General Coach Candidate News

[AZ Hoosier]

11 hours ago, OKHOOSIER said:

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

The Masshole King

[NYhoosier]

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]

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.

[ronzo4IU]

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]

41 minutes ago, jimsorgi said:

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

[str8baller]

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?

[#1fanofafrin]

[Juwan Moye]

As confident as I am that there won’t be some announcement on Fox Sports tomorrow, how much would we collectively freak out if today or tomorrow a press conference is announced for 3pm tomorrow? 
 

Id guess we’d have a lot of adults who inside feel like 6 year olds on Christmas Eve.

[AZ Hoosier]

6 minutes ago, ronzo4IU said:

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.

I don't want another experiment. It's been ten years since we've been close to "meets expectations"... we need a proven P5 winner.

[EasyEJay]

Absolutely embarrassing kind of stuff from a top tier NBA franchise. All this after blowing a big lead to Cleveland . 
 

clearly new ownership will need to have some tough conversations, probably a total restructure of the front office needed . Starting with the President/ GM I’m sure he will Land of his feet in the world of basketball ;) 

[AZ Hoosier]

4 minutes ago, str8baller said:

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?

Given that no one coaches forever, I guess they are all ultimately "bridge" hires... but yeah, definitely need a bridge forward... and Brad would be that... so could guys like Drew and Otz.

[Unexpectedflash]

2 minutes ago, EasyEJay said:

Absolutely embarrassing kind of stuff from a top tier NBA franchise. All this after blowing a big lead to Cleveland . 
 

clearly new ownership will need to have some tough conversations, probably a total restructure of the front office needed . Starting with the President/ GM I’m sure he will Land of his feet in the world of basketball ;) 

lol you got centel’d

[str8baller]

1 minute ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Given that no one coaches forever, I guess they are all ultimately "bridge" hires... but yeah, definitely need a bridge forward... and Brad would be that... so could guys like Drew and Otz.

Got it. Bottom line is we need someone to elevate this program badly. If that is a couple years or twenty I think this fanbase will go crazy either way. 

[Pagoda]

1 minute ago, Unexpectedflash said:

lol you got centel’d

RIP Centel :-(

[Unexpectedflash]

Just now, Pagoda said:

RIP Centel :-(

It made a comeback haha thank god

[EasyEJay]

Just now, Unexpectedflash said:

lol you got centel’d

Yes I know it’s fake , I will say I did truly get central’s when they posted about what’s his name from sixers retiring . 

[Demo]

9 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

I don't want another experiment. It's been ten years since we've been close to "meets expectations"... we need a proven P5 winner.

I’ll be pretty surprised if we have to worry about that. This just screams a situation in which they’ll overpay for a degree of certainty. It’s not gonna be some Huss-type.

[Sandman]

I don't get the "he would be amazing with IU's resources!" line of thinking. If the resources are so great, why haven't there been decent results over the last 25 years? Shouldn't the resources elevate even a crap coach? Or were the resources nonexistant until this year? 

[ronzo4IU]

14 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

I don't want another experiment. It's been ten years since we've been close to "meets expectations"... we need a proven P5 winner.

I understand that and I also understand the frustration of this fan base, but I just don’t think that they’re that many coaches out there that are a guarantee.  And also, I’d rather not hire a really old coach so that we have to think about the hiring process again soon.

[IU5355]

3 minutes ago, Sandman said:

I don't get the "he would be amazing with IU's resources!" line of thinking. If the resources are so great, why haven't there been decent results over the last 25 years? Shouldn't the resources elevate even a crap coach? Or were the resources nonexistant until this year? 

NIL has helped IU tremendously. A good staff could kill it with our funds.