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[Chris007 62,280]

Just waiting on this

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1 minute ago, HoosierPapi4 said:

2 sweet 16 visits in 25 years isn’t exactly accomplished…won some games though 

It’s pretty accomplished. In the grand scheme of things there are not a lot of coaches who can say they’ve done that. Doesn’t mean he is the right guy for IU. I appreciate our new friend joining the board and sharing what they are hearing. Nothing personal against Mark, but he’s been out of coaching for a while. Woody wasn’t a HC when we hired him either. Can IU not pull a sitting head coach? If we make it through the list all the way to Turgeon, we may be able to win at a better rate, but I just don’t think I’ll be able to stomach it knowing Quinn/Dolson cost us Dusty May being a year too slow. It will be hard to get excited

[LamarCheeks 22,068]

So we've gone from Brad Stevens to Richie Pitino to Brad Brownell to  Mark Turgeon? 

Mark Turgeon??? 

Who's next? Billy Gillispie? John Pelphrey? Mike Brey? Ben Howland? 

I'm gonna need a cold one. Or two ... 

[68Hoosier 1,233]

I am still of the opinion that Dolson had a clear plan prior to us getting to the retirement (wink, wink) announcement.  You don't get to his position without a plan and in most cases, there are several versions of that plan because anything can happen.  See 4 years ago.  

He is likely connected to several agents and in the end, there has to be a mutual agreement on the numbers.  He should be vetting and looking at each of those individually and seeing what works.

[Kentuckysucks 4,332]

They aren’t hiring Turgeon people.

[Papacap 1,970]

If you’re gonna make up an out of the blue name to troll, not sure Sturgeon is the best one. Not really sure who would be at this point though. Everyone has been mentioned. 

[68Hoosier 1,233]

Just now, Kentuckysucks said:

They aren’t hiring Turgeon people.

Well crap, LOL

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I’m gonna actually head out to the pub now. I need a drink after entertaining this all. 

[JSHoosier 22,210]

Turgeon hasn't been a coach since December of 2021. If IU hired him they should just shutter the program and focus on football, it would just confirm that they are truly deeply unserious about this program coming back.

[JaybobHoosier 13,076]

Why hasn’t Doug Gottlieb been discussed more? Just think what he could do with our NIL!

[wirenuts 1,454]

Ok....so maybe Cronin doesn't look that terrible. Lol

[JPCIVOP 692]

6 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

It turns out all it took to get 30-40 pages in a day was for somebody to come in here and claim Mark Turgeoon is a serious candidate. 

This is where the Cronin psy-op comes in; once the fan base is introduced to the idea of a guy with one Sweet Sixteen in his last 15 years of coaching, Mick Cronin looks like a Dusty May-level grand slam.

[LamarCheeks 22,068]

3 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

They aren’t hiring Turgeon people.

What exactly are Turgeon people? 

They're not like sleestacks, are they? 

That actually might be kinda cool! 

[Silat Player 1,947]

6 minutes ago, TheDMV said:

No, like I said, connection is via a mark connection specifically. 
 

And look everyone, I know mark may not excite a lot of the base the way others might. But he’s an accomplished college coach and those aren’t easy to find, and again there’s some feeling it’s a good fit from an intangibles perspective. 

I'm sorry. I've seen a lot of crazy stuff on this site over the last couple of weeks. Without having any special knowledge, I can't imagine that IU would hire a 60 year old coach, who isn't even currently a head coach, with a middling career record. 

They already did that, and they only hired him because he was a former great player 40+ years ago, and he was a horrible failure as a coach. 

I can't believe that people are taking these brand new posters seriously at this point. LOL

[hoosiersoxfan 694]

Mike Brey is a name I was told has come up but after last week I'm not believing anything I'm told anymore.  If he were a little younger I wouldn't hate it but mid 60s and it had been awhile since he had success at ND before he "retired"

[JSHoosier 22,210]

1 minute ago, Home Jersey said:

I’m gonna actually head out to the pub now. I need a drink after entertaining this all. 

If they hire Turgeon this will be everyone on BTB

[sirhoosierlot 3,786]

I like to think that The DMV is actually the Mark Turgeon himself trying to get the job and making a profile here to gauge interest to prove to Dolson he would be a good hire. Now he's sitting at the computer like this after reading the responses. 

[JSHoosier 22,210]

2 minutes ago, wirenuts said:

Ok....so maybe Cronin doesn't look that terrible. Lol

The thought of Turgeon almost makes that 16m buyout sound reasonable.

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1 minute ago, hoosiersoxfan said:

Mike Brey is a name I was told has come up but after last week I'm not believing anything I'm told anymore.  If he were a little younger I wouldn't hate it but mid 60s and it had been awhile since he had success at ND before he "retired"

Okay now you guys are ****ing with me LOL

[JPCIVOP 692]

5 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Just waiting on this

I like to imagine Dolson seeing a need to calm down the message boards by floating a Brad Brownell or Mark Turgeon every couple of days. Waiting for Pat Chambers to be floated on Wednesday!