General Coach Candidate News

[HoosierInParadise]

I'm not advocating Cronin over Drew, would take either in a heartbeat. I think it's wild that one person can be so dismissive of one coach over the other despite having almost identical pros and cons. 

Records and stats aside then, Cronin kind of annoys me and Drew doesn't when it comes to listening to them talk. I'd rather have Drew...

[Hoosierfanyuh]

8 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Uh oh.  This news is going to need to be factored in.

(jk… mostly)

This is honestly a valid concern lol. They mean well and do raise decent amounts of money but them being that close with a coach is not fun to see haha

[lillurk]

9 minutes ago, Demo said:

Archie’s as clean an example as we’ll  ever see of a guy just being too small for a job. From that 1st presser where he looked completely spooked to the Indiana State debacle where he had no answers at all. He was dead man walking. The rest was just shouting.

Ran an errand at halftime of ISU and thought: we’re stuck with this shmuck for years. Game 1!

[Silat Player]

5 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

You made me do this. 

 

[Demo]

7 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

You made me do this. 

No one in the history of the game needed that visual less. Brutal.

[Chris007]

14 minutes ago, IU Prof said:

One thought that has probably already been posted, but just occurred to me...

Let's say Dolson is of the mind to use smokescreens for a search like this. And let's say he landed a big fish (Few, Drew, Pearl, etc.) early on. Brad would be the ultimate smokescreen, in order to keep the true hire protected until after the season...

And if that is the case, we're still getting an amazing coach and it's a huge improvement on day 1.

[str8baller]

12 minutes ago, JPCIVOP said:

UCLA's 2008-2009 team is their last really good one

Not exactly a ringing endorsement of Cronin.
 

Harrick and Howland had little trouble building contenders there. Cronin is close to Lavin and Alford than those two. 
 

I don’t hate Cronin but he really hasn’t built the rosters that Drew has. 

[the_jackal]

this post will be met with skepticism, which is understandable. but it won't be Stevens. 100% confident on that. Dolson's current list is 3, he doesn't have his "man", but any of those 3 would be really strong hires. has plans D and E as well, names we've all heard but hope it doesn't get to them. Nothing announced until late march at the earliest. deep talks with 1 candidate in particular, a name i think would be just about universally liked, but nothing signed and won't be until his team is done

- Jackal

[HoosierInParadise]

this post will be met with skepticism, which is understandable. but it won't be Stevens. 100% confident on that. Dolson's current list is 3, he doesn't have his "man", but any of those 3 would be really strong hires. has plans D and E as well, names we've all heard but hope it doesn't get to them. Nothing announced until late march at the earliest. deep talks with 1 candidate in particular, a name i think would be just about universally liked, but nothing signed and won't be until his team is done
- Jackal

Isaac?

[JHoosier914]

1 minute ago, the_jackal said:

this post will be met with skepticism, which is understandable. but it won't be Stevens. 100% confident on that. Dolson's current list is 3, he doesn't have his "man", but any of those 3 would be really strong hires. has plans D and E as well, names we've all heard but hope it doesn't get to them. Nothing announced until late march at the earliest. deep talks with 1 candidate in particular, a name i think would be just about universally liked, but nothing signed and won't be until his team is done

- Jackal

Without a name, I think the skepticism might be alleviated a little bit if you shared something about your source.  Not saying it is - but SOUNDS like a hunch the way you've typed it

[CrossboneIU22]

I like hearing Stevens and McCollum this morning.  I would be happy with either, but CRAZY thought, how about Stevens as the GM and McCollum as the head coach or vice versa.  

Honestly though, McCollum seems more plausible based on what I have read on here (personal opinion), and while I would be on board with that, my recent poll suggests it would divide the fan base. But I'm still on the Stevens train until it crashes and burns or arrives at the station safely.

[GP711]

[Stuhoo]

3 minutes ago, the_jackal said:

this post will be met with skepticism, which is understandable. but it won't be Stevens. 100% confident on that. Dolson's current list is 3, he doesn't have his "man", but any of those 3 would be really strong hires. has plans D and E as well, names we've all heard but hope it doesn't get to them. Nothing announced until late march at the earliest. deep talks with 1 candidate in particular, a name i think would be just about universally liked, but nothing signed and won't be until his team is done

- Jackal

MANY thanks for chiming in.

Please don't be a stranger!

[Uspshoosier]

13 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

Baylor is currently slated to be accepting a bid into the NIT.

9 seed as of today 

[southernindianahoosier2]

5 minutes ago, the_jackal said:

this post will be met with skepticism, which is understandable. but it won't be Stevens. 100% confident on that. Dolson's current list is 3, he doesn't have his "man", but any of those 3 would be really strong hires. has plans D and E as well, names we've all heard but hope it doesn't get to them. Nothing announced until late march at the earliest. deep talks with 1 candidate in particular, a name i think would be just about universally liked, but nothing signed and won't be until his team is done

- Jackal

Interesting... Who's he had deep talks with?

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

1 hour ago, AZ Hoosier said:

His punishment should be to help Old Fart fetch the extra bandwidth from the crick... might need it today the way this is shaping up...

Reinforcements standing by

[MrBBall]

Just now, southernindianahoosier2 said:

Interesting... Who's he had deep talks with?

I’m placing a strong guess as Drew. 80% sure

[TadQueasy]

7 minutes ago, the_jackal said:

this post will be met with skepticism, which is understandable. but it won't be Stevens. 100% confident on that. Dolson's current list is 3, he doesn't have his "man", but any of those 3 would be really strong hires. has plans D and E as well, names we've all heard but hope it doesn't get to them. Nothing announced until late march at the earliest. deep talks with 1 candidate in particular, a name i think would be just about universally liked, but nothing signed and won't be until his team is done

- Jackal

And you know all of this how Mr. Jackal? 

[Chris007]

2 minutes ago, HoosierInParadise said:

4 minutes ago, the_jackal said:

this post will be met with skepticism, which is understandable. but it won't be Stevens. 100% confident on that. Dolson's current list is 3, he doesn't have his "man", but any of those 3 would be really strong hires. has plans D and E as well, names we've all heard but hope it doesn't get to them. Nothing announced until late march at the earliest. deep talks with 1 candidate in particular, a name i think would be just about universally liked, but nothing signed and won't be until his team is done
- Jackal

Isaac?

I think I should get a cut of whatever money comes in, I post something, and then within 2 hours, we get a new person with their first post saying the exact opposite. If that is where Scott is right now, then watch out. Mark Turgeon come on down. 

[JStreetBumpin15]

5 minutes ago, the_jackal said:

this post will be met with skepticism, which is understandable. but it won't be Stevens. 100% confident on that. Dolson's current list is 3, he doesn't have his "man", but any of those 3 would be really strong hires. has plans D and E as well, names we've all heard but hope it doesn't get to them. Nothing announced until late march at the earliest. deep talks with 1 candidate in particular, a name i think would be just about universally liked, but nothing signed and won't be until his team is done

- Jackal

Long time lurker, first time poster. I just came on here to say: