General Coach Candidate News

[IUGRAD06]

1 minute ago, iu eyedoc said:

He finished 12th in the coaching Sweet 16 poll(13th if you add in Brad Stevens), so he is far from a "popular choice by a lot of people." He is being discussed at length due to the inordinate amount of dislike he gets compared to his coaching record. He would be the best coach by leaps and bounds since Kelvin Sampson, if IU were to hire him.

And Sampson only had an elite 8 and final four before coming to IU with a lot of first weekend exits.  

[IUBtown]

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[IUBtown]

3 minutes ago, mdiu28 said:

If pressure is keeping him from coming to IU then no one should want him. We need a coach that wants to be here. We need a coach with the passion and love for IU basketball that Crean had, just with better coaching abilities. If Dusty would rather stay at the football school where basketball will always be the lil brother purely bc it's more comfortable and safer, then I don't want him here. We need someone with some damn balls. 

This.  If he's worried about the pressure, or what if he fails, he doesn't belong from the get go.  

[RoadRage]

4 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

He finished 12th in the coaching Sweet 16 poll(13th if you add in Brad Stevens), so he is far from a "popular choice by a lot of people." He is being discussed at length due to the inordinate amount of dislike he gets compared to his coaching record. He is at best 7th on my list but would be the best coach by leaps and bounds since Kelvin Sampson, if IU were to hire him.

Every time someone says this and I breathe a sigh of relief, 5 more posts show up saying he would be a good choice. I hope and pray he isn’t our next coach, but if he is I will support him!

[coonhounds]

If pressure is keeping him from coming to IU then no one should want him. We need a coach that wants to be here. We need a coach with the passion and love for IU basketball that Crean had, just with better coaching abilities. If Dusty would rather stay at the football school where basketball will always be the lil brother purely bc it's more comfortable and safer, then I don't want him here. We need someone with some damn balls. 

I agree but this wouldn't be normal pressure of just the iu job. This is because we waited a year and he is having success at michigan. That makes this situation way worse. The fans and national media would be all over it imo and I doubt either party wanted to deal with it. Just imagine the michigan game next season. No reason to for either party to go through that. Dusty is probably thrilled to be at a school like michigan and looking like the future is bright. Iu can hopefully find a better coach than Dusty? Hopefully lol

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[Hoosierfan2017]

Cronin would get IU back to a place it really hasn’t been in my 30 year lifetime. Hes not my top choice, but we can (and likely will, imo) do a whole lot worse. 

[coonhounds]

Cronin would get IU back to a place it really hasn’t been in my 30 year lifetime. Hes not my top choice, but we can (and likely will, imo) do a whole lot worse. 

Steven's will not be worse! I have to trust the insiders!

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[RoadRage]

2 minutes ago, coonhounds said:

I agree but this wouldn't be normal pressure of just the iu job. This is because we waited a year and he is having success at michigan. That makes this situation way worse. The fans and national media would be all over it imo and I doubt either party wanted to deal with it. Just imagine the michigan game next season. No reason to for either party to go through that. Dusty is probably thrilled to be at a school like michigan and looking like the future is bright. Iu can hopefully find a better coach than Dusty? Hopefully lol

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If Dolson thought Dusty was the answer he would have fired Woody at the end of last season….

[RoadRage]

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Cronin would get IU back to a place it really hasn’t been in my 30 year lifetime. Hes not my top choice, but we can (and likely will, imo) do a whole lot worse. 

Just curious, who are your top 3 if you don’t mind sharing?

[Kentuckysucks]

2 minutes ago, RoadRage said:

If Dolson thought Dusty was the answer he would have fired Woody at the end of last season….

Sure.

[mdiu28]

3 minutes ago, RoadRage said:

If Dolson thought Dusty was the answer he would have fired Woody at the end of last season….

I choose to believe he wanted to...

[Hoosierfan2017]

3 minutes ago, RoadRage said:

Just curious, who are your top 3 if you don’t mind sharing?

Drew, McCasland, Pearl 

[Willkie71]

1 hour ago, IUHoosierJoe said:

I think, assuming IU and Stevens are talking, that it's more than likely there are attempts to stop leaks and throw off the scent.  Every time we have an opening, Stevens' name pops up early at the top of everybody's hot board.  I'm sure people can understand why neither our current team nor current coach need that distraction, especially when they are still fighting for an NCAA Tournament bid.  And I'm sure Stevens doesn't want it either.    

I agree.  Although we hate it, keeping things quiet is important until this deal is signed and delivered. There’s an interesting story along these lines regarding when Bob Knight was hired.

Some of you are aware of Rogers Group Crushed Stone in Bloomington. In the mid seventies Rick Rechter, the grandson of the founder Ralph Rogers, was the president of the Bloomington division of the company. There were two other brothers, also presidents in their respective divisions in Nashville Tn., and Louisville where I worked.  All three were big supporters of their respective universities, ie., IU, UL, and Vandy.

The story goes: Bob Knight was under consideration for the Wisconsin HC job a couple of years before he was hired by IU. It seems like he became angry when his name was mentioned in connection with the job and he withdrew.  So, when Knight was negotiating with IU his absolute requirement was he would not sign the deal until he was present at IU when it was announced. Rogers Group has a fleet of planes they use to get around to all their facilities.  So, ole Rick, supporter, donor and friend of Knight flew out to get him and brought him back for the announcement, and the rest is history.

I heard this when I was working there in the mid eighties. I do know several folks on my team caught a ride with Knight on their planes when we were moving around the divisions a lot.

However, whether the story is true or not, I do believe they are concerned with leaks messing up the deal which is why the word is getting out to quiet down.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

[ronzo4IU]

Maybe since we have a football team now we can stop being a fishbowl

[RoadRage]

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Drew, McCasland, Pearl 

Something we can agree on, Drew is my first choice too, unless Stevens is really in play. I also like Otzelberger.

[jimsorgi]

2 hours ago, VFury said:

Or because that's the biggest name after Brad and Dusty to generate clicks.

I'm not a big Goodman fan but that logic doesn't really work in this case. 

[VFury]

6 minutes ago, jimsorgi said:

I'm not a big Goodman fan but that logic doesn't really work in this case. 

How so? His first name he threw out was Rick Pitino.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

9 minutes ago, VFury said:

How so? His first name he threw out was Rick Pitino.

IMO it means nothing.  Pitino himself may have contacted Goodman and said hey, I need a little PR.  Until a coach craps the bed like Woody has, sportswriters and coaches are going to be pretty buddy buddy.

[OKHOOSIER]

24 minutes ago, ronzo4IU said:

Maybe since we have a football team now we can stop being a fishbowl

Unfortunately I don't think this ever goes away. Big reason? The national media that loves to make fun of us, call us insane for thinking IU should be elite, and generally runs the fanbase down for living in the past-- also loves putting IU basketball on national TV, loves positing stories about us, and knows we drive content. No matter how good we are. 

I have lived all over the place since I left Bloomington for the last time. One thing I never had to worry about? Seeing my alma mater play basketball. I have paid for numerous extra subscriptions/cable packages over the last 20 years to watch our terrible football team. It is no coincidence IU always ends up on a B1G+ game early season. Because our fanbase will pay for it to watch. IU basketball will always be a fishbowl. The media love to hate us.