General Coach Candidate News

[HoosierHuddle]

Whew...I didn't look at the board at all from Friday evening until Monday morning and it took a Herculean effort to scan through the 120+ pages of eclectic content. If IU ends up with Brad Stevens, all of what I am writing below is moot. Same thing with Dusty May. If both are a "no", it gets interesting. I love Greg McDermott's offenses and think he could do great at IU. I am not advocating for Mick Cronin but I do think there are a few things that could be in his favor if he were to get a real chance at the job, if these things were already posted previously and I missed them, my apologies:

1. I think there is a decent chance he could get Michael Lewis to rejoin his staff. Lewis is well-regarded and I'd imagine IU would give him a raise from what he is making at Ball State. I think that would be great for offense and in-state recruiting.

2. I am not an "insider" by any means but I do have some long-standing connections within the state's basketball community. Mick Cronin does have connections to the Indiana Elite program and he has a prior relationship (I don't know how close they are but there is a relationship) with Drew Adams. Adams is an assistant coach with Cincinnati right now, previously worked for Bradley and is considered an ace recruiter in the Midwest. Woodson should have hired him but of course, there are a lot of things Woodson should have done. Adams on staff would make a ton of sense for Mick Cronin.

3. Indiana's NIL resources would give Cronin the biggest chest of resources he has had in his coaching career...BY FAR. He is very well thought of in the coaching community and I think IU's floor in nearly every season would be making the NCAA Tournament as a 5-7 seed and being top 5-6 in the Big Ten. In short, I don't really understand the vitriol towards Mick Cronin as an option if Stevens and May end up not taking the job.

[wirenuts]

2 minutes ago, TheDMV said:

I suppose that’s sort of true but it would also make for a very weird scenario where they’re talking to at least one prospective hire despite having a deal in place? Doesn’t make much sense right?

Unless it's just a verbal agreement, which in case if I was the AD I would probably want to have conversations with backup plans at the very least in case the verbal agreement had fallen short. 

Just like in recruiting, verbal agreements between coach and university probably get rescinded a lot more than we maybe think. 

[Chris007]

4 minutes ago, MrBBall said:

I do know there’s no deal as of yet. 

Appreciate it. Will you let me know when it's signed

[Hoosierfanyuh]

https://x.com/bball_war3/status/1891524737844543547?s=46

[Banksyrules]

1 hour ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Clearly you aren't married.

U got me. 

[TheDMV]

3 minutes ago, wirenuts said:

if I was the AD I would probably want to have conversations with backup plans at the very least in case the verbal agreement had fallen short. 

 

Not like this. 

[Hoosierfanyuh]

Also, Eric had a blurb earlier along the lines of someone within IU circles reached out saying there was a verbal from the trustees. He replied you spoke with a trustee and he said no but person x did and they’re close with person y. 

[OliviaPope40]

[Chris007]

3 minutes ago, TheDMV said:

Not like this. 

Please explain

[Uspshoosier]

7 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

Disclaimer for the people in this thread 

 

This is a free message board so some of the information that is provided on this free message board may end up not happening.  I promise everyone will go on with their lives and move on if the information turns out to not happen.  We will continue to talk IU basketball and have fun conversations and even arguments on BT Banners after the search is completely done.   Again information you see on this free message board may or may not happen.   Enjoy your day 

 

[HoosierPapi4]

Mark Turgeon huh…not a name I think I’d ever hear in this search lol

[8bucks]

Just now, TheDMV said:

Not like this. 

Way back when Mark Turgeon was at Wichita State he was a darkhorse candidate of mine. I felt somewhat vindicated that he kept rising up but once he got to Maryland he did not seem to reach that top tier of coaches.  His results at Maryland during a time when the BT was pretty strong were not bad.  Would hope for more of a splash but this is intriguing 

[68Hoosier]

2 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

 

Wait, I want a refund.  

[go iu bb]

1 hour ago, Trish said:

Dolson did us a disservice by firing Woodson too early. Now we have 3-6 weeks before we find out our head coach. Now what are we suppose to complain about the next several weeks!

 

I disagree. It's comforting knowing that Woodson won't be given another year

[8bucks]

5 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Also, Eric had a blurb earlier along the lines of someone within IU circles reached out saying there was a verbal from the trustees. He replied you spoke with a trustee and he said no but person x did and they’re close with person y. 

Feel like I walked in on the middle of a conversation but am missing the first half or who you are responding to

[monskisprodigy]

TURGEON?!?!?! Where the flying heck did he come from in this search. Not a name I have heard in forever. 

[Chris007]

6 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

Feel like I walked in on the middle of a conversation but am missing the first half or who you are responding to

I didn't understand any of that either but when it mentioned Eric I stopped reading. 

[tyappleg]

Just now, Chris007 said:

I didn't understand any of that either but when it mentioned Eric I stopped reading. 

Chris can you please slip a note under Dolson's office door letting him know Mark Turgeon is leaking information, and he should not be trusted.  

[Chris007]

3 minutes ago, monskisprodigy said:

TURGEON?!?!?! Where the flying heck did he come form in this search. Not a name I have heard in forever. 

Another newbie who is one degree of Keven Bacon away from him. 

[TheDMV]

13 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Please explain

Obviously not going into specifics but it would be REALLY weird if they were exploring like they’re exploring and had someone they considered a likely hire right now

Edited February 17 by TheDMV
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