General Coach Candidate News

[TTT 1,137]

No wonder all the elites believe they are significantly grandiose who are involved in decision making…..when they look at all the posts on these kinds of platform threads and the importance they are to posters, media, all kinds of people, and in their minds it’s time for another…. Big Pay Raise 

[RaceToTheTop 28,532]

9 hours ago, Deserthoozier said:

Chances were here again in 3-4 years? I’ve got 50/50.

I'll take the 50.

[RaceToTheTop 28,532]

10 hours ago, HinnyHoosier said:

And when Boston falls on their face to end the season there will be a good amount of pressure to post-mortem it and make effective changes. Come home to a hero's welcome.

With all of the extensions they've made, they don't have room to make changes.  They are pretty ride or die.

[P92 274]

If there is an announcement tomorrow at 3 on Fox Sports, I move this site be renamed “IsaacTor’s Btown Banners”

[EasyEJay 212]

9 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Well watching UCLA some more... Nothing secures not wanting Cronin much more.

Cooling big time on Cronin and warming / heating up on the idea of Collins . 
 

I think he would kill it with IUs resources . If he were to get it maybe he would bring KJ Windham (Ben Davis HS) back home with him . Just another hard nosed Indy guard (Conwell , Pack and others ) 

[Gameface01 91]

When's the portal open? And if the youngest Stevens puts his name in it

[iu eyedoc 3,338]

Happy March 2nd 3pm public announcement foxsports Day Eve everyone.

[Asha’man 257]

1 hour ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

The Coach Cig and Woody hires tell me Dolson isn’t worried about age.

I think Dolson is only really looking at 4-6 year windows.

I want a upper 40’s lower 50’s guy myself but Dolson getting another 60 year old wouldn’t surprise me in the least.


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Been thinking the same since the beginning. I think if a coach like Few or Pearl want to come, O think Dolson will hire them before taking a 40 year old. It’s a guaranteed good stretch for a coach of Few and Pearls caliber. And then do it again. 

[Dave from Dayton 3,893]

6 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

Happy March 2nd 3pm public announcement foxsports Day Eve everyone.

Spoiler alert:  

[jimsorgi 489]

9 hours ago, Deserthoozier said:

Chances were here again in 3-4 years? I’ve got 50/50.

It is our solemn duty to discuss Brad Stevens as the next IU coach every four years. 

[BlueDevil 9,295]

The fact that Indiana is on the verge of a 3rd NCAA tournament in the last 4 years and Dolson is STILL going to make a change at HC tells me all I need to know in trusting that his expectations align with the majority of the fan base. That alone makes me confident he will make a big splash hire. Just making the tournament isn't good enough.

[HoosierInParadise 985]

It is our solemn duty to discuss Brad Stevens as the next IU coach every four years. 

So if he comes here, we should maybe only give him 4 year contracts at a time so we can discuss his re-hire every 4 years. Just let him know on the front end that it's a tradition for the message board fan base. Think he'll go for it?

[Trish 12,742]

32 minutes ago, Gameface01 said:

When's the portal open? And if the youngest Stevens puts his name in it

March 25th. 

[AZ Hoosier 9,407]

11 hours ago, OKHOOSIER said:

Yea, but would he ever be able to title himself King of Massachusetts?

The Masshole King

[NYhoosier 14]

On 2/27/2025 at 11:20 AM, OKHOOSIER said:

Assistant to the regional manager of IU possibly?

Assistant to the Travelling Secretary 

[AZ Hoosier 9,407]

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

I'll be the heretic on this one and say that IF we hire Brad Stevens - and I'm highly skeptical - we will be doing this again in no more than 5 years.  IMO he's a man who needs a challenge and will get bored being back on the sidelines as a college coach.  In some respects, I view him as a turnaround specialist.  He's the guy that goes in and cleans up the last guys mess and then moves on and in Brad's case likely back to the NBA.

So, Brad would be a bridge hire? 

But I could see that as a real possibility.

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If not, Brad, I could really get behind a young coach that could create their own culture here over the years and someone with a good personality and a great basketball mind and give them all the resources they need to cook..

I know it would be risky but at this point, I don’t really care, but I could get excited for possibly a Bucky McMillan or an Alan Huss type hire.

[Dave from Dayton 3,893]

41 minutes ago, jimsorgi said:

It is our solemn duty to discuss Brad Stevens as the next IU coach every four years. 

[str8baller 6,476]

3 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

So, Brad would be a bridge hire? 

But I could see that as a real possibility.

As long as he’s successful when here and trying to win championships I don’t think it would make him a bridge hire in my eyes. 
 

Larry Brown was at Kansas 5 years before going to the pros. Ranked every year, good seed every year, and a national title. Is that a bridge hire or just a really good hire?

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