General Coach Candidate News

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I’m glad I didn’t go back and read through that nonsense 

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Goodman: IU schedules press conference for 3pm tomorrow 

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Remember when RTZ posted the "Ladies and Gentlemen, we got him" video and I pee'd a little. Only to wake up the next morning to read that he had drank a bit too much Saki the night before. Part of me died that day. 

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4 minutes ago, IUHAHN81 said:

Remember when RTZ posted the "Ladies and Gentlemen, we got him" video and I pee'd a little. Only to wake up the next morning to read that he had drank a bit too much Saki the night before. Part of me died that day. 

I got you Boo...

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Anyone have any insight into Arizona’s NIL situation? Under pre-NIL landscape, no chance in hell someone leaves a successful run at Arizona for IU, but given they’ve lost a few big name players to the portal in recent years (ballo being an obvious example), I can’t help but wonder if their NIL situation is weak enough that Tommy Lloyd would listen. 

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6 minutes ago, IUHAHN81 said:

Remember when RTZ posted the "Ladies and Gentlemen, we got him" video and I pee'd a little. Only to wake up the next morning to read that he had drank a bit too much Saki the night before. Part of me died that day. 

He continues to say it’s going to be who we want.  Jerry has said the same.  If that doesn’t change, I won’t be worried.

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1 hour ago, Truthhurts said:

Anyone have any insight into Arizona’s NIL situation? Under pre-NIL landscape, no chance in hell someone leaves a successful run at Arizona for IU, but given they’ve lost a few big name players to the portal in recent years (ballo being an obvious example), I can’t help but wonder if their NIL situation is weak enough that Tommy Lloyd would listen. 

Their athletic dept has financial issues (including NIL) and word is Tommy may not get along great with their AD.  That’s why I mention him as a possibility, though how much of a possibility I don’t know.

I would be excited if we got him.  Good metrics and he can handle this job.

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2 minutes ago, Truthhurts said:

Anyone have any insight into Arizona’s NIL situation? Under pre-NIL landscape, no chance in hell someone leaves a successful run at Arizona for IU, but given they’ve lost a few big name players to the portal in recent years (ballo being an obvious example), I can’t help but wonder if their NIL situation is weak enough that Tommy Lloyd would listen. 

It seems like teams not in the Big Ten or SEC are getting left behind as far as NIL goes. 

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1 minute ago, Truthhurts said:

Anyone have any insight into Arizona’s NIL situation? Under pre-NIL landscape, no chance in hell someone leaves a successful run at Arizona for IU, but given they’ve lost a few big name players to the portal in recent years (ballo being an obvious example), I can’t help but wonder if their NIL situation is weak enough that Tommy Lloyd would listen. 

I’ve been on that thought train for a while, as well. If you believe Arizona message boards it’s not great and there was a lot of reporting last spring that he was sniffing around the Washington job a little bit. Can’t lie, I’m a fan. Also like that he’s already been the face of a high profile program where basketball is the A side and gets that level of scrutiny. Not many guys have that on their resume. 

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2 minutes ago, Demo said:

I’ve been on that thought train for a while, as well. If you believe Arizona message boards it’s not great and there was a lot of reporting last spring that he was sniffing around the Washington job a little bit. Can’t lie, I’m a fan. Also like that he’s already been the face of a high profile program where basketball is the A side and gets that level of scrutiny. Not many guys have that on their resume. 

Oh he’d be the home run of home runs. I’d take him over Otz and May in a heartbeat, and any other realistic option I can think of. His teams at AZ have been uniformly outstanding and it’s a fun brand of basketball without question. 
 

It’s not crazy if their NIL stinks. 

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1 hour ago, Trish said:

Until someone not named Brad Stevens is named the head coach at a press conference, then there will always be a chance with Brad Stevens. At this point last time Stevens went on talk radio in Boston and said he was flattered but wasn't interested. We have zero confirmation that Brad is not interested in Indiana. The Goodman quote was poor. He got Stevens to say he's happy being a Celtic, duh.

