General Coach Candidate News

[coonhounds]

Positive Steven's news! The haters haven't disappointed so far trying to kill the momentum!
Rtz says it's always been brad! Good enough for me!

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[coonhounds]

Positive Steven's news! The haters haven't disappointed so far trying to kill the momentum!
Rtz says it's always been brad! Good enough for me!

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[HoosierSadaseci]

40 minutes ago, RoadToZion said:

It’s always been Brad.

After watching Clemson last night I could be talked into liking Brownell...

[Stuhoo]

1 minute ago, Home Jersey said:

It’s the most interesting Brad tidbit in this thread… (that’s not saying much). Still more interesting than his daughters soccer team lol

Hey - we might have a chance with Stevens for all I know. But the most clearly obvious explanation for a trip to South Bend, 3:15 minutes from Bloomington, is that a parent was visiting his kid during the school year and got to hang out with one his absolute best friends Micah as a bonus.

[Chris007]

I'm sorry a lot is going on and being said behind the scenes in Bloomington. It would give more context to Brad at the game and a few other things. We'll see if it is something or not. IUFB and I had some conversations yesterday, he checked out some info and ran it past some people. The Undertaker then popped up. 

[ronzo4IU]

Brad to IU makes perfect sense. He never won a national championship at the college level but he’s accomplished that in the NBA. Coming back to the college game to coach Indiana and resurrect us from the bowels of hell and finally win a national championship is the stuff legends are made of, and the challenge he has probably been longing for.

[Stuhoo]

3 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

You must’ve edited your post to say arguably :) I’m starting to think Ben took a wee in your cheerios…

Added "arguably" within a couple of minutes of the original post, because it's subjective that a very successful career D2, D3, NAIA, or high school coach is somehow more prepared for the pressure of IUBB than a lead assistant at the most successful high major program in the country.

[IUguy77]

1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

Hey - we might have a chance with Stevens for all I know. But the most clearly obvious explanation for a trip to South Bend, 3:15 minutes from Bloomington, is that a parent was visiting his kid during the school year and got to hang out with one his absolute best friends Micah as a bonus.

But why did he use a plane owned by an IU donor?

[Home Jersey]

Just now, Stuhoo said:

Hey - we might have a chance with Stevens for all I know. But the most clearly obvious explanation for a trip to South Bend, 3:15 minutes from Bloomington, is that a parent was visiting his kid during the school year and got to hang out with one his absolute best friends Micah as a bonus.

Sure! I don’t disagree one bit. Still for all the flight tracking that goes on in this thread, we see hes back in Indiana. Anything with IU is probably more likely being discussed elsewhere. Not sure how much time Brad spent in Indiana. But nice he’s choosing to spend time in his home state, even if only for the obvious reason.

[Stuhoo]

1 minute ago, IUguy77 said:

But why did he use a plane owned by an IU donor?

Well that would be relevant!

Did I miss that somewhere in this thread? If not - tell me more.

[pumpfake]

43 minutes ago, RoadToZion said:

It’s always been Brad.

Whoa!

 

[Artie86]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I know it's almost like he doesn't even have to be there the rest of the year.

....didn't Isaac post something similar about Stevens saying....(pararphrased) "his GM responsibilties are pretty much, not much needed after March 1st"?

[IU Prof]

3 minutes ago, IUguy77 said:

But why did he use a plane owned by an IU donor?

I don't think that's accurate.

[Hoosier Guy]

1 minute ago, ronzo4IU said:

Brad to IU makes perfect sense. He never won a national championship at the college level but he’s accomplished that in the NBA. Coming back to the college game to coach Indiana and resurrect us from the bowels of hell and finally win a national championship is the stuff legends are made of, and the challenge he has probably been longing for.

I think this could be a big factor.  He finished the job in the NBA and won an NBA Finals championship.  Maybe he wants to finish the job in NCAA and win an NCAA national championship.

[Home Jersey]

1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

Added "arguably" within a couple of minutes of the original post, because it's subjective that a very successful career D2, D3, NAIA, or high school coach is somehow more prepared for the pressure of IUBB than a lead assistant at the most successful high major program in the country.

Yes the entire conversation is subjective! People have strong opinions here as you know lol. You obviously are unmoved by Ben’s resume which is fine. The flip side of looking at it is that it’s very subjective to say a guy who has never been the main guy on the sideline/in the locker room can step into that role in a place like IU and win bigger than a guy who has multiple national titles in D2 and a mid-major conference title in his first D1 year. For me the biggest question with McCollum boils down to his recruiting. I am fairly confident if Archie’s personality and Woodson’s hand off approach could land 5 star talent, McCollum could do that here too. Very much doubt he will be the hire though.

[Artie86]

7 minutes ago, coonhounds said:

Positive Steven's news! The haters haven't disappointed so far trying to kill the momentum!
Rtz says it's always been brad! Good enough for me!

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doubly good.....! lol

[#1fanofafrin]

 

[IUguy77]

3 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Well that would be relevant!

Did I miss that somewhere in this thread? If not - tell me more.

It was said that the plane was owned by Chuck Surack. I’m assuming that info was correct. 

[lillurk]

1 minute ago, Artie86 said:

....didn't Isaac post something similar about Stevens saying....(pararphrased) "his GM responsibilties are pretty much, not much needed after March 1st"?

The waiver deadline is March 1 this year so there’s very little any GM/VP will do the rest of the year that impacts this year’s team.

There are other responsibilities, but if, for example, an exec was leaving, those things (draft scouting, cap projection, contract extensions coming after the playoffs etc.) would all be much less pertinent.

[MrBBall]

7 minutes ago, IUguy77 said:

But why did he use a plane owned by an IU donor?

That owner is not a full fledged IU athletics supporter. Probably music since they own a music company. I think that plane is much ado about nothing.