General Coach Candidate News

[Capt. Crimson 3,983]

Just now, Treesh said:

They talking smack over on Hoosier Sports Nation? 
 

I’ll go over there and teach them a lesson. Maybe photoshop a picture of Brad on Kirkwood to really piss them off! 

I'm just kidding as well. I read both sites, but this is the only one I have an account on. That site had me thinking Billy Donovan was looking at paint swatches for his new office last time around.

[Chris007 61,413]

15 minutes ago, Capt. Crimson said:

I wanna see you and IUWins0708 duke it out. Lay all your sources on the table and see who wins. 

I don't know him but he sounds like a great guy, or I do know him and just don't know that I know him.

[Chris007 61,413]

1 minute ago, Capt. Crimson said:

I'm just kidding as well. I read both sites, but this is the only one I have an account on. That site had me thinking Billy Donovan was looking at paint swatches for his new office last time around.

You mean he wasn't? I had a beautiful horse farm all picked out for his family till Fred hired Archie. 

[hper50 1,645]

Bracketology is back

[IUCane 222]

3 minutes ago, hper50 said:

Bracketology is back

Means it will be Musselman since he isn't listed :)

[Chris007 61,413]

3 minutes ago, hper50 said:

Bracketology is back

I think I can name 6 guys on that list that have less than 5% chance of becoming the next IU coach. At least two of them are IU guys

[Chris007 61,413]

Just now, IUCane said:

Means it will be Musselman since he isn't listed :)

I'm starting to like the Musselman candidacy 

[lillurk 4,962]

5 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I'm starting to like the Musselman candidacy 

Yeah I agree. Relatively young, very quick turnarounds at both stops, good on the transfer market but immediately a good recruiter of HSers at Arkansas, where that’s probably a better option than it is at Nevada. He employed Jordan Sperber, the Hoop Vision guy, at Nevada.

His pattern at both stops: massive improvement in year one from the recently established historical level of the program, then year two is another step up.

 

[Chris007 61,413]

1 minute ago, lillurk said:

Yeah I agree. Relatively young, very quick turnarounds at both stops, good on the transfer market but immediately a good recruiter of HSers at Arkansas, where that’s probably a better option than it is at Nevada. He employed Jordan Sperber, the Hoop Vision guy, at Nevada.

His pattern at both stops: massive improvement in year one from the recently established historical level of the program, then year two is another step up.

 

Someone mentioned that Keith Smart played for him, so bring him on as an assistant

[8bucks 7,473]

1 hour ago, Hardwood83 said:

Since you asked :) 

Agree on your "no chance" list. So moving on...

Beilein & Matta seem the most likely- need to be vetted for ability and drive. I say proceed with extreme caution, but proceed. Any red flags should eliminate them, IU can't afford to find out Beliein has lost the fire in his belly 2 years down the road or have Matta tapping out because of his back after a couple of seasons. Either would be devastating.

I have stated before that I can't imagine why Drew would want to move, BUT fine with kicking the tires. Still he isn't a magician. Took a good while to get things rolling in Waco. IU should be a faster turn-around but not sure it's fair to expect a dramatic turn. 

Similar feel on Beard & Mack. Sadly, IU doesn't offer much over current jobs without a lot of grunt work first to return the shine. 

Oats is the most interesting to me for personal reasons and that he is young and has some results to evaluate. Seems like a winner on the trajectory for big things.

 

 

I feel pretty good in saying that Drew would take over a tremendously more healthy team here than he did in Waco.  

[hper50 1,645]

17 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I think I can name 6 guys on that list that have less than 5% chance of becoming the next IU coach. At least two of them are IU guys

Oh, I know. I was between work calls and rattled off 16 names as quickly as I could!

[Deserthoozier 1,120]

2 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

I feel pretty good in saying that Drew would take over a tremendously more healthy team here than he did in Waco.  

Pretty high bar there! I mean no one’s murdered anyone on their way out. ; )

[hper50 1,645]

19 minutes ago, IUCane said:

Means it will be Musselman since he isn't listed :)

Spaced it! I like Musselman. It was a joke anyway, but I just threw on 16 names as quickly as possible haha

[Chris007 61,413]

Just now, hper50 said:

Spaced it! I like Musselman. It was a joke anyway, but I just threw on 16 names as quickly as possible haha

If we didn't like you we wouldn't give you a hard time. Wait till we stop responding altogether 

[Hoosierfan2017 24,544]

13 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I'm starting to like the Musselman candidacy 

Musselman is interesting to me. Long-time NBA guy. Six years as a head coach in college and he’s won his conference three times. Collegiate winning percentage of 74.6%. Guess the one bad thing is only one sweet 16 appearance, but that’s only in 5 seasons (with Covid canceling the tournament in one of them). He did win the CBI in 2016, which, well, is the CBI, but winning an end of the year tournament is still something.

He’s not at the top of my list. There’s a category of guys I’d like us to go for before getting to him. But if we strike out on those guys, Musselman is a hire I wouldn’t hate. 

[8bucks 7,473]

2 minutes ago, Deserthoozier said:

Pretty high bar there! I mean no one’s murdered anyone on their way out. ; )

Agree. That teammates killing teammates really has an impact on team chemistry and building a healthy culture. 
 

[Magisterium 436]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

Which may be soon. He's 67 and looks like he's ... ahem... lived to the fullest.

my man Huggy Bear is now sportin' a sweet goatee....

[Magisterium 436]

so here's the "skunk at garden party" take:

Allen given raise by Dolson means, in addition to rewarding CTA for his good work, Miller is being retained for Year 5 (thereby saving $7 mil, even though donors are now willing to pay it anyway)

 

here's the "optimist's" take on the "skunk at garden party" take:

Dolson has a promising, maybe even elite, replacement in mind who is 1) interested but 2) unavailable, for whatever reason, until 2022

 

here's the "2nd skunk at garden party" take on the "skunk at garden party" take:

Dolson can afford the Allen raise because he's 1) pulling the plug on AM but 2) going with a cheaper replacement

[TheWatShot 15,427]

2 minutes ago, Magisterium said:

so here's the "skunk at garden party" take:

Allen given raise by Dolson means, in addition to rewarding CTA for his good work, Miller is being retained for Year 5 (thereby saving $7 mil, even though donors are now willing to pay it anyway)

 

here's the "optimist's" take on the "skunk at garden party" take:

Dolson has a promising, maybe even elite, replacement in mind who is 1) interested but 2) unavailable, for whatever reason, until 2022

 

here's the "2nd skunk at garden party" take on the "skunk at garden party" take:

Dolson can afford the Allen raise because he's 1) pulling the plug on AM but 2) going with a cheaper replacement

Let's hope it's the 2nd take, because as I mentioned earlier in the thread, the 1st take is a fallacy of the highest order. 

[Trish 14,417]

5 minutes ago, Magisterium said:

so here's the "skunk at garden party" take:

Allen given raise by Dolson means, in addition to rewarding CTA for his good work, Miller is being retained for Year 5 (thereby saving $7 mil, even though donors are now willing to pay it anyway)

 

here's the "optimist's" take on the "skunk at garden party" take:

Dolson has a promising, maybe even elite, replacement in mind who is 1) interested but 2) unavailable, for whatever reason, until 2022

 

here's the "2nd skunk at garden party" take on the "skunk at garden party" take:

Dolson can afford the Allen raise because he's 1) pulling the plug on AM but 2) going with a cheaper replacement

Yeah I’m finding it hard to believe Indiana is paying the football coach $5 million and the basketball coach $6-7 million.

 

Money is falling from the top of Briscoe I suppose!