General Coach Candidate News

[IUHoosierJoe 1,736]

1 minute ago, EasyEJay said:

Oh it’s a dumpster fire over at Peegs they are getting so testy because he is giving them nothing but shooting down even the slightest of rumors, and continues to remain vague because he has no new info . His sources are agents so what else can he say besides the agents are floating there guys names ( because they wants raises and more NIL cash ) clear he and his little cronie Eric are anxious because they have no more sources inside the actual IU athletic department. 

But they still give their money to him.  That may be even more bonkers than coming here just to call people liars and put laugh emojis on any Stevens post.

[IUBtown 73]

3 minutes ago, EasyEJay said:

Oh it’s a dumpster fire over at Peegs they are getting so testy because he is giving them nothing but shooting down even the slightest of rumors, and continues to remain vague because he has no new info . His sources are agents so what else can he say besides the agents are floating there guys names ( because they wants raises and more NIL cash ) clear he and his little cronie Eric are anxious because they have no more sources inside the actual IU athletic department. 

Rabs has turned into nothing more than clickbait.  He very rarely has anything of substance that can't be found elsewhere.  And this has been going on for the past 5+ years. 

[Chris007 53,355]

6 minutes ago, EasyEJay said:

Oh it’s a dumpster fire over at Peegs they are getting so testy because he is giving them nothing but shooting down even the slightest of rumors, and continues to remain vague because he has no new info . His sources are agents so what else can he say besides the agents are floating there guys names ( because they wants raises and more NIL cash ) clear he and his little cronie Eric are anxious because they have no more sources inside the actual IU athletic department. 

Yes, I keep peaking over there and seeing that. They have nothing. Soft chatter he keeps saying. Maybe it really is that quiet, if it is that might be kind of scary. 

[MikeRoberts 7,593]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

I'm surprised this isn't a bigger deal for some. Trilly who is connected with every agent hasn't heard of Indiana reaching out to anyone right now, Rabby who is pretty much just connected to agents and AAU people and hasn't heard much, just soft chatter. Both have said they have heard things for other openings but not ours. For the life of me I just can't figure out why :-)

Because Dolson is going all in on Steven’s again with no backups. This seems like 2021 all over again. Maybe the outcome this time is different but that overconfidence is why we’re here in this thread

[Pagoda 2,449]

11 minutes ago, EasyEJay said:

Oh it’s a dumpster fire over at Peegs they are getting so testy because he is giving them nothing but shooting down even the slightest of rumors, and continues to remain vague because he has no new info . His sources are agents so what else can he say besides the agents are floating there guys names ( because they wants raises and more NIL cash ) clear he and his little cronie Eric are anxious because they have no more sources inside the actual IU athletic department. 

Haha.  Rabby really does a Ms. Cleo routine over there.

[RaceToTheTop 28,154]

4 minutes ago, IUBtown said:

Rabs has turned into nothing more than clickbait.  He very rarely has anything of substance that can't be found elsewhere.  And this has been going on for the past 5+ years. 

1.  If Rabjohns has heard that it definitely isn't Stevens, he would try to shoot down rumors.

2.  It's not a secret that Rabjohns has lost inside information from IU and if he wanted to get back in good graces with the next staff, it would make sense that if it were Stevens that he wouldn't be leaking that information.  Getting temporary clickbait doesn't trump long term access.

3.  If Rabjohns has no clue, he isn't going to say he doesn't have a clue.  He'd just parrot what other outlets said.

Based on this, either Rabjohns believes that it isn't Stevens or believes it is Stevens but wants access or he doesn't have a clue whether it is or isn't Stevens.

[Chris007 53,355]

2 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

Because Dolson is going all in on Steven’s again with no backups. This seems like 2021 all over again. Maybe the outcome this time is different but that overconfidence is why we’re here in this thread

That might have been the case, seems like that is slanted a little from a trustee's side of things. But let's hope it is different this time. I do know that there were two main people on the list this time with others listed. But as I say I've been wrong before.

[RaceToTheTop 28,154]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

That might have been the case, seems like that is slanted a little from a trustee's side of things. But let's hope it is different this time. I do know that there were two main people on the list this time with others listed. But as I say I've been wrong before.

It certainly does seem that if IU is going after Stevens that they are doing it much earlier than they did last go around.  Certainly is going to be time to pivot if it's not him.

[OKHOOSIER 4,777]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

That might have been the case, seems like that is slanted a little from a trustee's side of things. But let's hope it is different this time. I do know that there were two main people on the list this time with others listed. But as I say I've been wrong before.

