General Coach Candidate News

[Pagoda 2,320]

17 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

Because they did and so did Louisville. 

And UNC won’t look at him when they run their next hiring process.  He is a very challenging and risky hire for any big brand program or school, which has been detailed a million times in this thread.

[NashvilleHoosier 3,789]

6 hours ago, yogisballin said:

I don’t want any of the above mentioned. Let’s quit all of this nonsense of spending all this unnecessary crazy buyouts and keep it simple. Hire Chris Beard, end of story people. Even Slick Rick Pitino is trying to tell SD. Just do it!

 

im tired of .500 (at best) in the B1G and losing to ******* Purdue

Nonsense? Hah. Doesn’t Beard have a buyout of like $4.5M this season? Another $3M is peanuts if we want Dusty May. 

[JSHoosier 21,441]

14 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

Because they did and so did Louisville. 

It's bad when those two programs won't touch you.

[Papacap 1,048]

23 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Calling people names -- only a cotton-headed ninny muggins would do such a thing! 

Pretty sure it was that Buddy/Guy exchange. We don’t tolerate that around these parts.

As for coaches, if we don’t get Stevens, Drew, or someone out of left field like Few or Bennett, McDermott would be my first choice. But coaches like TJ, Buzz, and even Cronin would be good and could win lots with IUs resources.

Since the chance IU hires Beard is nonexistent, glad he won’t be dividing the fan base.

[Artie86 2,710]

10 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Enjoy the time with your daughter.  Mine is 27 and married and lives in South Carolina now.  Swear she was 8 last year.

Good grief, don’t get me going! lol

I’ve been a proud girl dad of two beautiful daughters for 30 years now. I have two wonderful granddaughters, one grandson and a 3rd granddaughter, due in May.
My wife and I have been so blessed with our daughters and grandchildren. We are so thankful they are live no more than 30 minutes away. Our lives totally revolve around them. 

“Papaw” is just putty in those babies hands! 

Sorry, got off of IU, but man,…. If you’re able to and your children have grown up, be a part of those grandbabies lives as much as possible! Time goes by soooo fast. 
 

……back to the topic on hand. Go IU! 
My choices are….

#1. Stevens

 

 

 

#2. May (unavailable)

 

 

[OliviaPope40 7,007]

[Home Jersey 11,905]

3 minutes ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

Nonsense? Hah. Doesn’t Beard have a buyout of like $4.5M this season? Another $3M is peanuts if we want Dusty May. 

Yeah but it seems Dusty would prefer to be at Michigan than Indiana

[Artie86 2,710]

10 minutes ago, Juwan Moye said:

Skibidi 

I just learned this one last week! lol A student showed me the “Skibidi Toilet Head”…..lol

I looked at her and said, “I don’t get it!” Lol

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,924]

14 minutes ago, Juwan Moye said:

Reasonable take. Personally, while Cronin isn’t “exciting” I’d be happy with him as our coach if it meant we’re consistently a top-25 team again and playing for B1G titles.

He can't do that at UCLA. Facts 

[schoosier 3,613]

10 hours ago, AKHoosier said:

Yeah that's what I've always felt with Beard. We just can't hire a guy who is essentially already on strike 2. 

You'd have to fire him if he does something like come to a rolling stop, gets pulled over at 3 AM, and blows a .12.

If his incident at UT had occurred 10+ years ago and he had stayed completely clean since then, yeah you can make the call if you're IU because he's demonstrated he can stay out of trouble.

But we're just not at that point yet. More time needs to pass to determine if you can trust him.

Don’t worry I’m sure the administration will hire Chris Collins and we will be doing this again in 4 years. Indiana basketball coaches = leap year.

[Home Jersey 11,905]

I think this year we became a football school and the next basketball hire will probably just end up cementing that. Fine by me. 

[choosierred1 113]

Chris ******* Beard

Brad ******* Stevens
Dusty ******* May
Chris ******* Beard

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[mdn82 25,765]

2 minutes ago, schoosier said:

Don’t worry I’m sure the administration will hire Chris Collins and we will be doing this again in 4 years. Indiana basketball coaches = leap year.

At least we have our moral superiority in an era when cheating is encouraged.  

[HoosierDad14 59]

1 hour ago, IUBtown said:

Kentucky after the Drew thing genuinely wanted Pope.  Why do people assume they passed on Beard? 

Yeah Beard didn’t have nearly the same buzz last cycle. Year 1 at Ole Miss wasn’t awesome. They finished 86th in kenpom and didn’t play in the post season. 

[Golfman25 6,198]

8 hours ago, IvanRenkosillegitimatechild said:

His X’s and O’s I assume are good but can he recruit with money he’s provided? I have zero desire for him to recruit most of the players he has at Northwestern as I’d want him to shoot much hire but there is no proof he can’t cheat recruit those high end players and that’s why I’m skeptical of him. 

NW is an academic school.  He has a very limited pool of players he can even hope to recruit.  

[RoadRage 2,629]

Maybe Cronin is the best we can do this time around?

 

[OKHOOSIER 4,693]

1 minute ago, Golfman25 said:

NW is an academic school.  He has a very limited pool of players he can even hope to recruit.  

Has Collins considered or been considered for other jobs? Seems like he’s done enough at NW for other schools to kick the tires. Maybe he just likes the job. I can’t remember any noise around him for other openings. 

[Golfman25 6,198]

1 hour ago, Pagoda said:

Eyeballing his business dealings, he seems like a $200M+ range dude.  Big car dealers all seem to make a fortune.

He appears to commit a lot to IU.  Great to have him in the stable of big donors!

Just proof that cars are way overpriced.  :)

Loyola Chicago had a big car dealer as a supporter.   Built them an arena and everything.  

[Demo 21,531]

19 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

Because they did and so did Louisville. 

Been thinking about Beard a bit the last couple of days and I think dude could be at Ole Miss for a while. How many jobs are out there that: 1) are really gonna seriously consider him, 2) have an AD that is either in enough trouble to take the gamble or so secure that they can, 3) have a culture that would make him a sell to their money guys, and 4) are a job Beard would consider a real step up. I can’t think of many situations like that. He wouldn’t be in play at UNC or KU. Oregon if Altman retires? Can’t see that. Florida if Golden moves up? Maybe, I guess, but I doubt it. If OSU moved on from Diebler? Would he view that as a step up? The 1 job I keep landing on, assuming he keeps himself together, is Arkansas when Cal retires, but that’s probably 3 years out. Really not sure what’s out there for him. 

[Dave from Dayton 3,759]

No Beard!

Mustache, yes!