General Coach Candidate News

[kottke 919]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

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

Don’t join the Discord. It’s like crack lol.

[CSP 12,130]

1 minute ago, Juwan Moye said:

In 4 seasons:

1 final 4

2 sweet 16s

 

I remove the Covid year, he’d have made the tourney then. 

Which is the baseline at UCLA. Not impressed. He would not elevate us at all.... plus his offense is boring. 

[Unexpectedflash 1,748]

3 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. 

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

[AZ Hoosier 11,022]

2 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

FYI, 

What Cronin said last night about potentially being a candidate at IU (and don't worry; this comes from a free site -- I didn't pirate it). 

 

“I just think it's tough to do that stuff during the season. But actually, you know, the whole thing's gotten so crazy because we had a couple coaches that did it. Tony [Bennett] and coach [Jim] Larranaga. They did it. Leonard [Hamilton]. The coach I replaced, it happened to him during the season. I don't like to see that.

"As far as me, I would never comment on a coaching situation. It would be wildly inappropriate because I’m the son of a coach, and the way I look at it is that Mike Woodson’s the coach at Indiana. Now, that man’s coaching his basketball team, and he was a national champion. I happen to know him. I know Kenya Hunter on his staff extremely well for many years and have tremendous respect for their kids and their team.

"To me, nobody should say anything that distracts anything with them with that. So I just think it would be wildly inappropriate, mostly for what I said, my respect for coach Woodson. He’s over there coaching his team. That’s all that anybody needs to – I understand you guys gotta do your job and ask. That’s my stance on that stuff.”

Cross him off... he claimed that Woodson was "a national champion"... if you want to coach here, you have to know the history. Woodson played at Indiana between the 1976 and 1981 championship teams. (Missed it by >|  |< that much).

[Uspshoosier 54,570]

Just now, AZ Hoosier said:

he was a national champion

 

[FartsMcGee 379]

My top 5 at the moment if BS is out:

1. May

2. McDermott 

3. Mcasland 

 4. Cronin

 5. Jimmy Calhoun

[Unexpectedflash 1,748]

After 8 years of terrible basketball i don’t know if we’re in a position to turn our nose up at some of these coaches that would have us in a very good position 

[AZ Hoosier 11,022]

3 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Are you The King of B-town Banners??? Come to get us over the hump??? 

According to last night's presser, the hurdle is now "the finish line"... apparently he's finally conquered "the hump".

[RoadRage 3,013]

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 13,192]

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 2,490]

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 619]

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

[OKHOOSIER 5,893]

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 12,130]

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 919]

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 983]

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 983]

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 91,670]

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 1,315]

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 639]

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