General Coach Candidate News

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

19 minutes ago, pumpfake said:

Absolutely.  Until we start bringing in top talent across the board like the elite teams, we'll struggle against real title contenders.  Even if we never do (how many elite cfb teams are there?) - being a very good, top 1/3 of the conference team, year in and year out, would still be a fantastic improvement.

Protecting our home court would be a fantastic improvement given Woody's lost 15 times in SSAH.

[mdiu28]

2 minutes ago, Capt. Crimson said:

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


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Yep.

https://fausports.com/news/2023/4/8/mens-basketball-florida-atlantic-signs-dusty-may-to-10-year-extension.aspx

[EasyEJay]

Cabin fever will be at its peak both today and tomorrow (at least we have the game as a distraction for better or worse!) 

im guessing Thursday or Friday will be big days . Most likely will get something from the Insiders as Saturday and Sunday get closer . 
 

Either them pumping up the announcement , or they are now “delaying the announcement” due to IUs recent success and possible tournament berth , or will tell us the “reasoning of how it has now fallen apart” and IU is moving on . 

Edited February 25, 2025 by EasyEJay
Grammer

[lillurk]

1 minute ago, BBTB said:

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 ) 

Good question — genuinely don’t think there’s a good reason, especially now that football’s good.

Like the real reason is that IU…

1. Should’ve handled the Knight departure differently, then

2. Was genuinely put in a bad place by a good thing (‘02 runner-up finish) and did what they probably had to do; stuck with Davis.

3. Then the President overruled the AD to hire Sampson, a great coach who should’ve known better.

4. The Sampson mess meant IU did probably as well as they could to get Crean, and he ran his course for reasons both outside and inside his control.

5. Archie was a defensible pick in a bad cycle but turned out about as bad as we could’ve imagined.

6. And of course Woodson hasn’t worked out, though the extent to which that’s the case is somewhat overstated.

But if IU handles #1 better, or doesn’t get to the ‘02 final, or picks Beilein instead of Sampson, or Hulls isn’t hurt and can thus shoot in the ‘13 S16 and Crean proceeds differently thereafter, or any number of other things go differently, the last 25 years are better, more consistent, and nobody calls it a “fishbowl”

[southernindianahoosier2]

Based on what SS said today in the Trilly chat…. Sounds like 1 of 2 possibilities.

1. Dolson fired woody because he has his guy and has been working for about a year behind the scenes very calculated and nothing is leaking, like how Cig was only mentioned right before the announcement (Stevens).

2. Stevens said “no”, Dusty May unexpectedly said “no”, and were on candidate 3 Drew, and if he says “no” then it moves to the Otz and Mccollum types. 
 

3. If we get 1-4 more “no”s then this could end badly unless we hold our noses and hire beard 

[iubb]

4 minutes ago, IUHoosierJoe said:

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

gesundheit

[iu2win]

The forum speculation about the coaching search is fun and entertaining.  However, I'm at the point where I think Dolson has the situation exactly where he wants it: rumors have gone rampant to a point it seems few (if anyone other than Scott) can keep up and know for sure where things stand with any coaching candidate.  Things are certainly quiet now and that causes me to think Scott has this well in hand.  There are many particulars that could result in Scott having this sewn up but not able to make it public ... yet. 

[MrBBall]

5 minutes ago, mdiu28 said:

Yep.

https://fausports.com/news/2023/4/8/mens-basketball-florida-atlantic-signs-dusty-may-to-10-year-extension.aspx

This was signed after his season and he played a full season after this. Very different to sign midseason and give quotes to it. Imagine saying midseason “not going anywhere” then leave for an in-conference rival a month later. He’s staying at Michigan 

[lillurk]

By the way, if we end up with TJ Otzelberger — and increasingly I wonder if he’s the odds-on favorite — we are going to have a GREAT coach.

[Papacap]

1 minute ago, iu2win said:

The forum speculation about the coaching search is fun and entertaining.  However, I'm at the point where I think Dolson has the situation exactly where he wants it: rumors have gone rampant to a point it seems few (if anyone other than Scott) can keep up and know for sure where things stand with any coaching candidate.  Things are certainly quiet now and that causes me to think Scott has this well in hand.  There are many particulars that could result in Scott having this sewn up but not able to make it public ... yet. 

So you’re saying it’s Few? That’s what I took from that. 

[Hoosierfan2017]

7 minutes ago, Capt. Crimson said:

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


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FAU isn’t Michigan, and he came back to FAU for another year after signing that extension. Did Dusty sign an extension with Michigan because (a) he’s happy at the Big 10 school he currently has tied for first or (b) because he wants to keep the chatter down until he leaves for IU in a month.

Like, let’s be serious here… 

[iubb]

Just now, Papacap said:

So you’re saying it’s Few? That’s what I took from that. 

you could say its few and far between....

[Artie86]

12 minutes ago, IUHoosierJoe said:

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.

....I believe it was Isaac.

[Demo]

13 minutes ago, iubb said:

Are you sure about that?

What if we hired:
 

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

If I can call him Wolfie I’m totally down.

[Pagoda]

21 minutes ago, BBTB said:

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 ) 

It’s nonsense.  I guess it comes from our fans getting upset when our team severely underperforms for a number of years despite that being a reasonable reaction.  I think our fans are patient all things considered, it’s amazing so many people still care.

Coaching at IU rules.  Big resources.  Get elite players.  Nice facilities.  Nice town.  Huge support and an amazing venue in Assembly Hall.  IU fans will travel to neutral sites and provide a crowd advantage — hell we outdrew UConn at MSG last season and managed a 50/50 crowd in Auburn’s backyard in Atlanta… and we had a bad team!

If we can ever get a good coach it’s gonna be fun again.

[PartyintheVillas]

17 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.

We don't need to win the press conference or the off-season. We need to win games. I feel confident we have many good options to get us to a floor of tournament team 9 out of 10 years, and several options that include ceilings of multiple B1G championships & final fours in a ten year span... options outside of Stevens May, and Beard even!

[Ctf9]

1 minute ago, Pagoda said:

It’s nonsense.  I guess it comes from our fans getting upset when our team severely underperforms for a number of years despite that being a reasonable reaction.

Coaching at IU rules.  Big resources.  Get elite players.  Nice facilities.  Nice town.  Huge support and an amazing venue in Assembly Hall.  IU fans will travel to neutral sites and provide a crowd advantage — hell we outdrew UConn at MSG last year and managed a 50/50 crowd in Auburn’s backyard in Atlanta… and we had a bad team!

If we can ever get a good coach it’s gonna to be fun again.

I agree with this, but Crean’s podcast with the Hysterics (I know) was good context. He talked a lot about the fun but also the “fire crean” chants at his son’s high school games and being approached at church or while sitting in his car at a stop light. 
 

With the right coach, it will be great. But a fanbase this big also has a few bad actors. “Fishbowl” is used so much it’s meaningless, but I do think this is an intense environment. 

[Stuhoo]

21 minutes ago, Sobchak_Security said:

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

 

Alex Barlow I’ve never heard of

Alex Barlow won 30 games as a head coach last year.

[iubb]

Why doesn't Brad Stevens play hide and seek? He can't stand being out of bounds.

[PartyintheVillas]

18 minutes ago, Ctf9 said:

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. 

If we offer him 10 million, his words will have less meaning I bet :)