Do you think it’s possible the main thing here with the silence and lack of firmer public ‘no’ is simply because Stevens hasn’t told Dolson no? If Dolson hasn’t been told no, there’s no reason to think he’s moved on to sitting coaches, hence, little to no agent noise leaking out to insiders. 

[AZ Hoosier 9,133]

2 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

It certainly does seem that if IU is going after Stevens that they are doing it much earlier than they did last go around.  Certainly is going to be time to pivot if it's not him.

Finally something we can thank Woodson for... if he hadn't forced the issue we may not be this far along... 

[cleeter 2,713]

29 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I've heard him say that. He also deletes things when people talk about him, he kicked Cleeter out of chat last night when he brought him up. It's weird. If for some reason his name gets brought up in a couple weeks he will be like I had him on the hot board the whole time

I literally just put "Stevens, Brad" and got a 10 minute timeout, along with others. Amazing

[AZ Hoosier 9,133]

3 minutes ago, OKHOOSIER said:

Do you think it’s possible the main thing here with the silence and lack of firmer public ‘no’ is simply because Stevens hasn’t told Dolson no? If Dolson hasn’t been told no, there’s no reason to think he’s moved on to sitting coaches, hence, little to no agent noise leaking out to insiders. 

I'm nowhere near an insider, but who knows... I will say that the lack of anything remotely concrete has to be a good sign for everyone involved... if loose lips sink ships, then tight lips makes the fanbase anxious... wanting to hear something vs having the faith that no news is good news is a tough place to be, am I right?

Of course Cathy would remind us that there's a process...

[Chris007 53,355]

The one thing I don't understand is if everything worked out the way people say it did. On Feb 14 Brad said no thanks. Then wouldn't have Scott been on the phone with Dusty's agent that afternoon saying he has big money coming for your client as soon as the season is over since we all know he was the #2 choice. I don't care if his family loves Michigan or not, (don't believe it) we could have given him a much better raise than the 1 million he got with the extension. 

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2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

The one thing I don't understand is if everything worked out the way people say it did. On Feb 14 Brad said no thanks. Then wouldn't have Scott been on the phone with Dusty's agent that afternoon saying he has big money coming for your client as soon as the season is over since we all know he was the #2 choice. I don't care if his family loves Michigan or not, (don't believe it) we could have given him a much better raise than the 1 million he got with the extension. 

His family, I heard was wanting him to move to Indiana if I remember correctly. 

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4 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

The one thing I don't understand is if everything worked out the way people say it did. On Feb 14 Brad said no thanks. Then wouldn't have Scott been on the phone with Dusty's agent that afternoon saying he has big money coming for your client as soon as the season is over since we all know he was the #2 choice. I don't care if his family loves Michigan or not, (don't believe it) we could have given him a much better raise than the 1 million he got with the extension. 

Same day Michigan presented Dusty with the extension 

[Capt. Crimson 3,686]

Sam Story dropped into Trilly discord this AM and said he thinks Stevens is over. Dolson met with him on Feb 14th and it didn’t go anywhere. Timing with his daughter is bad.

Drew and May (since his buyout isn’t impossible)still at top of his list before they move on.


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[RoadRage 2,659]

38 minutes ago, OKHOOSIER said:

One thing I come back to is simply how weak of a denial it was. These guys know how words are perceived and how any statement would be interpreted with the IU job being open. The fact remains they could have really shut it down on the record. They had to know “not a candidate” wouldn’t kill the speculation completely. 
 

Or, he’s so uninterested and cares so little they were essentially hand waving the possibility as absurd. Which is entirely possible, he is running the Boston Celtics after all lol. 

Good point!

[MikeRoberts 7,593]

12 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

That might have been the case, seems like that is slanted a little from a trustee's side of things. But let's hope it is different this time. I do know that there were two main people on the list this time with others listed. But as I say I've been wrong before.

It’s not that he didn’t have a list in 2021 it was that he made little to no progress with that list. Fast forward to 2025, wasn’t May in that top 3? Now he’s signed a big extension and almost all but eliminated.

Again, if Stevens is his #1 and he gets him then it all works out. I have heard from a few people that he had done little work on backup plans 4 years ago and while not confirmed yet by any means, it appears little is being done again if you believe what is being said ie. No activity with agents 

as we found 4 years ago, you have to have multiple people ready to say yes to be safe and avoid 4 years of misery, not just one 

[Home Jersey 12,036]

I’m usually not the kind of person to wish away time but really hoping the next month flies by. I don’t think anybody knows anything for certain. Easy enough to see how any candidate could theoretically be on the table. Don’t think we will know anything with any certainty until the announcement is made, just like the last football hire.