General Coach Candidate News

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3 hours ago, Chris007 said:

Pat has told the story a few times that he had to bail him out of jail a couple times. If you know Pat that’s saying something. 

My roommate, a redneck from Tipton, that made it one year at IU, used to hang out with Pat Knight almost nightly in 1987-88. They were something.

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This needs to be a homerun.  IU has done enough favors for subpar coaches.  It’s time an elite coach who wins consistently is walking the sidelines.  
 

I’m tired of being out coached by Matt Painter…

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1 minute ago, iu eyedoc said:

My roommate, a redneck from Tipton, that made it one year at IU, used to hang out with Pat Knight almost nightly in 1987-88. They were something.

As someone who went to the bars with him a few times when he was an assistant and I was a student it was pretty wild. Fun times.

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4 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

I have appointments available next week if you need an eye exam.

A drunk that gets into biting matches with his girlfriend that continues to binge drink in campus bars. We could have never seen it coming is kinda weak.

I'd be much more willing to entertain the idea if he quit drinking for 5+ years and committed to doing speaking engagements about the dangers of binge drinking / violence against anybody. Even if he lived a very visibly different lifestyle in the public for years, people would still have doubts IMO. All it takes is one night falling off the wagon. Doesn't look like he's changing his ways so I'd say he hasn't earned the chance to be IU's head coach until he does. Especially since he already got a second chance to be a D1 HC at Ole Miss. 

As it stands today, I think he'd be a hire with a good amount of upside and a very decent chance of something going terribly wrong. A similar tenure to Sampson's would be crushing. In the worst case scenario, the headlines would be absolutely explosive. 

We can find other HCs this cycle capable of winning big without the same risk. If Dolson hires him, I'll just have to trust he's confident that it won't happen again. But since UT fired him for cause and we already apparently passed on him after doing due diligence, I don't see it happening. IMO people would do well to warm up to some of the less sexy names on the list. There are enough very good/great coaches not named Brad Stevens/Dusty May/Chris Beard that I have to believe we can find and hire one of them. 

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8 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

As someone who went to the bars with him a few times when he was an assistant and I was a student it was pretty wild. Fun times.

Jake's nickel beer nights followed by taco bell.  Ay caramba

Obscure bands in the dark  at the Bluebird

And The Peanut Barrel playing darts.

 

Three completely different vibes.   Good times

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Is Chris Beard even the best coach in the SEC whose university's name starts with University of Miss...???

 

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12 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Despite being asked often (or never), I haven't opined much on our coaching search. 

That's because frankly, I have no clue who might succeed here. 

Like most -- I'd be 100% on board with Stevens (long, long, long, long shot) or Dusty (long shot). 

I'll get accused (correctly) of recency bias after last night's brutal takedown of O$U in Columbus, but the more I think about it, I could really get behind a Chris Collins hire. Again, he's not my top choice -- but I'd have no complaints. 

Granted, his record at NW isn't exactly stellar, but give him better NIL and significantly easier admission standards, and I think he'd do really well. He's smart -- that Duke education, you know -- and wouldn't have any issues with the "fishbowl" that is IU. I don't know if we have an interest, but I would think he might -- he can't win a natty at NW; he could in Bloomington. 

He's 50 on the button, so he should be good to go for 10-15 more years if he works out. 

I think Collins has done well, given the restraints you mention.  Given that, it still seems like a gamble to rely on what he COULD do if given NIL war chest.  We really need to find a coach who has proven what he can do regardless of resources.

Of course that will only happen if we identify and convince such a candidate to accept our offer.  If we can't, then a guy like Collins should be in consideration.

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UM has another insider that says Dusty will stay and Stevens will be at iu. Take insider info with a grain of salt. 

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1 minute ago, rcbowla said:

UM has another insider that says Dusty will stay and Stevens will be at iu. Take insider info with a grain of salt. 

Which UM site?

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7 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

I'd be much more willing to entertain the idea if he quit drinking for 5+ years and committed to doing speaking engagements about the dangers of binge drinking / violence against anybody. Even if he lived a very visibly different lifestyle in the public for years, people would still have doubts IMO. All it takes is one night falling off the wagon. Doesn't look like he's changing his ways so I'd say he hasn't earned the chance to be IU's head coach until he does. Especially since he already got a second chance to be a D1 HC at Ole Miss. 

As it stands today, I think he'd be a hire with a good amount of upside and a very decent chance of something going terribly wrong. A similar tenure to Sampson's would be crushing. In the worst case scenario, the headlines would be absolutely explosive. 

We can find other HCs this cycle capable of winning big without the same risk. If Dolson hires him, I'll just have to trust he's confident that it won't happen again. But since UT fired him for cause and we already apparently passed on him after doing due diligence, I don't see it happening. IMO people would do well to warm up to some of the less sexy names on the list. There are enough very good/great coaches not named Brad Stevens/Dusty May/Chris Beard that I have to believe we can find and hire one of them. 

He’s an amazing coach and knows how to treat the ladies.  I don’t see a problem.

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2 minutes ago, eddy4iu said:

Which UM site?

McCormick. The Michigan Insider. Mentioned in Criler's Corner on 247 board

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3 minutes ago, rcbowla said:

UM has another insider that says Dusty will stay and Stevens will be at iu. Take insider info with a grain of salt. 

I like this insider haha

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3 minutes ago, rcbowla said:

UM has another insider that says Dusty will stay and Stevens will be at iu. Take insider info with a grain of salt. 

Well if Stevens goes to IU of course Dusty stays at UM.

 

Im pretty sure no UM "insider" knows jack sh*t about what Stevens is doing.

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5 minutes ago, eddy4iu said:

Which UM site?

https://247sports.com/college/michigan/article/michigan-basketball-insider-mccormick-doubles-down-on-prediction-that-may-stays-likes-stevens-to-iu-245692779/

 

I did not read the whole thing to be clear

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5 minutes ago, rcbowla said:

UM has another insider that says Dusty will stay and Stevens will be at iu. Take insider info with a grain of salt. 

interesting that someone outside of our IU sphere is thinking it will be stevens.  Not just that we want him but it will be him.  

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Pretty interesting how some folks here will dismiss a police report, the due diligence of multiple large athletic departments, a firing for cause that cost someone millions and his dream job, etc. for a coach who’s on-court results are obviously good but also not miles clear of the B-tier of the list

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That article was posted on the 14th prior to Goodman’s tweet the whole internet thought Stevens was going to IU

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Just now, lillurk said:

Pretty interesting how some folks here will dismiss a police report, the due diligence of multiple large athletic departments, a firing for cause that cost someone millions and his dream job, etc. for a coach who’s on-court results are obviously good but also not miles clear of the B-tier of the list

We are desperate.  And Bob Knight couldn’t do at TT what Beard did.  He’s that good.

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2 minutes ago, rcbowla said:

McCormick. The Michigan Insider. Mentioned in Criler's Corner on 247

In fairness, McCormick stopped short of saying that Stevens WILL be at IU - he just opined that he believes talk of Stevens is legitimate.  I think that's more than splitting hairs honestly but I like the way he thinks.

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2 minutes ago, rcbowla said:

https://247sports.com/college/michigan/article/michigan-basketball-insider-mccormick-doubles-down-on-prediction-that-may-stays-likes-stevens-to-iu-245692779/

Feb 14th date, not a banger, but noted for future speculation