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[Hornsby]

It’s partly this line of thinking which has made us suck for so long.

It 100% is. It comes down to do you want to win or do you want to lose but lose with feeling pure. None of the top coaches are angels. They all have a past just like knight did.

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[Sandman]

3 minutes ago, mamasa said:

I'm so damn tired of hearing this. NOBODY gives a rat's @$$ if he shows his faith. It's not that at all, stop gaslighting with this. It's the zealot aspect and fakeness that many people see. if you like him, great. Don't act like people are going after him because of faith though. That's just weak diarrhea of the mouth

The moralists on this board should be more concerned about Drew getting put on probation for cheating. I also remember him getting a reprimand from the B12 for negative recruiting tactics. Although, Bill Self was a major complainer about that and he's no angel himself.

[jimsorgi]

I think the changes to college basketball in terms of NIL will help a good basketball coach without high-level experience like McCollum. You'd have to support him more than an experienced coach but that is manageable. 

[Hornsby]

Totally don’t understand the lack of enthusiasm for McCollum.  That Archie trauma must still be strong.  I understand it’s D2, but there’s 300+ division II teams and he won 4 national championships in like 14 years.  Check my math here, but that’s pretty f’n good.  He won 12 straight conference championships.  That is not just a great coach, that is a great system.  And all he’s done in 1 year in D1 is win a conference championship basically with D2 players.
 
but sure…Brownell it up and Beards away!

Archie finished

2nd
1st
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his last three years at Dayton and was a massive failure at iu. But we are supposed to believe a guy with one year on d1 experience for sure isn't the next archie?

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[PritchSlap]

5 minutes ago, IUBtown said:

Why did he coach for 14 years in d2?

I don’t think you stay in any place or in any job for 14 years without wanting to be there.  Why did Mark Few never leave Gonzaga when he clearly could have?  Just my personal opinion, but I’d rather gamble on a guy coming up that’s done nothing but win, then bet on a guy who has proven the best he can do is get to the tournament most years.  

[Motley's]

31 minutes ago, FightFor6 said:

I probably missed it in the nearly 2000 pages, but why isn't Todd Golden brought up more here? Someone mentioned warm weather at some point, but I can't imagine $7-8M can't change minds there. Buy a second house if you want.

Downside is as scary as Beard and in a creepier way. FL closed the Title IX investigation, but there were some really weird accusations. Maybe all made up (why?) but it came from more than one woman. No claims of attempted extortion. 
 

“According to the letter, the Title IX coordinator determined there was no evidence to indicate that sexual harassment "occurred within a university program or activity," and that is why the school had to dismiss the complaint”

“Attorney Karen Truszkowski, who represents a 21-year-old college student who did not attend the University of Florida, said that although the reported behavior might not fall under the definition of Title IX, there was "certainly evidence that there was questionable activity that occurred" while Golden was participating in a university event.”

[Hornsby]

The moralists on this board should be more concerned about Drew getting put on probation for cheating. I also remember him getting a reprimand from the B12 for negative recruiting tactics. Although, Bill Self was a major complainer about that and he's no angel himself.

What about few having a dui? I assume he is out as well? Sounds like some of the morality folks want mccollum because he is a good guy.

 

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[JPCIVOP]

4 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

Has anyone said they want Brad Brownell over McCollum?

So this will sound crazy; I'm starting to see the outline of a Brownell hire making sense. His best two years have been the last two, which coincides with the NIL era. He would have better NIL at IU than Clemson. He's coached at this level before, and has engaged and beaten the best teams in the country often enough to know what an eilite team looks like up close. 

Think that's the argument. Can't tell if it's the Coaching Search Stockholm Syndrome talking...

[rcbowla]

Mark Byington (48)

- Overall Record 237-142 (131-88) Southern/Sun Belt/CAA/SEC

- 1 NCAA Tournament Appearance (1-1)

- 1 Conference Champion

-  1 Conference Tournament Champion 

 

Darian Devries (49)

- Overall Record 168-67 (87-43) MVC/Big12 (1st season)

- 3 NCAA Tournament Appearances (0-3)

- 1x Conference Champion 

- 2x Conference Tournament Champion 

[Hoosierfan2017]

1 minute ago, PritchSlap said:

I don’t think you stay in any place or in any job for 14 years without wanting to be there.  Why did Mark Few never leave Gonzaga when he clearly could have?  Just my personal opinion, but I’d rather gamble on a guy coming up that’s done nothing but win, then bet on a guy who has proven the best he can do is get to the tournament most years.  

