General Coach Candidate News

[AZ Hoosier 9,275]

1 hour ago, Artie86 said:

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)

 

 

You know what they call a guy with 2 daughters and 4 grandkids? A rookie. /s

I get your sentiment, and whole-heartedly agree... we have six grown kids (ages 39-49) with 17 grands (ages 9-23). We are fortunate that all but one daughter and one granddaughter live within 20 minutes of us, and we get to see them, enjoy them and pour into them regularly.

Now, let's get this IU basketball thing settled and rolling again...

[Home Jersey 12,215]

1 minute ago, RoadRage said:

Because IU has such high standards for who we bring in to coach up our boys, we hired Archie Miller and Mike Woodson….maybe we should loosen up a little?

If we are gonna "loosen up a little" let's just bring slick Rick Pitino and his dancers to town lol

[IUBtown 94]

6 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

The people who don’t want to hire a guy like Bruce Pearl because of his ncaa “infractions” annoy me. That’s just trying compete in college basketball. There’s some overlap within that group with the don’t hire Beard crowd, but I don’t think it’s sanctimonious not to want to hire him. It’s totally reasonable not to want him as the coach. I’m just so sick of IU being such a gutter program that I’d definitely take him. 

That one specifically isn't but the whole general crossing people of the list because of mistakes they've made is.  People wanting a squeaky clean successful home run coach are going to waiting a while.  Highly successful people make mistakes and aren't perfect, maybe more so than your average person, maybe more so because they're in the public eye, it's just tiring to hear.  

[Kentuckysucks 3,314]

So Rabby is saying it’s likely Brownell or Cronin?

[Home Jersey 12,215]

Me celebrating at the Fella's Lounge when Rick Pitino takes over and we turn it into Bloomington's finest Gentlemen's Club

[Hoosierfan1901 7,095]

Just now, Kentuckysucks said:

So Rabby is saying it’s likely Brownell or Cronin?

I’m assuming some are pushing for them

[Home Jersey 12,215]

Just now, Kentuckysucks said:

So Rabby is saying it’s likely Brownell or Cronin?

I doubt Rabby knows anything concrete but if those are our options you take Cronin 100/100 times even if you think he's a little too mean and cranky.  

[Hoosierfan2017 23,251]

4 minutes ago, Dave from Dayton said:

Yeah.  Winning is everything.

Cheating is ok.

Good sportmanship is so naive.

We don't need no stinkin' rules.

Get rid of flagrant fouls.

It's great to diss the other team after a great play.

Screw them.

/s

I won’t turn this into a duffel bag conversation given that it doesn’t really matter anymore with NIL, but we see what all the goody two shoes moral preening got IU over the past twenty years or so. Rules that were never enforced might as well not have even been rules. Winners get celebrated by the NCAA, even when we all knew why they won. 

[iu eyedoc 3,212]

8 hours ago, yogisballin said:

Let’s hire Chris Beard and become a bigger mess

FIFY

[MikeRoberts 7,616]

1 hour ago, bigrod said:

Only my personal opinion, but I think IU already has their coach. Take that for what it's worth, but my feeling is that May has been told and that is why he signed an extension. As others have said, things aren't making a lot of sense right now. Scott is still doing his due diligence, but why has all the information suddenly stopped flowing? Maybe I'm delusional or it's just wishful thinking, but I think things aren't making much sense right now for a reason. Scott has been conducting this search for over a year now, IMO. 

Genuine question, what information are you referring to? 

[Hoosierfan2017 23,251]

1 minute ago, Home Jersey said:

I doubt Rabby knows anything concrete but if those are our options you take Cronin 100/100 times even if you think he's a little too mean and cranky.  

If Brad Brownell is the option between two guys I’m taking the other guy without even knowing who he is lol. 

[JaybobHoosier 12,430]

I think I’ve got it all figured out. Pearl was rumored to be in contention but Dolson was shot down. Dolson is rumored to have his guy, and a lot has come out (rumors) about other candidates so it doesn’t appear to be Pearl. Figured it out, you’re welcome :)

[Papacap 1,140]

I have zero insider info. I’m as far away from an insider as you can get. But I think there is almost zero chance that Scott Dolson is going to hire Brownell. Why would he do that? There is no one who thinks he would be the best coach for IU. Not even Brownell would likely think that.

[JaybobHoosier 12,430]

10 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

If Brad Brownell is the option between two guys I’m taking the other guy without even knowing who he is lol. 

If it’s Brownell then IU is completely content with being a barely mediocre program. I just can’t buy into that if Dolson truly loves this program and wants what is best. It’s completely obvious that Brownell is not even a top 20 candidate, and no way it gets down that far.

[iu eyedoc 3,212]

8 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

LOL, Beard is .536 in conference in 8 seasons of Div 1 coaching

[Dave from Dayton 3,857]

Just now, Hoosierfan2017 said:

I won’t turn this into a duffel bag conversation given that it doesn’t really matter anymore with NIL, but we see what all the goody two shoes moral preening got IU over the past twenty years or so. Rules that were never enforced might as well not have even been rules. Winners get celebrated by the NCAA, even when we all knew why they won. 

I don't see IU's coaching selection process as goody two shoes moral preening.  I see it as really bad decision making.  Moral preening had nothing to do with Sampson's firing.  It had everything to do with lack of oversight and bad decisions in executing damage control when stuff hit the fan.  But hey, we all want IU to win.  And I can understand the point you made.  We need a winner.  And no one is perfect.  But if they hire someone who has a history of straying.  Then they need to do some serious oversight.  And have ramifications if IU is going to get sandbagged.  Remember, IU gets a lot of goodwill out of sports wins.  It goes the other way when politicians start defunding education when they see things that they can weaponize.  Avoid that please.

[AZ Hoosier 9,275]

27 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

Yeah he doesn’t have the authority to approve that

and he didn't have the authority to hire Woodson, but here we are...

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,811]

Ugh, I can just feel it being Cronin. And 20-30 other schools continue to have coaches I like more than my alma mater.


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Just now, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Ugh, I can just feel it being Cronin. And 20-30 other schools continue to have coaches I like more than my alma mater.


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Yep.  Let’s all hope it’s not true 

[Artie86 2,796]

…….I’ve been a believer and optimistic since the get go on Brad Stevens. It’s been no secret.

I’m fully prepared to accept if it’s not him because I have full faith in Dolson and his eventual choice. 
 
There are some on here that still emphatically believe, 100% it won’t be him. To each his own. I have not, nor will I belittle posters for their beliefs one way or another as some continue to do.

IF, Stevens has been Dolson’s guy all along, the powers that be have done a masterful job at keeping this locked down.

If not, those powers that be also did a masterful job disguising it, too. 
 

Just believe, is all I have to say. We are in great position with the AD, President and boosters to finally be attractive enough to make and land a great coach no matter what happens. This definitely won’t be a thud hire. 
 

Go IU!