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[Motley's 593]

4 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

The huss bus sounds like archie. Archie finished in first both of his last two seasons in Dayton. We can't be messing around with flavors of the month anymore

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I know what you’re saying, but it’s actually much worse. Dayton and the A10 is much higher level than High Point and the Big South. Archie also had an Elite 8 appearance. 
The A10 has 5 teams in the Net top 100, including VCU at 29. The Big South has one, HP at 86. Every other team is 164 or higher, with half over 200. 
 

[Sandman 105]

21 minutes ago, lillurk said:

IU vetted and didn’t hire Beard last time, BEFORE the incident that cost him the Texas job. If someone you trust says it’s Beard, either you’re being strung among or your source is.

Maybe 4+ years of wandering in the desert has made the powers that be a little more desperate. 

[IU Prof 2,170]

2 minutes ago, Motley's said:

I know what you’re saying, but it’s actually much worse. Dayton and the A10 is much higher level than High Point and the Big South. Archie also had an Elite 8 appearance. 
The A10 has 5 teams in the Net top 100, including VCU at 29. The Big South has one, HP at 86. Every other team is 164 or higher, with half over 200. 
 

I guess it can cut either way, but being the only team in the top 100 when the rest of the league is 164 or worse, is actually really impressive to me.

Doesn't mean it'll level up, or that he's the man for IU, but I think that suggests Hess had a brighter future than someone able to leverage A10 level resources into a top 100 Net.

[DChoosier 9,417]

22 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Whispers

That’s good to hear but I guess we will see if they are “Brad Steven’s whispers” or “B.S. whispers”…..LOL

PS. It’s a joke about the people whispering, not a shot at you.

[ib4iu 570]

6 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

The funny thing is I didn't even name a name today. I just said I was hearing good things. Then the dude who was sending me DM's a couple of weeks ago telling me about Dusty May this and that tells me I don't know anything. Good Stuff!!

I don’t know if there is a way but you should be able to turn off DM’s. Or only get them if you “follow each other” I’m sure all the insiders would appreciate not being bombarded. 

[HoosierMatty 556]

At this point I'm so tired of losing I say let's hire the drunk. Keep him on a short lease and make him attend AA. 

[DougJr74 276]

29 minutes ago, realTomCrean said:

I miss the old BTB where debate and info (right or wrong) was accepted or ignored. The hateful personal attacks always come from a subset of new posters

How am I spreading hate and negativity?   Please explain. 

Edited March 5 by DougJr74

[OKHOOSIER 5,884]

5 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

The funny thing is I didn't even name a name today. I just said I was hearing good things. Then the dude who was sending me DM's a couple of weeks ago telling me about Dusty May this and that tells me I don't know anything. Good Stuff!!

Hopefully he felt better after getting it off his chest since your positive whispers were ruining his BTB viewing experience today lmfao 

[ib4iu 570]

1 minute ago, ib4iu said:

I don’t know if there is a way but you should be able to turn off DM’s. Or only get them if you “follow each other” I’m sure all the insiders would appreciate not being bombarded. 

And to follow up on this - we’re all crazy fans that were on a message board checking every minute for new news. But if you’re taking it to the level of dm’ing people on their news they share, then you have some serious issues. And if there was a vote to give people 24 hour ban for disrespectful dm’s I’d vote yes. Take a time out and relax. Sheeeeeesh

[ap2345 11,220]

29 minutes ago, realTomCrean said:

I miss the old BTB where debate and info (right or wrong) was accepted or ignored. The hateful personal attacks always come from a subset of new posters

It'll return to the old days after the hire

[OKHOOSIER 5,884]

Maybe we start a Creighton pipeline. Ten years of McDermott, followed by his Creighton replacement Huss. Seems like Huss would almost certainly be GMs replacement there. 

[JimmerNoe 1,080]

The last 8 years of watching this team have truly been like wandering in the desert. I am at the point where I would welcome Beard with minimal reservations. I am so sick of inconsistency and the promise of talented rosters underperforming so grossly. I just want a tough, mean team with a high floor.

sure I would brace myself for the first two years that we would get a shocking police report and it would be over. But winning cures all. If we hired him and got five really strong years before a DUI sends him packing, I could do that. I know that feels gross, but we’d be able to make another monster hire with our resources at that point too.

**with that being said, come on down Brad Stevens. 

[#1fanofafrin 590]

[theriverpilot 6,693]

2 minutes ago, JimmerNoe said:

The last 8 years of watching this team have truly been like wandering in the desert. I am at the point where I would welcome Beard with minimal reservations. I am so sick of inconsistency and the promise of talented rosters underperforming so grossly. I just want a tough, mean team with a high floor.

sure I would brace myself for the first two years that we would get a shocking police report and it would be over. But winning cures all. If we hired him and got five really strong years before a DUI sends him packing, I could do that. I know that feels gross, but we’d be able to make another monster hire with our resources at that point too.

**with that being said, come on down Brad Stevens. 

This is a desperate fan base at this point.  The administration can hire an "up & comer" and then possibly be in the same position 4 years from now when he under-performs or hire someone like Beard and hold your breath that you don't see the police report on social media of him at Kilroys totally blasted.  I'm starting to feel like the sure thing, homerun hire isn't going to happen.

[KNOBYDOX 286]

I would like to know which coach is stuck in that big old crack?

[IUHAHN81 3,303]

If it's not Brad, fine! I'll just use my imagination and picture Brad's face on whoever the coach is while he roams the sidelines and does his pressers. Make a way out of no way! 

[DChoosier 9,417]

32 minutes ago, the_jackal said:

I shared the names I heard with a few posters on here via DM. not sharing here. sorry to be vague but tipped my hand a bit too much under my previous username with the archie info and my guy found out and wasn't thrilled. he's also a family member who gives me insane amount of access to IU athletics, not someone i'm trying to piss off. 

Correct, i haven't heard anything since last thursday. almost a week and a lot can change in that timeframe. heard Stevens wants nothing to do with CBB, and loves life in the NBA, but money talks i guess. The sale of the celtics isn't a big deal to him, he wants to stay in boston but will have several NBA offers if he doesn't 

Think i will withhold my info moving forward. understand the skepticism but i see why people with actual info choose not to overshare

- Jackal

Most of us consider Brad a dream scenario but it’s no surprise to read that he could now permanently be an NBA guy and it sounds as though he likes Boston.
When it comes to coaches and players it seems as though many assume everyone wants to “come home” but a lot of people (including me) have no desire to “go home”.

[EasyEJay 702]

27 minutes ago, Alistair Smash said:

No stepladder was handy. 

And he already has his hands up by his face constantly readjusting his hair 55 thousand times a game 

[Hurryin' Hoosiers 2,033]

1 minute ago, DChoosier said:

Most of us consider Brad a dream scenario but it’s no surprise to read that he could now permanently be an NBA guy and it sounds as though he likes Boston.
When it comes to coaches and players it seems as though many assume everyone wants to “come home” but a lot of people (including me) have no desire to “go home”.

[JStreetBumpin15 59]

2 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

Most of us consider Brad a dream scenario but it’s no surprise to read that he could now permanently be an NBA guy and it sounds as though he likes Boston.
When it comes to coaches and players it seems as though many assume everyone wants to “come home” but a lot of people (including me) have no desire to “go home”.

I feel you here. I love my roots but there are reasons why I left Indiana and wouldn't return barring a family emergency that couldn't be solved otherwise.