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8 minutes ago, SlammySammy said:

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

We’re all just guessing and speculating and trying to connect random dots.  With that said, Dolson made a great football hire.  He’s been working on this bball for over a year now.   While the lack of any ‘real’ information is frustrating, I think we can hopefully take solace in the fact that Dolson knows what he is doing and iu will end up making a great hire because of Dolson. 

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2 hours ago, JPCIVOP said:

Even his title team was one of the three least efficient defenses to win a title in the last 18 years; 

I think you really need to chew that sentence down to the bone for a second, And yeah, I cut the rest of the post out because I thought the above deserved special attention, but a couple of other points: What Drew did there is 1 of the greatest reclamation jobs in the history of D1 college sports. That thing was stone dead. And it’s not like it was pre-Sampson IU before Dennehy. It was a $hit job with no resources and always had been. There was literally nothing to build on. And that guy put it on the national map and then some. And the Crean comp, stop it. Nobody alive, including Tom Crean, thinks they’re on a similar level. Drew would be a top 10-15 guy in the country by consensus. Not sure he’d be my guy because there’s some temperament stuff I’d need to get comfortable with, but the idea that maybe he’s not really that good, c’mon.

[Artie86 3,506]

....all I can say to this is the more quiet it is and less getting out, the more it's in our favor to land a good one. Not just Stevens, but any potential coach. However, this great "dam of secrecy" that Dolson has created is not going to be able to hold certain things back much longer. Something will have to spill.

[AZ Hoosier 11,058]

29 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

The bridge to nowhere... what a nightmare...

[Hoosierfan1901 8,317]

29 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

Woodson, “I’m the bridge between the old and new” or something like that

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10 minutes ago, Artie86 said:

....all I can say to this is the more quiet it is and less getting out, the more it's in our favor to land a good one. Not just Stevens, but any potential coach. However, this great "dam of secrecy" that Dolson has created is not going to be able to hold certain things back much longer. Something will have to spill.

I'm prepared for Mick Cronin.  Or maybe Dusty pulls an FAU on Michigan and it's Dusty afterall.  

[Josh 13,251]

3 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

He was considered a home run hire by 99 percent of the national media and people in college basketball.   Most on here thought the same thing.   @Joshhowever from the very beginning hated the hire and said he would fail from the beginning.   Josh was right 

I love this!

3 hours ago, theriverpilot said:

Doesn't @Josh hate everyone though?

But I hate you!

Lol no but really it was clear he was in over his head even at Daytin.  Chaotic system, awkward as hell, just had a team get hot at the right time one year.  

To be fair, I wanted Gregg Marshall instead and we probably would have had to fire him too by now.  I cant always pick winners but I know duds.  So also no to Pitino The Lesser and Brad Brownell.  Please no!  I'll start the "Fire Them" threads now if I need to

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3 minutes ago, Josh said:

I love this!

But I hate you!

Lol no but really it was clear he was in over his head even at Daytin.  Chaotic system, awkward as hell, just had a team get hot at the right time one year.  

To be fair, I wanted Gregg Marshall instead and we probably would have had to fire him too by now.  I cant always pick winners but I know duds.  So also no to Pitino The Lesser and Brad Brownell.  Please no!  I'll start the "Fire Them" threads now if I need to

How was he in over his head at Dayton?  His system led him to multiple tourney appearances and win.  
 

I think he wasn’t successful at IU bc of all the other, non on-court stuff the IU job requires - which he simply didn’t have the personality for nor had much interest in.   But his Dayton resume was very solid IMO. 

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21 minutes ago, Artie86 said:

....all I can say to this is the more quiet it is and less getting out, the more it's in our favor to land a good one. Not just Stevens, but any potential coach. However, this great "dam of secrecy" that Dolson has created is not going to be able to hold certain things back much longer. Something will have to spill.

I really hope you’re wrong in those last couple of sentences. Other than Stevens all of these guys are working and I think it would be fairly hideous for them to have to address rumors of a new gig while they’re coaching in the tournament. There needs to be nothing out there. 

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2 minutes ago, Demo said:

I really hope you’re wrong in those last couple of sentences. Other than Stevens all of these guys are working and I think it would be fairly hideous for them to have to address rumors of a new gig while they’re coaching in the tournament. There needs to be nothing out there. 

I also wonder if there is a different non current college coach in the mix?

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3 minutes ago, Demo said:

I really hope you’re wrong in those last couple of sentences. Other than Stevens all of these guys are working and I think it would be fairly hideous for them to have to address rumors of a new gig while they’re coaching in the tournament. There needs to be nothing out there. 

Sounds counterintuitive to a board of people trying to figure out who it is all day long. 

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8 minutes ago, 12345Brad said:

I also wonder if there is a different non current college coach in the mix?

If there is....please lord let it be Jay Wright and not Tony Bennett

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Just now, HoosierKix said:

If there is....please lord let it be Jay Wright and not Tony Bennett

I threw his name out yesterday too … I didn’t realize he’s 63. Given his age, however, I’d still be on board with him for 7-10 years. 

[Hornsby 3,870]

If IU has so much NIL money and resources, but no great coach apparently wants it, does the NIL and resources actually exist?

A few coaches want it. Just not ones iu will hire. Iu makes the list smaller than it could be.

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13 minutes ago, Mopladysman said:

Sounds counterintuitive to a board of people trying to figure out who it is all day long. 

It’s also a gross feeling that I want our guy to lose in the 64. I don’t want him going to the Final 4 so we have to wait 3 more weeks and the current school loses their minds driving up the price to keep him. Feels kind of d-baggy but it’s where I am. 

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1 hour 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 thought I'd heard something to that effect.  That would bolster the claims that Dolson would have an open project for finding a coach and very well might get his guy in short order.

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I'm prepared for Mick Cronin.  Or maybe Dusty pulls an FAU on Michigan and it's Dusty afterall.  

Please let it be Cronin. Brad bronwell would be like a big punch to the gut.

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23 minutes ago, 12345Brad said:

How was he in over his head at Dayton?  His system led him to multiple tourney appearances and win.  
 

I think he wasn’t successful at IU bc of all the other, non on-court stuff the IU job requires - which he simply didn’t have the personality for nor had much interest in.   But his Dayton resume was very solid IMO. 

IMO a huge factor was that damn packline defense.  Either he didn't recruit guys that could execute it, he didn't teach it well enough, or it won't work against better competition (UVA suggests otherwise).

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24 minutes ago, 12345Brad said:

I also wonder if there is a different non current college coach in the mix?

I haven’t heard enough Billy Donovan talk this cycle.  The Bulls are going nowhere fast.  He might get fired.  He might just leave, since I can't imagine it’s fun working for Reinsdorf. Old Billy D seems just as realistic as Jay Wright or Tony Bennett.

Anyone know if there any horse farms on the market in the Bloomington area?