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15 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

As far as I know, he wanted a shorter amount of years but a higher per-year salary, an assured abundance of NIL each year, and a certain amount of money for the assistant pool. 

Doesn’t make sense that he didn’t have an assured abundance of nil prior to that point.

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so who is the leader in the club house now for the HC gig?

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Just now, dwtaylor1055 said:

so who is the leader in the club house now for the HC gig?

The field

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Just now, dwtaylor1055 said:

so who is the leader in the club house now for the HC gig?

Drew, Otz, Cronin, McDermott, McCollum, McCasland, or Collins 

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Just now, dwtaylor1055 said:

so who is the leader in the club house now for the HC gig?

Today is Tuesday:
So todays leader in the clubhouse for the IU job is Tonya Harding

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3 minutes ago, Mopladysman said:

Doesn’t make sense that he didn’t have an assured abundance of nil prior to that point.

I think he wanted the exact amount in writing in the contract

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3 minutes ago, dwtaylor1055 said:

so who is the leader in the club house now for the HC gig?

@RoadToZion said yesterday it has been Brad for weeks

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3 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

The field

Yea if Dusty and Brad are off the board, it needs to be full court press on Drew and then Otz, which unfortunately means this goes for a while. It’s gonna be a long March 

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1 hour ago, Jet812 said:

This is what I fear the most.  That Dolson thought he’d get Stevens, it ain’t happening & now we’re scrambling again.  If that’s the case SD should be fired.  I just don’t have the faith that many others do because of the Cig hire…

Surely you're joking.  No other coaches can even talk about IU directly with Scott right now.  All he can do is his background work (i.e.; what brand of scotch the Beard like) and maybe chat with an agent or two "hypothetically."  Still a long way to go.  

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1 hour ago, iu eyedoc said:

They added 1 year and like $1.5M to May's  already low buyout. He may be content in Ann Arbor but nothing about that extension would change IU's interest in May

It's almost a joke of an "extension" for a guy that may win the conference in year 1.    

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Just now, OKHOOSIER said:

Yea if Dusty and Brad are off the board, it needs to be full court press on Drew and then Otz, which unfortunately means this goes for a while. It’s gonna be a long March 

Personally, while I’d love to be wrong, I’m assuming Brad and Dusty are a hard no. Otz and Drew in the next tier probably and I also think the odds it’s either of them are very, very low. To be honest, starting to wonder if the eventual hire is even somebody we’re talking about much at this point. Doubting it’s any of McCasland, McDermott, Buzz, Cronin, Pitino Jr etc. Probably not McCollum, Calhoun, or Byington all in their first years at schools. DeVries is too but maybe we can take him from WVU? Hard pressed to pick an individual favorite right now at the end of February.

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6 minutes ago, Golfman25 said:

Surely you're joking.  No other coaches can even talk about IU directly with Scott right now.  All he can do is his background work (i.e.; what brand of scotch the Beard like) and maybe chat with an agent or two "hypothetically."  Still a long way to go.  

No, it's definitely more likely that SD should be fired. smh

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12 hours ago, Magnanimous said:

Let’s debate something we can actually resolve before the NCAAT, since no one on this board, the interwebs, or the outer sphere has a “con-flabbin” clue who the next coach will be or has an actual say in any of this. So…top 10 Westerns:

1) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

2) The Searchers

3) Once Upon a Time in the West

4) Stagecoach

5) Django Unchained

6) Shane

7) The Outlaw Josey Wales

8) Rio Bravo

9) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

10) The Magnificent Seven

Now tell me why Unforgiven, either True Grit, the rest of the Dollars trilogy, Tombstone, The Wild Bunch, Ben McCollum and the Sundance Kid, High Noon, Blazing Saddles (or others) should replace anything on this list. 

Shane undoubtedly #1

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1 minute ago, Home Jersey said:

Personally, while I’d love to be wrong, I’m assuming Brad and Dusty are a hard no. Otz and Drew in the next tier probably and I also think the odds it’s either of them are very, very low. To be honest, starting to wonder if the eventual hire is even somebody we’re talking about much at this point. Doubting it’s any of McCasland, McDermott, Buzz, Cronin, Pitino Jr etc. Probably not McCollum, Calhoun, or Byington all in their first years at schools. DeVries is too but maybe we can take him from WVU? Hard pressed to pick an individual favorite right now at the end of February.

there's also no need to, outside of just a discussion piece 

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1 minute ago, Golfman25 said:

It's almost a joke of an "extension" for a guy that may win the conference in year 1.    

I think it was more getting one done to stop the questions. It speaks more to the fact he was never leaving Michigan in the first place after Woody got another year. Now you could, I suppose, hope that was because he (Dusty) knew he wouldn’t even be considered due to Dolson having someone else not currently coaching already locked up, but I find that highly unlikely. The most logical explanation is Dusty told us no, and knew nothing he could say would stop speculation sans extension. My opinion? Dusty was never leaving a high major that he liked after one season, and probably was never a realistic candidate. 

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1 hour ago, Demo said:

Dolson’s a smart guy and with basically a year to prep I find it impossible to believe that the plan is a guy who ain’t comin’, a guy who ain’t comin’ and a guy who probably ain’t comin’. Sure, take the big swings if you need to, but then get into your actual process and nail down your guy. And it’s gonna take a minute. The downside of Woody not making it to the end of the year is the giant information vacuum that we’re going to spend the next 6-8 weeks filling with our angst and insanity. But they’ll get a good dude. They will. Not concerned about the size of the name.

If Woodson made it to the end of this season without being "retired," there would have been even more angst and insanity. It just would've been fretting about whether Woodson would be back next year instead of who the next coach will be.

I certainly expect that Dolson did have a longer list than just 2 or 3 names and he probably had a good idea at the chances of landing Stevens or May before Woodson was "retired."

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13 hours ago, Magnanimous said:

Let’s debate something we can actually resolve before the NCAAT, since no one on this board, the interwebs, or the outer sphere has a “con-flabbin” clue who the next coach will be or has an actual say in any of this. So…top 10 Westerns:

1) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

2) The Searchers

3) Once Upon a Time in the West

4) Stagecoach

5) Django Unchained

6) Shane

7) The Outlaw Josey Wales

8) Rio Bravo

9) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

10) The Magnificent Seven

Now tell me why Unforgiven, either True Grit, the rest of the Dollars trilogy, Tombstone, The Wild Bunch, Ben McCollum and the Sundance Kid, High Noon, Blazing Saddles (or others) should replace anything on this list. 

You forgot Big Jake, McClintok, pale Rider, and Winchester 73

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42 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

As far as I know, he wanted a shorter amount of years but a higher per-year salary, an assured abundance of NIL each year, and a certain amount of money for the assistant pool. 

And a better non-con schedule and a basketball GM?  Can't remember who threw those out but thought you might have been one of them?  

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24 minutes ago, iubb said:

Today is Tuesday:
So todays leader in the clubhouse for the IU job is Tonya Harding

Now THAT is a knee slapper!

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