General Coach Candidate News

[Chris007 62,598]

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

I did see some reports that he tried buying season tickets but got outvoted 3 to 1. 

That's why you don't have two kids. 

[lillurk 5,151]

The actual rumor about Anthony Grant is that he might retire after the year lol

[Motley's 674]

2 minutes ago, HinnyHoosier said:

Fudge that noise. That's how we hired African American Kelvin Sampson.

This is troll music.

Sampson is Native American and one helluva coach

[Hoosierfan2017 25,031]

2 minutes ago, OKHOOSIER said:

If his kid actually played or even dressed or ND was actually good I’d put zero weight on it. The president of the Boston Celtics watching two shitty college basketball teams on a random Wednesday is not nothing. His kid isn’t even listed in the box score. Brad also knows any appearance in the state is going to raise eyebrows no matter what the reason. Also as far as I can tell he’s not visited SB once all season. Pretty odd timing if you ask me. 

“Sorry son, I’d love to come visit you at college, but it’d raise eyebrows for a job 3+ hours away, so I gotta stay away.” 

[Hardwood83 5,075]

5 minutes ago, Motley's said:

Two names getting serious consideration are Dennis Gates and Anthony Grant. The major donors are acutely aware that there are only two African American coaches in the 18 team B1G. They don’t like that Woodson is being forced out and Ben Johnson may be out at MN. They don’t want the B1G to be all white coaches. Think the optics are terrible. They’d like to have Shaka in the mix, but don’t think he’ll leave Marquette. They’d love Tommy Amaker, but his record in recent seasons is a tough sell. Don’t count out Shrews either. 

I hope this isn't true. I want the best coach, not checked boxes. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 12,096]

3 minutes ago, normandale97 said:

Here's the deal everyone, as I've mentioned before, until the national media leaks it we just aren't going to know. Obviously communication is has been taking place between IU and the finalists. When I say that I wouldn't expect a big name, I'm thinking of people like Stevens, May, Pearl, Beard, Drew, Otz, Oats...and coaches like that whose names have been thrown around for month. Will the general public know something next week? I can't answer that. Will IU know who the coach is going to be at the end of the week? I think that is the hope. It's a weird time in college basketball. You have a limited time with the transfer portal open and it's open while the NCAA Tournament is going on. I don't think it's realistic to have a coach announced after the tourney and be able to put together a staff and a roster. I would assume 99% of our roster at least tests out the portal so will the new coach have to attempt to work 2 jobs at once like college football coaches do sometimes? Again, I have no idea. The actual people involved in this aren't going to share names of who we are potentially negotiating with and give this info out. So, the only thing I can say is that it sounds like we are getting closer. As far as names of who we are down to...again...I don't know. My own speculation says that Ben McCollum is definitely one of the candidates. Sorry, nobody is going to be able to come here and tell you for sure who the coach is going to be. Someone has been feeding some of the members on here Brad Stevens info for years that is bad info. If he ends up being the coach out of nowhere, I will gladly come back here and eat crow. Gladly. 

this isn't convincing lol 

[HinnyHoosier 6,633]

1 minute ago, Motley's said:

Sampson is Native American and one helluva coach

See my edit. It was sarcasm because they thought he was African American at the time. I'm aware he's native American. And he is certainly in the 'helluva' tier. Indiana, particularly Scott Dolson, is not going to make an idiotic decision to hire someone or not hire someone because their skin provides nice shiny optics. That absolutely will not be the rationale.

 

[Mopladysman 1,450]

8 minutes ago, Motley's said:

Two names getting serious consideration are Dennis Gates and Anthony Grant. The major donors are acutely aware that there are only two African American coaches in the 18 team B1G. They don’t like that Woodson is being forced out and Ben Johnson may be out at MN. They don’t want the B1G to be all white coaches. Think the optics are terrible. They’d like to have Shaka in the mix, but don’t think he’ll leave Marquette. They’d love Tommy Amaker, but his record in recent seasons is a tough sell. Don’t count out Shrews either. 

Talk about unserious. 

[Stuhoo 89,777]

8 minutes ago, normandale97 said:

Here's the deal everyone, as I've mentioned before, until the national media leaks it we just aren't going to know. Obviously communication is has been taking place between IU and the finalists. When I say that I wouldn't expect a big name, I'm thinking of people like Stevens, May, Pearl, Beard, Drew, Otz, Oats...and coaches like that whose names have been thrown around for month. Will the general public know something next week? I can't answer that. Will IU know who the coach is going to be at the end of the week? I think that is the hope. It's a weird time in college basketball. You have a limited time with the transfer portal open and it's open while the NCAA Tournament is going on. I don't think it's realistic to have a coach announced after the tourney and be able to put together a staff and a roster. I would assume 99% of our roster at least tests out the portal so will the new coach have to attempt to work 2 jobs at once like college football coaches do sometimes? Again, I have no idea. The actual people involved in this aren't going to share names of who we are potentially negotiating with and give this info out. So, the only thing I can say is that it sounds like we are getting closer. As far as names of who we are down to...again...I don't know. My own speculation says that Ben McCollum is definitely one of the candidates. Sorry, nobody is going to be able to come here and tell you for sure who the coach is going to be. Someone has been feeding some of the members on here Brad Stevens info for years that is bad info. If he ends up being the coach out of nowhere, I will gladly come back here and eat crow. Gladly. 

