General Coach Candidate News

[Chris007 54,525]

15 minutes ago, Herotime said:

Probably not? That’s not the optimism we’ve grown accustomed to?! 

Just trying to be real. I'm hearing good things but no one really knows what is real or not

[HoosierInParadise 928]

All I know is the next coach better not have even a parking ticket on his resume!

Some would be infuriated with anyone who got a single demerit and had to serve a detention in high school.

[tyappleg 5,572]

From what I can tell, Otz signing that contract now, actually would benefit Indiana if we were interested.  I still think he's locked into Ames long term, but it is interesting. 

[AZ Hoosier 9,330]

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

We welcome you to our humble abode.  Come on in and have a seat.  The party's just getting started.

Yeah, but we're gonna need that bandwidth, pronto... 

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10 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Otz contract is really odd. The two things we know (salary and buyout) are to his benefit, and you have to assume there are some financial support promises in there for him too. Contracts are a two way street but on the surface it looks like ISU is getting railroaded. Someone make it make sense. 

Possibly more financial commitment to the basketball program as a whole with NIL, but not sure if that would go into a coaches contract or not. 

[Chris007 54,525]

12 minutes ago, IU Prof said:

Personally, I'd be kinda surprised if the new coach kept any of the three. Malik seems like a good kid, but as someone else put it, he's the type of player that gets you fired. Good enough you have to play him, but too many holes in his game to be a key cog in a championship level team. Mgbako needs a change of scenery. Rumor is that Tucker has been difficult behind the scenes (which is saying something with this crew).

I think you need a full reset to fix the culture.

The only one I could see him keeping is Rice. But that is just my opinion. At the UCLA game, Tucker got taken out, gave Woodson and one of the assistants a death stare for like 5 minutes and then checked out the rest of the game. 

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I like Malik as a back up big but I’m not Sure he’d be willing to take on that role. Programs like bama and auburn have had success having people take on secondary roles. 

[Chris007 54,525]

7 minutes ago, Juwan Moye said:

A good coach would know that Malik either has to develop his game beyond 10-feet or needs to accept being a small ball 5 and really focus on being able to defend as a 5. Our roster construction did Malik no favors.

The problem with Malik is nothing is ever his fault. He can have 3 players and 2 coaches tell him he screwed up and he still argues his side

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1 hour ago, DoctorP said:

Makes sense. “Universally liked” and currently coaching leads me to think Drew. With Cronin and one more rounding out the top 3. McCollum as plan D or E. 

Could we call Cronin "universally liked"? What constitutes "universal"? I've seen plenty of dissenters around these parts, and I am one, as well... not a fan of his personality, coupled with a somewhat pedestrian record at Cincinnati and UCLA...

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18 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

The only thing I know us who we aren't hiring because well they aren't pure.

 

Beard

Pitino

Pearl

May ship sailed last year

 

Stevens 2% chance

Bronwell 50% chance

Cronin 25% chance

 

 

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Few has that DUI does that count as not pure

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1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

The only one I could see him keeping is Rice. But that is just my opinion. At the UCLA game, Tucker got taken out, gave Woodson and one of the assistants a death stare for like 5 minutes and then checked out the rest of the game. 

Sisley and Hrno.  Cupps might be kept around for positive culture.

on Tucker:  sequence of events — when he got pulled after 5 minutes against UCLA, he was laughing as he went to the bench.  I would assume that an assistant said something to him about his attitude (rightly so) and Tucker didn’t handle it well.

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3 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

The problem with Malik is nothing is ever his fault. He can have 3 players and 2 coaches tell him he screwed up and he still argues his side

That's allowed. That's learned behavior. 

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Coach search watch guide 

Ucla/Purdue- Fox -8

Iowa/Northwestern- Fs1-8 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nevada/Unlv………..

 

[DoctorP 1,659]

3 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Could we call Cronin "universally liked"? What constitutes "universal"? I've seen plenty of dissenters around these parts, and I am one, as well... not a fan of his personality, coupled with a somewhat pedestrian record at Cincinnati and UCLA...

Drew would potentially be the universally liked candidate and Cronin otherwise in the top 3. 

[Chris007 54,525]

Attention Attention The Mid-Day blitz is now over. I repeat the mid-day blitz is now over. Please go back to doing whatever you were

Also still have room on the Brad train if anyone wants on. 

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2 hours ago, the_jackal said:

this post will be met with skepticism, which is understandable. but it won't be Stevens. 100% confident on that. Dolson's current list is 3, he doesn't have his "man", but any of those 3 would be really strong hires. has plans D and E as well, names we've all heard but hope it doesn't get to them. Nothing announced until late march at the earliest. deep talks with 1 candidate in particular, a name i think would be just about universally liked, but nothing signed and won't be until his team is done

- Jackal

Thanks for the update Mr. I Joined 2 HRS Ago.  You seem credible. 

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17 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Otz contract is really odd. The two things we know (salary and buyout) are to his benefit, and you have to assume there are some financial support promises in there for him too. Contracts are a two way street but on the surface it looks like ISU is getting railroaded. Someone make it make sense. 

I got nothin’. Not only is that not prohibitive, it feels like a get out of jail free card.

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No shot Few should be on the list if Beard isn't allowed. 

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20 minutes ago, IU Prof said:

Personally, I'd be kinda surprised if the new coach kept any of the three. Malik seems like a good kid, but as someone else put it, he's the type of player that gets you fired. Good enough you have to play him, but too many holes in his game to be a key cog in a championship level team. Mgbako needs a change of scenery. Rumor is that Tucker has been difficult behind the scenes (which is saying something with this crew).

I think you need a full reset to fix the culture.

I agree that our roster is a mess. We still may win a NC with them this year, but we’re probably looking at a big turnover this offseason.

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4 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

The problem with Malik is nothing is ever his fault. He can have 3 players and 2 coaches tell him he screwed up and he still argues his side

I would agree with that, although as far as I know he hasn’t had the off court issues that we’ve seen from other players.