General Coach Candidate News

[Silat Player]

1 hour ago, hper50 said:

Wouldn't that be wild if we had a Catholic priest on the BTB board? Wonder what he'd think of all this religion talk 

Nah. That'd never happen. We're all heathens. Oh, wait, nevermind...LOL

[Herotime]

As a preacher I would love for our next coach to genuinely love Jesus in such a way that he does NOT have to preach sermons to his team or demand they go to church with him, but RATHER that they see he walks with integrity, class, and respect… that he treats everyone (from the 5star recruit to the water boy) with compassion and kindness. That he has a reputation for looking out for the good of others BUT also works hard and is willing to model self-sacrifice for the benefit of others. A saint once said, “Preach the word and when necessary use words.”

It’s true we are hiring a coach, but there’s also more to life than basketball. So, I’d like a coach who will model the kind of values that make the world a better place. 

[Chris007]

3 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

I bumped the profile photo size limit up. Should be a little easier now.

It's about time. We have been fighting for this for years. I don't really know what that means but great and good job. 

[Hornsby]

I'll answer myself.  Brad ****** Stevens!   I'm kidding.  I thinking Tommy Lloyd

Nope it's isaac tor

Sent from my SM-A146U using Tapatalk

[IU Prof]

39 minutes ago, theriverpilot said:

"Mr. Unexpected: At least two basketball insiders told me this is where IU will find its coach. A guy that nobody is discussing. A veteran coach who is looking for a challenge. A guy eager to embrace the job of succeeding where Mike Woodson and Archie Miller failed."

Here are the names in the article:
Scott Drew
TJ Otzelberger
Mick Cronin
Brad Brownell
Ben McCollum
Greg McDermott
Chris Beard (unlikely)
Buzz Williams
Chris Collins
Will Wade (did say this wouldn't happen)
Tony Bennett (unlikely)

So who is everyone's "Mr. Unexpected"?  And if someone says Turgeon.......

Others have mentioned Few, Wright, Brad, and Self. I'd add Oats.

[MonteMarcaccini]

17 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

Mark Few but he once said the IU fan base was nuts

Jay Wright

The Arizona coach

Brad Stevens 

Left field candidate- Randy Bennett?

[PartyintheVillas]

3 minutes ago, Herotime said:

As a preacher I would love for our next coach to genuinely love Jesus in such a way that he does NOT have to preach sermons to his team or demand they go to church with him, but RATHER that they see he walks with integrity, class, and respect… that he treats everyone (from the 5star recruit to the water boy) with compassion and kindness. That he has a reputation for looking out for the good of others BUT also works hard and is willing to model self-sacrifice for the benefit of others. A saint once said, “Preach the word and when necessary use words.”

It’s true we are hiring a coach, but there’s also more to life than basketball. So, I’d like a coach who will model the kind of values that make the world a better place. 

Nailed it.

[Hoosierfan1901]

Call me an Insider but,

”Mr Unexpected”= Larry Brown

my #1 since the beginning 

[Bowhunter]

37 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

send it to me and I will fix it...

I think I got it . Thanks 

[IU Prof]

I'd be shocked if we hire someone who hasn't been at least mentioned on this board. And if so, that's probably not a good sign. I mean, we've seriously discussed Turgeon and Groce, for goodness sakes.

[68Hoosier]

1 minute ago, IU Prof said:

I'd be shocked if we hire someone who hasn't been at least mentioned on this board. And if so, that's probably not a good sign. I mean, we've seriously discussed Turgeon and Groce, for goodness sakes.

What scares is last year and out of nowhere Woodson is the next coach.  

[Kentuckysucks]

4 minutes ago, IU Prof said:

I'd be shocked if we hire someone who hasn't been at least mentioned on this board. And if so, that's probably not a good sign. I mean, we've seriously discussed Turgeon and Groce, for goodness sakes.

Have we talked about Dolson’s good buddy Mr Steve Alford?

[Kodos]

57 minutes ago, JimmerNoe said:

The only reasonable takeaway is that we are hiring Brad Stevens or Big Turge

 

Edited March 4, 2025 by Kodos

[Jet812]

The answer is obvious.  Randy Wittman is Mr Unexpected…

[HoosierPapi4]

I'm going to set the O/U of pages for this topic at 2450 before a coach is announced. 

Edited March 4, 2025 by HoosierPapi4

[Artie86]

......don't have any Mind Readers, Fortune Tellers or Tarot Card readers on here that can give us any hints? lol

[FartsMcGee]

Copilot, summarize this document

[westgym]

4 hours ago, go iu bb said:

The revenue sharing cap is the same, regardless of conference. The difference is that the B1G and SEC schools will likely go to the cap. The B12 and ACC schools may also, but it would be harder for them to do.

Where IU gets the edge is that they've said they'd take the B1G average (or maybe it was the median?) going to basketball and double that. So they're willing to commit a larger percentage of the revenue share with basketball while many schools will be concentrating on football.

IU has also shown that they have a large pool of NIL money for the basketball team.

In addition, the large amount of money coming in to the athletic department means that they should be able to at very least keep up if not exceed other conferences in terms of facilities, pay, other staff positions such as GM to make coaching life a bit easier, etc.

I would think football moving forward is going to be emphasized with rev share also, so not sure how all that will balance under the $20.5M cap.  And while yes, there’s been healthy NIL for basketball, the NCAA is looking to monitor collectives more closely to be certain the cap isn’t being violated with “pay for play”.  In other words, those contracts will be examined more closely to be sure the student athlete is “earning” the $$.

[Hornsby]

The answer is obvious.  Randy Wittman is Mr Unexpected…

8 years at 90 million. Hiring kitchell and Isiah as assistants. Woodson as an advisor.

Sent from my SM-A146U using Tapatalk

[go iu bb]

Steve Alford as Mr Unexpected?

Tom Crean?

Tom Izzo?

Fran?

Cal?

Altman?

Shrewsberry?

So many possibilities and most of them not good.