General Coach Candidate News

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17 minutes ago, PartyintheVillas said:

If he was a satanist and advocates human sacrifices and wins are you good with that?

are the sacrifices Purdue fans?...

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43 minutes ago, hoosiersoxfan said:

Religion shouldn't matter at all when it comes to coaching.  3 of the teams in this week's top 5 have Jewish head coaches.

And we'll have the advantage of playing 6 on 5 against those pagan schools.

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1 minute ago, hoosierbannerd said:

are the sacrifices Purdue fans?...

The never ending 7+ foot kids that are in the Purdue pipeline

[HoosierAloha 30,099]

13 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Yes, I thought so. I just remember hearing Ned's name a lot in the past searches but not Fuzzy's. This time Fuzzy name has popped up more and Andy Mohr. I haven't seen it but I hear Fuzzy has a really nice place on Marco Island. 

Not sure why Fuzzy's name is popping up more but know they've been hanging around from someone who has been hanging around with them

[coonhounds 10,105]

Which way are the winds blowing today? West or east?

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[Class of '66 Old Fart 87,818]

27 minutes ago, HoosierInParadise said:

31 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

Isn't tony Bennett super religious. Seems we are just looking for any reason now to disqualify good coaches so we can hire a turgeon type in the end.

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It has been well documented that Turgeon is left-handed. We must not hire a left-handed coach. They must be eliminated from the candidate list. There is just something about left-handed coaches.....

Calbert says pardon me!

[PartyintheVillas 540]

3 minutes ago, iubb said:

Sure, he can post scriptures on his social media account every hour of the day for all I care...

 

But if he pushes it on players thats where the issue is..

 

 

In N out for example has scripture on the cups and other utensils.. The owners are very very religious..

 

However they do not force that religion onto the people who work at the company...   But they treat their employees very very well (and pay really really well for a fast food job)
 

I have no problems with people who are deeply religious personally. I have no problem with people stating their beliefs. The problem is when religious people think they have the only truth and force it on others. If someone can be personally deeply religious and respect others' different religious beliefs, I'm 100% good. One of my best friends is a deeply religious Catholic and I am a staunch agnositic. We have respect for one another and each other's journey to beliefs that cannot be proven.

[Ghost of Rick Majerus 1,317]

Why haven't we seen any lists like this for IU....hmmm.....

[Pagoda 2,801]

Everyone has a religion, even if it’s not a church-related one.

This all falls into Dolson needing to figure out who will translate well to IU and succeed here.  I suspect Drew would be fine but I don’t know him at all, so I gotta trust Scott.

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This interview, posted before by others, is a good place to start: https://cbn.com/news/us/joy-jesus-others-yourself-baylor-university-mens-basketball-coach-opens-about-his-faith

 

I do think it helps to know the evangelical community to understand what he’s describing—as with any community there are phrases in the interview that mean more to insiders. 
 

Note that he talks about limits at a secular university in there. 
 

Also re: recruiting it would probably help in some cases! Athletes are much more Evangelical than most people. I just want to underline that Drew is more focused on his faith, every single day, than most mainstream Christians. More even than a Crean or Allen. Not saying it’s bad or good. 

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2 minutes ago, Ghost of Rick Majerus said:

Why haven't we seen any lists like this for IU....hmmm.....

We must be doing something wrong because I don't recall a single one of those names being mentioned in this entire thread.

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46 minutes ago, hoosiersoxfan said:

Yes it is a big part of the culture at Baylor but there's nothing wrong with it Baylor is a private Christian school.  He would have to tone it down at a public school like IU.

I believe a pastor speaks to the team before most games much like Sister Jean does at Loyola

Has anyone ever heard the Nebraska softball team coach and players? They’re not the only example. People are getting WAY too caught up with this. If IU hires him he can very much display his faith while at IU. If he wants to personally lead the team in prayer, he can. I think it’s pretty crazy that he’s going “force” players or staff to submit to his way of thinking. He’s gotten ELITE recruits. You think everyone ND football signs is catholic? Sounds like we’ll lose more fans for hiring a religious guy than if we hired Beard the woman assaulter. What a backwards world we live in. 

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2 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

We must be doing something wrong because I don't recall a single one of those names being mentioned in this entire thread.

What Bucky McMillian has done at Samford is pretty impressive considering he came from the HS ranks. I gotta imagine he wants Bama or Auburn (if Pearls son doesn't get it) he is Alabama born and raised. 

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25 minutes ago, iubb said:

Sure, he can post scriptures on his social media account every hour of the day for all I care...

But if he pushes it on players thats where the issue is..

In N out for example has scripture on the cups and other utensils.. The owners are very very religious..

However they do not force that religion onto the people who work at the company...   But they treat their employees very very well (and pay really really well for a fast food job)

My point was more that Crean seemed to have that particular "bend", but I never saw anyone posting or saying that he was "too religious" or that there was any proselytizing going on at Marquette (catholic university) or a secular liberal institution of higher learning (Indiana or Georgia)... 

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39 minutes ago, iubb said:

Nothing..

There is being religious, and then BEING RELIGIOUS, to the point where you try to push it onto the players/ staff etc...

 

Thats where this becomes an issue (especially with recruits) because some may find that offputting especially since there are many flavors of religion (Judaism, Islam, etc)

 

I give zero ***** about the religion/beliefs of our coach...  I just dont want them to push it on the players...

The same goes for political beliefs...  

 

 

 

Don't you think the players and their families know what they are getting if they go play for Coach Drew.  In fact, I would venture to say those players and families are seeking that "type" of coaching and mentoring from a coach if they play for Coach Drew.  Coach Drew's religious practices apparently have not hurt his abilities to build championship winning teams at Baylor.  I don't think it would have any hindrance to his ability to build championship teams at Indiana.  

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1 hour ago, hoosiersoxfan said:

Religion shouldn't matter at all when it comes to coaching.  3 of the teams in this week's top 5 have Jewish head coaches.

It's not the religion, it's the zealot factor. Drew used to do his in person recruiting (not on the road) in the pews of his church. I read an article about his behavior and bible thumping with his teams, really not how a true Christian should act (or, at least pump himself up as a upright person). As the husband to a pastor, using religion as a virtue signal absolutely pisses me off.

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32 minutes ago, coonhounds said:

Which way are the winds blowing today? West or east?

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I don't think they've stopped blowing East since the beginning... 

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40 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I was surprised when I heard he was putting up a lot of money if we could get a certain candidate. Then I looked up his net worth and was also surprised again. 

Now you know why cars are so freaking expensive.  :)  

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59 minutes ago, Artie86 said:

Nothing at all. I think some may fear that it will be/might be pushed within the program and be a turn off. jmo

Nothing, and think Chris might be alluding to the over the top religious behavior not being religious itself that turn off some people 

[PartyintheVillas 540]

Would the same people be ok with a heavily religious Muslim coach who preached Islam to the team?

I actually don't think I have a problem with Scott Drew's "religiousness." I actually had a good friend who was an assistant for him at Valpo. There was a lot of talk but the actions were not as true to the word we'll say. I think some of it is for image and PR, which can help win fans in the South and Midwest, and definitely in Indiana. Religion is being used in this country right now as a weapon at times and a shield at times though, so I'm a little sensitive about it, admittedly.