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1 hour ago, RoadToZion said:

Talking to a big dog this afternoon. I’ll update afterwards………..

I see 50 more pages coming today. Thanks in advance looking forward to it.

[Henryville Hoosier 1,072]

[Chris007 53,891]

7 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

I believe he believes he's close with Dolson. 

This is 100%

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Just now, Henryville Hoosier said:

Mr. Bean! Mr. Bean's Holiday is a hysterical movie

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7 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I hope he understands how that comes off. Like Scott Dolson is telling him what is going on knowing good and well he will run to a message board and say it. Scott is probably not even telling Heidi (Wife) who he is hiring at this point. 

He said the same thing yesterday and it was refuted by everyone. We know there has been more than a 5-minute Zoom. 

Brad might not be the coach like all of us have said but he doesn't know any more than the rest of us. 

I don’t think we have a chance at Brad but I’m pretty confident that SS is just pulling **** from his @$$.  If you know anything about him you know he’s an egomaniac.  Goes by Coach Sam Story and posts basketball stuff all day yet I believe he never anything more than a girls lacrosse coach.  Might have been just an assistant.

Common sense says we aren’t getting Brad.  I’d say it’s 90% certain.  So he’s putting this out knowing he has no inside information and then when we don’t get Brad he can run to all the message boards and say see, see I told.  No is more well connected regarding IU basketball than me.  Never doubt me again.

That is what he’s doing people but yes, he’s probably going to be right.

[JF87 1,951]

I think the IU opening is going to get several coaches extensions.  Dusty just received his.  Could be the agents for Otzelberger, Cronin, Drew, McDermott, Lloyd, Brownell, etc... are all floating these coaches to get extensions.  Still hoping for Stevens.  If not Stevens, I think Bennett, Otzelberger, or Collins would be good fits at IU. 

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18 minutes ago, IUguy77 said:

Yea. SS lost his mind on there earlier.

I tend to have that effect on people...

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Just now, Rusty Shackleford said:

Not everyone's built for the rigors of an extended coaching search, I'm afraid.

You ain't wrong and I'm honestly getting to my end lol My wife says I've said Brad's name to her so much she's starting to get nervous lol

[Chris007 53,891]

5 minutes ago, realTomCrean said:

Nearly a decade of following IU "Insiders" and there is not a more trusted and truthful voice in sharing of information (without an agenda). Doesn't guarantee info comes to fruition, but as a human source (HUMINT) Chris is the most trustworthy imo

I appreciate you. I can't count out any candidate right now for sure. I would say I would fall out of my chair if it was Chris Beard but not saying we miss on 15 people and he gets it. I highly doubt it but to say someone is out right now is crazy. Brad might say no and Andy Mohr comes back with 15 million a year and he takes the job. No one knows right now

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9 minutes ago, realTomCrean said:

Nearly a decade of following IU "Insiders" and there is not a more trusted and truthful voice in sharing of information (without an agenda). Doesn't guarantee info comes to fruition, but as a human source (HUMINT) Chris is the most trustworthy imo

Chris lays out his thinking and sources about as well as anyone could realistically ask for.

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12 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

I believe he believes he's close with Dolson. 

And if it is the case that Dolson & Co have been doing what they can to keep things bottled up, it makes sense that he'd feed "intel" of this nature to someone like Sam Story.

None of this proves anything and I'm fully willing to accept it if Brad is not the guy. Just saying there's no definitive reason to assume SS has better info than anyone else.

[Chris007 53,891]

7 minutes ago, Rusty Shackleford said:

Not everyone's built for the rigors of an extended coaching search, I'm afraid.

There are ups and downs. @GP711 and I say when is the mid-day crisis going to come today? It's like a roller coaster. 

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4 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I appreciate you. I can't count out any candidate right now for sure. I would say I would fall out of my chair if it was Chris Beard but not saying we miss on 15 people and he gets it. I highly doubt it but to say someone is out right now is crazy. Brad might say no and Andy Mohr comes back with 15 million a year and he takes the job. No one knows right now

 

Edited 13 hours ago by #1fanofafrin

[lillurk 4,341]

Developing a “no crises on game days” theory, I stated my guess that after the game/tomorrow we’ll get some kind of juicy tidbit.

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2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I appreciate you. I can't count out any candidate right now for sure. I would say I would fall out of my chair if it was Chris Beard but not saying we miss on 15 people and he gets it. I highly doubt it but to say someone is out right now is crazy. Brad might say no and Andy Mohr comes back with 15 million a year and he takes the job. No one knows right now

The only candidate we can confidently count out is Woodson. If you want to count out Mike Woodson, you go to Mike Woodson. 

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3 minutes ago, lillurk said:

Developing a “no crises on game days” theory, I stated my guess that after the game/tomorrow we’ll get some kind of juicy tidbit.

You might be on to something. I will monitor the coming 24 hours closely.

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14 hours ago, Unexpectedflash said:

I’m 27 now and there has been one final 4 in my life. I’ll settle for one and I’m willing to guarantee the top 5 defense. He’s had a top 10 defense every year at Iowa st and i assume he’d get better players with us

That's because of every reason I detailed before.  This is the first unobstructed men's basketball hire at Indiana University since 1971. TJ Otzelberger has never been past the round of 16, never won his conference at the D1 level, has had 2 losing records in conference in 33% of his D1 seasons, and I just don't see why he's any more special than anyone else.

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49 minutes ago, Tasmanian Devil said:

Rusty, @Chris007 is the board lush. Be prepared to offer alcohol for insider information. :)

Now wait a minute, we haven't even had a tournament to determine THE board lush!!! I'm having a pretty hot season myself lol

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49 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Nope.  They provide zero transparency.  They don't even provide the basic financial updates they promise to their donors on their crappy website.  

It's easy to do, and until they do that, it's shady behavior.

Not that I’m inclined to do so but couldn’t you technically set up an NIL collective on the blockchain to provide maximum transparency? Would seem to be the solution for avoiding shady situations, as long as the rules allow for us to know how much athletes are getting paid.

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3 minutes ago, Old Friend said:

That's because of every reason I detailed before.  This is the first unobstructed men's basketball hire at Indiana University since 1971. TJ Otzelberger has never been past the round of 16, never won his conference at the D1 level, has had 2 losing records in conference in 33% of his D1 seasons, and I just don't see why he's any more special than anyone else.

Could you explain why you like Brad Brownell and not use the words "from Indiana" in your explanation?