General Coach Candidate News

[AH1971 2,368]

Just now, Trish said:

Would Brad Brownell even be mentioned if he wasn't born in Indiana? 

I mean he's had a top 20 KenPom team the last two seasons and has decade plus worth of experience coaching P5 basketball. Would he be a candidate at Duke or Kansas? Probably not, but Indiana isn't close to Duke or Kansas right now.

[Indynorthsider 23]

2 minutes ago, Trish said:

Would Brad Brownell even be mentioned if he wasn't born in Indiana? 

Exactly and no! Never understood why being from or playing in Indiana is a pre qualifier for some people.

[Motley's 452]

4 minutes ago, Hippopotamo said:

Fans really need to relax about McCollum potentially preferring Iowa over IU. He’s from Iowa City. Don’t overthink it. 

Sort of. He was born in IA City but grew up and went to HS in Storm Lake in NW IA. It's 240 miles to IA City. The University of MN campus would be the same distance. The Nebraska campus would actually be closer to his hometown than Iowa. Same is true for NW MO ST, which is about 90 miles from Kansas City. 

[Kentuckysucks 3,818]

So Trilly is reporting that BM is already vetting Sisley and the other recruit we have coming in?

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 10,521]

3 minutes ago, Mopladysman said:

Kinda sad Iowa somehow has all these lower tier great coaches from that supposedly all want their crap job and we’ve got nobody in Indiana 

I doubt those guys are fighting over it. They'll just take it if the money is right, etc etc. There are plethoras of good coaches with IU/Indiana ties, though. 

[Hoosier987 2,062]

10 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

I'd hire DeVries over McCollum too given the choice between either and assuming both were available and interested. Very rarely do schools get their top choice however. 

I don’t think we’ll hire either…but I would agree with this

[Ghost of Rick Majerus 1,660]

Brad Brownell enters the chat again

[Silat Player 1,285]

13 minutes ago, DSUMMITT said:

I'd be cool with McCollum and I'd completely understand anyone who would feel underwhelmed but I keep going back to UK and UofL for 2 reasons -
1 ) Their searches - both (from what was reported) went after the big fish hard, probably very similar to our lists and with equivalent offers to ours - no bites as far as I heard. Unfortunately, people are comfy where they are it seems 
2 ) Those same resources level the playing field - both coaches jumped into those programs hitting the ground running - a lot of the problems a big move would cause can be mitigated with todays staff, transfer portal, and NIL. Find a coach that can coach and fill in their weaknesses with key staff. Structuring staff more like the NBA helps coaches just focus on what they do - coach (plus some recruiting but that's not like it use to be before you could hire Scouts/GM i.e. Zeller if that's what he ends up doing (love to see Hulls in that position too - think he'd be drawn to players McCollum would love).

Still would pee myself if Brad is it - but I knew the odds (very low imho - I absolutely think SD put in the work but it was gonna be a battle) and I love a meh floor but a super high ceiling (more then Collins or Brownell). Just my opinion but as I said - Huss, Schertz, McCollum, or Devries are those ceiling imho. 

The key here is that you must have a coach who is open to structure. Woody has always seemed so egocentric/egomaniacal that he wouldn't take advantage of any such structure. 

You need a coach who is well-organized and would thrive in such a structure and use it to his advantage.

[HoosierHoopster 7,733]

How about a little misleading headline, lol

"Historic College Program Takes Major Setback as 8 Coaches Reject Indiana After Mike Woodson's ExitHistoric College Program Takes Major Setback as 8 Coaches Reject Indiana After Mike Woodson's Exit"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/historic-college-program-takes-major-setback-as-8-coaches-reject-indiana-after-mike-woodson-s-exit/ar-AA1AIoQo?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=LCTS&cvid=3006005675e04118ba803d9a2fe67d4b&ei=16

 

[Mopladysman 1,006]

1 minute ago, Kentuckysucks said:

So Trilly is reporting that BM is already vetting Sisley and the other recruit we have coming in?

****, did we move assembly hall to Iowa?

[Silat Player 1,285]

2 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

So Trilly is reporting that BM is already vetting Sisley and the other recruit we have coming in?

Wait...what? How did it get that far?

[Hoosier987 2,062]

3 minutes ago, EasyEJay said:

If Ben McCollum was Scott’s back up plan all along and he his preference is Iowa , and Scott still hasn’t locked up or his “big fish” or whatever hasn’t signed on the dotted line then at risk of this turning into a sh** show . Pick up the phone . Call Will Wade offer him 7.5 - 8 million a year and let’s get back to winning basketball games please ! 

Nobody outside a very select few know who Scott’s getting or who is back up plan is. Patience. 

[Jet812 308]

1 minute ago, Ghost of Rick Majerus said:

Brad Brownell enters the chat again

He probably is the bottom line backup, but maybe he’s getting floated out there so people get excited, or at the very least relieved, when McCollum is announced

[Henryville Hoosier 1,164]

1 minute ago, Mopladysman said:

****, did we move assembly hall to Iowa?

Just plant some corn around the building. 

[Hoosier82 432]

Crazy Idea.  IU hires Ben McCollum, who in turn hires recently fired big ten head coach Fran McCaffery as an assistant to help navigate the big ten.  Fran gets to be closer to his kids and work a few years until he wants to retire.  I wouldn’t hate it.  

[Hoosierfan2017 23,965]

Iowa’s the place you go if you just want to coach basketball while having middling expectations without everything else that comes with being a coach at a major program. Fran has survived 15 years despite making the tournament only 7 times, winning 50.4% of is conference games, and never making it to the sweet 16. Sounds like McCollum just wants a job he can hide out and coach without being the center of attention. Nothing wrong with that, but this isn’t the job for him if that’s the case. 

[iu eyedoc 3,757]

22 minutes ago, Ryno6284 said:

Quiet day today my a$$! Lol

When it gets too loud, they send a plane to Spartansburg Airport to scare us straight.

[Hoosierfanyuh 4,308]

3 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

So Trilly is reporting that BM is already vetting Sisley and the other recruit we have coming in?

Now this is a leak if true lol

[Hoosierfan1901 7,623]

3 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

So Trilly is reporting that BM is already vetting Sisley and the other recruit we have coming in?

What’s next? Brad rumors to IU and then follow up with the random Coach rumor on that site.

[tyappleg 6,189]

Next person to bring up Brad Brownell unprompted gets banned.