General Coach Candidate News

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,745]

10 minutes ago, DougJr74 said:

You might want to double check your math. He’s under 65%. Steve Alford has a slightly better win percentage. He’s had 3 great years the rest is just OK.

Reading is important. THE LAST 18 YEARS....  68.2% ..... 426-198

Alford at UCLA lol... only won 66% 

[lillurk 5,084]

1 minute ago, HoosierKix said:

So can we expect @JerryYeagley23 not to come back until we hear something definitive? Seems like he was told to shut up very strongly since he hasn't given much since then

He’s lurking! I assume he’ll comment on the WBB game thread.

Otherwise, if you mean jumping into this thread to comment, I don’t speak for Jerry, but it seems he’ll probably be quiet in here until there’s ink on paper, or something changes from what he’s shared.

[MTB22 84]

2 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Geez... this puffity-puffity puff piece makes Ryan Berning seem like such a sweetheart of a guy! One reporters "impacting youth" is Ryan Berning's "$50 a game por favor."

https://www.jconline.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/02/14/purdue-basketball-player-ryan-berning-impacting-youth-as-a-referee/72540023007/

Bingo, that's him! Total clown show. He's always got a chip on his shoulder doing the game...always looking to play tough guy. 

[HoosierKix 228]

Just now, lillurk said:

He’s lurking! I assume he’ll comment on the WBB game thread.

Otherwise, if you mean jumping into this thread to comment, I don’t speak for Jerry, but it seems he’ll probably be quiet in here until there’s ink on paper, or something changes from what he’s shared.

Yeah, I've seen him lurking and has liked a few things and thrown in a couple small comments, but no info.

 

Idk I just feel that is very telling for me. IF they are truly telling big name people to shut up....they aren't going to do that just to hire Ben McCollum or TJ Otz....that's only for one name. I know there are quite a few things thrown around, but the fact Jerry has been so silent and even made a comment about BehindTheBench talking so much just seems very very telling to me, but maybe I am crazy

[LamarCheeks 22,096]

29 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I'm still trying to figure out if he knows anything or if it is all AI. 

I could be wrong, but it seems as if he just came here to puposely post phony stuff -- a bona-fode troll if you will. 

[HoosierHoopster 8,249]

5 minutes ago, theriverpilot said:

 

Ewww the imagery lol

[str8baller 7,445]

2 hours ago, JPCIVOP said:

If we look at all the data points in Scott Drew's career, this stands out: he's only had three top-25 defenses his entire career at Baylor. Half of his teams since 2008, once they had been rebuilt, finished outside the top-75. Even his title team was one of the three least efficient defenses to win a title in the last 18 years; the other two teams were the generational UNC offense from 2008 and the Kemba Walker UConn run from 2011. 

Think Drew coming to IU is basically a Tom Crean redux without the baggage of the first three years, and the oddities. Think people would generally be happy about the offense, and think teams would generally end up with protected seeds in the tournament. 

Those are fair criticisms of his style. I’d only push back on the following: Drew has proven he can build championship D’s, moreso than Otz has proven he can build championship Os. And that’s also where the Crean comparison breaks down too. 
 

Also, Baylor is so much worse of a job than Houston (or Iowa St or Marquette) it isn’t even a 1:1 comparison with those guys’ resumes, which Drew wins anyways.  I don’t “love” the Drew hire but his resume would have to be about the best of any coach hired to IU. 
 

Honestly, if Dolson gets a Drew/Otz/Few choice, he’s paid handsomely to make the right choice. I disagree that they’d all work out here though, but then again my salary doesn’t hinge on that assumption. 

[Hoosier Guy 8,333]

10 minutes ago, HoosierKix said:

Yeah, I've seen him lurking and has liked a few things and thrown in a couple small comments, but no info.

