General Coach Candidate News

[MikeRoberts 7,766]

Just now, Ghost of Rick Majerus said:

It will be alright! Whoever they hire will be well vetted and ready to lead the program to prominence once again. 

There is no sense in freaking out over every rumor. Out of all the current coaching vacancies, this is the only one not leaking. 

That is quite the leak no? If Goodman is correct than everything people believed here has been wrong

[Hoosierfan1901 7,668]

To add some light to this, he could be getting info from low/middle-level donors too, since it sounds like multiple candidates are being thrown around. Judging by what is being said on here.

[Hoosier Guy 8,109]

1 minute ago, Hoosier987 said:

That’s right. What Goodman is saying - and he does have sources - isn’t some sort of shock. Those guys were long shots 

I’d be perfectly fine with Beard as the floor.

[cbp4iu 2,141]

Here is my only thing with Goodman… When he tweets things about candidates being out…. He never has a follow up tweet. So his claim those guys are out… Okay but “if you have sources” wouldn’t you have an idea who would be next in the pecking order…. He quick to throw names out but in this case he doesn’t… 

[go iu bb 8,125]

Rabby says Beard is getting vetted.

[Hoosierfanyuh 4,326]

I just think he’s kind of a prick but he makes money off of doing it so more power to him i guess lol

[mdiu28 2,629]

Just now, go iu bb said:

Rabby says Beard is getting vetted.

As he should. Hate the guy as much as you want but at the very least you do your homework on him. 

[mdn82 25,970]

7 minutes ago, iubb said:

The fact they have done nothing outside of “hotboards” is not normal during coaching searches and shows how little info they have been able to get.


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That actually is fairly normal for local reporters.  Unfortunately we have had much experience since the turn of the century to see what is normal.  Your 247/scout/Rivals is their model to sell you stuff.  Local reporters?  Osterman, ITH, etc. leave it at a high level reporting to not be biased as to piss of IU (it does and we found out when Terry was writing for us - they didn’t like our negativity).  That’s part of the reason this website almost merged with Inside The Hall almost a decade ago.

Edit:  If I mixed up my BTB and HSN again, my apologies.  Whenever Terry wrote for us that year before he passed away.  Only part of that I am not 100% on.  Been on too many IU boards. 

[str8baller 6,775]

19 minutes ago, OKHOOSIER said:

this was like an hour before Goodman. Tony is going to National Treasure the clues until someone figures out whats going on.

Better chance that poster is Goodman than he knows anything. The constant nonsense memes are annoying. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 10,567]

2 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Rabby says Beard is getting vetted.

As in today he said that? 

[BGleas 8,655]

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

To add some light to this, he could be getting info from low/middle-level donors too, since it sounds like multiple candidates are being thrown around. Judging by what is being said on here.

Just my guess, but most likely his info is coming from agents, coaches, and others in the college basketball world, which IMO would be a more accurate gague on whether a coach is no longer a candidate or not. 

It's just a logical inference that if you've heard that those coaches are out, then Dolson is moving down his list. IMO the "moving down his list" part is just a logical conclusion, not part of the sources info. 

[mdn82 25,970]

2 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Rabby says Beard is getting vetted.

*got vetted

[Hoosier987 2,093]

4 minutes ago, Hoosier Guy said:

I’d be perfectly fine with Beard as the floor.

Certainly. And it wouldn’t get past him either. 

[go iu bb 8,125]

Just now, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

As in today he said that? 

As in a few minutes ago.

[OKHOOSIER 5,378]

2 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

That’s right. What Goodman is saying - and he does have sources - isn’t some sort of shock. Those guys were long shots 

Goodman is definitely sourced. How well? Who knows, he was not on Cignetti at all as I recall. That said, other than shitposting and it being fun to talk about, anyone being rational knows those three were a long shot at best. The tweet is basically saying water is wet. It stinks to have a "journalist" saying it definitively on the record, but does not really move the needle that much for me. 

Also, and this is unrelated, we have talked alot about "winning the press conference." I don't think anyone would have looked at Cignetti as a huge "win the press conference" hire (maybe for us he was I guess, but I digress), until Cignetti won the f***** press conference. So I have faith in Dolson.... Unless he hires Brownell or Turgeon lol

[Ghost of Rick Majerus 1,698]

3 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

That is quite the leak no? If Goodman is correct than everything people believed here has been wrong

I have no idea what people believe here to be honest. Everyday it's something new. :) So far Stevens, Drew, Turgeon, Beard, TJ, McCollum have all be done deals at some point. 

But, if he is correct, it's the best leak we have seen so far. The other searches seemed to have more info available. That's all I was getting at. 

[Hoosierfan2017 23,979]

10 minutes ago, coonhounds said:

It beard it's always been beard! He fits the type of character dolson is looking for. He has the mentality to handle the iu fans and actually wants to be here! He dropped the bob knight quote and knew what he was doing imo. I like the hire but stinks alot won't. Was holding out hope for stevens but all evidence says that isn't happening

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A lot of the Beard angst would go away if he started winning. IU would have to weather the initial storm, but put a top 15 team together and the large majority of the fanbase would love him. 

[Hoosier987 2,093]

3 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Rabby says Beard is getting vetted.

Of course. He’s getting vetted and interviewed. Everyone, including Dolson knows what’s at stake. If Beard is hired, everyone can relax and know that Dolson did his due diligence 

[IU - Kaulie 2,070]

2 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

So he’s just throwing that out there based on agent chatter or wherever it’s coming from and hoping not to be wrong? Sounds like hoping more than thinking. 

I don’t think he’s plugged in on this one, but that’s just my opinion.  Having said that, there is only one name on his list I view as realistic.

[IU Prof 1,880]

I want to believe the insiders here, and hope they keep posting, but I think Goodman's track record on searches recently is stronger.

So until proven otherwise, I think this is probably a pretty good, if disappointing/depressing, view of where things stand.