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[AH1971 3,118]

8 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Oh I know they are. I talked about it a couple of times earlier today and as I said it had nothing to do with McDermott.

Ok and? I don’t believe a single word that comes out of your mouth.

I’m simply pointing out how/why Woodson would have inside information to the coaching search to all those that are under the impression that Woodson would be the last to know. He’s extremely close to two of the highest people around.

 

[str8baller 7,448]

5 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Marquette is a top spender in college basketball.   They have a ton of money for basketball.   There was a story that their assistant coaches used private jets to go to some recruiting events and the head coach wasn’t even on them.   During the Garcia recruitment it was brought up.  Some of the high level programs don’t let their assistants do that without the coach.   Their private so their true spending cannot be tracked I don’t think 

Doesn’t surprise me. Milwaukee is an old city with some old money floating around. And in today’s landscape it only takes one or two. Warren Buffet could turn Creighton into a monster tomorrow. Michigan bought their football title in part because some tech dude was dating a young Michigan gal. OSU just bought themselves a title. 
 

Which honestly will make it all the more sad that with IUs financial commitments if they still come up short. 

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2 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

While that wasn't a secret, neither does it excuse DV. But I'm done talking about that or Chris Beard.

BTW, my son is a 20+ year veteran of the Phoenix Police. To a man/woman, no call puts them more on edge than a DV call... ugly situations that are extremely unpredictable, for the abuser, the victim and the police.

Agree.  I just didn’t know she had a history too.  Case closed though (no pun intended). 

[Hoosierfan2017 24,854]

Beard is the most obtainable great coach, imo. Of course, the reason why he’s obtainable isn’t good, but it will be very disappointing if we end up with a meh hire when Beard would definitely come.  

[HoosierSadaseci 3,005]

5 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Ok and? I don’t believe a single word that comes out of your mouth.

I’m simply pointing out how/why Woodson would have inside information to the coaching search to all those that are under the impression that Woodson would be the last to know. He’s extremely close to two of the highest people around.

 

Technically he didn't say it...out of his mouth...

[AZ Hoosier 10,863]

52 minutes ago, ceast11 said:

As I stated last night…

I see ‘Inside the Hall’ dropped this today as well. https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/03/04/indiana-basketball-coaching-search-profile-chris-beard/

They've been doing profiles on everyone, even Brad Brownell... nothing to see here...

[tyappleg 8,031]

3 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Beard is the most obtainable great coach, imo. Of course, the reason why he’s obtainable isn’t good, but it will be very disappointing if we end up with a meh hire when Beard would definitely come.  

I think IF it is Beard, it means we missed on every other top tier option; and the decision comes down to Beard + Baggage/Risk vs guys like McCollum, Byington, etc.  

I think Beard wins big here if we do hire him, just not sure if it's worth the risk of something else happening.  I trust Dolson if he does decide to roll the dice with Beard though. 

[RaceToTheTop 31,035]

7 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Ok and? I don’t believe a single word that comes out of your mouth.

I’m simply pointing out how/why Woodson would have inside information to the coaching search to all those that are under the impression that Woodson would be the last to know. He’s extremely close to two of the highest people around.

 

Incredible how he's so close with them and it didn't do a damn thing to save his job.

[AZ Hoosier 10,863]

43 minutes ago, IUrocker said:

I understand the hesitation with Beard because of his personal issues he may have outside of being a basketball coach. On the other side of all that, the thing that intrigues me about him being the coach compared to others on the list is that IU is clearly his destination dream job that he would crawl to get to. People who want a job that bad would do a heck of a job at making sure they’re a success. Like I said, i understand not wanting him and agree with those points, but there comes a time where why would you want to have to continue to beg and bribe a coach to want to come here when you could have a solid guy who dreams of having the job….are there better candidates? Absolutely…but I wouldn’t be upset if we ended up with Beard (even though I doubt it’d end up happening). 

After he got fired from his previous dream job... but I said that I wasn't discussing him any more... so, I mean it now.

[AH1971 3,118]

3 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Incredible how he's so close with them and it didn't do a damn thing to save his job.

Incredible how irrelevant that is to anything I said.

[OliviaPope40 7,438]

44 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

It's so obvious people.  Our next head coach will be Armond Hill who is currently the most inactive coach around.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armond_Hill

[Hoosier Guy 8,333]

Woodson doesn’t know anything about what’s going on with the search lol.  That’s just ridiculous.

[JustWinBaby 1,982]

3 minutes ago, Hoosier Guy said:

Woodson doesn’t know anything about what’s going on with the search lol.  That’s just ridiculous.

When my boss fired me a few months back first thing I did was ask who he was hiring to replace me. He gave me his whole list of candidates.

[TadQueasy 2,581]

Just now, JustWinBaby said:

When my boss fired me a few months back first thing I did was ask who he was hiring to replace me. He gave me his whole list of candidates.

That is not really a fair comparison.  There is no way Dolson is communicating with Woody on anything search related.  But Woody does know people and I am sure he hears things.  Now you could probably argue he hears what he wants to hear and very well may not communicate what he hears correctly.  But he definitely hears things

[JF87 2,149]

Which of the coaches mentioned would be a total let down?  I could live with a lot of the names mentioned on this board, but I would be depressed if we end up with adequate and not someone who is considered great or at least a potential star.  My ugh list would be Turgeon, Brownell, and Jans.  

[Hoosier Guy 8,333]

3 minutes ago, JustWinBaby said:

When my boss fired me a few months back first thing I did was ask who he was hiring to replace me. He gave me his whole list of candidates.

I can possibly see Woodson being told about candidates on the list.  However, the dealings with each candidate aren’t going to be discussed with him.

[rcbowla 8,255]

4 minutes ago, JF87 said:

Which of the coaches mentioned would be a total let down?  I could live with a lot of the names mentioned on this board, but I would be depressed if we end up with adequate and not someone who is considered great or at least a potential star.  My ugh list would be Turgeon, Brownell, and Jans.  

Definitely Sendek lol. I'd add Collins to that list. I'm not seeing what others see there.

[Scott_b 266]

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[MikeRoberts 7,993]

4 minutes ago, Scott_b said:

I'm sitting directly behind Hatton on the IU bench. Crimson Adidas shirt that says Indiana basketball in white. Go Hoosiers!

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4 minutes ago, Scott_b said:

I'm sitting directly behind Hatton on the IU bench. Crimson Adidas shirt that says Indiana basketball in white. Go Hoosiers!

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