McCollum hasn’t even proven that he can make it to the tournament most years. There are plenty of people who are superstars at lower levels in their fields but can’t chop it at the highest level. There’s an enormous difference between where McCollum spent the last 14 years and Indiana University basketball. Dude’s team was playing in gyms the size of 1A Indiana high school gyms. 

[HoosierInParadise]

Why has no one ever suggested Cronin or Turgeon? They seem exactly like the mediocrity hires IU makes....

[Hornsby]

So this will sound crazy; I'm starting to see the outline of a Brownell hire making sense. His best two years have been the last two, which coincides with the NIL era. He would have better NIL at IU than Clemson. He's coached at this level before, and has engaged and beaten the best teams in the country often enough to know what an eilite team looks like up close. 
Think that's the argument. Can't tell if it's the Coaching Search Stockholm Syndrome talking...

Sounds like trying to talk ourselves into thinking the Woodson hire would work. Bronwell is an average coach youu can't go off of two years only. I don't think he would ever go any further than crean did.

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[JHoosier914]

1 minute ago, JPCIVOP said:

So this will sound crazy; I'm starting to see the outline of a Brownell hire making sense. His best two years have been the last two, which coincides with the NIL era. He would have better NIL at IU than Clemson. He's coached at this level before, and has engaged and beaten the best teams in the country often enough to know what an eilite team looks like up close. 

Think that's the argument. Can't tell if it's the Coaching Search Stockholm Syndrome talking...

That is an interesting potential correlation.  Hard to say whether it is true or not, or charactersitics of other factors (roster construction, portal additions, scheduling, etc.).  Definitely not trying to be antagonistic with that last part - I am glad you brought that up for discussion.

[PritchSlap]

5 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

Has anyone said they want Brad Brownell over McCollum?

Maybe.  In fact in 1854 pages I’d say someone probably has.  Point is a lot of really average names get thrown out, and we all want a winner.  To me McCollum is the Cignetti hire.  For whatever reason, he didn’t move up to the big stage in head coaching until later in his career, but he wins wherever he goes.  Not saying he’s our best option but I’d have him in that Top 5 to talk to.

[TadQueasy]

1 minute ago, HoosierInParadise said:

Why has no one ever suggested Cronin or Turgeon? They seem exactly like the mediocrity hires IU makes....

[JPCIVOP]

1 minute ago, Hornsby said:

Sounds like trying to talk ourselves into thinking the Woodson hire would work. Bronwell is an average coach youu can't go off of two years only. I don't think he would ever go any further than crean did.

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It's like Woodson, except that Woodson had never coached in college, where Brownell has coached a top-25 team the last two years. Think your point is true in this way: it does feel like talking ourselves into a candidate.

[IUHoosierJoe]

15 minutes ago, IUBtown said:

Why did he coach for 14 years in d2?

He's addressed that, and there are basically 2 reasons: 1) He wanted to be sure the place he went to has the resources and commitment level sufficient for him to win, and 2) He loves Iowa and especially wanted to go to a school in Iowa, which he refers to as "God's country."

[IU Prof]

3 minutes ago, HoosierInParadise said:

Why has no one ever suggested Cronin or Turgeon? They seem exactly like the mediocrity hires IU makes....

How to say you haven't read the thread, without saying you haven't read the thread...

[TrueHoosier62]

1 hour ago, go iu bb said:

There was an article that was shared here from over a year ago which was talking about Danny Hurley's recruiting philosophy. He basically said he recruits players for their offense since offensive is what wins championships.

An old basketball coach I used to know said something similar. He said, "Give me five guys who can shoot, and I can teach them basic, defense in ten minutes, but I can't teach defensive minded players how to be great shooters".

[iubb]

3 minutes ago, HoosierInParadise said:

Why has no one ever suggested Cronin or Turgeon? They seem exactly like the mediocrity hires IU makes....