General Coach Candidate News

[OKHOOSIER 5,291]

49 minutes ago, BGVille Hoosierfan said:

Huh??? Beard took TTU to an Elite 8 and then the Natty in back to back seasons. He also had UT top 5 in the country in just his second season before being dismissed. He took Little Rock to the tourney and beat Purdue as well….I know you don’t like him and that’s fair, but to say he’s not a good coach is extremely false.

I don't think anyone is arguing that he isn't a good coach, just that his career numbers don't really warrant the weird obsession with him. Even if you include his one season at LR (17-3) and his D2 time he is a career .520 coach in conference games with one final four and two elite eights. He is an excellent non-conference coach. He has done well in his  NCAA experience. He is not (as of yet) remotely elite in conference games at the P5 level. One (tie with KU) conference title.

 He is a good coach. He is not (as of yet) the second coming of RMK and has baggage many folks are uncomfortable with. Dolson will have to weigh those things. I also think winning at TT and OM is hard, but GM seems to have done well at TT so who knows. I think good coaches produce good results, sometimes location is really overstated as a marker of coaching chops (I am skeptical of Collins and Brownell for example-- I think Beard would win more than either of them have at NW or Clemson respectively).

Anyways, doubt he gets beyond interviews and vetting since he'd be at UK or UL if he could, but I will trust Dolson even if I disagree with his candidacy for HC at IU. 

FWIW and without comment: just being charged with something like that would keep you from being hired in my industry. It does not matter if the charges are dropped, they are visible on an FBI 10-year and would preclude someone from getting called back, much less getting to the interviews required for attaining the clearance needed. 

[IU Prof 1,765]

30 minutes ago, IU5355 said:

Clark regional to Naples

Laurence hanscom to Naples 

Landing 6 mins apart

 

Not to pour cold water on this, but based on a quick check, I didn’t see any return flights scheduled back home to either location on the books for today. That suggests that it might not be a coordinated business meeting.

[IUBtown 331]

14 minutes ago, Gameface01 said:

Good lord, not sure if it's an issue with others, but I know my wife would still **** me even if I rooted for Beard. 

But she also doesn't think a man should have to get the **** beat out of him and let it happen just because of the gender of the one who's laying the @$$ whoopin. 

1 full week of Cronin, Turgeon wasn't enjoyable for alot of people either. But, we went through it

People gloss over the fact that his fiance went in to the room where he was sitting grabbed his reading glasses and snapped them.  How does she have a bite mark on her arm?  Did beard just go up and bite her arm?  No she likely jumped on his back and he did it in self defense.  

[IUGRAD06 512]

1 minute ago, IUBtown said:

People gloss over the fact that his fiance went in to the room where he was sitting grabbed his reading glasses and snapped them.  How does she have a bite mark on her arm?  Did beard just go up and bite her arm?  No she likely jumped on his back and he did it in self defense.  

Boohoo someone broke my glasses.  What a shitty comment.  JFC.  

[HoosierSadaseci 2,588]

7 hours ago, JustWinBaby said:

JFC man I really hope we get some sort of news that puts all this to bed real soon, I don't know how much Chris Beard discourse I can take hahaha

Need a Stevens banger to bring out the posters to tell everyone how delusional the board is to believe Stevens would actually be interested...

[AH1971 2,281]

3 minutes ago, IUBtown said:

People gloss over the fact that his fiance went in to the room where he was sitting grabbed his reading glasses and snapped them.  How does she have a bite mark on her arm?  Did beard just go up and bite her arm?  No she likely jumped on his back and he did it in self defense.  

Would you attack your wife if she broke your glasses? You kidding me Clark? 

Please don't reproduce. 

[VFury 459]

"I don't want Beard because he's a bad person. Why yes I have a poster of Bob Knight up on my wall, why do you ask?"

[Home Jersey 12,740]

Just now, VFury said:

"I don't want Beard because he's a bad person. Why yes I have a poster of Bob Knight up on my wall, why do you ask?"

When did Bob Knight beat his wife? 

[IU Prof 1,765]

20 hours ago, IU Prof said:

This thread if it really does take 3 more weeks to name a new coach:

 

I was wrong...all it took was one new Beard rumor.

[HoosierSadaseci 2,588]

41 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

I'm hearing that Dolson has been having some serious behind-the-scenes talks with Chris Collins' representatives. 

Scott and the IU administration like that Collins is from a fellow B1G school, runs a clean program and has taken them to their first three NCAA tourneys. They think he can really prosper at IU with better NIL and easier admissions. And Collins thinks he'd be able to more at IU than at NW. 

