General Coach Candidate News

[HinnyHoosier 6,596]

3 hours ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Does 22 years make it that much better? Wowza. 

Absolutely laughing you didn't comment on only having 1 or 2 capable title winning teams. 

If you're aiming for a guy that's had much more than that over his career you might be carrying borderline unrealistic expectations because there aren't many of them out there, let alone many of them who are also looking to switch jobs.

Understanding, however, everyone has their own interpretation of 'capable'. Yours may be different than mine and that's alright.

[IUHoosierJoe 2,150]

4 minutes ago, bobknightsghost said:

It’s a Twitter troll with 1k followers trying to get some clicks. He accomplished his mission.

So you think it’s about Stevens, huh?

[bobknightsghost 639]

Just now, IUHoosierJoe said:

So you think it’s about Stevens, huh?

Considering it was a quote tweet of Jeff Goodmans tweet about Stevens…. I’d say that’s a safe bet 

[RaceToTheTop 30,954]

22 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

6 B1G road wins for Michigan. Not bad for a 1st year coach in the conference.   

If Woodson could win at home, the three road win games would have been okay.

[Asha’man 1,023]

3 minutes ago, IU Prof said:

Assuming Brad's out, what's the ideal March run for Dusty at Michigan if we want to land him here? I'd think a final four might persuade him to stay. 2nd round upset loss?

Loss in the 1st game. Get him to IU ASAP to rebuild the roster. 

[Parakeet Jones 4,022]

6 minutes ago, bobknightsghost said:

I’ll give that a thought, but since this is a free message board, I think I’ll post whatever I want to. Thanks for the advice though.

I posted a question in a similar vein on HSN. Basically I asked, if we hire a sitting college coach would we prefer 

A. A deep March run to build up his profile for future recruits, but we wait longer  

B.  He loses early, but we get him early to start portaling.  With this we potentially hear about his poor performance in March ad nauseum  

I 100% quoted the wrong post on this response. 

[CrossboneIU22 1,509]

Why would Cronin even entertain leaving the Blue Blood UCLA for IU?  UCLA has a rich history of athletes and donors and their NIL potential is waiting to explode, with (in my opinion) larger potential than ours. Cronin being a Midwest guy is the only reason I can think of why he would even want to leave but even that is wishful thinking. He has never to my knowledge mentioned being enamored with the IU job like Pearl or Beard. He’s not a former IU or Indiana guy like Stevens, May, or Alford.

it would be very similar to Self leaving  Kansas for IU. I don’t see it even remotely happening. 

[RaceToTheTop 30,954]

4 minutes ago, Parakeet Jones said:

I’m not one of those make my own list type of guys, but if I was, he’d be on it, not number one but somewhere. 

I guess I would only put Chris Collins on the list because that would mean we'd probably beat Northwestern.

[Alford Bailey 13,225]

Cronin is picking up steam from legit media outlets. Several new articles out today. Obviously doesn’t happen til UCLA’s season is over.

[Muskie plays the four 724]

22 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

McDermott who someone on here said he needs to stay at the mid major level is currently coaching on FS1 in a sold out Madison Square Garden against Rick Pitino for first place in the Big East 

If nothing else McDermott would make IU fun to watch again. 

[RaceToTheTop 30,954]

Just now, Parakeet Jones said:

I posted a question in a similar vein on HSN. Basically I asked, if we hire a sitting college coach would we prefer 

A. A deep March run to build up his profile for future recruits, but we wait longer  

B.  He loses early, but we get him early to start portaling.  With this we potentially hear about his poor performance in March ad nauseum  

 

Early loss.  A deep March run increases the chances of his school ponying up to keep them.

[BA47591 965]

Does anyone think it won't be Dusty? 

7y-50m and incentives? 

I think he has a signing bonus of 1.5 ish to repay if he leaves before April 1.That shouldn't hold us back. Buyout is low. 

He's not everyone's #1 choice but probably in everyone's top 3. Then we can start the speculation about the roster. 

 

[Parakeet Jones 4,022]

1 minute ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Early loss.  A deep March run increases the chances of his school ponying up to keep them.

I concur. 

[Muskie plays the four 724]

6 minutes ago, bobknightsghost said:

No worries, blue tick.

Always thought of him as a  Walker.

[Ryno6284 4,393]

2 minutes ago, Parakeet Jones said:

I posted a question in a similar vein on HSN. Basically I asked, if we hire a sitting college coach would we prefer 

A. A deep March run to build up his profile for future recruits, but we wait longer  

B.  He loses early, but we get him early to start portaling.  With this we potentially hear about his poor performance in March ad nauseum  

 

If it is May, I would say lose early, I don't think it would change the minds of the people that want him now.

If it is someone like Cronin or Buzz, etc. I think a deeper run would help people come around on them being coach at IU.

[RaceToTheTop 30,954]

1 minute ago, CrossboneIU22 said:

Why would Cronin even entertain leaving the Blue Blood UCLA for IU?  UCLA has a rich history of athletes and donors and their NIL potential is waiting to explode, with (in my opinion) larger potential than ours. Cronin being a Midwest guy is the only reason I can think of why he would even want to leave but even that is wishful thinking. He has never to my knowledge mentioned being enamored with the IU job like Pearl or Beard. He’s not a former IU or Indiana guy like Stevens, May, or Alford.

it would be very similar to Self leaving  Kansas for IU. I don’t see it even remotely happening. 

Compared to IU, they don't have the donors.  Also don't draw dick at home.  Through 14 home games this year they averaged 6,447 fans.  Cronin also hasn't been a fan of the long road trips that the West Coast teams have to do in the Big Ten.

[HoosierInParadise 1,645]

Cronin is picking up steam from legit media outlets. Several new articles out today. Obviously doesn’t happen til UCLA’s season is over.

Think his agent is putting his name out there to position him for a raise or do you think he would really have interest in the IU job?

[Alford Bailey 13,225]

2 minutes ago, BA47591 said:

Does anyone think it won't be Dusty? 

7y-50m and incentives? 

I think he has a signing bonus of 1.5 ish to repay if he leaves before April 1.That shouldn't hold us back. Buyout is low. 

He's not everyone's #1 choice but probably in everyone's top 3. Then we can start the speculation about the roster. 

 

Personally I think Michigan will lock him up

[monskisprodigy 2,289]

This Creighton v. St Johns game is a fun one…

I think I’d take McDermott. 

[lillurk 5,059]

Just now, Alford Bailey said:

Personally I think Michigan will lock him up

I think they might. They certainly can afford it, so in some respect it’s probably up to him, assuming the IU job is still there when his team’s done.