ANYONE who has an enjoyable, solid, good paying job that they could easily retire from would ABSOLUTELY not show their hand in this instance.

Look, I know the odds of landing Stevens is low, but that’s it. It’s low, but not zero. 
 
Who knows,….. 4 years ago the word was Stevens was super close to taking the IU job, but as we all know things changed after a supposed vote.
 

Or, whether it truly was “not the right time” or “the meeting”, where Brad’s wife was apparently offended/pissed off by comments some board members/donors made.

I tend to lean on the fact that I think Dolson is doing much better job at keeping this whole thing a guessing game.

There’s obviously secrecy and most likely smokescreen after smokescreen and I wouldn’t put it past a few “moles” posing as insiders. 

I want Brad Stevens at IU, but I’m absolutely ok if, in the end,…. it’s not him too. 

Now, we continue to wait!

GO, IU!!!’

 

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Loyd just signed a new contract last February.  I can’t find any info on his buyout number but I believe it was 12M before the new contract.  Good coach but I am not seeing that one.  Some have said he is a NW guy through and through.  

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10 minutes ago, Truthhurts said:

Oh he’d be the home run of home runs. I’d take him over Otz and May in a heartbeat, and any other realistic option I can think of. His teams at AZ have been uniformly outstanding and it’s a fun brand of basketball without question. 
 

It’s not crazy if their NIL stinks. 

If we’re willing to throw $10M at Brad we should be willing to throw at least $8M at Lloyd.  But it’s not my money of course.

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Tomorrow at 3pm 

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1 minute ago, Kentuckysucks said:

If we’re willing to throw $10M at Brad we should be willing to throw at least $8M at Lloyd.  But it’s not my money of course.

You've also got Lloyd's buyout to factor in, the original contract was 12m.

I wouldn't complain about that hire though.

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4 minutes ago, Hoosier82 said:

Loyd just signed a new contract last February.  I can’t find any info on his buyout number but I believe it was 12M before the new contract.  Good coach but I am not seeing that one.  Some have said he is a NW guy through and through.  

He feels like a potential Gonzaga replacement whenever Few retires

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Just now, Hoosierfan1901 said:

He feels like a potential Gonzaga replacement whenever Few retires

Is Gonzaga a step up or lateral to Arizona?

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Anyone have a beat on any more intriguing flights out of and into the Bloomington area? 
I didnt put a lot of stock in the Brad to IU talk, but the one thing that piqued my interest in the possibility was the flights around Boston and Bloomington in early February.
Since then has anyone been tracking flights? Not necessarily connected to Brad, but any interesting patterns anywhere else in the country? (I know with a search firm we wouldn't necessarily see flights into/out of Bloomington. And I know we may not be at the point where folks need to meet in person, but the fact that it seemed we had so many seemingly connected flights around Bloomington and Boston early and nothing anywhere of late seems interesting.)
I understand these flights don't necessarily portend anything, but they are good message board fodder. 

Rumor has it a private jet came in from clemson south Carolina last evening and left early this am. I guess an unnamed man olin an orange shirt was spotted leaving dolsons house with a big manilla envelope

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1 minute ago, MikeRoberts said:

Is Gonzaga a step up or lateral to Arizona?

I was thinking that since he was an Gonzaga assistant for 20+ years, it makes sense.

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49 minutes ago, Hoosier82 said:

Loyd just signed a new contract last February.  I can’t find any info on his buyout number but I believe it was 12M before the new contract.  Good coach but I am not seeing that one.  Some have said he is a NW guy through and through.  

On the other hand he is currently in the desert 1,500 miles from rainy Washington state.  There ain’t a great bball job in the PNW and he seems willing to move around.

All I can find on his new buyout is it is “seven figures,” so at least it went down to some extent.  Agree he won’t be cheap.