General Coach Candidate News

[Jeff Flabjohns 2,787]

3 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Could we call Cronin "universally liked"? What constitutes "universal"? I've seen plenty of dissenters around these parts, and I am one, as well... not a fan of his personality, coupled with a somewhat pedestrian record at Cincinnati and UCLA...

Drew would potentially be the universally liked candidate and Cronin otherwise in the top 3. 

[Chris007 62,530]

Attention Attention The Mid-Day blitz is now over. I repeat the mid-day blitz is now over. Please go back to doing whatever you were

Also still have room on the Brad train if anyone wants on. 

[Hoosier DaDa 3,770]

2 hours 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

Thanks for the update Mr. I Joined 2 HRS Ago.  You seem credible. 

[Demo 23,590]

17 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Otz contract is really odd. The two things we know (salary and buyout) are to his benefit, and you have to assume there are some financial support promises in there for him too. Contracts are a two way street but on the surface it looks like ISU is getting railroaded. Someone make it make sense. 

I got nothin’. Not only is that not prohibitive, it feels like a get out of jail free card.

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,900]

No shot Few should be on the list if Beard isn't allowed. 

[Magnanimous 5,362]

20 minutes ago, IU Prof said:

Personally, I'd be kinda surprised if the new coach kept any of the three. Malik seems like a good kid, but as someone else put it, he's the type of player that gets you fired. Good enough you have to play him, but too many holes in his game to be a key cog in a championship level team. Mgbako needs a change of scenery. Rumor is that Tucker has been difficult behind the scenes (which is saying something with this crew).

I think you need a full reset to fix the culture.

I agree that our roster is a mess. We still may win a NC with them this year, but we’re probably looking at a big turnover this offseason.

[RaceToTheTop 31,132]

4 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

The problem with Malik is nothing is ever his fault. He can have 3 players and 2 coaches tell him he screwed up and he still argues his side

I would agree with that, although as far as I know he hasn’t had the off court issues that we’ve seen from other players.

[Jeff Flabjohns 2,787]

[lillurk 5,132]

Just now, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

No shot Few should be on the list if Beard isn't allowed. 

I mean both infractions are bad but uhhhhh

[go iu bb 9,615]

Some interesting info from Rabjohns. He said that he doesn't think any school paid more than $2M buyout to hire a coach in the last 5 cycles.

I hope IU doesn't go cheap and rule out a really good coach that they have a chance of hiring because the buyout is, say, $4M instead of $2M or less.

[GP711 2,069]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

Attention Attention The Mid-Day blitz is now over. I repeat the mid-day blitz is now over. Please go back to doing whatever you were

Also still have room on the Brad train if anyone wants on. 

Glad you are seeing the pattern:)

[Hoosier DaDa 3,770]

2 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Reinforcements standing by

Is that little Old Fart picking up some bandwidth? 

[JPCIVOP 692]

17 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Cronin only made a final 4 because half of his starters were from another coach. 

*Narrator*

That other coach was Steve Alford, not some gangbusters recruiter.

[AZ Hoosier 10,904]

1 hour ago, the_jackal said:

Directly connected to Dolson. Let's just say I speak regularly with someone who speaks with Dolson every day. 1 of the very, very few people who actually knows specific names he is targeting. Either this guy is giving me bad info on purpose about Stevens - honestly could be a smokescreen - or he gave me good info into the current landscape of the search. 

Used to go by a different name on this site but deleted that account. maybe Chris will remember, but I told him Archie would be the hire about a week before he was announced via DMs. Don't post on other boards, but have lurked here for a while. Don't want to be the bad guy, i want stevens just as much as everyone else and hope this is just bad info. figured i'd pass along what i heard yesterday

- Jackal

Ok, not questioning the jackal, per se, but dang... every day we get these new guys who "know somebody who knows somebody" and they come here with the true facts... of course, the info is shrouded in unverifiable secrecy... so we really don't know anything after reading their "input".

Color me "skeptical"... and leaning hard towards coming back when IU has hired a coach... 1600 pages of "he said/he said/I'm guessing/I want to insert myself into the conversation". But then again, it's an entertaining way to get to 3 pm on March 2...

[Hoosier DaDa 3,770]

2 hours 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

 

2 hours ago, MrBBall said:

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

I'm placing a strong guess that the_jackal doesn't know anything. 

[TadQueasy 2,583]

Just now, AZ Hoosier said:

Ok, not questioning the jackal, per se, but dang... every day we get these new guys who "know somebody who knows somebody" and they come here with the true facts... of course, the info is shrouded in unverifiable secrecy... so we really don't know anything after reading their "input".

Color me "skeptical"... and leaning hard towards coming back when IU has hired a coach... 1600 pages of "he said/he said/I'm guessing/I want to insert myself into the conversation". But then again, it's an entertaining way to get to 3 pm on March 2...

Don't pretend like you can leave this place and come back when a coach is hired. You will be here every day and you will like it! 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,900]

3 minutes ago, lillurk said:

I mean both infractions are bad but uhhhhh

nopeeeee. stay consistent.... Beards out, Fews out, Drew is out too... 

 

F*** I just backed myself into Cronin's corner. 

[Chris007 62,530]

2 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Sisley and Hrno.  Cupps might be kept around for positive culture.

on Tucker:  sequence of events — when he got pulled after 5 minutes against UCLA, he was laughing as he went to the bench.  I would assume that an assistant said something to him about his attitude (rightly so) and Tucker didn’t handle it well.

I was sitting in row 2 behind the bench and my wife literally thought Tucker was going to attack someone. He had that look in his eye

[AZ Hoosier 10,904]

1 hour ago, DoctorP said:

This just seems like the same thing he signed in December—so they didn’t re-re-extend him?

Someone posted last night/this morning that it's the same deal... they negotiated it in December but didn't sign it until very recently... 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,900]

2 minutes ago, JPCIVOP said:

*Narrator*

That other coach was Steve Alford, not some gangbusters recruiter.

right. UCLA is given talent even with average coaches