General Coach Candidate News

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Cronin isn’t in anyone’s top-5 I don’t think. What I do think is he’s in the top-5 of good coaches who would actually say yes to coming to IU. I much prefer fun rumors on a free forum that may or may not be true according to the Postal Service*

That said and I’ve chided the trolls on this repeatedly— I, and many I would guess, never thought chances of Brad was that realistic. 0%? No, there’s a chance. Over 25%? No way. So where does that leave us? With a ton of eggs in the Dusty basket. He says no? Where does that leave us?
Otz, Drew, Oats, Few, Beard, Pearl, et. al. Are not walking through the door. I’d put any of those at less than 5% chance if I’m being honest and making odds. So some combination of the field is what I would bet on. And Cronin isn’t a bad option of the field. Even he is moot anyways unless the buyout was renegotiated. No whale booster is gonna pay that ridiculous buyout for a Cronin. 

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1 minute ago, OKHOOSIER said:

Cronin isn’t in anyone’s top-5 I don’t think. What I do think is he’s in the top-5 of good coaches who would actually say yes to coming to IU. I much prefer fun rumors on a free forum that may or may not be true according to the Postal Service*

That said and I’ve chided the trolls on this repeatedly— I, and many I would guess, never thought chances of Brad was that realistic. 0%? No, there’s a chance. Over 25%? No way. So where does that leave us? With a ton of eggs in the Dusty basket. He says no? Where does that leave us?
Otz, Drew, Oats, Few, Beard, Pearl, et. al. Are not walking through the door. I’d put any of those at less than 5% chance if I’m being honest and making odds. So some combination of the field is what I would bet on. And Cronin isn’t a bad option of the field. Even he is moot anyways unless the buyout was renegotiated. No whale booster is gonna pay that ridiculous buyout for a Cronin. 

Of course he's in people's top 5, they're some convinced he's a top 15 coach lol 

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7 hours ago, rcbowla said:

Are kids soft or just the players we've brought in here and then harbored that mindset with coaches that don't hold players accountable?

Very fair point that I don’t unfortunately know the answer to

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Watching the Journey episode about May coming back to Bloomington 

 

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I would take Sampson back and let him fix the mess he made. Just clean up the nonsense and we would be good to go

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I’d call $Bill and see if he wants a change of scenery.  Seemed pretty checked out last night.  

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40 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

I don't see it that way. Cutting off non power 4 coaches is dumb. 

You aren't understanding my point. Louisville and Kentucky did not get well established, long successful coaches. We should be thinking about the possibility that Cronin, McDermott, etc are not gonna be the coach, which is piggybacking on the original post I was replying too.

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14 minutes ago, IUHoosierJoe said:

Looking at a resume and skipping over the personality and fit is what we did with Archie Miller.  

If Miller won, no one would give a crap about his “fit”. It’s laughable that a program as bad as ours has been that some are so focused on that. Let’s make winning our culture 

[lillurk 4,234]

If Self is checked out at a place where the established floor is so high, there’s no way he’s gonna work to get there at a new place. I was making this point before they got whooped in their last two games. 

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6 minutes ago, OKHOOSIER said:

Cronin isn’t in anyone’s top-5 I don’t think. What I do think is he’s in the top-5 of good coaches who would actually say yes to coming to IU. I much prefer fun rumors on a free forum that may or may not be true according to the Postal Service*

That said and I’ve chided the trolls on this repeatedly— I, and many I would guess, never thought chances of Brad was that realistic. 0%? No, there’s a chance. Over 25%? No way. So where does that leave us? With a ton of eggs in the Dusty basket. He says no? Where does that leave us?
Otz, Drew, Oats, Few, Beard, Pearl, et. al. Are not walking through the door. I’d put any of those at less than 5% chance if I’m being honest and making odds. So some combination of the field is what I would bet on. And Cronin isn’t a bad option of the field. Even he is moot anyways unless the buyout was renegotiated. No whale booster is gonna pay that ridiculous buyout for a Cronin. 

Good points.  I have lowered my expectations on what we are realistically going to get.  After the last let down I and thinking of someone in the field but hold out hopes we get a home run. 

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Also, sincerely, Cronin going off last night is not some secret message but man, if he wants the IU job I think he bites his tongue there.

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3 minutes ago, Papacap said:

If Miller won, no one would give a crap about his “fit”. It’s laughable that a program as bad as ours has been that some are so focused on that. Let’s make winning our culture 

Winning fixes a lot of problems and brings people together.  

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37 minutes ago, IU Prof said:

Exactly. That's why I feel much better about Dusty this year than last. He's proven he can level up to the B1G.

That was my biggest concern with Dusty.  He needed to prove himself in a major conference before I’d entertain him.  He’s done that, for sure.

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6 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Watching the Journey episode about May coming back to Bloomington 

 

Is that Dolson being kicked for not firing Woody at the end of last season?

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1 minute ago, Papacap said:

If Miller won, no one would give a crap about his “fit”. It’s laughable that a program as bad as ours has been that some are so focused on that. Let’s make winning our culture 

Woody traumatized so many IU fans with the “true fans” senior day comments a good portion of the fan base wants a coach who will “just do whatever it takes to win” and kiss fans butts even when it’s not warranted. Good luck finding a winner willing to do that. It’s like fans think they are the coach’s boss or something lol 

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5 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Of course he's in people's top 5, they're some convinced he's a top 15 coach lol 

Well the numbers say he is. If your “eye-test” says otherwise that’s understandable and I’m not gonna litigate it again, you and I have already lol.. we have different opinions on that, all good.

You missed the main point of what I said. He’s top-5 in the realistic options if we are being honest about who is coming to IU. No one here making a wish list is gonna have him top-5 because no ones top-5s are generally rooted in reality. Cronin is somewhere in the 6-10 range, which is most likely the pool we find a coach if Dusty says no. I’ve always thought that, but there was no reason to argue it, we had plenty of trolls here to tell us how unrealistic we were. 

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56 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Because the team they are invested in lost a game they should have won.   Happens every night in college basketball.  Fans are passionate 

Last thing we need is for another coach to come in and tell us we aren’t true fans…..

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Cronin is about to be the youngest active coach to 500 career wins but he’s not good enough for IU lmfao 

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1 hour ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

"Indiana hires failed UCLA coach" is very on brand for us. 

Failed?  He has been to three sweet 16s, an elite 8 and a final four at UCLA in six years. 

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1 hour ago, Home Jersey said:

Thanks for the response. Unless that’s a regular occurrence or indirectly related off court circumstances frustrating the fanbase, don’t think your home fans should be booing in that scenario. I’ll have the unpopular take here lol. It is on the coach to make sure the home environment is an advantage. That means doing your part to win… but fans have to do their part too. A coach holding the fanbase accountable is not inherently a dealbreaker for me. The way he said it was not good, but I get the sense some people don’t want a coach who will ever say anything to fans other than thank you. 

Exactly this... compare the commends Woodson made to/about the fans last Senior Day with how Cignetti called out the fans for the football team. Woodson drove the wedge deeper, and Cignetti was able to rally the fans around what he was doing in Memorial Stadium.