General Coach Candidate News

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Just now, Mopladysman said:

I was just kidding.  

Yeah me too. Shouldn’t fret about my humor. Sorry to string everyone along. It’s James Taylor made for everyone. 

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4 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

Wrong. This started because of the pushback that came from the FMW thread where everyone told people who had a different opinion to stop posting there. Shouldn’t the standards be the same for other threads?

Go to your corner, NOW!

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7 minutes ago, Dalton26 said:

Some of yall need to knock it off or I can treat you like the grandkids that you keep bringing up and put you in time out. 

You going to put baby in a corner? Nobody does that

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1 minute ago, Mopladysman said:

I was just kidding.  

Lol. The funny thing is, after I zoomed in a little, it could actually be a bass but Cody is so damn tall it makes it tough to figure out

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1 minute ago, MikeRoberts said:

You going to put baby in a corner? Nobody does that

Nice. 

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10 minutes ago, Pryght said:

C'mon guys, we just beat the crap out of our in-state rival, after spotting them a 12-point halftime lead.  We've got multiple sources saying we've got our guy.  One is saying it's Chris Beard and the other is Brad Stevens.  It's time to move on and prepare ourselves for a bright future.

Wait, someone that is a source is saying Beard?  

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4 minutes ago, wirenuts said:

Lol. The funny thing is, after I zoomed in a little, it could actually be a bass but Cody is so damn tall it makes it tough to figure out

Didn't look like any bass I've ever seen ... 

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12 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

We had guests really so it’s not my fault but I missed that. Is the former handsome hatchet saying he is on the next staff?  

Zeller went to a basketball game so some leaped to the only reasonable explanation, I.e., that Brad Stevens is our new coach and Cody Zeller was scouting in his capacity as Brad’s soon to be GM.. Lol 

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3 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Zeller went to a basketball game so some leaped to the only reasonable explanation, I.e., that Brad Stevens is our new coach and Cody Zeller was scouting in his capacity as Brad’s soon to be GM.. Lol 

Yeah I saw his wife had a Nike backpack so clearly he is not on staff yet

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4 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Zeller went to a basketball game so some leaped to the only reasonable explanation, I.e., that Brad Stevens is our new coach and Cody Zeller was scouting in his capacity as Brad’s soon to be GM.. Lol 

Naturally...

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5 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Zeller went to a basketball game so some leaped to the only reasonable explanation, I.e., that Brad Stevens is our new coach and Cody Zeller was scouting in his capacity as Brad’s soon to be GM.. Lol 

I question anyone who didn’t draw that conclusion…

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22 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

Just for grins, do you have any thoughts about that Brad Stevens guy an whether he could pick up where he left off? 

As an intellectual exercise, I think Kelvin Sampson's leap into one of the great coaches in the game was supercharged by his stint in the NBA. He's said as much in some places. Can't imagine Stevens wouldn't have grown as a coach; think if he ever came back to college, he would immediately be one of the very best teachers and tacticians in the game. A man can dream...

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1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

Are they keeping secrets or are we just not hearing about it. I’ve said a couple times I’ve heard one person saying they’re on the next staff. 

I must have missed that...

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All this fighting is just pushing us towards 2000 pages 

Just need Chris to post a nugget to get us to 1500 tonight

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13 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Zeller went to a basketball game so some leaped to the only reasonable explanation, I.e., that Brad Stevens is our new coach and Cody Zeller was scouting in his capacity as Brad’s soon to be GM.. Lol 

Well, when you say it like that...lol...

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I always thought this story (from before Irving even went to the Celtics) is the best summary of how NBA people saw Stevens: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/15356168/brad-stevens-next-superstar-head-coach

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25 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Zeller went to a basketball game so some leaped to the only reasonable explanation, I.e., that Brad Stevens is our new coach and Cody Zeller was scouting in his capacity as Brad’s soon to be GM.. Lol 

This post pretty much sums up the IU fanbase during a coaching search. LOL

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@JerryYeagley23 @ap2345

any thoughts on the Sterling statement?

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22 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

I can you a quick ‘top of my head’ list of 15 that are more qualified than McCollum. And even better, I’ll leave the Stevens, Pearl, Drew, Few, etc types out- so guys that IU have a legit chance with:

Schertz, McDermott, Byington, McCasland, Buzz, Calhoun, Gates, Pitino jr, DeVries, Luke Murray, Collins, Brownell, McMillan, McDermott And the best of all… Otz! That’s 15 off the top of my head and 13 of them are 52 or under.

 

and I even left Cronin off for you

 

 

Yeah, but you dropped some other names, too.  I've made my comments about Buzz.  Not one bit interested.  He and platitudes are good friends.

Calhoun is on same level as McCollum and Schertz to me and 3rd on that list

Byington is only okay. Same w DeVries and Murray.  Just "guys."

Gates?  You're more interested in a guy with an overall .570 winning % and who in year 2 at Missouri had a winless conference season over a guy who's won 81% of his games overall and won 24 games this season?

Pitino, Jr. - over who?  He's not even been "good."   His record is very mediocre and we beat him regularly with very average teams.

I like Brownell, too.   Collins is interesting.  I'd love to see what he can do with more and better resources.

I don't see any of these guys as more sure things at IU than McCollum is.  I like Schertz better and I think I'd be happy with Brownell; but Buzz is all Texas and doesn't fit here.  His brand of basketball is solely "be more athletic."  His offense is 100% ball centric and stands around way too much.  Watched them yesterday.

TJ Otz....   I'm not sure on him.  I think he's okay....but I also think we've seen his ceiling.  I'd support him but I question whether or not he can be a 20-year "great" coach.    I think Schertz and McCollum offer that chance more than he does.  The danger I see is fans judging next season because of the precedent set by the football program.

Again, one man's opinion.  I like Schertz.... and the only case against McCollum I've seen is "not enough experience yet."   But....he wins.  Like I said, I'd rather have the next great coach and give him a season or two if his next 20 will be great than watch him succeed elsewhere and have our ceiling be the Sweet 16 once in a while because we missed the timing again and settled for "someone with more experience" even if his record isn't nearly as good.