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[Artie86 2,795]

…….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!

[JSHoosier 21,536]

If IU hired Brownell then they would just be telling us they have no intention of ever actually trying to bring this program back.

[OKHOOSIER 4,880]

https://247sports.com/college/louisville/board/103990/contents/the-official-hire-chris-beard-post-226570915/?page=12

https://kentucky.forums.rivals.com/threads/calling-this-a-year-out.411351/

Beard debate circa last season. It's basically like reading BTB. Rupp Rafters has like ten threads of just round and round about Beard. No one is changing anyone's mind. It certainly is not unique and IU fans are not just being sanctimonious. Almost nobody needs a choir boy, but there are lines for folks, and the Beard issue is one them. 

I will trust Dolson, but assuming UK and UL did not kick the tires before saying no thanks is simply being obtuse. Possible UL never even considered him though given their history. (Several UL writers said as much after a simple google search). 

[AZ Hoosier 9,253]

21 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

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

You get a hooker... you get a hooker... and you get a hooker... everybody gets a hooker! /s

[HoosierSadaseci 2,320]

2 hours 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.

I don't love it  if it ends up being Cronin, but I don't hate it either...

[OKHOOSIER 4,880]

27 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

UoL and UK both passed on him:) 

I know you are poking me about Beard (all good, and hilarious i might add), but i should have added, we get to Collins and we are well and truly cooked lol. I do not want him in any way, just was asking cause I seriously could not place him ever being in conversation for other jobs. (Wisconsin comes to mind maybe as a fit)? 

[AZ Hoosier 9,253]

16 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. 

Brownell or Turgeon?

Inquiring minds want to know

[Josh 12,894]

21 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

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

If that's the question, the answer is no

[WRSMick55 111]

47 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

The guy is simply amazing... he's blowing off pre- and post-game interviews with Don Fischer because he's embarrassed that he's an entitled brat and crappy coach who hasn't recruited for 4 years... but he can take the time to travel to Florida on the company dime to "recruit" a kid who's already committed and who would crawl over broken glass to play for IU... 

So glad he's gone soon, but wish he was gone last year... he's screwed up this program more in the past 4 years in more ways than we can count, and walked away with $20M... 

 

Maybe he went down there to dissuade Sisley from coming? Just kidding.

[8bucks 6,972]

10 hours ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Eh not really. This day his first year IU was 16-10 and had lost 5 straight. His first year was real mid. 

Wasn’t that the one year where we finished higher in the BT than preseason expectations?  At one point we had one of the top defenses in the country.  Going into year 2 he had momentum and expectations rose and from the on we underperformed.  Year 2 we were projected to win the BT and still came in second but he needed success in the tournament to help seal the deal and that was a flop. 

[Chris007 54,104]

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. 

I agree with this take and at the very least I think the info is slowly starting to flow again. 

[Pagoda 2,595]

14 minutes ago, 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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He’s a decent coach, but that would not be fun due to the fit being so-so at best and there being better options out there.

I would initially have a visceral reaction, then I would rationalize it and have some optimism, then it probably doesn’t go well and I have to back off my pro-Dolson stance, and finally I just follow football until the next coaching search.

I still trust Scott right now.  We really don’t know what he’s up to.

[Home Jersey 12,147]

I can give this personality a shot. Youngest active coach to 500 wins. Indiana needs to win again. 

 

[AZ Hoosier 9,253]

2 minutes ago, WRSMick55 said:

Maybe he went down there to dissuade Sisley from coming? Just kidding.

then again... that kind of thing would not surprise me... not kidding

[BH33 616]

Just now, Chris007 said:

I agree with this take and at the very least I think the info is slowly starting to flow again. 

[Hoosierfanyuh 3,656]

All Rabby said was there’s soft chatter about those two names. That could literally mean anything lol

[AKHoosier 7,317]

7 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

If IU hired Brownell then they would just be telling us they have no intention of ever actually trying to bring this program back.

There's no way Dolson pushed this hard to get rid of Woodson just to pry Brownell away from Clemson. Think of the risk he would be taking. 

Of course I said essentially the same thing about Woodson when Archie was fired. 

[WRSMick55 111]

44 minutes ago, deserthoosier said:

Come on...there's nobody (Dolson, whoever) that says, "Nope, you're not spending recruiting resources at this stage of your employment."

Wasn’t that long ago everybody was criticizing him for NOT recruiting McNeely after he committed. The hate is real. ( AND IM NOT A COACH WOODSON FAN, SO NOT DEFENDING)

[OKHOOSIER 4,880]

The Brownell talk sounds like agent nonsense to me trying to garner interest in their client in general. Zero chance Brownell is a candidate JMO. Cronin smoke too most likely. Agents and media people do this crap every big opening, throwing around nonsensical options. It is good for business for Brownell to have stories about being connected to the IU job. 

[Hoosierfan2017 23,230]

13 minutes ago, OKHOOSIER said:

I know you are poking me about Beard (all good, and hilarious i might add), but i should have added, we get to Collins and we are well and truly cooked lol. I do not want him in any way, just was asking cause I seriously could not place him ever being in conversation for other jobs. (Wisconsin comes to mind maybe as a fit)? 

I think I’d hate a Collins hire less than I’d hate some of these other hires. He’s done a respectable job at a school with literally zero basketball history. Had never made the NCAA tournament before Collins got there. I think a lot of “imagine what he could do with our resources” responses are copium with some of these candidates, but I think it actually fits with Collins. He’s a good coach. Northwestern plays in a high school gym and has a 7.2% acceptances rate. IU is in a different universe when it comes to recruiting opportunities.