General Coach Candidate News

[Kentuckysucks 4,332]

11 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

STOP.  Just stop with the Kennedy assassination stuff.  Everyone knows it was aliens and they're being housed in Area 51.  

 

[Hoosierfan2017 25,031]

44 minutes ago, RoadRage said:

I agree…I think it is that $100M number being thrown around, if that is even close to being true, do you just go from that and Stevens says no, to Cronin? Throw those numbers at Wright, Donovan, Pearl, Self, and Drew, and then maybe Cronin. But again, if you are going to offer Cronin, why not go for McCollum who is 10 years younger and might be one of the great coaches of the future? 

Because we have 20+ years of data on Cronin while McCollum has less than a year of D1 experience under his belt. Maybe he’s becomes a great coach, but why take that risk if Cronin is on the table? At the very least Cronin gets us to the tournament each year which would be a big step in getting IU out of laughingstock territory. 

[theriverpilot 6,743]

1 hour ago, iu eyedoc said:

This might have legs after watching the comeback just now against Wisky.

/s

[tyappleg 8,206]

Wisconsin with an all time choke job against Oregon.  Cross Greg Gard off the list.

[IUCrazy2 2,978]

6 minutes ago, Truthhurts said:

Fans significantly overeating the value of their teams’ pull on coaches, and IU is guiltier of it than any fan base.  Hard to disagree with a word of this piece, other than I prefer Ben over Brad B
 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/dan-wolken/2025/02/22/indiana-basketball-coach-purdue/79441554007/

If our goal is to be Purdue, we need to drastically reduce the amount of money we pump into basketball and instead invest in football which has a much larger return on investment.

 

[RoadRage 3,012]

4 minutes ago, theriverpilot said:

This might have legs after watching the comeback just now against Wisky.

/s

Altman is a great coach, but I believe he is a great grandfather?

[IUBtown 586]

5 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Because we have 20+ years of data on Cronin while McCollum has less than a year of D1 experience under his belt. Maybe he’s becomes a great coach, but why take that risk if Cronin is on the table? At the very least Cronin gets us to the tournament each year which would be a big step in getting IU out of laughingstock territory. 

Because it doesn't cost you 10mil. Give that money to football. 

[RoadRage 3,012]

6 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Because we have 20+ years of data on Cronin while McCollum has less than a year of D1 experience under his belt. Maybe he’s becomes a great coach, but why take that risk if Cronin is on the table? At the very least Cronin gets us to the tournament each year which would be a big step in getting IU out of laughingstock territory. 

You make good points, Cronin is definitely the safer choice, but I would still take the risk and get McCollum, guy has won 80% of his games, I don’t care where you are coaching, you win that much with our NIL he will win at Indiana!

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29 minutes ago, Truthhurts said:

It’s not gonna be Brad. Dusty, via his extension, just turned it down.  Drew turned down UK, so he’s not coming to IU. TJ’s buyout is likely insane. Fans (wrongly) ptobably can’t be sold on Ben M. Beard would be too big of a - ahem - black eye on the university. 
 

Sooooo …criticize all you want, but serious question, why *wouldnt* Brad B be a serious candidate?  Who else exactly is there, realistically, outside of Brad B and Cronin? 

 

30 minutes ago, Truthhurts said:

It’s not gonna be Brad. Dusty, via his extension, just turned it down.  Drew turned down UK, so he’s not coming to IU. TJ’s buyout is likely insane. Fans (wrongly) ptobably can’t be sold on Ben M. Beard would be too big of a - ahem - black eye on the university. 
 

Sooooo …criticize all you want, but serious question, why *wouldnt* Brad B be a serious candidate?  Who else exactly is there, realistically, outside of Brad B and Cronin? 

Here’s a choice for you.  Look at the 3 résumé’s below.  Which would you choose??

 

A: 698 - 367 (.655)

B: 452 - 279 (.618)

C: 503 - 244 (.673)

[OKHOOSIER 5,893]

15 minutes ago, Truthhurts said:

Hadn’t seen that. That’s very doable. TJ would be a home run and maybe the NIL situation being relatively bad drives him away. 

