General Coach Candidate News

[Ctf9 140]

15 minutes ago, TheDMV said:

At least three discussions relating to the job now, most recently with the search firm, not IU directly. 

I appreciate the specificity, even if I’m skeptical. 
 

Are you a Maryland fan? Have those fans had any remorse or self reflection for running Turgeon out to get worse results from Willard? I’ve always wondered that. (Not equating this to IU—Woodson has to go, though I guess you could draw a parallel to Crean.)

[Kentuckysucks 3,398]

7 minutes ago, IsaacTor said:

Final agreed on contract 8yrs 88 million. Additional guarantees on assistant pool and NIL. 

 

[Chris007 55,179]

I had to just go make sure I was still following Osterman. I think I unfollowed him because of his soccer takes.

But it's only right that he breaks the news with Brad's daughter a big soccer star

[Stuhoo 85,573]

18 minutes ago, IsaacTor said:

Brad has signed. Will hear about this publicly before noon today. If not then disregard me forever. I TOLD you all to be patient and didn't listen but I'm in too good of a mood now

[IUHoosierJoe 1,812]

1 minute ago, IsaacTor said:

This is going to be fun to watch you all celebrate. What are you guys drinking?

Coffee

[jbeaman9 1,216]

1 minute ago, IsaacTor said:

This is going to be fun to watch you all celebrate. What are you guys drinking?

this is typical troll behavior. sorry Isaac

[GP711 789]

1 minute ago, IsaacTor said:

This is going to be fun to watch you all celebrate. What are you guys drinking?

This really happens then your drinks are on me, if it doesn't then you buy everyone else's drinks. Deal?

[iu eyedoc 3,333]

Rabby madly scrambling to  update his hot board as we speak.

[BGleas 8,325]

3 minutes ago, HoosierInParadise said:

4 minutes ago, Rusty Shackleford said:

This is the insanity I come here for. Outstanding entertainment. I'm pulling for you, Issac. 

How do the naysayers not enjoy this? Even if it doesn't happen...so entertaining...

I'm one of the biggest Stevens naysayers on here, but have been hitting refresh on this thread non-stop. 

Peak entertainment!

[jimsorgi 483]

Just now, iu eyedoc said:

Rabby madly scrambling to  update his hot board as we speak.

Moving Brad Brownell up to the top??

[DSUMMITT 140]

7 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Or....and hear me out

Running off a coach, and alum at that, who has taken his team to the tournament 3 times in 4 seasons relegates the candidate list to "mediocre P5 coaches" and hungry up and comers. 

C'mon - you know that's a very small part of the reason. Missing one tourney in 4 years would keep most coaches in place. It's not his losses that killed him - it's how he got some of them (too many) and how very ill prepared we looked when we did. 

The UofL and Gonzaga losses killed most of us - we had high hopes and really wanted to give CW one more chance - he won the offseason and we were pumped. But in those game we just looked like a mid major playing in the big leagues. Embarrassing.

We win a couple games (against much lower talent) then we run into a 'meh' Nebraska team and lose by almost 20. And it wasn't close - embarrassing again.

We go on a bit of a roll - win some good ones - Rutgers was a decent win.

Then we proceed to go 2-10 starting with a 20 point loss @ a bad Iowa team and 20 pt loss against a decent Illinois team at home - exposed and very ugly. A couple of those losses were very obviously Coaching mess ups in the last plays - embarrassing mess ups - like announcers being mystified on our own network kinda mess ups.

While most of us aren't Coaches but a lot of us have been watching basketball for most of our lives - we recognize when there aren't any adjustments of note - that we try to do the same things with the same results and put our selves one more in the loss column game after game.

 This coaching search I just want a decent X and Os guys who put a product on the floor I can be proud of - that fights and executes an identifiable game plan with consistency. If Crean didn't have such dramatic down years I would have been okay with him - I screamed and yelled every game in the stands his first 3 years cause I loved what those kids were trying to do and how much heart they put into it. While we may not be the most realistic fans - we aren't stupid - I go to games in different stadiums/arenas - you can hear the difference between a knowledgeable fan base and one who is not  i.e. if the fans are knowledgeable listen for when they boo calls - different then average fans imho.

Sorry I know I went off a bit - I'll bring it back on track - who do I want as coach? A solid human being with decent work ethic that realizes the advantages and disadvantages of a place like IU - plus with the TP I do expect to win by year 2. With our resources I don't think that's impossible.

[Hoosierfan1901 7,267]

ITH posted a Tommy Lloyd preview, that would be a fun hire 

[Kentuckysucks 3,398]

6 minutes ago, BradStevens said:

My man, sorry to see you go out like this!

He’s just a Purdue or UK troll.  Hopefully everyone understands that.  Should be obvious but we have some really crazy fans.

[Rusty Shackleford 176]

1 minute ago, iu eyedoc said:

Rabby madly scrambling to  update his hot board as we speak.

I want to live in a world where Rabby posts a Brad-less hot board 10 minutes before news breaks we've hired Brad.

[tyappleg 5,641]

2 minutes ago, jbeaman9 said:

this is typical troll behavior. sorry Isaac

He's put a 3 hour timer on his troll behavior.  It's allowed in my opinion. 

[BradStevens 160]

Guys, Isaac misunderstood my text again. The announcement I was talking about for today is Osterman reporting that he's crossed 790 subscribers on YouTube. Not that I've signed.

You know how it is...crossed wires and all.

Sorry about that!

[IsaacTor 786]

Announcement - osterman . IU instructed him to tweet at 10:45am ET so they can do a follow up immediately confirming. 

[monskisprodigy 2,213]

This is a...become a legend or enter witness protection moment for Isaac. 

[IUHoosierJoe 1,812]

2 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

Rabby madly scrambling to  update his hot board as we speak.

He going to put Stevens on top at 11:58, lol

[jbeaman9 1,216]

Just now, tyappleg said:

He's put a 3 hour timer on his troll behavior.  It's allowed in my opinion. 

that is the thing, he never gave time zone. only an hour and a half here