General Coach Candidate News

[AZ Hoosier]

1 minute ago, JaybobHoosier said:

My dad and I talk IU hoops fairly often, and he asked me who I thought and I told him May. I think he’s the most possible and it seems like IU could have had him last year, but our good ole Quinn squashed it. My money is on May.

I like it... but we have many more sleeps before we find out anything concrete...

[JaybobHoosier]

3 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

I like it... but we have many more sleeps before we find out anything concrete...

Oh for sure. It’s gonna a long 3-4 weeks coming up lol. I’m already exhausted from the coaching search, but it could also be the lack of sleep from having our 3rd kiddo a few months ago. 

[MrBBall]

6 minutes ago, ronzo4IU said:

OK, I didn’t realize they have that much NIL there. I was surprised to see he makes over 4 mill/year, but I sure like the way they play.

Mormons are throwing their Latter Day Saint billions around. 

[raorIU]

2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

But Nick's would be slamming! "Sink the Bis with Coach" would be magical (nervous laughter).

I'd have to add Beard's face behind the bucket in my profile pic

[Hoosier987]

3 hours ago, Kentuckysucks said:

So Pitino was vouching hard for Beard this morning?  Apparently said he’d have us top 5 almost every year.  It’s just such a perfect fit you know the Indiana administration will muck it up.

I'm of the opinion that Dusty will take the job so I don't think it will get past Dusty...but if for some reason it does, pending background check, I'm on the Beard train. You cannot go from Option A/B to option F. Beard will win at Indiana. 

[IUFAN1976]

1 hour ago, rcbowla said:

As @WayneFleekHoosier has been saying this all sure seems to point to Dusty. The extension still looming, the buyout, the ties and the comments at the presser. The most intriguing of those comments was when he said he hasn't even talked about the job "besides with family" or something very close to that. So haven't talked about it except with the most important people in his life. I'm at about 90% certain it'll be May and I'm cool with that.

That’s exactly who I think it is and if it is, I win the bet over chris007!  Lol

[BGleas]

1 hour ago, Home Jersey said:

I’m not a Goodman fan… at all. In the slightest. That said, again working under the smoke screen theory set of assumptions which I don’t personally buy into… this would be super coordinated. Brads team would give Goodman the generic “being a Celtic makes me feel warm and fuzzy” quote and tell him to state Stevens isn’t a candidate. That’s where all the ambiguity is invited.

Don’t think there’s anything actually there IMO. Being wrong would be cool though. Just hoping Dolson actually knows what he’s doing this go round.

The other piece here, and i know you're not buying the smokescreen stuff, just bringing up hypotheticals, but there was no reason for Brad Stevens to put out a smokescreen. 

Why would he even do that? Nobody is even talking about Stevens coming to IU except for the IU fan bubble. 

This isn't even a blip on the Boston media radar. It's not a blip with the Celtics fan accounts on Twitter. It's not a blip on the NBA's media radar. IU media brings it up here and there, but mostly only to squash it. 

There was no reason for Stevens to put out a smokescreen. Boston media was not asking him about this. 

[Home Jersey]

2 minutes ago, BGleas said:

The other piece here, and i know you're not buying the smokescreen stuff, just bringing up hypotheticals, but there was no reason for Brad Stevens to put out a smokescreen. 

Why would he even do that? Nobody is even talking about Stevens coming to IU except for the IU fan bubble. 

This isn't even a blip on the Boston media radar. It's not a blip with the Celtics fan accounts on Twitter. It's not a blip on the NBA's media radar. IU media brings it up here and there, but mostly only to squash it. 

There was no reason for Stevens to put out a smokescreen. Boston media was not asking him about this. 

Yeah I just don’t have it in me to strain my neck bending over backwards trying to rationalize the chain of events. Simplest explanation is probably the most likely… that he’s not a candidate…

[HoosierHoopster]

7 minutes ago, JaybobHoosier said:

Oh for sure. It’s gonna a long 3-4 weeks coming up lol. I’m already exhausted from the coaching search, but it could also be the lack of sleep from having our 3rd kiddo a few months ago. 