That's a great post; it reeks of reality!

Very much appreciated!!

[LamarCheeks 22,165]

13 minutes ago, Motley's said:

Two names getting serious consideration are Dennis Gates and Anthony Grant. The major donors are acutely aware that there are only two African American coaches in the 18 team B1G. They don’t like that Woodson is being forced out and Ben Johnson may be out at MN. They don’t want the B1G to be all white coaches. Think the optics are terrible. They’d like to have Shaka in the mix, but don’t think he’ll leave Marquette. They’d love Tommy Amaker, but his record in recent seasons is a tough sell. Don’t count out Shrews either. 

The only viable name here is Gates. Don't see him leaving Mizzou, however.

Grant? He's a mid-major coach. Did well at VCU and is doing well at Dayton, but flamed out at Alabama. Plus, there are rumors that he's retiring after this season.

As for Shrews -- that's a joke, right? There's absolutely no reason to think he's qualified to coach at IU. This counts him out.  

[Mopladysman 1,450]

4 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

this isn't convincing lol 

Yea he just need to do a meme.

[Stuhoo 89,777]

Despite regularly going to Colts and Pacers games, Surack admitted to not being a huge sports fan and having only limited soccer knowledge.

“But I like great things in Indiana,” he said, “and I’m always trying to improve and invest in our state.” Surack has never before been in ownership of a sports team, but he has a long history of financially supporting local teams such as the Komets or those at Purdue Fort Wayne. “I don’t need to be an owner to find other ways to engage and support,” he said. “But I like great things in Indiana, and I’m always trying to improve and invest in our state.” 

[Artie86 3,502]

2 minutes ago, Motley's said:

Sampson is Native American and one helluva coach

....Yep! I second that and from the Lumbee Indian tribe.

[Silat Player 1,968]

10 minutes ago, Motley's said:

Two names getting serious consideration are Dennis Gates and Anthony Grant. The major donors are acutely aware that there are only two African American coaches in the 18 team B1G. They don’t like that Woodson is being forced out and Ben Johnson may be out at MN. They don’t want the B1G to be all white coaches. Think the optics are terrible. They’d like to have Shaka in the mix, but don’t think he’ll leave Marquette. They’d love Tommy Amaker, but his record in recent seasons is a tough sell. Don’t count out Shrews either. 

So IU's donors are affected by Ben Johnson's status at Minny? LOL

[iu eyedoc 4,503]

38 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Well he only bothered watching him one time in the previous 30 games and that was in Boston.

I have it on good authority that the navy shirt under his zip up:

was actually this Tshirt:

[Home Jersey 16,307]

Not sure what you guys need convincing of about normandale’s posts lol. He’s not claiming to know anything! Just sharing his speculation in an amicable way. I maintain nobody knows anything for sure right now and there’s no use getting twisted into knots about rumors. We will find out soon. If people guys want to kill time giving themselves an ulcer about the IU admin being too woke, they can knock themselves out lol. 

[Ghost of Rick Majerus 2,015]

13 minutes ago, Motley's said:

Two names getting serious consideration are Dennis Gates and Anthony Grant. The major donors are acutely aware that there are only two African American coaches in the 18 team B1G. They don’t like that Woodson is being forced out and Ben Johnson may be out at MN. They don’t want the B1G to be all white coaches. Think the optics are terrible. They’d like to have Shaka in the mix, but don’t think he’ll leave Marquette. They’d love Tommy Amaker, but his record in recent seasons is a tough sell. Don’t count out Shrews either. 

For sure. They for sure should take advantage of the Dayton to IU pipeline that was started with Archie. 

[HinnyHoosier 6,633]

1 minute ago, Silat Player said:

So IU's donors are affected by Ben Johnson's status at Minny? LOL

No kidding. Now our donors are taking up for the entire Big Ten's PC status? Right.

[lillurk 5,151]

Shrews told field of 68 past year that he thought BS would someday coach college again. I’ve posted the tweet before, not gonna dig it up now. 

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If you think about it, the only way it makes sense for it to be this quiet is that there is a handshake deal with someone  who is a current college head coach, and it’ll get fully worked out when his team is done.  
 

If you’re casting a wide net and talking to lots of candidates, there’s gonna be some leaks here and there. If you’ve come to an agreement with anyone involved in the NBA, there’s zero reason for it to be so quiet (you obviously can’t wait for their season to be over, and Woodson and everyone already knows he’s out. So what would be the hold up? Nothing.)
 

Logically, all that makes sense is that we have mostly a handshake deal with a current  college head coach and will finalize/announce when his team is done.

So who is it? Well, the bigger the name, the more likely there’d be a leak. There’s been nothing. So my guess is it’s a candidate like McCollum or Byington or Devries.