General Coach Candidate News

[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 :)

[Uspshoosier]

24 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.

 

19 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

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 

 

[SamIam]

@JerryYeagley23 . . . are we cooked?

[PartyintheVillas]

8 minutes 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.  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.

Archie never made an NCAA tournament. Every coach at ever power program will get fired for never making the tournament, Northwestern and Penn State ran through quite a few coaches that way. That's the hire and results that really sunk the reputation. No one expected Archie to fail like that. Absolutely no one.

[Pagoda]

2 minutes ago, Ctf9 said:

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. 

That’s fair.  I wonder if the chants were the opposing high school’s fans or not.  But regardless, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows and you make a good point.

One offset I didn’t mention is the coach gets paid many millions here too… that can take the sting off a little…

[mdiu28]

@Chris007 Here's my question:

If the situation actually was (and I take all these rumors very, very lightly) we offered Brad, he countered, then everything went silent.

I have a very hard time believing we wouldn't agree to whatever he wanted unless it was something like renaming Assembly Hall after him.

This all seems positive. What am I missing?