Dolson, who knows his hoops, also thinks Collins' is a whiz when it comes to X's and O's. Plus, we just can't beat the guy, so we're looking to get him to join us. I wouldn't be surprised when Northwestern's season ends to hear an announcement of Collins to IU. 

OK, I completely made that up. Just trying to create a diversion from all this sordid Chris Beard debate. (BTW, I actually do think Collins would be a very good hire for IU). 

I want to like and laugh at this post at the same time...

[JPCIVOP 337]

6 minutes ago, OKHOOSIER said:

I don't think anyone is arguing that he isn't a good coach, just that his career numbers don't really warrant the weird obsession with him. Even if you include his one season at LR (17-3) and his D2 time he is a career .520 coach in conference games with one final four and two elite eights. He is an excellent non-conference coach. He has done well in his  NCAA experience. He is not (as of yet) remotely elite in conference games at the P5 level. One (tie with KU) conference title.

 He is a good coach. He is not (as of yet) the second coming of RMK and has baggage many folks are uncomfortable with. Dolson will have to weigh those things. I also think winning at TT and OM is hard, but GM seems to have done well at TT so who knows. I think good coaches produce good results, sometimes location is really overstated as a marker of coaching chops (I am skeptical of Collins and Brownell for example-- I think Beard would win more than either of them have at NW or Clemson respectively).

Anyways, doubt he gets beyond interviews and vetting since he'd be at UK or UL if he could, but I will trust Dolson even if I disagree with his candidacy for HC at IU. 

FWIW and without comment: just being charged with something like that would keep you from being hired in my industry. It does not matter if the charges are dropped, they are visible on an FBI 10-year and would preclude someone from getting called back, much less getting to the interviews required for attaining the clearance needed. 

Promise this will be my first and last Chris Beard post; with this framing, his career arc - just basketball - warrants said obsession. Pitino - one of the best college coaches of this era - agrees. 

Taking TT to the Finals is like taking Minnesota to the Finals. You can check the records all the way back to the 70s; they were a decent program, but the success they've had since is built on what Beard did. And before he was fired at Texas (for all the reasons that have been litigated) he had them as literally one of the best teams in the country. On the basketball merits, there is nothing to suggest that he would be anything but excellent. The other things (sizable as they are) are the only things at issue.

[tyappleg 5,986]

We have potential plane tracking and people are still measuring their own d**** over whether their view of Chris Beard is right or wrong.  Holy ****, both sides, please let it go.  Let's have some actual fun in this thread today. 

[VFury 459]

1 minute ago, Home Jersey said:

When did Bob Knight beat his wife? 

Is hitting your wife the only measure of what makes a terrible person? He choked multiple students, made a joke about rape, fought with a cop, etc. and we still worship him.

[Home Jersey 12,740]

Just now, tyappleg said:

We have potential plane tracking and people are still measuring their own dicks over whether their view of Chris Beard is right or wrong.  Holy ****, both sides, please let it go.  Let's have some actual fun in this thread today. 

Fun isn’t allowed in this thread anymore. You have to go to the college bball thread for that. It’s our penance until a new coach is hired.

[DougJr74 179]

Happy Friday everybody. 

[TheWatShot 15,042]

6 minutes ago, HoosierSadaseci said:

Need a Stevens banger to bring out the posters to tell everyone how delusional the board is to believe Stevens would actually be interested...

Never thought I'd say this, but I'd rather have the Hall Monitor Squad trying to police the Stevens posts than the endless Beard morality debate. 

[HoosierInParadise 1,061]

Not to pour cold water on this, but based on a quick check, I didn’t see any return flights scheduled back home to either location on the books for today. That suggests that it might not be a coordinated business meeting.

Never go to Naples without staying a night or two on the beach...

[Ghost of Rick Majerus 1,510]

1 minute ago, Home Jersey said:

When did Bob Knight beat his wife? 

Let me preface this by saying I idolized Coach Knight, but I'm also very aware of his shortcomings. And while I have never seen anything about assaulting his wife, I do know that he did the following. 

- Assaulted a police officer in Puerto Rico 

- "Choked" Neil Reed

- Shoved an LSU fan 

Those are a few I can think of. 

And I'm not saying this justifies Beard, I'm just stating that Coach Knight had his own faults that probably wouldn't pass today's pre-employment background checks. 

[DougJr74 179]

How can we watch the Senior day speeches? Could get interesting. 

[IUBtown 331]

8 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

When did Bob Knight beat his wife? 

When did beard? There's actual video evidence of knight choking a 18-22 year old.