General Coach Candidate News

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2 minutes ago, Juwan Moye said:

Given many programs seem to be adopting the GM model now, has it been clear that Brad was being considered for the HC role? Or is it possible he’s being considered for the GM role?

Was curious on that as well.  Steven's a GM, bring in a young coach like a McCollum paid at a lower rate.  That to me is more plausible than Steven's stepping down as GM to coach college.  

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Just now, Pagoda said:

Looks like they’re retooling with an alumni GM too.

Enjoy it UNC… this seems like IU-like behavior.

One of my people down here was all pissed the other day because Roy came out in staunch support and they all thought for sure he’d get the Woody treatment and one more season. An extension? Oof

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3 hours ago, Ctf9 said:

It’s not a movie, but the best western is Deadwood. It’s also the best tv show ever. Don’t tell Brad. 

I agree cook sacker!

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4 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

If they were going to fire him, it sounded like they wanted to keep it in family

 "When you're here, you're family"

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1 hour ago, 68Hoosier said:

Let's assume that Stevens is the next coach for a bit.  Is anyone here worried about the expectations and if he can really live up to them.  He has been out of the college scene for several years now. Will the fan base give him enough time to get things right or will he need to produce in year 1.

I've thought about this, and to be honest I just keep coming back to the fact that Brad Stevens is an exceptional coach, still has loads of connections throughout the country (and especially Indiana), has the respect and admiration of HS and AAU coaches everywhere, and will have no trouble assembling a high-caliber staff and pursuing top talent. There's simply no reason he would fail here.

Sure, some might have unreasonable expectations. But I think if Stevens has us top-4 in the conference regularly and rarely misses the tourney and makes a reasonably deep run every few years, most folks will be very happy with that. IMO that's about the best you can expect from any potential candidate.

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I see 0 chance Brad Stevens wants a college basketball GM job. The people taking those roles are not in the same stratosphere as someone of Stevens’ profile IMO. 

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7 minutes ago, OKHOOSIER said:

One of my people down here was all pissed the other day because Roy came out in staunch support and they all thought for sure he’d get the Woody treatment and one more season. An extension? Oof

Could be mistaken but think it’ll still be dirt cheap to fire him next year. Giving their alum a 4th year too with more resources. They’ll probably end up looking smarter than us lol 

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6 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Could be mistaken but think it’ll still be dirt cheap to fire him next year. Giving their alum a 4th year too with more resources. They’ll probably end up looking smarter than us lol 

Not saying a whole lot recently.  With Basketball anyway.

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27 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

Hubert Davis extension just announced.  So one less elite school we won't have to worry about this off-season.  

This is great news.  I've been shadily rooting for UNC wins lately just for this reason.

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So is Brad Stevens going to come to IU as the newly created General Manager of IU basketball operations?

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Just now, TTT said:

So is Brad Stevens going to come to IU as the newly created General Manager of IU basketball operations?

Minority ownership stake in IUBB actually 

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Just now, TTT said:

So is Brad Stevens going to come to IU as the newly created General Manager of IU basketball operations?

Was hearing he was going to be the next President / owner of the university.  Not sure if my sources were completely accurate though.  

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26 minutes ago, Juwan Moye said:

Given many programs seem to be adopting the GM model now, has it been clear that Brad was being considered for the HC role? Or is it possible he’s being considered for the GM role?

I don’t think so. 

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1 hour ago, Home Jersey said:

Personally, while I’d love to be wrong, I’m assuming Brad and Dusty are a hard no. Otz and Drew in the next tier probably and I also think the odds it’s either of them are very, very low. To be honest, starting to wonder if the eventual hire is even somebody we’re talking about much at this point. Doubting it’s any of McCasland, McDermott, Buzz, Cronin, Pitino Jr etc. Probably not McCollum, Calhoun, or Byington all in their first years at schools. DeVries is too but maybe we can take him from WVU? Hard pressed to pick an individual favorite right now at the end of February.

I do like DeVries... but hope Dolson doesn't fall that far... I did find his contract details online... buyout is just under $1.1M.

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DeVries, who made approximately $650,000 a year at Drake, will now make $2.8 million his first year, then $100,000 extra each year for the next four years.

In addition, West Virginia will pay DeVries’ buyout at Drake and if West Virginia finishes in top 6 of Big 12 over DeVries’ first 2 seasons, he gets an automatic 1-year extension. If West Virginia were to fire DeVries before the end of the deal, the university would owe him 75% of the remaining compensation as a buyout. If DeVries were to leave early, he would owe school 37.5% of the remaining compensation as a buyout. 

source: https://voiceofmotown.com/darian-devries-wvu-contract-details-released/

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4 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

I do like DeVries... but hope Dolson doesn't fall that far... I did find his contract details online... buyout is just under $1.1M.

source: https://voiceofmotown.com/darian-devries-wvu-contract-details-released/

Devries?

For sure. That is a 'lose the press release win a ton of games' guy without question.

Sign. Me. Up.

• Proven record of winning
• Turned around a historically bad mid-major
• Young
• Great culture
• Great defense
• Modern offense
• Obsessive hard worker
• P5 experience and turning around a program in year one at P5

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55 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

I think we are 99.9% aligned on our view of the situation. Only slight difference I have here is that I really don’t think retiring Mike midseason in any way says something about Dolson’s preparedness for the search. I don’t think he necessarily had to have a good idea about if Dusty or Brad would say yes before deciding on Mike. IMO that was purely damage control and stopping a bad situation from becoming worse. That said, I’d sure hope with basically a year to plan, Dolson knows what he’s doing…

And hoping "Dolson has his guy" is fact and not just hope.

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I mean, what if DeVries is the right guy? 

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One observation I’ve made and it’s probably because of 4 years ago but when someone makes a Stevens is out post like Sam made earlier it believed a lot more than when RTZ makes a Stevens to IU post. RTZ has been right many more times than Sam in recent years. Sam had most of his info during the Crean years. 
 

Also on a side note my DM’s pick way up with the Stevens not coming than the Stevens is coming. 
 

Just some quick thoughts.

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4 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Devries?

For sure. That is a 'lose the press release win a ton of games' guy without question.

Sign. Me. Up.

Over McCollum?????? No way

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5 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Devries?

For sure. That is a 'lose the press release win a ton of games' guy without question.

Sign. Me. Up.

• Proven record of winning
• Turned around a historically bad mid-major
• Young
• Great culture
• Great defense
• Modern offense
• Obsessive hard worker
• P5 experience and turning around a program in year one at P5

This is a Pat Kelsey/Mark Pope kind of hire than can work out.