General Coach Candidate News

[iu eyedoc 4,503]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

The P is silent

Were you sitting?

[Scotty R 3,765]

21 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

Pfau family I would think.

Isn't one of Stevens representative in Florida 

[Alistair Smash 582]

3 hours ago, IUBtown said:

Don't come for the leaks itself but what the leaks represent.  Hope.  

Would I like leaks to stop?  Depends…

[iu eyedoc 4,503]

2 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

Isn't one of Stevens representative in Florida 

Do you mean  Pflorida?

[Mopladysman 1,450]

4 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

Were you sitting?

We found the leak. 

[Uspshoosier 54,534]

During Archie’s hiring cycle IU met with Archie in Atlanta and then again in San Jose before he was hired 

[IUBtown 586]

6 minutes ago, Alistair Smash said:

Would I like leaks to stop?  Depends…

Would still be leaks but the leak wouldn't leak.  

[rcbowla 8,281]

11 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

The P is silent

But the princess fart isn't

[Pagoda 4,763]

34 minutes ago, OKHOOSIER said:

I think it is probably pretty safe to assume the wolverine is a hard no at this point. If I was going to put a wager, I think it is almost certainly Drew at 1B FWIW.

If true and we are able to get a Drew/Otz/Lloyd type, I think that's for the best.  Dusty would do well here, but it's such a big task for him at this stage in his career.  If we miss on the bigger names and get a riskier coach, of course I'll wish we got Dusty this time around or last year.  But just looking at this situation, moving to IU right now is hard for him.

He just jumped up to a big time job 11 months ago.  He completed a rebuild and now he's trying to win the conference (I know he may come up just short) and do something in the tourney.  He just signed a new deal and I'm sure has been establishing relationships with the UM admin and their donors -- basically building a foundation.  That is a lot of work in one year's time.

To do all that and then leave to restart AGAIN with an even bigger job and probably even tougher rebuild, is just a huge undertaking.  He throws away all that foundational work he just put in at UM.  I suspect IU has more institutional rot that needs fixing than UM too.  I don't blame him for staying at UM IF he was offered the IU job. 

Also, an older, more seasoned coach will be better positioned to fix IU.  I'm not saying they need to 70 years old, but Dusty has one year of P5 experience.  It's going to take a strong personality with presence to clean up Woody's mess.  Dusty could do it, don't get me wrong, I'm just saying a more experienced coach could be the more ideal fit.  I admit this might be some "cope" on my part...

Can we get a top-end, experienced coach?  I don't know.  It's not easy, but I'm optimistic with Scott and Pam selling IU and the significant resource upgrade a coach can get here. 

[maxwell 685]

B's,  Z's & silent P's.  I just wanna see some made 3's.

[RaceToTheTop 31,278]

26 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

 

And who the hell was 2A?

Quarterback for the Miami Dolphins.

[str8baller 7,605]

39 minutes ago, Papacap said:

For those of us who have zero clue (maybe just me), what’s the Florida connection? 

Pat Chambers has Florida Gulf Coast poised for a run in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tourney.

[Uspshoosier 54,534]

If I was to track flights during March I would look for Flights going from Indiana to where ever the coach is coaching in the NCAA tourney.    Archie’s brother was playing at San Jose so that’s why IU went there 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 12,096]

29 minutes ago, Bowhunter said:

Technically it’s the new 1B. Yes Original 1B not an option. 

May over Drew is silly. 

[str8baller 7,605]

25 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

A few people who are the money behind this have places there. I have heard Fuzzy Zoeller name more this year than any other year. Maybe he's the Zoeller and not Cody Zeller.

I think literally every Midwesterner with a net worth like the people you’re talking about have a place somewhere between Marco Island and Ft. Meyers. 

[HoosierAccipiter 307]

1 hour ago, Artie86 said:

ANY cousin Eddie reference is a win!

[Chris007 62,598]

5 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

If I was to track flights during March I would look for Flights going from Indiana to where ever the coach is coaching in the NCAA tourney.    Archie’s brother was playing at San Jose so that’s why IU went there 

Hopefully wrapped up by then

[Dave from Dayton 4,042]

30 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

The P is silent

Unless it hits the water.

I have been told that many times.

[MonteMarcaccini 207]

23 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

During Archie’s hiring cycle IU met with Archie in Atlanta and then again in San Jose before he was hired 

By this account he met with IU twice which makes me think of what Crean said on the HH pod.

Crean only met with IU brass once in a late night meeting in a Chicago hotel.  He mentioned regrets that he didn’t find out more about the situation and  they probably should have found out more about him.

Realize the search form does a lot of vetting but crazy to think how these high profile jobs become cloak and dagger missions and, in the instance of those two hires, neither coach has the opportunity to visit IU, learn more about the fit etc.  

Also why I am skeptical that all these flights are actually resulting in meetings.  Past history doesn’t indicate such.

[Dave from Dayton 4,042]

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