General Coach Candidate News

[MikeRoberts]

12 minutes ago, lillurk said:

This comes up a bunch but I don’t know the context. Who can share?

Sam Story likes to come in with one liners and riddles and word salads. Yes he can be privy to things but the way he dishes his info is odd

he mistakenly responded to a comment with “Calhouns health is the word” that made no sense in the context of anything that was being discussed. I think he just made a mistake but it stuck 

[darB s'tI]

5 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

First, as I have said many times I have not heard of any deal being in place. I'm leaning more that Brad won't be the coach most likely but still don't know.

Also want to state I like Sam a lot, he is a good dude and has always been super nice to me. 

But I know for sure we have been working on Brad, and communicating with him for a long time. Where it doesn't add up for me and all of this took place before the 14th. From my source's booster side of things, we offered him a contract, and he thought about it and countered it. With the counteroffer, Scott had to go back and ask certain people for more money. That all happened before or on the day of the 14th. Then the Goodman info comes out and things have been super quiet since. 

I find it very hard to believe that all of that info I have heard from many others on here is all bull and we only got a 5-minute Zoom call. 

But as I always say I've been wrong before

Agree with all of this. I also enjoy reading Sam's stuff, but he's right as much as he's wrong. I call BS. Not to say Stevens is "the one", but no way if Brad/Scott's relationship is as deep as most say this was a 5 minute formality Zoom call. It just doesn't add up.

[iubb]

3 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Cabin fever is boiling over in here today eh

 

[iubb]

1 minute ago, MikeRoberts said:

Sam Story likes to come in with one liners and riddles and word salads. Yes he can be privy to things but the way he dishes his info is odd

 he mistakenly responded to a comment with “Calhouns health is the word” that made no sense in the context of anything that was being discussed. I think he just made a mistake but it stuck 

So Sam Story is the Riddler?

[Chris007]

7 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

It was a reward for a nice season and Dusty was never going anywhere.  He doesn’t want a fishbowl job.  It’s better for all that he stays at UM.  Not a good fit here imo.

It could be but I don't agree with that from knowing some other things that happened last offseason. 

[iu eyedoc]

7 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

Didn’t say it did. It changes Dusty’s interest in IU. He didn’t need to sign an extension mid season, he chose to. If he was in bed with IU he wouldn’t have signed it

 

There are 4 possibilities

IU has their man

IU was never interested in Dusty

Dusty was never interested in IU

IU has shown interest but not absolutely and Dusty signed a non prohibitive extension for financial security.

But a meager pay bump and 1 more year did not does not" he’s signed a big extension and almost all but eliminated" make.

[iubb]

The coaching search in Video form:

just replace "are we there yet?"
WITH
"DO WE HAVE A COACH YET?"

[Chris007]

6 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

No one really knows a damn thing.  The only real certainty is that we were never getting Stevens.  No one should be surprised with any other possibility.  Kind of fun actually.

Don't forget to add we are never hiring Chris Beard. 

[Kentuckysucks]

Just now, iu eyedoc said:

 

There are 4 possibilities

IU has their man

IU was never interested in Dusty

Dusty was never interested in IU

IU has shown interest but not absolutely and Dusty signed a non prohibitive extension for financial security.

But a meager pay bump and 1 more year did not does not" he’s signed a big extension and almost all but eliminated" make.

Very possible that Dolson does have his guy and that Dusty was never the #2.  

[Kentuckysucks]

Just now, Chris007 said:

Don't forget to add we are never hiring Chris Beard. 

That’s likely correct unfortunately.

[Demo]

Dolson’s a smart guy and with basically a year to prep I find it impossible to believe that the plan is a guy who ain’t comin’, a guy who ain’t comin’ and a guy who probably ain’t comin’. Sure, take the big swings if you need to, but then get into your actual process and nail down your guy. And it’s gonna take a minute. The downside of Woody not making it to the end of the year is the giant information vacuum that we’re going to spend the next 6-8 weeks filling with our angst and insanity. But they’ll get a good dude. They will. Not concerned about the size of the name.

[Sobchak_Security]

16 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

WHY WON'T ANYONE DISCUSS LUKE MURRAY OR ALEX BARLOW?

I asked y'all to do that super nicely! 

 

:)

Luke Murray no HC experience.  No way Dolson rolls the dice on that at this stage.

 

Alex Barlow I’ve never heard of

[Home Jersey]

Gotta give you guys credit. After the past two seasons I just can’t get myself to parse every bit of available info and try to piece together a narrative that understands what’s going on right now behind the scenes. Just passing the time til the end of the first weekend of the tournament. If we don’t have news in exactly a month I will start getting a bit concerned. 

[BBTB]

I have a question why is the -IU  basketball called a fishbowl  ? I don't recall that being said about any other school unless I am totally out of the loop ( like say Duke or UNC ) 

[IUHoosierJoe]

I don’t remember who posted it right after the Woodson retirement was announced, but one of our insiders said this coaching search will feature a lot of denials, smokescreens, and misdirections.  Certainly, that seems to be holding true.  Probably many more to come before it’s over.

[iubb]

2 minutes ago, Demo said:

Dolson’s a smart guy and with basically a year to prep I find it impossible to believe that the plan is a guy who ain’t comin’, a guy who ain’t comin’ and a guy who probably ain’t comin’. Sure, take the big swings if you need to, but then get into your actual process and nail down your guy. And it’s gonna take a minute. The downside of Woody not making it to the end of the year is the giant information vacuum that we’re going to spend the next 6-8 weeks filling with our angst and insanity. But they’ll get a good dude. They will. Not concerned about the size of the name.

Are you sure about that?

What if we hired:
 

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[Capt. Crimson]

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.

Devils advocate: didn’t Dusty sign a 10 year deal with FAU right after his final 4 run?


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[Uspshoosier]

IU is the highest profile job available.  It would seem the AD would have had plenty of time preparing for the coaches exit since he was close to leaving last year.    If you think he put his eggs in one or 2 baskets knowing the job would become available I think that the wrong read of the situation.   With it being the best available sitting coaches are going to want  a shot at the job.  That can’t happen until after their season.   My read is the AD has well thought out plan on who he wants to coach next year and he has had plenty of time to prepare that plan.   In my opinion he will be going after a high major coach with Midwest ties.   If they say no then he will go with a mid major coach with Midwest ties.   If the coach is not playing in the tourney then it will be announced after the conference tourneys and if he is coaching in the ncaa tourney it will be announced a couple days after the loss.  Just my opinion 

[Ctf9]

The key thing about May, if he’s the caliber of person we all think he is, isn’t the new buyout but the comments he made after the deal:

"I think it makes it obvious: I'm staying at Michigan," May told CBS Sports

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/dusty-may-michigan-agree-to-contract-extension-amid-indiana-basketball-coaching-search/amp/
 

I have no idea how IU or other candidates factored into this, but he’s clearly not coming now. 

[IUHoosierJoe]

2 minutes ago, iubb said:

Are you sure about that?

What if we hired:
 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Blaine_Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff_Sr.

We actually recruited him when he was a player.  He’s why we don’t put names on the jerseys.