General Coach Candidate News

[Hoosierfan1901]

1 minute ago, Hovadipo said:

Fine. Hire Pitino (Slick) and try again in a few years when the Celtics cap hell has become a reality. When that fails due to Brad going to coach Wemby and Fox, see if Dusty is ready to come home. When Dusty is fired 4 years later, try Brad again. When he turns us down to become the commissioner, hire Schertz and hang 5 more banners. 

It’s a fool-proof plan guys. Get right or get left. 

Honestly we should hire Pitino and make the other potential HC candidates as assistants LOL

[AZ Hoosier]

23 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

There's is no way Collins would put up with Mgbako. I'm disappointed that we do. 

"We" don't. Woodson does... stupid is as stupid does...

[Unexpectedflash]

1 minute ago, Uspshoosier said:

McDermott would be a home run hire.  Stealing a sitting coach at a top 4 conference coach with his resume would be a steal.    Not sure why he would want to slum it down to a middle of the pack B1G team that is in rebuild mode when he as things humming at the top half of the Big East with the same amount of fan support there then he would get here 

I would generally agree but I think this may be the right time for him to leave if there ever was. Kalkbrenner and ashworth are both graduating and we definitely do have more NIL compared to them so a rebuild here may be easier in his mind. Maybe he gets frustrated looking at St. John's being able to buy whatever player they want and wants the resources we can provide. But in all likelihood he'll get a nice raise from creighton and retire there. 

[TTT]

IU men’s basketball needs a coach that will have a 25 year career at IU and all things good for a quarter century.

[ziggyiu]

Everyone saying that Creighton is in the Big East now so things are harder. 

That's true.

But it's not like Creighton internally is still operating like it's in the MVC. The university/program did things to help it be competitive at the next level. 

GM is a good coach, but it's not like he is doing more with a lot less compared to other Big East schools. 

[Uspshoosier]

20 minutes ago, jimsorgi said:

Kalkbrenner has been on that team forever. 

Yeah he used his extra 5th covid year like Galloway and Leal 

[skhoosier2]

7 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

That’s a fact btw, he is trying to get a medical year due to him missing a majority of his sophomore season.

I hope that happens for him. You can see how much he loves playing for IU. 

[AH1971]

1 minute ago, ziggyiu said:

Everyone saying that Creighton is in the Big East now so things are harder. 

That's true.

But it's not like Creighton internally is still operating like it's in the MVC. The university/program did things to help it be competitive at the next level. 

GM is a good coach, but it's not like he is doing more with a lot less compared to other Big East schools. 

Creighton has more money than just about every one of their BE counterparts and facilities galore. 

[Hoosierfan1901]

Just now, skhoosier2 said:

I hope that happens for him. You can see how much he loves playing for IU. 

I think he said he was around the cutoff since he played 10 games. And I think Illinois ended up playing 33 back in 2022-2023

[Unexpectedflash]

Just now, AH1971 said:

Creighton has more money than just about every one of their BE counterparts and facilities galore. 

Not sure if this is true. I know St. John's is getting money pumped into their program. UCONN obviously and gtown has money to spend. I'd be suprised if Villanova isn't spending more than creighton. Didn't ryan nembhard leave a few years ago because of the NIL?

[AH1971]

2 minutes ago, Unexpectedflash said:

Not sure if this is true. I know St. John's is getting money pumped into their program. UCONN obviously and gtown has money to spend. I'd be suprised if Villanova isn't spending more than creighton. Didn't ryan nembhard leave a few years ago because of the NIL?

It is true. UConn obviously is the one state, public school in the Big East with a much larger alumni base. But Creighton holds their own with every body else including St. Johns. 

[Motley's]

3 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

All the negativity on this board SUCKS. 

Folks, I got news for ya. Arthur Schabinger is not walking through that door. Red McManus is not walking through that door. Tom Apke is not walking through that door. 

The sooner you realize that, the better this program -- and this board -- will be. 

The only thing that's gonna turn this around is being upbeat and positive. 

Wasn't being negative at all. I've never understood how posting factual stats is viewed as positive or negative. It's a true statement that there are similarities between Dayton and Creighton. Both have a long history of success and phenomenal fan support. Both have had numerous successful coaches there. Dayton is also a private Catholic school. They would actually fit in well in the Big East. 

It's also true that McDermott failed at ISU. Archie failed at IU. Anthony Grant failed at Alabama. Brian Gregory failed at GT and S FL. But Altman has been successtul at OR. 

Dayton coaches:

Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	G	W	L	W-L%	CREG	CTRN	NCAA	FF	NC
1	Don Donoher	1965	1989	25	712	437	275	.614	0	0	8	1	0
2	Tom Blackburn	1948	1964	17	493	352	141	.714	0	0	1	0	0
3	Brian Gregory	2004	2011	8	266	172	94	.647	1	0	2	0	0
4	Anthony Grant	2018	2025	8	251	170	81	.677	1	0	1	0	0
5	Oliver Purnell	1995	2003	9	271	155	116	.572	2	1	2	0	0
6	Archie Miller	2012	2017	6	202	139	63	.688	2	0	4	0	0
7	Jim O'Brien	1990	1994	5	148	61	87	.412	0	1	1	0	0
8	Harry Baujan	1924	1928	5	84	46	38	.548	0	0	0	0	0
9	James Carter	1940	1947	6	116	41	75	.353	0	0	0	0	0
10

[Unexpectedflash]

1 minute ago, AH1971 said:

It is true. UConn obviously is the one state, public school in the Big East with a much larger alumni base. But Creighton holds their own with every body else including St. Johns. 

I have no way to verify one way or the other but I don't think that's true but whatever 

[go iu bb]

3 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

I think he said he was around the cutoff since he played 10 games. And I think Illinois ended up playing 33 back in 2022-2023

The problem is that they were at the end of the season instead of the beginning. It's unlikely that he'll get another year. This is one thing the NCAA has actually been consistent on.

[Hoosierfan1901]

2 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

The problem is that they were at the end of the season instead of the beginning. It's unlikely that he'll get another year. This is one thing the NCAA has actually been consistent on.

Unfortunately..

[str8baller]

1 hour ago, Silat Player said:

There are probably a hundred coaches out there that can get IU an occasional league title

I think up until Archie every 4 yr coach going back to forever had won a league title and maybe made the tourney too. 
 

God Archie sucked. And Woody isn’t much better in that regard.

[AH1971]

1 minute ago, Unexpectedflash said:

I have no way to verify one way or the other but I don't think that's true but whatever 

From somebody who regularly used to travel to Omaha for work, I'm telling you it's true. UConn and St John's are the only other two BE schools who compete. 

[Unexpectedflash]

1 minute ago, AH1971 said:

From somebody who regularly used to travel to Omaha for work, I'm telling you it's true. UConn and St John's are the only other two BE schools who compete. 

Lol I literally live here 

[IU Prof]

It's all a matter of perspective. Would I rather have Brad, Otz, Dusty, or Drew? Sure.

But are we in a good position if McDermott or Cronin are the floor for this search? Absolutely.

Either one would be the best coach at IU since Sampson.

So yes, by all means take a swing at all the HR candidates. But if McDermott is willing to come, he's a really nice fallback option.

[AH1971]

1 minute ago, Unexpectedflash said:

Lol I literally live here 

Then you’d know there’s a ton of Berkshire money running through that school. If Buffett himself ever decide to get involved personally, it’d be game over.