General Coach Candidate News

[FightFor6 935]

4 minutes ago, Ctf9 said:

@Chris007 saying love is in the air—could be a Valentine’s Day joke, but also Philly is the city of brotherly love. 

Jay Wright it is then..

[Alford Bailey 12,645]

Just now, GP711 said:

Fwiw, i do think some sort of agreement has been reached, doesn't mean this is done yet. Dolson is a mad man as i said, but is he a closer? We shall see(i think he is)

Based on?

[pumpfake 4,030]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

Love is in the air. 

 

[lillurk 4,146]

16 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

It would be easy to laugh off if it wasn’t NED F*****G PFAU’S PLANE. This is smoky.

Yes, right, I excluded some context from my message.

Need Jerry and AP to get in here with some color

[Dave from Dayton 3,642]

44 minutes ago, Golfman25 said:

The "hurry" as you put it relates to commitment and desire.  If someone offered you your dream job with great money, would you say:

1) Well, let me think about it.  I'll let you know in two weeks.

Or

2) Damn right, when can I start.  

I get it, there are logistics and family issues in play here, but if this is what he wants to do, and his family is behind him, then decide already.  The hesitation has me concerned that he would be here under some type of "duress" -- he came but family is unhappy, doing it for the money, etc.  Are we going to get maximum effort from him?  IDK.  

I really do not have a clue what is going down during this period.  

Closing the deal is big for both sides.  But in negotiating a contract, the advantage goes to the person that gets the offer.

For instance, if one is offered...the offer means that you are The Chosen One.  You.

Now, the power if you will, goes to the recipient of the offer.  Negotiation can begin knowing I Am The Chosen One.  Evidently, a very unique and precious commodity.

I have always paused after an offer.  

If The Man wants two weeks, and that is what it takes to close The Deal, then two weeks it is.   You want another week? 

Why?

These guys and gals are talking turkey.  No need to hurry it. 

The new era of Indiana basketball isn't baked in a day.  

[tyappleg 4,656]

3 minutes ago, RoadRage said:

It shouldn’t, if that happens and you haven’t prepared yourself for that actuality, that’s on you (not you personally, just saying people hoping for Brad, need to be prepared that it might not happen).

Thankfully, it seems they have better fallback options than last time.  But if they miss on Brad and end up with Randy Whittman I will crash out. 

[IUHoosier5 1,919]

23 minutes ago, IsaacTor said:

When all is said and done and you guys hear what dolson has done to land our coach you will wish we hired dolson years ago. Best AD in country

Our coach you say? :-)

[Herotime 979]

Just now, lillurk said:

Yes, right, I excluded some context from my message.

Need Jerry and AP to get in here with some color

Agreed

[lillurk 4,146]

Now seems like a good time to say something I said last time around: if you’ve got info that’s too hot, I would be willing to launder it for you @GP711 @IsaacTor etc. 

[Trish 12,433]

2 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

Based on?

There are some rumblings on the other site that Dolson was seen earlier this week getting one extra scoop of Ice Cream at Jiffy Treat.

We have our guy. 

[Hoosier987 1,474]

20 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Four D1 Championships?!!?

Holy crap, McCollum is better than RMK! And he's accomplished these four championships in (checks notes) ZERO years! Impressive.

Yea. McCollum is not our guy. He's more fit for Iowa. 

[FightFor6 935]

1 minute ago, Alford Bailey said:

Based on?

The reaction it garners from a message board. 

I'm largely kidding here. I appreciate everything that is brought to the board based on what people are hearing. At the same time, these posts are a near exact duplication of the narrative from 4 years ago. I will believe it when I see it. If it happens, I'll never have been happier to be wrong.

[VFury 191]

Why is McCollum looked at so highly while Byington and Devries aren't? Mark Byington already made the jump from mid-major and is immediately killing it at Vanderbilt. Darian DeVries was at Drake and was just as good as McCollum is doing now, and is at West Virginia doing a decent job right now. With McCollum, we have no idea what he would look like in a power conference.

[4iufourever 136]

A Brad Stevens announcement will be made no later than Tuesday 2/18. 

[HoosierFan1994 4,842]

7 minutes ago, mdn82 said:

I will give Dolson this.  At least he isn’t shopping from the Archie Miller or Mike Woodson bargain barrel this time it seems.  Feels like my Bears going after Ben Johnson after paying Eberflus half for 3 years.  I want to believe.  No insight to how hands off certain outspoken individuals are behind the scenes.  Been trying to get a feel on that as much as anything.  That will tell us how much freedom Dolson has and what the decision will look like. 

This. I'm tired of the hot mid-major guy and hiring someone just because they went here. Get us a proven winner. Stevens, May, Beard, Drew, Cronin (ducks and hides)...any of them and I'm happy. 

[Scotty R 2,772]

18 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

What; did he rent them a private getaway for valentines day? Lol

I think Scott was able to change the name of the University to Brad Stevens University 

[ap2345 9,604]

Just now, VFury said:

Why is McCollum looked at so highly while Byington and Devries aren't? Mark Byington already made the jump from mid-major and is immediately killing it at Vanderbilt. Darian DeVries was at Drake and was just as good as McCollum is doing now, and is at West Virginia doing a decent job right now. With McCollum, we have no idea what he would look like in a power conference.

He's won at unprecedented levels

[ap2345 9,604]

Just now, 4iufourever said:

A Brad Stevens announcement will be made no later than Tuesday 2/18. 

That's very possible

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,803]

1 minute ago, 4iufourever said:

A Brad Stevens announcement will be made no later than Tuesday 2/18. 

why do you say that?

1 minute ago, Trish said:

There are some rumblings on the other site that Dolson was seen earlier this week getting one extra scoop of Ice Cream at Jiffy Treat.

We have our guy. 

Peegs. Clearly something dropped on Peegs.

[Mopladysman 635]

1 minute ago, 4iufourever said:

A Brad Stevens announcement will be made no later than Tuesday 2/18. 

Is that because the aau convo was on 2/4?