General Coach Candidate News

[MikeRoberts 7,995]

6 minutes ago, bigrod said:

Maybe option #1 isn't a sure thing, but option #2 is. 

If you believe that May is option 2 then that is hard to understand.

[IUHoosierJoe 2,153]

4 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Yeah, that doesn't add up. 

The nature of his extension, in my opinion, seems like a nice reward for an unexpectedly tremendous job this year, rather than Michigan giving him a huge raise and skyrocketing the buyout because they’re scared as hell that they’re going to lose him

[Jet812 567]

3 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

I'm going to sound like an @$$ here... but what does your faith in Dolson have to do with anything? Others keep mentioning this... he's the AD, he's the one making this hire... faith or no faith. It's going to happen. 

You’re right…you do sound like an @$$.

[GP711 2,069]

4 minutes ago, bigrod said:

Or, maybe he put the work in months ago.

Not maybe, he has been working this for long time

[JaybobHoosier 13,185]

15 minutes ago, Capt. Crimson said:

Sam Story dropped into Trilly discord this AM and said he thinks Stevens is over. Dolson met with him on Feb 14th and it didn’t go anywhere. Timing with his daughter is bad.

Drew and May (since his buyout isn’t impossible)still at top of his list before they move on.


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This is kind of been how I thought things would happen. Stevens says no, but by no means are we missing out if we end up with Drew or May. Both of those two are really good coaches who can do great things at IU. I’ve always been hopefully Stevens would come to IU, but just can’t bring myself to get hyped or excited about it. 
 

Landing one of those 3 is a huge win for IU. 

[MikeRoberts 7,995]

17 minutes ago, MrBBall said:

Same day Michigan presented Dusty with the extension 

That adds up. If Michigan believed that May was going to become Target #1, they would have to move fast and they did

[Pagoda 4,591]

6 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

If he messes this hire up he will be fired. He already messed up the Woodson hire. Whether it was forced or not his name is on that hire.


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Ha, no way.  With FB doing well, Scott is set, that sport drives everything in the athletic dept.  Scott has setup IU to bring in tens of millions more in revenue, and last year the school was showcased on GameDay and Big Noon and other shows like it never has before.

And for the 1,000th time, Scott didn't hire Woody so he isn't held responsible.  Scott just got an extension and raise in May 2024, he isn't going anywhere.  

[VFury 624]

2 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

They added 1 year and like $1.5M to May's  already low buyout. He may be content in Ann Arbor but nothing about that extension would change IU's interest in May

"Alright Scott, I'm gonna come to IU after the season is over. But first, I'm gonna sign a contract and make the buyout higher a month before I leave and make it harder just because."

[pumpfake 4,519]

7 minutes ago, JPCIVOP said:

What if... Brad Stevens has been the smokescreen all along?!

 

That thought has crossed my mind.  It'd be a sure-fire way to tamp down rumors about progress with other coaches.  Just slip out some little tidbit about Stevens and everyone will immediately focus on that.

[HoosierInParadise 1,659]

And that’s the funny thing to me.  Move on from Brad.  But not Cronin, Drew, Beard, etc.  Why?  There’s only one guy getting the job, and all the rest of them aren’t.  So why is there only one he can’t talk about?

I think it's because he doesn't want the topic of Brad Stevens to continue to dominate the conversations. He doesn't have any info on Stevens so he needs to be able to talk about other possibilities....otherwise the conversations will be short with little information shared.

[IUHoosierJoe 2,153]

Just now, GP711 said:

Not maybe, he has been working this for long time

Any comment on what Sam Story said in the Trilly discord?

[Hornsby 3,870]

This is kind of been how I thought things would happen. Stevens says no, but by no means are we missing out if we end up with Drew or May. Both of those two are really good coaches who can do great things at IU. I’ve always been hopefully Stevens would come to IU, but just can’t bring myself to get hyped or excited about it. 
 
Landing one of those 3 is a huge win for IU. 

