General Coach Candidate News

[Chris007]

Just now, Home Jersey said:

SIAP but what’s the rumor with Ballo?

Team had the weekend off, he left Indiana for a trip but hasn't returned. I'm sure he is back by now

[jumpshot53]

Does anyone know how much Brad really does make?  I've heard so many different numbers.  Brad is also very religious,  not in a over the top way.

[Hoosierfanyuh]

11 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Adding onto this, it was his own opinion, but if he hears something interesting, he will post it.

https://x.com/bball_war3/status/1891524603228357107?s=46&t=0mbJ_TT4MQ8KZKv29ZqhSg

https://x.com/bball_war3/status/1891835514921099604?s=46&t=0mbJ_TT4MQ8KZKv29ZqhSg

I’m aware i just think the account has interesting perspectives 

[IUHoosierJoe]

4 minutes ago, jumpshot53 said:

Does anyone know how much Brad really does make?  I've heard so many different numbers.  Brad is also very religious,  not in an over the top way.

I‘ve seen speculation from a sportswriter in Boston that it may be $6-8 million.  Nobody really knows because the Celtics have never said.

[Hoosierfan1901]

6 minutes ago, jumpshot53 said:

Does anyone know how much Brad really does make?  I've heard so many different numbers.  Brad is also very religious,  not in an over the top way.

I‘ve seen anywhere from $1.5 million to $11 million, but since the Celtics are Private, no one has a clue 

[jumpshot53]

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

I‘ve seen anywhere from $1.5 million to $11 million, but since the Celtics are Private, no one has a clue 

That's a heck of a range.

[HoosierAccipiter]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

And some messages I have gotten. It's Feb. 20. No one knows what is going on. The one thing I love this time is we have good backup options. We have a long way to go and it's going to be a roller coaster, that is for sure

That certainly sounds like we’ve moved past option #1. 

[Hoosierfan1901]

1 minute ago, jumpshot53 said:

That's a heck of a range.

Plus all of his bonuses too that are unknown.

[Stuhoo]

Dare to dream. A recharged Tony Bennett for ten years would be fantastic:

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/dick-vitale-suggests-tony-bennett-for-iu-basketball-opening-is-he-a-real-candidate/

[Chris007]

2 minutes ago, HoosierAccipiter said:

That certainly sounds like we’ve moved past option #1. 

It is very possible but I'm not sure yet. Have RTZ on here saying nothing has changed with him. Jerry seemed confident last night. 

[Trish]

2 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Dare to dream. A recharged Tony Bennett for ten years would be fantastic:

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/dick-vitale-suggests-tony-bennett-for-iu-basketball-opening-is-he-a-real-candidate/

If you think Archie and Woodson basketball is hard to watch, you don’t want to watch Tony’s offense. Plus, he will never forgive Indiana after firing his sister. 

[OKHOOSIER]

Tony Bennet would be a great hire assuming he has a GM to handle NIL. Wasn’t transfer nonsense and NIL why he walked away? 

[Brass Cannon]

2 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Dare to dream. A recharged Tony Bennett for ten years would be fantastic:

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/dick-vitale-suggests-tony-bennett-for-iu-basketball-opening-is-he-a-real-candidate/

Maybe he wasn’t opposed to the NIL game. Just opposed to being on the wrong side of it 

[Trish]

16 minutes ago, jumpshot53 said:

Does anyone know how much Brad really does make?  I've heard so many different numbers.  Brad is also very religious,  not in an over the top way.

Ops presidents / GM’s range from 1-3 million. I highly doubt he makes anything over 2 million. We’re talking about an organization that is currently up for sale as well. 

[HoosierAccipiter]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

It is very possible but I'm not sure yet. Have RTZ on here saying nothing has changed with him. Jerry seemed confident last night. 

Not that I would have much of a drop in excitement with option #2. It’s after that where it starts getting a little meh for me - though it would still potentially be a vast improvement over the current situation. 

[AZ Hoosier]

Personally, I'm weary... can it just be April and we know what we're doing from that point on? This is making me really, really tired.

[Hoosierfan2017]

5 minutes ago, Trish said:

Ops presidents / GM’s range from 1-3 million. I highly doubt he makes anything over 2 million. We’re talking about an organization that is currently up for sale as well. 

He definitely makes more than $2 million. Likely a lot more than that. This article is from 8 years ago and a $2 million offer for President of basketball operations was considered a below market offer.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19846453/cleveland-cavaliers-offered-market-salary-former-president-basketball-ops-candidate-chauncey-billups

[Hoosierfanyuh]

We’re going to hear a different every story until the end of March is my take so no need to freak about anything that comes out until then. Seems as though next years coach is going to be great regardless 

[IUGRAD06]

57 minutes ago, MonteMarcaccini said:

Seems noteworthy.  Any additional context?

Think it was just an event but someone said someone was coming in to help with the coaching search.  

[Pagoda]

This must all be happening so fast for Dusty.  Last year he gets a major job, less than a year later he is trying to win the B1G, and now he is more or less the top candidate now for friggin’ Indiana gig!

We know Dusty loves IU, but I won’t be mad at him if he passes.  If he took it though, I think the support he would get here would be amazing and I would just love to see IUBB reenergized with him.  Knowing IUBB, he’ll pass and we’ll regret missing him in 2024.