General Coach Candidate News

[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.

[Trish]

Just now, Pagoda said:

We know Dusty loves IU.  This must all be happening so fast for him.  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 job!

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.

Indiana had no business keeping Woodson another year. This will haunt Dolson and company for years if they can’t land someone from the A list. 
 

Frankly, Woodson was an F list hire, I’m worried the interest isn’t there outside of the A list. 

[Stuhoo]

2 minutes ago, Trish said:

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. 

Psssshh. A much more stubborn Bob Knight forgave IU for firing … Bob Knight. His sister got fired 20 years ago.

And Tony Bennett basketball is not hard to watch because the defense is so incredibly suffocating.

Bennett has 17 years as a head coach. 
His teams have been to the NCAA tournament for 12. Won 25 or more games eight out of 17 for a win % of 71.9. And he did most of that at a school with high admission standards and nowhere near the resources of IU.

Anyone that couldn’t get behind him needs to re-examine what actually would make them happy.

 

[IU Prof]

4 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

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 

 

[JPCIVOP]

13 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/

Do think that a number of younger fans (2020 graduates and later) have a pretty jaded view of Bennett. Also think that view is short-sighted, and doesn't account for landscape changes. In terms of coaching acumen and track record relative to resources, he's superior to candidates like Drew and Cronin. Think he would be a killer with IU's NIL & a general manager. People learn to live with the style of play when it brings wins. 

[bird4par]

30 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

SIAP but what’s the rumor with Ballo?

Pulled a Rodman.

[JPCIVOP]

3 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Psssshh. A much more stubborn Bob Knight forgave IU for firing … Bob Knight. His sister got fired 20 years ago.

And Tony Bennett basketball is not hard to watch because the defense is so incredibly suffocating.

Bennett has 17 years as a head coach. 
His teams have been to the NCAA tournament for 12. Won 25 or more games eight out of 17 for a win % of 71.9. And he did most of that at a school with high admission standards and nowhere near the resources of IU.

Anyone that couldn’t get behind him needs to re-examine what actually would make them happy.

 

Exactly. From 2014 to 2019, Bennett was in a class of his own. COVID, new player compensation rules and UVA's lack of institutional support undermined his ability to have continued success. If he's recharged, I'd be happier with hiring him than anyone but Stevens and May.

[Demo]

2 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Psssshh. A much more stubborn Bob Knight forgave IU for firing … Bob Knight. His sister got fired 20 years ago.

And Tony Bennett basketball is not hard to watch because the defense is so incredibly suffocating.

Bennett has 17 years as a head coach. 
His teams have been to the NCAA tournament for 12. Won 25 or more games eight out of 17 for a win % of 71.9. And he did most of that at a school with high admission standards and nowhere near the resources of IU.

Anyone that couldn’t get behind him needs to re-examine what actually would make them happy.

 

Bennett’s obviously top shelf, but it would take me a minute to get there for this reason: Crean took that mess on in ‘08 when Bennett wanted no part of it. I don’t care if it was the rational decision, I’ll always respect Crean for doing it and it’ll always bug me that Bennett wouldn’t.

[Alford Bailey]

9 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

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

He made $3.5 million as coach

[JSHoosier]

Yeah, I'd take Bennett in a heartbeat. He'd easily be #3 on my list.

[Trish]

5 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Psssshh. A much more stubborn Bob Knight forgave IU for firing … Bob Knight. His sister got fired 20 years ago.

And Tony Bennett basketball is not hard to watch because the defense is so incredibly suffocating.

Bennett has 17 years as a head coach. 
His teams have been to the NCAA tournament for 12. Won 25 or more games eight out of 17 for a win % of 71.9. And he did most of that at a school with high admission standards and nowhere near the resources of IU.

Anyone that couldn’t get behind him needs to re-examine what actually would make them happy.

 

He’s been extremely disappointing since winning the championship in 2019. I find that extremely concerning and the fact that he doesn’t believe in this new era of NIL,transfers, etc,.  I don’t see him being a fit at Indiana in 2025-2026. 
 

He’s likely done coaching unless he wants to go D2 or D3 which I could see him enjoying more. 

[ronzo4IU]

51 minutes ago, IUguy77 said:

Me either. Can we please just hire someone normal who’s a good coach. The over the top religious stuff is as bad as Crean and his whacko stuff. 

My sentiments exactly..