General Coach Candidate News

[IU Prof]

Ok, ok...so natty for 3 more years of Woody was too much. Final 4 but Woody comes back 3 more years?

[theriverpilot]

2 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

How about win a title and Woody still retires and rides off into the sunset? Yea that sounds great.

^^^This is the answer 

[Home Jersey]

1 minute ago, IU Prof said:

Ok, ok...so natty for 3 more years of Woody was too much. Final 4 but Woody comes back 3 more years?

I’ll take the early exit

[rayl456]

1 hour ago, rayl456 said:

Obviously Stevens is in, and Brownell, Turgeon, and Beard aren’t in play…LOL. :)

Turning 75 has made me wise beyond my years.  LOL

[iubb]

10 minutes ago, Gameface01 said:

Your ears burning Chris007? Couple posters trying to drag you over on HSN. Seem to post here often too

People who do this are ******* cowards... 
If you have issues with a poster say it to their face.. Dont go running to someplace where they can't respond...

 

 

Thats childish and those people deserve all the scorn they get

 

 

Its the equivalent of badmouthing someone in a different language so they dont know you are talking **** about them 

[Asha’man]

2 hours ago, HoosierHuddle said:

Trilly posted his hot board...I did not see it so I am relying on the information provided to be accurate. Likely all agents and other coaches speculating but for whatever it is worth, his list was as follows:

Tier One - Otzelberger/Drew

Tier Two - McCollum/Brownell/McDermott

 

One of these is not like the others. At least to me. I’d take a chance on McCollum way before I gave the job to Brownell. 
 

Drew, Otz, McDermott, McCollum….large gap… Brownell 

[Hoosierfanyuh]

All i care about is having our coach the day of or before the portal opens 

[Mopladysman]

7 minutes ago, rcbowla said:

Where was the Fitzgerald thing reported?

In the Albuquerque Journey.

[HoosierInParadise]

Some of you have talked yourselves out of every great or even good candidate as a possibility. Stevens won't come because his daughter told him not to, Pearl won't come because his son wants to follow him, Drew won't come because IU is a pagan university, etc.....At this rate, those of you that think so poorly of this job will be just hoping we hire Dan Dakich

[iu eyedoc]

6 hours ago, AH1971 said:

Of course he would, he's on TV right now.

That's my point. This job isn't (as) appealing to well-established coaches currently in a good and supporting environment. There's zero reason for somebody like Nate Oats or Bruce Pearl or even Dusty May to leave their current jobs for IU even though IU has more history. 

I'm telling you not to act surprised when IU hires either an up and comer from the lower ranks or a "mediocre P5 coach".

So your saying Mike Woodson isn't coming back?

[rcbowla]

3 minutes ago, Mopladysman said:

In the Albuquerque Journey.

Not the hazing thing. Where Dolson wanted him but was vetoed by Whitten. 

[AZ Hoosier]

12 minutes ago, rcbowla said:

Where was the Fitzgerald thing reported?

It's been reported here throughout this, the football coach search and the FMW threads...

https://btownbanners.com/search/?&q="pat Fitzgerald" whitten&search_and_or=and

[Uspshoosier]

15 minutes ago, Gameface01 said:

Your ears burning Chris007? Couple posters trying to drag you over on HSN. Seem to post here often too

 

[TTT]

6 minutes ago, IU Prof said:

Ok, ok...so natty for 3 more years of Woody was too much. Final 4 but Woody comes back 3 more years?

Final 4 plus big ten tournament championship.  Plus some community service and speaking engagements to benefit community organizations.  More university and community benevolence.

[Asha’man]

1 hour ago, jimsorgi said:

You know who I would take over Brownell?

Niko Medved. 

Niko was the coach the Michigan fanbase was wanting when they thought Dusty would be going to Louisville. 

Edited March 3, 2025 by Asha’man

[iubb]

Just now, Uspshoosier said:

 

BAH BAH Black sheep

[Dave from Dayton]

3 minutes ago, HoosierInParadise said:

Some of you have talked yourselves out of every great or even good candidate as a possibility. Stevens won't come because his daughter told him not to, Pearl won't come because his son wants to follow him, Drew won't come because IU is a pagan university, etc.....At this rate, those of you that think so poorly of this job will be just hoping we hire Dan Dakich

I am a skeptic.  Show me....who will definitely ink a contract.

Until then I have a question:  There was a fun sports bar in Fort Myers Beach named Hoosiers in Paradise.  Do you have knowledge of that?  Any connections?

Saw some games there.  Fun memories.  Walls were like Nick's upstairs.

Lots of B1G fans attended viewing the games.  Not just Hoosiers in paradise.

 

[rcbowla]

2 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

It's been reported here throughout this, the football coach search and the FMW threads...

https://btownbanners.com/search/?&q="pat Fitzgerald" whitten&search_and_or=and

That's what I thought. So we don't actually know that to be a fact. 

P.s. trying to respond without sounding like a jerk but no matter how I word it, it comes out that way. Not my intent

[Hoosier82]

1 minute ago, HoosierInParadise said:

Some of you have talked yourselves out of every great or even good candidate as a possibility. Stevens won't come because his daughter told him not to, Pearl won't come because his son wants to follow him, Drew won't come because IU is a pagan university, etc.....At this rate, those of you that think so poorly of this job will be just hoping we hire Dan Dakich

Everyone has been burned too many times with mediocre hires.  IU has never pulled a big fish like a Bill Self or a Pitino.  We discuss the big names and then someone like Brownell gets announced.  We then do mental gymnastics justifying how he could win big here.  I hope this time is different, but I can see why some would expect it.  

[Chris007]

19 minutes ago, Gameface01 said:

Your ears burning Chris007? Couple posters trying to drag you over on HSN. Seem to post here often too

I’m guessing my buddy IUScott. I’m not even sure what I’ve done this time.