General Coach Candidate News

[J34]

3 hours ago, Papacap said:

About to start a Van Halen tribute band concert. Been pregaming with some fraternity brothers. So in the goal of post count, feel free to ignore this. 

1) I turn 60 on April 1. So for those of you wanting a coach for the next 20 years, great. I want a coach for pretty much now. 
2) Having said that, I haven’t see a lot of coaches mentioned here who I would be super disappointed in. Maybe Brownell? But I just don’t think IU needs to get that far down on the list. 
3) For coaches who think IU is a fishbowl and IU fans expect too much, pound sand. I want a coach who thinks they are the best and doesn’t care about too high of expectations. 
4) Eddie Van Halen is a top 5 guitarist. All the haters who think he’s not, there are not 5 other guitarists who, when you hear them play, you know who it is. Well, to me there aren’t 5. Which is my criteria. 
5) The NCAA tournament is the greatest sporting event. Period. It absolutely sucks when IU isn’t in it. So pound the **** out of OSU, and, as the youngsters say, LFG. 

Joe Bonamassa

[Coach Robby]

Brad in his interview: I´m not coming unless you make a weird special retirement announcement for Woody. Make the fanbase  guess for a few weeks...

Scott Dolson: Ok, sure?

[str8baller]

7 hours ago, rcbowla said:

While anything is possible the mover-blocker system is kind of in his DNA. I'd be shocked if he changed his system. Although, their championship run they did seem to run at a slightly faster pace and that team certainly had some horses. I have no data to back that memory up though.

I don’t think mover-blocker is what slows them down. More of a defensive/transition thing. It would be a question I’d have for him. That’s great if you’re at Washington st or uva where you’re a perpetual underdog. Allowing your team to run with Carolina and duke is a recipe for disaster. 
 

I would hope that at IU he would be more like Jay Wrights teams where they were slow most of the times but other times he’d let them push the pace a little. In any event I’m not sure most fans would miss what amounts to 4 or 5 possessions a game if we were winning at that level. But it is all moot, as he’s not coming to IU by anyone’s account. He could make someone a nice coach next hiring cycle. Maybe an Ohio State or something. 

[str8baller]

5 hours ago, Hoosier987 said:

w. You don’t select someone hoping and convincing yourself they’re the next Bo Ryan

How does one go about hiring the next Bo Ryan then?

[str8baller]

5 hours ago, Mike Rodick said:

also agreed on wanting a "right now" kinda coach,I'm getting along in years too and would love to see a few good seasons of IU basketball with my Grandsons before they plant me in my forever hole in the dirt

The good news is that any coach that could last here twenty years will in all likelihood win big in his first 5.  There’s no real on the job training at IU. 

Our biggest mistakes are generally believing the opposite. Much time has been wasted giving coaches extra years hoping they would become something they are not. 

We’ll probably know if the next coach will be successful after a couple years. How long IU keeps them after that is above our pay grade, unfortunately. 

[JSHoosier]

6 hours ago, Eagle’s Rug said:

Regarding #4,  Eddies great and certainly recognizable, won’t argue his status in the top 5.  

But these guys are just as recognizable off the top of my head.  That’s an easy 10:

Jerry Garcia

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Slowhand

Duane Allman

Trey Anastasio

Jimi Hendrix

Kirk Hammett

Angus Young

Billy Gibbons

David Gilmour

 

Mark Knopfler

[JSHoosier]

I'm not too too hung up on a coach's age, especially not after the last 8 years. I'd gladly take an older coach that can right the ship fast and stabilize the program for about 10 years. IU isn’t in a position to risk someone like McCollum that has never had any high major experience of any sort; Cignetti isn’t a good comparison as he played P5 and was an assistant at P5 program (including under Saban at Alabama) before becoming a HC.

Frankly I'd be thrilled with Tony Bennett, his offenses were efficient, but that's not happening.

[Gameface01]

I'm sure we're all aware it most definitely could happen; but what if we lose tonight? What's the atmosphere during speeches? 

Don't what someone to coach that's just ******* hungry for it that has yet to accomplish what other coaches were talking about already has done?

[CSP]

4 minutes ago, Gameface01 said:

I'm sure we're all aware it most definitely could happen; but what if we lose tonight? What's the atmosphere during speeches? 

