General Coach Candidate News

[JHoosier914 1,407]

11 minutes ago, cleeter said:

"I thoroughly appreciate being a Celtic and love the people I get to work with every day," Brad

"But that stuff's crazy. I love being at Michigan. I love our team." Dusty
May

Welp, that’s two clear denials. Time to panic. Option 1 and 2 turned us down.


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Im not claiming that our next coach will absolutely be one of those two men, but neither of those are clear denials.  Simply statements of fact that they like their job and/or the people they work with.

i like my teaching job, my school and my coworkers…but I would absolutely leave for a better/different one depending on the circumstances

edit: if the quoted post was sarcasm, then I apologize.  Hard to tell online

[J34 1,638]

9 minutes ago, cleeter said:

"I thoroughly appreciate being a Celtic and love the people I get to work with every day," Brad

"But that stuff's crazy. I love being at Michigan. I love our team." Dusty
May

Welp, that’s two clear denials. Time to panic. Option 1 and 2 turned us down.


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Definitely hard no's lol

[hotjawns 71]

i think we deserve a public roast of mike woodson and QB

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[Hoosierfan1901 8,296]

32 minutes ago, J34 said:

Definitely hard no's lol

Reminds me of Mel Tucker’s tweet saying he was committed to Colorado. Did some recruiting stuff for them and then accepting the MSU job 2 days later.

[cleeter 3,020]

Im not claiming that our next coach will absolutely be one of those two men, but neither of those are clear denials.  Simply statements of fact that they like their job and/or the people they work with.
i like my teaching job, my school and my coworkers…but I would absolutely leave for a better/different one depending on the circumstances
edit: if the quoted post was sarcasm, then I apologize.  Hard to tell online

Haha, yes it was sarcasm. Like Brad said what he said and “he’s no longer a candidate” but with dusty it’s okay.
But i agree with what you said 100%


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[Hornsby 3,870]

"I thoroughly appreciate being a Celtic and love the people I get to work with every day," Brad

"But that stuff's crazy. I love being at Michigan. I love our team." Dusty
May

Welp, that’s two clear denials. Time to panic. Option 1 and 2 turned us down.


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It's going to be Cronin.

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[cleeter 3,020]

It's going to be Cronin.

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[wirenuts 1,454]

48 minutes ago, hotjawns said:

i think we deserve a public roast of mike woodson and QB

I thought that was every game day?

[BA47591 1,016]

Does anyone think it won't be Dusty? 

7y-50m and incentives? 

I think he has a signing bonus of 1.5 ish to repay if he leaves before April 1.That shouldn't hold us back. Buyout is low. 

He's not everyone's #1 choice but probably in everyone's top 3. Then we can start the speculation about the roster. 

 

[Old Friend 8,667]

On 2/14/2025 at 7:21 AM, ib4iu said:

I’m coming around on him. Even at a slower pace his team makes baskets. They average 3 less points than IU. But the shots they take they make. 50/70/37 on the season vs IU is at 46/72/32

I think I just got there before you did.  I'd be interested in seeing how he'd do with a higher level of talent.   I'd be fine with him but I'm starting to come around on Brad Brownell.    High school team mate of Calbert Cheaney opens some doors for me.

[BA47591 1,016]

I've got a name for everyone that wants a young guy that can coach. 

Ben Howlett at West Liberty D2

 

[Old Friend 8,667]

1 minute ago, BA47591 said:

Does anyone think it won't be Dusty? 

7y-50m and incentives? 

I think he has a signing bonus of 1.5 ish to repay if he leaves before April 1.That shouldn't hold us back. Buyout is low. 

He's not everyone's #1 choice but probably in everyone's top 3. Then we can start the speculation about the roster. 

 

I had a thought today that is an extension for him was going to happen, it's as likely as not to have happened already.

[Old Friend 8,667]

1 minute ago, BA47591 said:

I've got a name for everyone that wants a young guy that can coach. 

Ben Howlett at West Liberty D2

 

Great coach.  The one thing I'd say is I don't know that Indiana is in a position (with this hire needing to hit and hit big) to give a guy his first D1 job.    Especially after doing so with Mike Davis and watching that dumpster fire.

[Old Friend 8,667]

On 2/14/2025 at 7:37 AM, Pagoda said:

If Brad passes and Dusty does too, putting Mike Woodson ahead of the program last year when we could have got Dusty will look really, really bad.  You might say poor “optics.”

Putting Woodson ahead of the program was an awful decision made for the same reason Mike Davis was given an extension.  IU has to clean the slate and get serious.   They have NOT been serious in a long time.

[JSHoosier 22,210]

1 hour ago, Hornsby said:

It's going to be Cronin.

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[OKHOOSIER 5,890]

5 hours ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Tony Bennett?

Sounds a lot more sane now lol

[MrBBall 982]

2 hours ago, OKHOOSIER said:

Sounds a lot more sane now lol

Filling the void of three weeks upcoming will be quite long. 
 

 

[str8baller 7,445]

8 hours ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Tony Bennett?

Timing would seem to be wrong. He just retired less than 6mos ago, and I would assume he’d need at least a year off before someone could coax him back. 
 

I personally would love that hire and he’d be at the top, or near the top, of my list. He won the ACC 6x and Conf tourney twice in a league where Roy and K were rolling and he never had better than 3rd best talent. We would be looking at a next decade of conf titles, perennial top 4 finishes, top 5ish tourney seeds, and a great chance at hanging another banner. 
 

I don’t think Indiana could do much better, but so many things in life come down to timing and it’s hard to see how it would work out. 

[Juwan Moye 1,163]

5 hours ago, Old Friend said:

I had a thought today that is an extension for him was going to happen, it's as likely as not to have happened already.

The longer it goes without him getting an extension the more interesting it gets for us.

[IUFAN1976 4,320]

6 hours ago, BA47591 said:

Does anyone think it won't be Dusty? 

7y-50m and incentives? 

I think he has a signing bonus of 1.5 ish to repay if he leaves before April 1.That shouldn't hold us back. Buyout is low. 

He's not everyone's #1 choice but probably in everyone's top 3. Then we can start the speculation about the roster. 

 

 

6 hours ago, Old Friend said:

I had a thought today that is an extension for him was going to happen, it's as likely as not to have happened already.

I think if they offered him an extension today, he would still put it off until the end of the season.  As far as I know, there has been talks but nothing official.  
 

BS most like off the table, ;) ;), I think Dusty will be our coach.