General Coach Candidate News

[Chris007]

Just now, AH1971 said:

Haven't been on the Rivals board 5 or 6 years

Might want to give it another try. I've heard good things

[AKHoosier]

18 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

A Mike Woodson hire followed by a Brad Brownell hire would be a harder one-two punch to the gut than anything Muhammad Ali could ever dream of landing. 

If we hire Brad Brownell to replace 8 years of Archie Miller and Mike Woodson....

IU is basically imploring all of us to get a new hobby.

[AH1971]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

Might want to give it another try. I've heard good things

Is it still free? Not going to pay for equally bad intel when I can readily get it here.

[8bucks]

1 hour ago, MaynardaHoosier said:

The post would have been much better received if I had just put Brad Stevens 1 through 10.  Most people want a hotboard that fills their emotional needs.

No just seeing Alford, during this cycle, just does not make sense.  In other coach search discussions, he was coming off pretty good runs but he has been pretty quiet and does not seem a reasonable fit at all.

[Mr. Hoosier Pride]

5 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Haven't been on the Rivals board in 5 or 6 years

they said they miss you....I'd at least poke my head in and say hello

[Motley's]

8 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

There was a Candidate thread for Steven’s back in 2021, don’t know what happened to it

Yeah, it just makes sense. People have a hard time keeping up with so many posts in one thread

[AH1971]

1 minute ago, Motley's said:

Yeah, it just makes sense. People have a hard time keeping up with so many posts in one thread

I'd imagine a Brad Stevens only thread would rival a Joel Osteen telethon. 

[Sobchak_Security]

30 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

No doubt, but in a world where Scott Drew (and more importantly his wife) don't want to uproot their lives and everything they've built in Waco coupled with Otzelberger being perfectly content Ames, Brad Brownell becomes a much more realistic candidate than 95% of people on this board want to believe. All that I was alluding too this morning. I definitely see a scenario where Scott Drew and TJ Otzelberger pass on the IU job, in fact, in wouldn't surprise me in the least.

Serious question….if Brownell is a serious candidate, why not Alford?

[Pagoda]

Perhaps a separate thread called "I'm Upset with the General Coach Candidate News Thread" would be useful?

Posters could discuss candidates they don't like being mentioned, or how they don't like that everyone doesn't agree with them.

/s

[#1fanofafrin]

Edited March 3, 2025 by #1fanofafrin

[go iu bb]

Just now, Sobchak_Security said:

Serious question….if Brownell is a serious candidate, why not Alford?

Pierre Pierce.

Plus following up firing an underachieving alumn to hire another alumn who hasn't performed that well at the P5 level would be a mistake.

[theriverpilot]

1 minute ago, Pagoda said:

Perhaps a separate thread called "I'm Upset with the General Coach Candidate News Thread" would be useful?

Posters could discuss candidates they don't like being mentioned, or how they don't like that everyone doesn't agree with them.

/s

I actually like this.  You should remove the /s

[IUGRAD06]

1 minute ago, go iu bb said:

Pierre Pierce.

Plus following up firing an underachieving alumn to hire another alumn who hasn't performed that well at the P5 level would be a mistake.

Exactly….we already know Alford failed at the P5 level twice…..

[HinnyHoosier]

4 minutes ago, Sobchak_Security said:

Serious question….if Brownell is a serious candidate, why not Alford?

Fool me twice kinda thing.

[Ghost of Rick Majerus]

*Me when I check the forum and see another day of Mark Turgeon conversations. *

[AZ Hoosier]

38 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

A Mike Woodson hire followed by a Brad Brownell hire would be a harder one-two punch to the gut than anything Muhammad Ali could ever dream of landing. 

And to string Archie-Woodson-Brownell back to back to back would be insanity, IMO...

[HoosierHuddle]

11 minutes ago, Sobchak_Security said:

Serious question….if Brownell is a serious candidate, why not Alford?

Well, we can't say for certain what Dolson or anyone in power is thinking about Brownell (a man I like quite a bit) and what makes him a candidate but in direct comparison to Alford and looking in the NIL era:

Brownell had a strong season in 2023-2024 and then a great tournament run. He is having Clemson's best ACC season in the history of the program after losing PJ Hall and Joe Girard. He also does not have the "former great IU player" tag that could be a detriment in this particular coaching cycle. Compare that to Steve Alford...he has not been past the round of 64 since 2016-2017, Nevada is 15-10 and 7-7 in the Mountain West. You could argue that one is on the ascendancy and the other is on the decline. In addition, I know many AAU coaches and high school coaches in the state of Indiana (certainly cannot speak for all of them) like and respect Brad Brownell and do not feel the same way about Steve Alford.

I'll close with...I do not believe either will be offered the job and this conversation is likely moot.

 

[JPCIVOP]

10 minutes ago, IUGRAD06 said:

Exactly….we already know Alford failed at the P5 level twice…..

The amazing thing is that - with hindsight - hiring Alford instead of Sampson would have clearly been the better move. Alford likely would have done at least what he managed at UCLA, and would have been excellent at recruiting the state. Would have also started to wear out his welcome right when Stevens began his assent. 

A nice piece of alternate history!

[jimsorgi]

13 minutes ago, theriverpilot said:

I actually like this.  You should remove the /s

Thread should be titled:

"General Coach Candidate News But Only the Candidates I Think Should Be Discussed"

[AZ Hoosier]

28 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Blasphemy. It's a free message board and all opinions are welcomed except the ones that go against the herd mentality 

Mildly passive/aggressive, but, you do you.