 

Idk I just feel that is very telling for me. IF they are truly telling big name people to shut up....they aren't going to do that just to hire Ben McCollum or TJ Otz....that's only for one name. I know there are quite a few things thrown around, but the fact Jerry has been so silent and even made a comment about BehindTheBench talking so much just seems very very telling to me, but maybe I am crazy

I agree with you.  I think that’s what’s going on here.  It’ll be a glorious sight when this comes to fruition.

[MaynardaHoosier 69]

9 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

I could be wrong, but it seems as if he just came here to post phony stuff -- a bona-fode troll if you will. 

I thought the sarcasm was thick enough to prevent anyone from thinking I was claiming to have any information.  I have more ties to the Michigan basketball program (though not to Dusty) than I do at Indiana.  When I posted AI stuff, I started with acknowledging that the coach % stuff was 100% AI generated.  I did not make that up in responses to those original posts, but I wasn't attempting to deceive or troll.  Like everyone else, I am passing time while we wait together.

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It's been mentioned that Dolson has been working on this coaching replacement for quite a while.  I seem to recall some talk when Woodson was hired about him being a "bridge" hire or anticipating he wouldn't coach for too many years.

Does anybody recall of anything to this effect was ever officially mentioned by IU or Woodson himself?

[Chris007 62,388]

1 minute ago, MaynardaHoosier said:

I thought the sarcasm was thick enough to prevent anyone from thinking I was claiming to have any information.  I have more ties to the Michigan basketball program (though not to Dusty) than I do at Indiana.  When I posted AI stuff, I started with acknowledging that the coach % stuff was 100% AI generated.  I did not make that up in responses to those original posts, but I wasn't attempting to deceive or troll.  Like everyone else, I am passing time while we wait together.

I didn't think you were trolling but I missed the AI stuff. You had some stuff in there that is mixed with some rumors we've heard

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,745]

9 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Those are fair criticisms of his style. I’d only push back on the following: Drew has proven he can build championship D’s, moreso than Otz has proven he can build championship Os. And that’s also where the Crean comparison breaks down too. 
 

Also, Baylor is so much worse of a job than Houston (or Iowa St or Marquette) it isn’t even a 1:1 comparison with those guys’ resumes, which Drew wins anyways.  I don’t “love” the Drew hire but his resume would have to be about the best of any coach hired to IU. 
 

Honestly, if Dolson gets a Drew/Otz/Few choice, he’s paid handsomely to make the right choice. I disagree that they’d all work out here though, but then again my salary doesn’t hinge on that assumption. 

how not? lol 

Basketball purgatory we go

[Hoosierfan2017 24,849]

The Scott Drew discourse is going to look silly when we end up with someone way worse. 

[Chris007 62,388]

1 minute ago, pumpfake said:

It's been mentioned that Dolson has been working on this coaching replacement for quite a while.  I seem to recall some talk when Woodson was hired about him being a "bridge" hire or anticipating he wouldn't coach for too many years.

Does anybody recall of anything to this effect was ever officially mentioned by IU or Woodson himself?

Someone will remember better than me but I think Dolson said during the opening press conference that Woodson was the bridge or something like that

[JSHoosier 22,210]

1 hour ago, Home Jersey said:

Anyone who wants to kill time can feel free to design my BS butt cheek tattoo if/when he returns as the IUBB messiah

[OliviaPope40 7,438]

4 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

Brad: Why didn't that shot go in

[SlammySammy 1,693]

8 hour check-in time……aaaand still at square one….

[iubb 4,817]

6 minutes ago, SlammySammy said:

8 hour check-in time……aaaand still at square one….

If you spend the next 8 hours doing the squats time will fly by

[Home Jersey 15,883]

16 minutes ago, OliviaPope40 said:

Brad: Why didn't that shot go in

Home Jersey: why am I sh!tting molten lava

[Kentuckysucks 4,332]

22 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Someone will remember better than me but I think Dolson said during the opening press conference that Woodson was the bridge or something like that

I think it was Woody that actually said that.