Don't what someone to coach that's just ******* hungry for it that has yet to accomplish what other coaches were talking about already has done?

Seems like the wrong thread for this, but... idc if we lose. I'm ready for this to be over ASAP 

[Gameface01]

3 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Seems like the wrong thread for this, but... idc if we lose. I'm ready for this to be over ASAP 

I tried to sneakily overlap lol, this is the only thread that matters right now k?

[MrBBall]

4 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Seems like the wrong thread for this, but... idc if we lose. I'm ready for this to be over ASAP 

This post is 150% funnier seeing your handle name. Haha. 

[MrBBall]

1 hour ago, JSHoosier said:

I'm not too too hung up on a coach's age, especially not after the last 8 years. I'd gladly take an older coach that can right the ship fast and stabilize the program for about 10 years. IU isn’t in a position to risk someone like McCollum that has never had any high major experience of any sort; Cignetti isn’t a good comparison as he played P5 and was an assistant at P5 program (including under Saban at Alabama) before becoming a HC.

Frankly I'd be thrilled with Tony Bennett, his offenses were efficient, but that's not happening.

Bennett’s offense with IU’s war chest feels like a Ferrari with a Yugo engine

[JF87]

Reading the lists of great guitarists makes me realize that I've lived in a golden age that I probably didn't appreciate as much as I should have.  My fear is that rock music is fading away.  Hopefully, the next generation will embrace it again.  

[AKHoosier]

8 hours ago, Hoosier987 said:

If mccollum is the next coach - which I’m pretty sure he won’t be - then any chance of this program being a top 20 or even top 25 destination is out the window. You don’t select someone hoping and convincing yourself they’re the next Bo Ryan - when there is at least an equal chance he’s a Licklighter or Archie - to operate a multi million dollar program with top of the line resources. He’s not the hire to make at this time. 

What I worry about with McCollum is how quickly he could lose the fan base once the losing starts. Basically what happened with Archie imo.

I don't think Archie ever truly recovered after we got drilled at home by IPFW and Indiana State in in his first nonconference season. 

Those losses were reality checks for a lot of fans, just seemed like any sort of expectations people had of him taking us where Crean couldn't instantly evaporated. 

One or two of those type of losses, people will be thinking oh boy what did we do hiring a guy who just 2 years ago was coaching against schools like Rogers State, Ft Hays State, and Pittsburg State in DII.

[IU5355]

Good morning everyone! It's game day. Probably a quiet day on here. 

[MrBBall]

2 minutes ago, AKHoosier said:

What I worry about with McCollum is how quickly he could lose the fan base once the losing starts. Basically what happened with Archie imo.

I don't think Archie ever truly recovered after we got drilled at home by IPFW and Indiana State in in his first nonconference season. 

Those losses were reality checks for a lot of fans, just seemed like any sort of expectations people had of him taking us where Crean couldn't instantly evaporated. 

One or two of those type of losses, people will be thinking oh boy what did we do hiring a guy who just 2 years ago was coaching against schools like Rogers State, Ft Hays State, and Pittsburg State in DII.

That makes sense. And also would Scott stake his salary on McCollum? I wouldn’t but he’s the one making that money. 

[#1fanofafrin]

Lets multi-purpose this post.

John Mayer for his guitar work and "Don't Let Me down" as a subtle reminder to Scott Dolson.

 

 

[Hovadipo]

5 minutes ago, #1fanofafrin said:

Lets multi-purpose this post.

John Mayer for his guitar work and "Don't Let Me down" as a subtle reminder to Scott Dolson.

 

 

Now we’re talking. 

[theriverpilot]

8 hours ago, Eagle’s Rug said:

Regarding #4,  Eddies great and certainly recognizable, won’t argue his status in the top 5.  

But these guys are just as recognizable off the top of my head.  That’s an easy 10:

Jerry Garcia

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Slowhand

Duane Allman

Trey Anastasio

Jimi Hendrix

Kirk Hammett

Angus Young

Billy Gibbons

David Gilmour

 

Add Merle Travis, Leo Kottke, and Lindsey Buckingham (screw you Mr Charlie- lol) for me.

[IUBtown]

Can we make a separate guitar players thread?  TIA.