General Coach Candidate News

[jimsorgi 496]

29 minutes ago, greenskeepbl said:

Long time lurker, first time poster. I think I’ve read all comments on this topic and I’m yet to see an article that my brother sent me from the San Diego Union Tribune about the UCSD coach Eric Olen being on IU’s radar. The story is behind a paywall, I’ll share link, see if people can read it. I also found it being discussed on a UCLA message board. 
 

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/19/college-hoops-report-ucsd-knows-it-has-best-coach-in-the-country-in-eric-olen-usd-to-host-oregon-state/

He's done a great job and seems like a really good coach. In addition to the leap in terms of level, he's also been at the same school in California for 20 years. 

I'd probably hire him if I were Cal and honestly would rather take my chances there than a Brownell type hire. But doesn't seem to make much sense for IU. 

[Hoosier DaDa 3,527]

3 hours ago, IU Prof said:

Here's a question...would you rather have Woodson win the natty this year, but then come back for 3 more years, or go out in the first weekend, but get a new coach?

Would the answer change if you knew the new coach wasn't Brad/Drew/Otz/Pearl/Few?

I’ll take the natty three more years of complaining about Woody.

[skhoosier2 7]

7 minutes ago, greenskeepbl said:

Record 26-4

Overall Kenpom 35

Offense 48

Defense 35

Pretty solid numbers. You just don’t know if that’s too big of a leap.

If the obvious top 5 aren’t available, I personally like the idea of Collins. He runs very good stuff on both ends and think he’d be very successful with IU’s resources. 

 

Collin’s would be low on my list but he’s not a bad choice. I think it’s going to be hard not to do better than Woody at this point lol

I like DeVries, McCollum, and Byington in that tier with Collins.  All good coaches who I think have a chance to do great things at IU. Hoping for one of those top tier guys though but none of these are bad options should we have to move down the list. 

[Mopladysman 860]

47 minutes ago, greenskeepbl said:

Long time lurker, first time poster. I think I’ve read all comments on this topic and I’m yet to see an article that my brother sent me from the San Diego Union Tribune about the UCSD coach Eric Olen being on IU’s radar. The story is behind a paywall, I’ll share link, see if people can read it. I also found it being discussed on a UCLA message board. 
 

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/19/college-hoops-report-ucsd-knows-it-has-best-coach-in-the-country-in-eric-olen-usd-to-host-oregon-state/

Good find!

[Hoosierfanyuh 3,855]

Flights? Mentioned in the peegs chat

[lillurk 4,408]

Just now, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Flights? Mentioned in the peegs chat

I’m all ears, is it the weekend/search firm stuff or something more recent?

[coonhounds 10,103]

Flights? Mentioned in the peegs chat

Love some good flight stuff!

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[Hoosierfanyuh 3,855]

All I’ve got is there’s a screenshot floating around so far lol

[Motley's 290]

It’s Cronin. Everything Dolson is looking for. 
Both sophomore guard Eric Dailey Jr. and junior guard Skyy Clark are first-year transfers this offseason and are receiving their first seasons as a Mick Cronin-coached player. The way they both spoke about his coaching style proves that they are beyond grateful for the job he has done this year.

“Since my first day here until now, I've definitely matured probably the most I have in a season," Clark said. "He's [Cronin] taught us a lot; he's taught us just about how the real world works and he's definitely tough on us. There's some days we walk into practice and he's just on us the whole day, but if you really sit back and look at it from a different perspective, you could tell that he does care about us and that he's looking out for our best interests.”

"I feel like coach teaches a lot of lessons that don't pertain to basketball too," Dailey said. "A lot of life lessons, a lot of real-life situations. I know y'all so well, the media talks about how he coaches and everything, but I think that's real. 

"He's just a real coach, a real person, and that's really what you need to survive in this real world. He's taught us a lot, taught us to save money, he taught us how to manage money, taught us how to be a good person as well through basketball. 

"I think just the discipline side of it. He yells, but everything in the world is not going to be nice and pretty, so I think that's making us tough for the real world."

 https://www.si.com/college/ucla/men-s-basketball/bruins-mick-cronin-eric-dailey-jr-01jmz2e65cs0

[Hoosierfan1901 7,276]

4 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

All I’ve got is there’s a screenshot floating around so far lol

Everyone loves flight tracking 

[Alistair Smash 72]

9 minutes ago, lillurk said:

I’m all ears, is it the weekend/search firm stuff or something more recent?

I personally miss the realtor talk from last night. I’m not proud of it. 

[Hoosierfanyuh 3,855]

Rabby just admitted he doesn’t know what Scott Dolson is thinking haha

[cthomas 6,555]

Obviously I know absolutely nothing. But logically thinking, I don't think successful high major coaches are leaving where they are to come to IU. If you look at it from an unbiased viewpoint why would they. I think our best option is to find the guy, like Cignetti, who is ready to take the next step and hire him. Looking at the last few years, not many big time coaches have left where they are to go somewhere else. I love IU but we are better in our own mind than we are outside the bubble. Let's find the right guy ready to move up and have success for the next 20 years.

[Scotty R 2,841]

To me this year is a good year to try to get a power 5 coach especially from the big 12. With our NIL and that IU revenue sharing. I think it will be a lot more than a big 12 can offer. I think coaches like TJO or Drew will wonder what the future will hold for programs like ISU and Baylor when it comes to revenue sharing.

Also I have already messaged Chris to apologize about my conduct from a few weeks ago. I also let him know it wasn't me today that was talking about him on HSN.

[Chris007 55,341]

12 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Flights? Mentioned in the peegs chat

Been interesting the last couple of days and tonight. 

[HoosierSadaseci 2,436]

13 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Flights? Mentioned in the peegs chat

They're just drones...

[tyappleg 5,665]

3 minutes ago, Alistair Smash said:

I personally miss the realtor talk from last night. I’m not proud of it. 

Realtor and Flights convo >>> Talking about Mick Cronin for the millionth time. 

Coaching searches are supposed to be fun.  Let's have some fun. 

[Chris007 55,341]

10 minutes ago, coonhounds said:

Love some good flight stuff!

Sent from my SM-S926U using Tapatalk
 

I’ll DM you the flights tomorrow if someone hasn’t posted them. Busy tonight. 

[Chris007 55,341]

2 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

To me this year is a good year to try to get a power 5 coach especially from the big 12. With our NIL and that IU revenue sharing. I think it will be a lot more than a big 12 can offer. I think coaches like TJO or Drew will wonder what the future will hold for programs like ISU and Baylor when it comes to revenue sharing.

Also I have already messaged Chris to apologize about my conduct from a few weeks ago. I also let him know it wasn't me today that was talking about him on HSN.

Scotty and I are on the same page and we’re getting a good coach. Go Hoosiers 

[hoosierbannerd 2,588]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Been interesting the last couple of days and tonight. 

cliffs/summary good sir?