General Coach Candidate News

[RaceToTheTop 31,055]

17 minutes ago, 94Hoosier said:

I just don’t understand all the love for Drew.   Something seems off to me a bout the idea of him being hired. 
 

21 seasons. Resulting in 5 sweet sixteens of which three produced elite 8’s and one championship.  Much better than what we’ve had no doubt, but I don’t see him as a home run in any circumstance
 

Keep in mind the one title was in a very odd set up for a ncaa tournament and had a huge number of upsets. 

Drew is 20-11 in the NCAA tournament and 10-3 in the NIT.  That's outstanding.

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1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

The P is silent

....but deadly

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Drew is 20-11 in the NCAA tournament and 10-3 in the NIT.  That's outstanding.

I also love that UK wanted him and he said no. If we don't get Stevens and Drew says yes to us, it will make it that much sweeter of a hire that he spurned UK...

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1 hour ago, Scotty R said:

The only thing I could see with Drew is that with the new revenue sharing that he teams in the big 12 will be at a disadvantage. With the Big 10 and the SEC getting more revenue than the other conferences I could see coaches in the other league thinking they are at a disadvantage.

The revenue sharing cap is the same, regardless of conference. The difference is that the B1G and SEC schools will likely go to the cap. The B12 and ACC schools may also, but it would be harder for them to do.

Where IU gets the edge is that they've said they'd take the B1G average (or maybe it was the median?) going to basketball and double that. So they're willing to commit a larger percentage of the revenue share with basketball while many schools will be concentrating on football.

IU has also shown that they have a large pool of NIL money for the basketball team.

In addition, the large amount of money coming in to the athletic department means that they should be able to at very least keep up if not exceed other conferences in terms of facilities, pay, other staff positions such as GM to make coaching life a bit easier, etc.

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22 minutes ago, 94Hoosier said:

I just don’t understand all the love for Drew.   Something seems off to me a bout the idea of him being hired. 
 

21 seasons. Resulting in 5 sweet sixteens of which three produced elite 8’s and one championship.  Much better than what we’ve had no doubt, but I don’t see him as a home run in any circumstance
 

Keep in mind the one title was in a very odd set up for a ncaa tournament and had a huge number of upsets. 

so if Drew isn't a homerun, who is that isn't Oates, Stevens, or Pearl?

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17 minutes ago, 94Hoosier said:

I just don’t understand all the love for Drew.   Something seems off to me a bout the idea of him being hired. 
 

21 seasons. Resulting in 5 sweet sixteens of which three produced elite 8’s and one championship.  Much better than what we’ve had no doubt, but I don’t see him as a home run in any circumstance
 

Keep in mind the one title was in a very odd set up for a ncaa tournament and had a huge number of upsets. 

Now look at Baylor before he got there. 

Drew is a top 3 candidate for this job based on what he has accomplished. You can not like him for other reasons, but his accomplishments should not be one of them. 

If Drew isn't good enough, you have unrealistic expectations. 

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18 minutes ago, 94Hoosier said:

I just don’t understand all the love for Drew.   Something seems off to me a bout the idea of him being hired. 
 

21 seasons. Resulting in 5 sweet sixteens of which three produced elite 8’s and one championship.  Much better than what we’ve had no doubt, but I don’t see him as a home run in any circumstance
 

Keep in mind the one title was in a very odd set up for a ncaa tournament and had a huge number of upsets. 

Do some research on Baylor, their basketball history, and what Drew started with when he got there.  It’s one of the most remarkable coaching accomplishments in the history of college athletics.  He is a very good coach.  There are a few other reasons people may not want him at IU, but coaching chops would not be one of them.

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8 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Agreed.  While the whole Hanner Perea thing leaves a bad taste, that was a long time ago and no one can doubt his on court results.

Evidently that was an assistant coach and Drew and IE are on good terms 

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1 hour ago, Artie86 said:

.....side note, how do you pronounce that name? lol 

Everytime I see Pfau, I imagine it's pronounced like how a beautiful Princess's fart sounds! lol!!!

Fow

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Just now, ClarkCoHoosier said:

Fow

...finally! Thank you! lol

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I just don’t buy the Drew talk. Yes, Big Ten money is different, but Baylor has great NIL and is a basketball school. He’s lived in Waco since 2003, has a brand new arena to play in as well. He hasn’t accepted any other job but would listen to Indiana because he grew up there? I don’t buy it.

 

Yes you can argue the Stevens talk is similar, however, Stevens isn’t a coach currently. Coaches don’t just quit coaching, he’ll be a coach again somewhere. He has the itch to coach again.  

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10 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Agreed.  While the whole Hanner Perea thing leaves a bad taste, that was a long time ago and no one can doubt his on court results.

I've heard that there are some people in the athletic department that still don't like Drew because of that whole situation but I'm not sure if Dolson is one of them or not. 

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25 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I've heard he is redeeming himself this time.

Steve, let me show you this new mask all the kids are wearing these days. Oh, it’s hard to speak while wearing it? Imagine that…

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4 minutes ago, Trish said:

I just don’t buy the Drew talk. Yes, Big Ten money is different, but Baylor has great NIL and is a basketball school. He’s lived in Waco since 2003, has a brand new arena to play in as well. He hasn’t accepted any other job but would listen to Indiana because he grew up there? I don’t buy it.

 

Yes you can argue the Stevens talk is similar, however, Stevens isn’t a coach currently. Coaches don’t just quit coaching, he’ll be a coach again somewhere. He has the itch to coach again.  

they are not a basketball school lol 

Nothing in TX is basketball first. #1 football #2 baseball

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4 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

I've heard that there are some people in the athletic department that still don't like Drew because of that whole situation but I'm not sure if Dolson is one of them or not. 

They can go f off

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Agreed.  While the whole Hanner Perea thing leaves a bad taste, that was a long time ago and no one can doubt his on court results.

I heard every coaching search that alone eliminated drew. People called him slimy, etc. Interesting change on tune by some.

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13 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

I've heard that there are some people in the athletic department that still don't like Drew because of that whole situation but I'm not sure if Dolson is one of them or not. 

They don't like anyone that isn't pure as the driven snow. It's why we end up with s****y hires.

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7 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

They don't like anyone that isn't pure as the driven snow. It's why we end up with s****y hires.

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And explains when we did make the right hire, we sent him packing for making more phone calls.

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6 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

They can go f off

There is only one perfect candidate and he ain’t coming.  Whoever we hire will have a wart or two.  

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34 minutes ago, JimmerNoe said:

So with Rabjohns saying he doesn’t have a clue what Dolson is thinking in this search, does that mean we can safely disregard his hot board and intel on this matter? I didn’t see a hot board post from anyone yesterday so maybe he didn’t put one out, but it seems like admitting you don’t know what the hiring party is thinking at all should exclude you from making much commentary on who they will pick lol

The football coaching search shows that you shouldn't put too much faith into Rabjohns' hot coaching board. Right before Cignetti was named as coach, Rabjohns and company moved him into the Other Names category.

11/28 - Moved to Other Names

11/29 - Moved to a primary target

11/30 - Named IU's coach

This makes it pretty clear they weren't getting much info about the football coaching search. It seems likely that would be true about the basketball search as well.