General Coach Candidate News

[Golfman25 6,855]

12 minutes ago, OliviaPope40 said:

You want to talk about a coach who took a bunch of college players who had never played together and beat the best hockey team in the world. I always thought that was for the gold until my dad told me it wasn't but wow if that had been for the gold medal.

The way the brackets played out, It was essentially for the gold medal.  Was simply spectacular. 

[Capt. Crimson 3,983]

17 hours ago, TheDMV said:

I can tell you at a minimum there’s no deal for anyone right now. 

That you Rabby? 

[Capt. Crimson 3,983]

12 hours ago, IUHoosierJoe said:

Thinking about the flights people were tracking last week….I can actually make a pretty compelling case that it will be Rick Pitino with Richard on staff as coach in waiting.

Little Ricky loves Breaking Bad I hear... 

[IUFAN1976 4,320]

49 minutes ago, OliviaPope40 said:

AJ Moye would like a word.

AJ Moye had some serious hops!!!  I thought they said he had something close to a 48” vertical!  That was an awesome block too!!! 

[str8baller 7,822]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Wiemuth isn't just a guy sitting in the basement of his parent's house if you're not familiar with him.

 

 

 

 

All this really boils down to is that coaches who succeed at the highest level also were very successful at lower levels, which is kind of a no-brainier.  
 

We can find a bunch of examples of guys who were really good at lower levels—even meeting this criteria—and failed in the big leagues. 
 

It might be a decent filter for guys like Archie though, who was in 2nd place for single season wins at Dayton when we hired him. He’s now in 3rd as Anthony Grant holds the record, who himself washed out at Alabama. 

[AZ Hoosier 11,141]

1 hour ago, 68Hoosier said:

As I said once before, I get my hopes up reading everything and listening to all the possibilities which is fun and then we get blindsided with a coach out of nowhere like Woodson.  I am getting too old for this and would love to see them relevant again before I can no longer watch and enjoy the game.

I hear that... I'm not as old as you ('68?) or the Old Fart ('66) ... graduated in 76 ... but yeah, the clock is ticking on me, too. 

[IUFAN1976 4,320]

39 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

We need something to happen today to get us another bunch of pages to keep our goal of 2000 going. So we need someone to name someone crazy or say something that gets people. I feel like we are still 2-3 weeks before were even close to getting some real intel. 

Pick your choice:

Huggy Bear

Tom Crean

Coach K

These were all mentioned recently!  Maybe the next coach could hire Crean back as an offensive coordinator!  

[Artie86 3,515]

2 minutes ago, IUFAN1976 said:

AJ Moye had some serious hops!!!  I thought they said he had something close to a 48” vertical!  That was an awesome block too!!! 

......yep! I remember watching that game live. Good 'ol Dane Fife right there at the ready.

[Home Jersey 16,881]

1 minute ago, IUFAN1976 said:

Pick your choice:

Huggy Bear

Tom Crean

Coach K

These were all mentioned recently!  Maybe the next coach could hire Crean back as an offensive coordinator!  

Coach K did spend a season in Bloomington as an assistant, didn’t he? Lol

[OliviaPope40 7,514]

Just now, Home Jersey said:

Coach K did spend a season in Bloomington as an assistant, didn’t he? Lol

Yes he did and the rest is history. 

[AZ Hoosier 11,141]

35 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Al Michales saying Do you believe in miracles is maybe the greatest line in all of sports broadcasting. I remember it well being 4 years old (Not really). But I also believe in miracles and believe were going to get this hire right. 

Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then...

[SlammySammy 1,737]

Randy Bennett?

[str8baller 7,822]

4 minutes ago, str8baller said:

All this really boils down to is that coaches who succeed at the highest level also were very successful at lower levels, which is kind of a no-brainier.  
 

We can find a bunch of examples of guys who were really good at lower levels—even meeting this criteria—and failed in the big leagues. 
 

It might be a decent filter for guys like Archie though, who was in 2nd place for single season wins at Dayton when we hired him. He’s now in 3rd as Anthony Grant holds the record, who himself washed out at Alabama. 

Also, fwiw, Brad Brownell fits this criteria. 

[IUrocker 2,495]

If we’re gonna throw “heck no” candidates out there to pass the time then how about this guy? Let’s get wild and head straight to the bottom of the Big Ten. 

[Chris007 62,616]

7 minutes ago, IUFAN1976 said:

Pick your choice:

Huggy Bear

Tom Crean

Coach K

These were all mentioned recently!  Maybe the next coach could hire Crean back as an offensive coordinator!  

I would be fine with Crean being the GM

[Kentuckysucks 4,351]

Tyme sure seems to think it will be Cronin.  His comparison to Jay Wright at this point in their careers really isn’t far off.

[SlammySammy 1,737]

 

2 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

Tyme sure seems to think it will be Cronin.  His comparison to Jay Wright at this point in their careers really isn’t far off.

It does make a lot of sense.

[HoosierInParadise 1,683]

 
It does make a lot of sense.

At first I was not a fan of even suggesting Cronin...but I'm coming around on it. I don't love it, but I don't hate it now either. Polar opposite from Woodson with regard to pretty much everything, so that would be a good start....

[Capt. Crimson 3,983]

2 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

Tyme sure seems to think it will be Cronin.  His comparison to Jay Wright at this point in their careers really isn’t far off.

It certainly feels like someone where we would end up. Do we know the details of his buyout at this point? Why would we throw so much cash at Cronin? 

[IUrocker 2,495]

The more I see stuff about Dusty, the more I hope we get him. Just seems like such a good dude, loves ball, and what he has done so far at Michigan is insane. Sitting at the top of the conference his first year with a bunch of kids he put together as a new team. I’d love to have Brad for obvious reasons, but it gets to the point where how long are we fine with having to bribe and beg someone to take a job where someone else could provide the same results and would crawl back to Bloomington to be our coach? 
 

Being able to get Brad is a no brainer if he truly wants the job, but heck, I REALLY hope it’s Dusty.