I don't think dolson ever "had his guy". That was pure speculation imo. Stebens was always a long shot at best

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[IUHoosierJoe 2,153]

Just now, HoosierInParadise said:

57 minutes ago, IUHoosierJoe said:

And that’s the funny thing to me.  Move on from Brad.  But not Cronin, Drew, Beard, etc.  Why?  There’s only one guy getting the job, and all the rest of them aren’t.  So why is there only one he can’t talk about?

I think it's because he doesn't want the topic of Brad Stevens to continue to dominate the conversations. He doesn't have any info on Stevens so he needs to be able to talk about other possibilities....otherwise the conversations will be short with little information shared.

He doesn’t have info on anybody

[Stuhoo 89,568]

I have said this before, but to me it is really important to reinforce and emphasize:

• The coaching search is fun
• Winning the press release and initial press conference is NOT the goal.
• Getting a big name whose naming makes our rivals sad is NOT the goal.
• Being right or getting a candidate that makes any of us think "Yesssss!" is NOT the goal.

• The goal is to find a coach that wins a ton of games for an extended tenure and makes us proud of the performance and culture of the Indiana Hoosiers basketball team. And that goal could be accomplished by hiring:
  • A big, big name like Stevens or Drew, or
  • A less big name like Collins, McCollum, Schertz, McCasland, Byington, Luke Murray, Alex Barlow, etc, etc., etc.

[Jet812 567]

Just now, GP711 said:

Not maybe, he has been working this for long time

& if BS has been dragging him along this whole time, knowing for the past months/year that this decision was imminent,  then he ain’t the good guy everyone has made him out to be either…

[Chris007 62,531]

16 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

It’s not that he didn’t have a list in 2021 it was that he made little to no progress with that list. Fast forward to 2025, wasn’t May in that top 3? Now he’s signed a big extension and almost all but eliminated.

Again, if Stevens is his #1 and he gets him then it all works out. I have heard from a few people that he had done little work on backup plans 4 years ago and while not confirmed yet by any means, it appears little is being done again if you believe what is being said ie. No activity with agents 

as we found 4 years ago, you have to have multiple people ready to say yes to be safe and avoid 4 years of misery, not just one 

I will say if it is true that Stevens said no on Friday the 14th (Not sure I believe yet) and Dolson let Dusty sign the extension a week later that is not a good sign.

[IUHoosierJoe 2,153]

6 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

If he messes this hire up he will be fired. He already messed up the Woodson hire. Whether it was forced or not his name is on that hire.


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He’s not getting fired.  He would have schools lined up to hire him because he would take Cignetti with him.

[MikeRoberts 7,995]

10 minutes ago, Jet812 said:

This is what I fear the most.  That Dolson thought he’d get Stevens, it ain’t happening & now we’re scrambling again.  If that’s the case SD should be fired.  I just don’t have the faith that many others do because of the Cig hire…

Not sure if he has screwed anything up this go around, it’s possible he’s killing it. We will find out after the fact how it all shook out and I don’t just mean what coach we ended up  

[GP711 2,069]

1 minute ago, IUHoosierJoe said:

Any comment on what Sam Story said in the Trilly discord?

Got a lot of respect for Sam, I just disagree. Like i said Scott has been working this. No way brad waits all the time to then say no thanks on the first meeting. And add what Chris said, if that really happened, we would have told Dusty's agent he's our guy and we have money coming to him do the extension wouldn't happen. Until Jerry or Rtz(i think they are more connected than anyone else) come in and say brad is a no, i am on the brad train. regardless of them i am still hearing we are in a good spot. I look forward to see what happens. 

[Stuhoo 89,568]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I will say if it is true that Stevens said no on Friday the 14th (Not sure I believe yet) and Dolson let Dusty sign the extension a week later that is not a good sign.

The far and away most logical reason why May signed that extension is because...

He really, really wants to be the Michigan Head Coach for a very long time.