General Coach Candidate News

[Truthhurts]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

So the president of the organization went instead of sending any scouts or the GM. OK

He’s done this regularly. 

Edited February 23, 2025 by Truthhurts

[OKHOOSIER]

46 minutes ago, BehindTheBench said:

That first Hoosier Hysteria, my god, I can’t imagine. Move it to Memorial. Keep the faith gents 

You’re either going to be the goat, or you’re going to be a goat. Either way, I appreciate commitment to a good bit, especially with one that drives up ad revenue for the mods. 

[IUHoosierJoe]

2 minutes ago, Truthhurts said:

Multiple high major coaches just in the last week have said things to the effect of “high school recruiting is worthless now,” including pitino. 

Hmmm…you’d think we could get more than one guy a year if none of the other coaches care about it.

[Chris007]

2 minutes ago, Truthhurts said:

He’s done this regularly. 

Appreciate the info. I didn’t know that but makes sense.

[IUwins0708]

46 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

https://x.com/bball_war3/status/1893441515315167337?s=46&t=0mbJ_TT4MQ8KZKv29ZqhSg

He’s from the east coast.  Usually has some connections.  Could very well be reading this board but talk is definitely picking up. Still not sure I believe it but stuff is getting put out there.

[Motley's]

1 hour ago, tyappleg said:

And Brownell has been mediocre for the majority of those 30 years.  He is a flavor of the month hire who hasnt been able to make the tournament in a mostly mediocre ACC conference.  

Nothing will sell me on him.  We will be right back here in 4 years if he is the hire.  

I can be sold on most of the candidates mentioned here; he is not one of them. 

No top program would look at Brownell. He’d never be connected to the IU job if he wasn’t from Indiana. 

[Hoosierfan2017]

13 minutes ago, RoadRage said:

I wish I would have said this, Cignetti is a much better example, I was just pointing out that Knight was hardly a sure thing, he was also a big risk. If you are willing to settle for Cronin or even Brownell, McCollum is the better choice because of his potential upside!

Curt Cignetti was a quarterback at West Virginia, a graduate assistant there, a D1 assistant for 25 years, and a P5 assistant for nearly 20 years before his head coaching tenure. His P5 assistant experience included four years at an obscure school named the University of Alabama for some guy they call Nick Saban. 

Their backgrounds are vastly different. Cignetti had 2+ decades seeing the FBS apparatus and recruited some of the best players in the country during his time at Alabama. He coached Philip Rivers. He recruited Russell Wilson to NC State. And that’s before you get into the huge differences between IU basketball and IU football as programs. 

[Truthhurts]

3 minutes ago, IUHoosierJoe said:

Hmmm…you’d think we could get more than one guy a year if none of the other coaches care about it.

Not when the coach literally doesn’t even try to recruit.
 

In any event, the portal is the future, and with IU’s budget, they just need a mildly competent recruiter to crush the portal every year. Get a guy with great Xs and Os who’s just decently likable, and they’re set. Why McCollum is such a no brainer pick in my view. 

[Motley's]

1 hour ago, tyappleg said:

If he has signed something; It would have already have been leaked.  Nothings getting announced regardless until our season is over. 

Right. Brad hasn’t signed anything. There’s nothing to sign. 

[RoadRage]

8 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

1965-1971 college basketball isn’t remotely comparable to the current atmosphere. And Knight made the NIT four times in six years when the NIT actually meant something, making the semifinals 3 times. 

And McCollum has won 4 D2 National titles and has won an incredible 80% of his games. I think McCollum is even less of a risk than RMK was at the time!

[RoadRage]

3 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Curt Cignetti was a quarterback at West Virginia, a graduate assistant there, a D1 assistant for 25 years, and a P5 assistant for nearly 20 years before his head coaching tenure. His P5 assistant experience included four years at an obscure school named the University of Alabama for some guy they call Nick Saban. 

Their backgrounds are vastly different. Cignetti had 2+ decades seeing the FBS apparatus and recruited some of the best players in the country during his time at Alabama. He coached Philip Rivers. He recruited Russell Wilson to NC State. And that’s before you get into the huge differences between IU basketball and IU football as programs. 

You stalking me bro?

[Stuhoo]

9 minutes ago, OKHOOSIER said:

You’re either going to be the goat, or you’re going to be a goat. Either way, I appreciate commitment to a good bit, especially with one that drives up ad revenue for the mods. 

THE MODS DO NOT GET A PROFIT SHARE!

damn I wish we did

[Demo]

13 minutes ago, Truthhurts said:

Multiple high major coaches just in the last week have said things to the effect of “high school recruiting is worthless now,” including pitino. 

True. And Sampson, Scheyer and Hurley all have 4 man classes coming in. You develop a roster building philosophy and you adhere to it. Personally, I think coaches who eschew recruiting high school kids are gonna struggle to develop a sustainable culture. 

[IUHoosierJoe]

9 minutes ago, Truthhurts said:

Not when the coach literally doesn’t even try to recruit.
 

In any event, the portal is the future, and with IU’s budget, they just need a mildly competent recruiter to crush the portal every year. Get a guy with great Xs and Os who’s just decently likable, and they’re set. Why McCollum is such a no brainer pick in my view. 

McCollum only believes in using the portal when necessary.  He prefers 3-4 year guys that he can develop and impact their lives.  He prefers guys who want to earn their way instead of transferring to a place with a starting spot and a high payroll available.  So you’d be asking him to completely change his core principles if that’s how you’d want him to operate at IU.

[Hoosierfan2017]

Just now, RoadRage said:

And McCollum has won 4 D2 National titles and has won an incredible 80% of his games. I think McCollum is even less of a risk than RMK was at the time!

I don’t care if he’s won 40 D2 national titles. He’s never experienced anything like running a program like IU basketball and everything it entails. The Cignetti comparison completely falls apart when you compare their backgrounds. There’s no reason for IU basketball to need to take such a big risk. 

[Stuhoo]

3 minutes ago, RoadRage said:

And McCollum has won 4 D2 National titles and has won an incredible 80% of his games. I think McCollum is even less of a risk than RMK was at the time!

So you’re also a Ray Harper, Tonagel, and Crutchfield fan for the IU job?

[Uspshoosier]

 

[go iu bb]

16 hours ago, Chris007 said:

I’ve heard conflicting reports of if pen has made it to paper yet. 

It hasn't. Brad was supposed to sign all star weekend but unfortunately his pen ran out of ink. So he is waiting for his ink refill to come in and that takes time. It's special ink made from the horn of a free range, organic grass fed unicorn. So it'll be a few more weeks.

[tyappleg]

8 minutes ago, Motley's said:

No top program would look at Brownell. He’d never be connected to the IU job if he wasn’t from Indiana. 

Sounds eerily familiar. 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Adam Howard just Retweeted McNeese winning the conference. “Good things happen to good people”.

 

Move Will Wade up the candidate list. Lol

 

 

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