I looked after watching that couldn't find anything to support that claim by Goodman. Just the increases in salary and a direct quote from ISU "And all other contract language remains the same" or something to that effect. Not saying Goodman is wrong, but I couldn't find the buyout numbers anywhere. Restructured in December. 

[Hoosierfan2017 25,031]

9 minutes ago, IUCrazy2 said:

If our goal is to be Purdue, we need to drastically reduce the amount of money we pump into basketball and instead invest in football which has a much larger return on investment.

 

If our goal is to be Purdue we have a looong way to go to get there. 

[JPCIVOP 699]

33 minutes ago, Truthhurts said:

It’s not gonna be Brad. Dusty, via his extension, just turned it down.  Drew turned down UK, so he’s not coming to IU. TJ’s buyout is likely insane. Fans (wrongly) ptobably can’t be sold on Ben M. Beard would be too big of a - ahem - black eye on the university. 
 

Sooooo …criticize all you want, but serious question, why *wouldnt* Brad B be a serious candidate?  Who else exactly is there, realistically, outside of Brad B and Cronin? 

If we're getting all the way to taking Brad Brownell seriously, I'd say you just hire Schertz from SLU. Him winning like he did with Indiana State was more impressive than anything Brownell's done. 

[theriverpilot 6,743]

8 minutes ago, RoadRage said:

Altman is a great coach, but I believe he is a great grandfather?

Either way, I would like the next IU coach to have a full set of eyebrows. :-)

[JimmerNoe 1,218]

7 minutes ago, OKHOOSIER said:

I looked after watching that couldn't find anything to support that claim by Goodman. Just the increases in salary and a direct quote from ISU "And all other contract language remains the same" or something to that effect. Not saying Goodman is wrong, but I couldn't find the buyout numbers anywhere. Restructured in December. 

The way Goodman was talking and also dropping “I’ve known him for 20 years” insinuates to me that he is privy to that buyout number possibly via private conversation with Otz. I doubt he would pull a specific number out of thin air despite how we all feel about Goodman.

also I think if Goodman is bringing his name up specifically after not really giving him much focus in his initial breakdown of our opening is suspicious that maybe he has talked to him about this 

[Hoosierfan2017 25,031]

13 minutes ago, IUBtown said:

Because it doesn't cost you 10mil. Give that money to football. 

And how much will it cost to buy McCollum out four years from now if he can’t cut it in the Big 10? If we’re at the point where hiring a McCollum or a Brownell is even an option then IU should shut the basketball program down entirely and give everything to football. 

[tyappleg 8,206]

I've watched 2 minutes of TJ Otz on the sideline today and he is a big pant/belt adjuster.  But he is the opposite of Crean, because his clothes are 2 sizes too small rather than 2 sizes too big. 

[Juwan Moye 1,313]

Otzelberger would be a home run.

[tyappleg 8,206]

Iowa State is also missing their top 2 scorers, so a loss today against Houston does not cross him off the list. 

[Hoosier987 2,824]

5 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

And how much will it cost to buy McCollum out four years from now if he can’t cut it in the Big 10? If we’re at the point where hiring a McCollum or a Brownell is even an option then IU should shut the basketball program down entirely and give everything to football. 

Agreed. It should never get to these two.

[Kentuckysucks 4,332]

11 minutes ago, JPCIVOP said:

If we're getting all the way to taking Brad Brownell seriously, I'd say you just hire Schertz from SLU. Him winning like he did with Indiana State was more impressive than anything Brownell's done. 

Honestly if the big fish all say no he's probably the best choice.  He's already flipped 2 dumpster fire programs and is about to flip a 3rd.  STL is much better now than they were under Travis Ford.  He also seems like one tough dude.  Apparently has been through a lot in life.  I doubt the pressure would get to him.  He also runs a fun system that recruits would love.