Congrats on kid #3 --

and welcome to your new zone defense household -- floor leadership strategies include delegating as many tasks to the wife as possible, playing good cop to your wife's bad cop, and back cutting to your mancave / TV refuge as often as possible

[hoosierbannerd]

2 hours ago, PartyintheVillas said:

My ex actually does love me, and is still friends with me and my wife. We act like mature, nonviolent adults, and it's worked out for us.

that could potentially be hot...

[HoosierHoopster]

7 minutes ago, BGleas said:

The other piece here, and i know you're not buying the smokescreen stuff, just bringing up hypotheticals, but there was no reason for Brad Stevens to put out a smokescreen. 

Why would he even do that? Nobody is even talking about Stevens coming to IU except for the IU fan bubble. 

This isn't even a blip on the Boston media radar. It's not a blip with the Celtics fan accounts on Twitter. It's not a blip on the NBA's media radar. IU media brings it up here and there, but mostly only to squash it. 

There was no reason for Stevens to put out a smokescreen. Boston media was not asking him about this. 

A world of fantasy, amazing how resilient it is

[sirhoosierlot]

1 hour ago, iu-dl said:

Interesting take - I agree Beard would be an incredible coach. That said, I get all the feedback on his personal issues. However, people can change and can rebound. We're not a perfect species. Maybe get the guy some help in his personal life (which he'd have to be willing to do) and make the role specific to his engagement/commitment to whatever the agreed to criteria is. I mean, we don't want someone who prays too much. We don't want someone who doesn't pray enough....we're a pretty selective bunch. Hate to tell you, but Brad Stevens spoke at length about his faith at my church. Should he no longer a candidate? Many say Woodson is complete lush and I have first hand stories about that part of his life....he just hasn't been caught. I can't defend Beard's domestic abuse, but know that most abusers were abused themselves and need help.

I don't think anybody doesn't want Drew because he's religious. People are saying he won't come here because IU isn't. They're saying the Drew's are the ones who don't see the fit. And people have been complaining about Woodson's vino consumption for a while now lol 

[Trish]

32 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

Kevin Young is at BYU because of his connections to the Suns and he's getting tons of NIL money at BYU. He's not leaving

He's also mormon so he's right at home. 

[ronzo4IU]

18 minutes ago, MrBBall said:

Mormons are throwing their Latter Day Saint billions around. 

I bet we could top it ;)

[ronzo4IU]

1 minute ago, Trish said:

He's also mormon so he's right at home. 

I didn’t know that either. He’ll probably have a nice long career there than I guess. Anyways, I sure hope it’s Dusty May because it just seems like a perfect fit and I am putting all my eggs in that basket. Lol

[TTT]

On 2/18/2025 at 7:18 PM, pumpfake said:

Au Contraire !!!

 

 

Recently, Brad Stevens at Assembly Hall.

[Artie86]

2 hours ago, Mopladysman said:

Where did the may agent rumor come from?

....yeah, that's a new one about May's "verbal" yes.

[MikeRoberts]

27 minutes ago, BGleas said:

The other piece here, and i know you're not buying the smokescreen stuff, just bringing up hypotheticals, but there was no reason for Brad Stevens to put out a smokescreen. 

Why would he even do that? Nobody is even talking about Stevens coming to IU except for the IU fan bubble. 

This isn't even a blip on the Boston media radar. It's not a blip with the Celtics fan accounts on Twitter. It's not a blip on the NBA's media radar. IU media brings it up here and there, but mostly only to squash it. 

There was no reason for Stevens to put out a smokescreen. Boston media was not asking him about this. 

Anything is plausible. Other angle is that he said nothing for months last time as hype around him continued to build, only for him to come out very late in the game and announce he isn’t interested in the job; he received quite a bit of flack for his handling of the situation.

getting out early and squashing it removes himself from that 

[sweetpain]

IU could hire Beard then one crazy night out and we’re hiring a new coach in a year. When Pat Knight won’t vouch for you, then you’re in trouble.

What if that one crazy night was after winning a National Championship as IU coach....

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[Chris007]

26 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Yeah I just don’t have it in me to strain my neck bending over backwards trying to rationalize the chain of events. Simplest explanation is probably the most likely… that he’s not a candidate…

We do know that Goodman was staying in Bloomington that week and hanging out with Dolson right. He was in town to cover the UCLA game.