top 3 if IU thinks he’s the guy)

- Bruce Pearl

I can see the Pearl ship sailing, but I think he would help make IU a national relevant program again before retiring. I think May is the most realistic of the top candidates, but we will see. I think he will do great things at IU, but curious to see how this all unfolds.

[IUrocker]

Brad didn’t say he wasn’t coming. Why couldn’t he have just flat out said he wasn’t interested in the IU job and wouldn’t be coming? Although I’m not too sure what’s going on, still can’t completely rule it out. Just an odd thing. If not Brad, I really hope we get Dusty. 

[#1fanofafrin]

Beard then May.  But I don't see Beard turning us down.

[OKHOOSIER]

This could be fun, Give me some odds of who you think it will be, I’ll go first:

May—I’d say 60%, and the most likely option. I hope his only one year at current job doesn’t matter.

McDermott—10%, you have to check here if Dusty is a no IMO
 

Mcasaland—5%, wish it was higher he’s my favorite of the field options, but I don’t think he leaves the state of Texas. 
 

Cronin/Buzz/Beard—5% each. Likely doesn’t get this far IMO

McCollum—6% chance. Unlikely, but better than the Cronin crew I think. 
 

Stevens—4% for the haterz. 

 

[CSP]

3 minutes ago, Unexpectedflash said:

I consider a championship team top 30 in offense and defense efficiency rating because that is what you need to win a title. In 23-24 they were third overall in kenpom with top 20 both. That’s championship level. In 22-23 they were number 11 in kenpom with 12 and 16 efficiency ratings respectively.  Championship level to me

You have your seasons off... 23-24 gets your fired at IU, ask Tom Crean. 

22-23 they were excellent. I said that, 21-22 pretty good too..  

20-21--- they were 21-10. Idc where they are ranked KenPom, I'm not getting excited about that. 

[kottke]

Question for those who understand this better than me: How do we navigate the transfer portal window if we don’t have a coach in place by then?

[MrBBall]

This past week has been a circling firing squad but with rumors. Perhaps those speaking on the donor side are not correct and rumor spreads like wildfire. 

[MrBBall]

1 minute ago, #1fanofafrin said:

Beard then May.  But I don't see Beard turning us down.

It’s been discussed but Beard has a lot more of the domestic violence issues that aren’t public. Added with his Kevin Wilson like joy of drinking in college bars and you won’t see him anywhere in too 5-6 coaches. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

54 minutes ago, FartsMcGee said:

I'm new to this board. Is this where we come to argue with each other?

Is Calhoun's health still the word for this coaching search?

 

 

Peace and tranquility is our motto on btb.    lol     Glad you've joined our merry band.

[Juwan Moye]

11 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

No shot 4 of those teams were championship level, maybe 1.5. 

The FF team wasn't his best team, at all. 

The one championship level team he had was excellent, I enjoyed watching them.. but his 6 years at UCLA look about like Creans last 6 years. It's just not enough at UCLA and Indiana. 

If Crean had made a Final Four he'd have been given A LOT more leeway. That said, I was curious about your claim and Cronin's 6 years have absolutely been better than Crean. Here's how the first 6 years of Cronin compare to the last 6 of UCLA when looking at KenPom ratings as well as how the season finished.

[bobknightsghost]

3 minutes ago, OKHOOSIER said:

This could be fun, Give me some odds of who you think it will be, I’ll go first:

May—I’d say 60%, and the most likely option. I hope his only one year at current job doesn’t matter.

McDermott—10%, you have to check here if Dusty is a no IMO
 

Mcasaland—5%, wish it was higher he’s my favorite of the field options, but I don’t think he leaves the state of Texas. 
 

Cronin/Buzz/Beard—5% each. Likely doesn’t get this far IMO

McCollum—6% chance. Unlikely, but better than the Cronin crew I think. 
 

Stevens—4% for the haterz. 

 

Pretty solid list IMO

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

42 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

Woodson got “retired”. He was fired 

[IU Prof]

13 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Feel like I should do myself a favor and not check the board til MARCH but it’s hard not looking for updates haha

Fixed it for you...

[JSHoosier]

1 minute ago, IUrocker said:

Brad didn’t say he wasn’t coming. Why couldn’t he have just flat out said he wasn’t interested in the IU job and wouldn’t be coming? Although I’m not too sure what’s going on, still can’t completely rule it out. Just an odd thing. If not Brad, I really hope we get Dusty. 

Possible PR speak to avoid distractions, ala Calipari or Saban, because he still has a job to do. I'm NOT saying that's what it is. 

If you want to keep something quiet, keep the circle small and deny it to anyone doesn't need to know. It's what I'd do in this situation. You can't really control what those in the know say or who they say it to but you could ask them to do the same.

I think it was ap who said Dolson is using smokescreens, maybe the insiders here actually heard what they shared but they themselves were given a smokescreen.

I'm not saying any of that is what's happening, just spitballing.

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

8 hours ago, AH1971 said:

Two degrees (lol) and still can’t formulate a sentence.

Classic.

Why are you on this board? Do you just enjoy talking down to people? If that’s the case then that’s fine you should just admit it and own up to it. You say you want to talk about the job search yet 90% of your posts are immaturely talking about other people’s education levels and making fun of them for choosing to believe in something. You say you’re just being a realist yet aren’t admitting that you’re just here to be a troll and not have honest conversations and give your opinion. I know this is going to sound mind blowing but we are adults and can give our opinion without talking down to others. I am not sure if you have kids or not but can you imagine if your kids read how you talked down to other people on this site because I would be absolutely embarrassed if I wrote what you’ve written lately and had them read it. If you genuinely want to start having conversations about this coaching search then let’s do it but until then I hope you take this conversation into consideration and take it to heart. Go Hoosiers!

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

41 minutes ago, iu-dl said:

I need to figure out how to start a thread with the people I believe/trust and weed out some of the stragglers, trolls and pessimists. 

Well, it will be an easy board to monitor with just the 2 of you!    (I'm kidding.)

[Scotty R]

47 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

How about a Stevens only thread for the crazies. Then the rest of us can discuss legitimate candidates.

Then start a new thread then

 Nobody is wanting them banned because of their views on Stevens but it was them being a prick.

[Uspshoosier]

6 minutes ago, IUrocker said:

Why couldn’t he have just flat out said he wasn’t interested in the IU job and wouldn’t be coming? 

Because with his job title he doesn’t have to face the press like sitting coaches would have to.  Last time he was the coach of the Celtics so the press could ask away.  He is in a position where he doesn’t have to answer questions if he doesn’t want to would be my guess 

[Ryno6284]

6 minutes ago, kottke said:

Question for those who understand this better than me: How do we navigate the transfer portal window if we don’t have a coach in place by then?

I could be wrong, but it think it is when you have to have your name in the portal by.