General Coach Candidate News

[Kentuckysucks 3,604]

Just now, BehindTheBench said:

 

[Hoosierfan1901 7,454]

Just now, Bowhunter said:

No. What?

 

[Hovadipo 60,096]

2 minutes ago, johnsoniu said:

I did it in 2:20 once. There may or may not have been traffic violations and performance enhancers involved. Either way, the statute of limitations has well expired on that ride.

The thing I remember most about my CFP experience was the drive from the 465 interchange to South Bend taking what felt like 8 years. Bloomington to there under 2.5 is insane and I'm assuming that's pre-Kokomo bypass?

[iubb 3,810]

1 minute ago, BehindTheBench said:

Thats a very nice plumbers crack

[Sobchak_Security 114]

3 minutes ago, normandale97 said:

I'm surprised we ever hired Yasir Rosemond after he got caught on the FBI wiretap. 

I never realized Yasir was caught up in that

[Silat Player 1,153]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

 Anytime someone mentions anything positive about Stevens multiple people show up to discount it but that never happens with any other candidate. 

Uh, I beg to differ. Does the name Mark Turgeon mean anything to you, Chris? LOL

[Hoosierfan1901 7,454]

This board will break if there was a picture of Brad in Bloomington haha

[Hoosierfan1901 7,454]

Just now, Sobchak_Security said:

I never realized Yasir was caught up in that

Yup, he’s been very grateful that IU gave him a second chance

[Sandman 72]

5 minutes ago, Sobchak_Security said:

I would be surprised if IU hired someone who was on an FBI wiretap for the biggest hire in the history of their storied program.

The number of people who are aware that IU is a storied program is dwindling every day. The last national title occurred when I was in Jr. High school. I'm a grandfather now. IU is going to have to get real about bringing the program back to respectability, and sometimes that means taking risks that you otherwise wouldn't. That's not to say that I'm a Wade fan, just that I don't feel IU is in a position to turn their nose up at any really good coach.

[BehindTheBench 857]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

This board will break if there was a picture of Brad in Bloomington haha

Should i post it?.... Or should @Chris007 do that?

 

 

 

Kidding....

[Home Jersey 12,708]

Just now, Hoosierfan1901 said:

This board will break if there was a picture of Brad in Bloomington haha

I can see it now… A photo of Brad and his father with Cig at the football stadium. Brad captions the photo “Thank you coach Cignetti for hosting me and my father, IUFB class of 19XX. We love Hoosier football and being massholes!”

[JPCIVOP 330]

5 minutes ago, BehindTheBench said:

This board really is the best kind of cryptic insanity...

[Papacap 1,351]

Forgetting inside info, whispers or anything like that (it’s very fun to read this stuff though), I hang my hat on my own bias combined with my business logic. I don’t think there is much of a chance that Dolson got IU and donors to agree that Woodson is gone, but then ends up with a coach that many, if not a majority, of fans say….WTF? I’m not saying it’ll be Stevens. But to say that IU isn’t going to get any of the top tier guys given how this has played out seems….strange. Maybe the big money would be happy with McCollum. Just don’t see it.

[AH1971 2,207]

2 minutes ago, normandale97 said:

Yeah, but I don't think he ever landed a recruit so there was no reason to go after him further. 

Will Wade was also never implicated by the FBI. Turns out, committing an NCAA violation isn't against the law. The guy on the other end of the phone however was implicated on bribery charges. Will Wade did what 50 other coaches did a year back then but because he was at LSU (a non-basketball school), young, and hadn't made a name for himself....the NCAA decided to make an example out of him. 

Nothing happened (from the NCAA) to Sean Miller who was also caught on wire tap facilitating payments to DeAndre Ayton nor Bill Self after TJ Gassnola provided evidence on the witness stand facilitating payments to Billy Preston.

[Alistair Smash 163]

7 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

I don't think UCLA is going to voluntarily lower his buyout without pushback, no. But Cronin, via his agent and lawyer, has a legitimate case to sue UCLA because nothing in his current contract when he signed his extension says anything about UCLA switching conferences and flying 2000 miles and being on the road for a week at a time every other week. Rather than going to court, UCLA could ultimately agree to a reduced buyout.

 

I respectfully disagree that this argument is legally persuasive. 

[Papacap 1,351]

6 minutes ago, Sandman said:

The number of people who are aware that IU is a storied program is dwindling every day. The last national title occurred when I was in Jr. High school. I'm a grandfather now. IU is going to have to get real about bringing the program back to respectability, and sometimes that means taking risks that you otherwise wouldn't. That's not to say that I'm a Wade fan, just that I don't feel IU is in a position to turn their nose up at any really good coach.

Forget IU’s history. Being able to offer a top salary, top NIL, good assistant coach fund….thats attractive. And if there is a top coach who doesn’t want to coach at IU because the expectations are too high, then don’t want him. If anything, our expectations have been too low. No top basketball or football program would put up with the mediocre results we have produced. The situation is set for a coach to come in, make a crap ton of money, and become a coaching legend.

[Bowhunter 3,006]

I did see the post it’s always been Brad. I was just looking for something more substantial. If that’s all we’ve got, then I guess it’s better than nothing. RTZ coming in hot! 

[AH1971 2,207]

1 minute ago, Alistair Smash said:

I respectfully disagree that this argument is legally persuasive. 

How is it not? There's a ton of language in his current contract for retention and bonuses based on success and results in the PAC 12, a now defunct conference. There is absolutely grounds to not only rework his contract but completely void it. 

Silly

[HoosierAccipiter 207]

22 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

This thread is a spicy fire ball this morning!

Good on you all!

More like the ring sting the day after eating some really spicy Thai. 

[iubb 3,810]

1 minute ago, HoosierAccipiter said:

More like the ring sting the day after eating some really spicy Thai. 

thats not a nice thing to call your toilet