General Coach Candidate News

[IndianaSconnie90 806]

The May news can't possibly be a shocker to anyone. Michigan never would've heard the end of it had they not locked him up after the season they're having, especially knowing his IU ties and the undercurrent of chatter about him and the IU position. It was stated earlier that had May really wanted be at IU he could've easily just remained at FAU for another season and waited out the inevitable disaster that was this year at IU. I really doubt that Stevens is realistic at this point (hopefully I'm wrong). So we're down to Drew, Beard, and Cronin, followed by a handful of "hope it carries over" coaches.

[hoosierdogg 3,333]

1 hour ago, realTomCrean said:

Anyone care to explain Beard’s style of play

Lit

[Ryno6284 4,484]

The last two Friday nut kicks have been preparation for the feable that aren't ready for the Beard and WINNING at IU!

[str8baller 7,646]

1 minute ago, IUFAN1976 said:

Our holier than thou attitude needs to go away.  There is no coach or fan that is perfect. Everyone has skeletons in their closet and nobody is perfect.  I really trust Dolson is really looking at him and doing his due diligence to see if he’s improved himself and is making amends for what he had done.  Nobody is perfect and it’s time to look the other way and give this guy at least a look.  In Scott Dolson I trust!

Dolson isn’t your problem. He wanted to hire Fitzgerald as the football coach. But his boss, a female at that, might have something to say about it…just like she did with the Fitzgerald (non) hire. 

[IUFAN1976 4,320]

10 minutes ago, rcbowla said:

Must've quoted the wrong post. What makes you think that?

Read this:

https://www.sportskeeda.com/college-basketball/news-mike-woodson-replacement-rick-pitino-indiana-hoosiers-move-potentially-cards-per-reports?utm_source=www.sportskeeda.com&utm_medium=native&utm_campaign=sharearticle

[Ryno6284 4,484]

IU has to really try to F*** up this hire! If they do? Well?

[str8baller 7,646]

3 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Don’t need to win the press conference just need to get a college basketball coach that’s a grinder and with ius resources they will be just fine 

How far down do you think Louisville got before they ended up with Pat Kelsey? I’m guessing the Louisville boards lost their mind.   College of Charleston head coach is killing it at Louisville.   Kentucky hired a former Utah Valley and BYU head coach.  I’m sure Kentucky fans thought they were getting an established high major head coach.   They didn’t and Mark Pope in year 1 has that fan base as excited as they have been in a while.  These 2 will need to continue building the program however both have their programs off to a fantastic start.   Iu will be just fine in my opinion no matter who Dolson ends up hiring as long as that coach is a college basketball lifer and grinder that program will have a chance to crawl out of the mediocre hole they have been living in 

Could be true. OTOH, Crean, Archie, and Sampson are all lifers and grinders. 
 

The IU basketball job is hard. That’s why you get paid a lot to do it. It’s a harder job than Oklahoma and Dayton and Marquette and so on and so forth. 

[IUFAN1976 4,320]

1 minute ago, str8baller said:

Dolson isn’t your problem. He wanted to hire Fitzgerald as the football coach. But his boss, a female at that, might have something to say about it…just like she did with the Fitzgerald (non) hire. 

Then she’s holier than thou  too!  He’s supposed to be innocent until proven guilty!  She dropped the charges!  Everyone needs to get past it and move on.

[JaybobHoosier 13,192]

3 minutes ago, Ryno6284 said:

IU has to really try to F*** up this hire! If they do? Well?

If it’s Brownell then I think we can fully state this program has no desire to have a good basketball program. I wouldn’t be a fan of Cronin but at least we would be in the NCAA Tournament the majority of the time. I have faith in Dolson, but how things have went the last 25 years, I’m just cautious in how all this will play out. 

[steubenhoosier 1,911]

20 minutes ago, Ryno6284 said:

USPS SAYS HOLD MY BEER! AND JohnsonIU!

Wait, did you just accuse @Uspshoosier of asking someone to hold his Johnson?

[Uspshoosier 54,570]

1 minute ago, str8baller said:

Could be true. OTOH, Crean, Archie, and Sampson are all lifers and grinders. 
 

The IU basketball job is hard. That’s why you get paid a lot to do it. It’s a harder job than Oklahoma and Dayton and Marquette and so on and so forth. 

Yep.   Nothing is a guarantee.  You step in the box and take a swing.   It will either work out or it won’t.   You do this until you get it right.  Doesn’t matter how many cycles it takes.   What you don’t do is hire a non college basketball coach and think it’s going to work.  

[Uspshoosier 54,570]

5 minutes ago, IUFAN1976 said:

Then she’s holier than thou  too!  He’s supposed to be innocent until proven guilty!  She dropped the charges!  Everyone needs to get past it and move on.

As long as other people move on when the search firm IU hired does its  background checks and he doesn’t end up IUs coach.   3 major jobs were open last year and none of them hired him to lead their program.  For me that’s odd that a top 3 on the court coach didn’t get swooped up by those teams 2 which could arguably of needed a home run hire worse then IU needs this cycle.  

[Trish 14,502]

Dolson must love seeing Michigan at 20-5, #12 in the country. While Indiana, with projections to finish 1-2 in the Big Ten and an elite transfer class, is about to miss the dance, again.

 

[IndianaSconnie90 806]

5 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Yep.   Nothing is a guarantee.  You step in the box and take a swing.   It will either work out or it won’t.   You do this until you get it right.  Doesn’t matter how many cycles it takes.   What you don’t do is hire a non college basketball coach and think it’s going to work.  

That sounds like what the AD of the UAB basketball program says lol

[Uspshoosier 54,570]

Just now, IndianaSconnie90 said:

That sounds like what the AD of the UAB basketball program says lol

Well they did hire a former Ole Miss coach 

[JustWinBaby 2,008]

1 hour ago, OKHOOSIER said:

The fact that it’s paltry just speaks to the fact he was never leaving Michigan and the original buyout wasn’t so he could bolt and save IU money like I tried saying over and over. Based on his own statement, this seems like it was literally just to pay lip service to an extension so the media would stfu about him to IU. Our chance was last season, we blew it, and we’ve got 2000 pages of FMW that says we were all right for thinking it. 

I texted a friend of mine who knows some folks at UM athletics when this news broke. He said Dusty was never even planning on entertaining an offer from IU.

I think perhaps the most damaging think that IU did by keeping Woodson for a meaningless 4th year was scare away talented coaches. People see the dumpster fire that is the IU administration and want nothing to do with it. And frankly I can't blame them.

[Ryno6284 4,484]

8 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

Wait, did you just accuse @Uspshoosier of asking someone to hold his Johnson?

My sentence structuring sucks!

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,703]

Back away from the cliff people

[Ryno6284 4,484]

3 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

As long as other people move on when the search firm IU hired does its  background checks and he doesn’t end up IUs coach.   3 major jobs were open last year and none of them hired him to lead their program.  For me that’s odd that a top 3 on the court coach didn’t get swooped up by those teams 2 which could arguably of needed a home run hire worse then IU needs this cycle.  

Maybe he wasn't ready to move after 1 year?

[Papacap 2,026]

1 minute ago, JustWinBaby said:

I texted a friend of mine who knows some folks at UM athletics when this news broke. He said Dusty was never even planning on entertaining an offer from IU.

I think perhaps the most damaging think that IU did by keeping Woodson for a meaningless 4th year was scare away talented coaches. People see the dumpster fire that is the IU administration and want nothing to do with it. And frankly I can't blame them.

Well, gosh, if your friend knows some people, that’s it. How bout let’s wait and see what coach we get before worrying that IU can’t hire a good coach?