General Coach Candidate News

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11 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

The P is silent

But the princess fart isn't

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34 minutes ago, OKHOOSIER said:

I think it is probably pretty safe to assume the wolverine is a hard no at this point. If I was going to put a wager, I think it is almost certainly Drew at 1B FWIW.

If true and we are able to get a Drew/Otz/Lloyd type, I think that's for the best.  Dusty would do well here, but it's such a big task for him at this stage in his career.  If we miss on the bigger names and get a riskier coach, of course I'll wish we got Dusty this time around or last year.  But just looking at this situation, moving to IU right now is hard for him.

He just jumped up to a big time job 11 months ago.  He completed a rebuild and now he's trying to win the conference (I know he may come up just short) and do something in the tourney.  He just signed a new deal and I'm sure has been establishing relationships with the UM admin and their donors -- basically building a foundation.  That is a lot of work in one year's time.

To do all that and then leave to restart AGAIN with an even bigger job and probably even tougher rebuild, is just a huge undertaking.  He throws away all that foundational work he just put in at UM.  I suspect IU has more institutional rot that needs fixing than UM too.  I don't blame him for staying at UM IF he was offered the IU job. 

Also, an older, more seasoned coach will be better positioned to fix IU.  I'm not saying they need to 70 years old, but Dusty has one year of P5 experience.  It's going to take a strong personality with presence to clean up Woody's mess.  Dusty could do it, don't get me wrong, I'm just saying a more experienced coach could be the more ideal fit.  I admit this might be some "cope" on my part...

Can we get a top-end, experienced coach?  I don't know.  It's not easy, but I'm optimistic with Scott and Pam selling IU and the significant resource upgrade a coach can get here. 

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B's,  Z's & silent P's.  I just wanna see some made 3's.

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26 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

 

And who the hell was 2A?

Quarterback for the Miami Dolphins.

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39 minutes ago, Papacap said:

For those of us who have zero clue (maybe just me), what’s the Florida connection? 

Pat Chambers has Florida Gulf Coast poised for a run in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tourney.

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If I was to track flights during March I would look for Flights going from Indiana to where ever the coach is coaching in the NCAA tourney.    Archie’s brother was playing at San Jose so that’s why IU went there 

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29 minutes ago, Bowhunter said:

Technically it’s the new 1B. Yes Original 1B not an option. 

May over Drew is silly. 

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25 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

A few people who are the money behind this have places there. I have heard Fuzzy Zoeller name more this year than any other year. Maybe he's the Zoeller and not Cody Zeller.

I think literally every Midwesterner with a net worth like the people you’re talking about have a place somewhere between Marco Island and Ft. Meyers. 

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1 hour ago, Artie86 said:

ANY cousin Eddie reference is a win!

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5 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

If I was to track flights during March I would look for Flights going from Indiana to where ever the coach is coaching in the NCAA tourney.    Archie’s brother was playing at San Jose so that’s why IU went there 

Hopefully wrapped up by then

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30 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

The P is silent

Unless it hits the water.

I have been told that many times.

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23 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

During Archie’s hiring cycle IU met with Archie in Atlanta and then again in San Jose before he was hired 

By this account he met with IU twice which makes me think of what Crean said on the HH pod.

Crean only met with IU brass once in a late night meeting in a Chicago hotel.  He mentioned regrets that he didn’t find out more about the situation and  they probably should have found out more about him.

Realize the search form does a lot of vetting but crazy to think how these high profile jobs become cloak and dagger missions and, in the instance of those two hires, neither coach has the opportunity to visit IU, learn more about the fit etc.  

Also why I am skeptical that all these flights are actually resulting in meetings.  Past history doesn’t indicate such.

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Get Number One!  One!  

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27 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

If I was to track flights during March I would look for Flights going from Indiana to where ever the coach is coaching in the NCAA tourney.    Archie’s brother was playing at San Jose so that’s why IU went there 

So you're saying if a plane  from Bloomington were  to go where GCU is playing its first round tourney game, there is a good chance it is to see a vacationing Scott Drew, there to watch his brother in the field of 64?

 

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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

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6 minutes ago, MonteMarcaccini said:

By this account he met with IU twice which makes me think of what Crean said on the HH pod.

Crean only met with IU brass once in a late night meeting in a Chicago hotel.  He mentioned regrets that he didn’t find out more about the situation and  they probably should have found out more about him.

Realize the search form does a lot of vetting but crazy to think how these high profile jobs become cloak and dagger missions and, in the instance of those two hires, neither coach has the opportunity to visit IU, learn more about the fit etc.  

Also why I am skeptical that all these flights are actually resulting in meetings.  Past history doesn’t indicate such.

Not doubting what you are saying but I would add that both of those hires used IU money only. I mean that IU had the money in the budget to pay the coaches. If IU is offering someone 10-12 million over 8-10 years they need some donor help. Those donors are meeting with the candidate right now. JMO opinion of course and I have been wrong before

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53 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Dusty was the original 1B but with the extension, I haven't heard his name mentioned. If Dolson is working with him it's super quiet. 

So do you think if Stevens ultimately says no Drew would say yes?

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1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

Not doubting what you are saying but I would add that both of those hires used IU money only. I mean that IU had the money in the budget to pay the coaches. If IU is offering someone 10-12 million over 8-10 years they need some donor help. Those donors are meeting with the candidate right now. JMO opinion of course and I have been wrong before

Except Ferguson, right?

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Just now, IvanRenkosillegitimatechild said:

So do you think if Stevens ultimately says no Drew would say yes?

I don't know to be honest I have heard different views on that. But he seems open to talking

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2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Not doubting what you are saying but I would add that both of those hires used IU money only. I mean that IU had the money in the budget to pay the coaches. If IU is offering someone 10-12 million over 8-10 years they need some donor help. Those donors are meeting with the candidate right now. JMO opinion of course and I have been wrong before

Also, IU has a lot more time to do it’s homework on this hire.