General Coach Candidate News

[mdn82 26,083]

  On 3/14/2025 at 1:02 AM, Trish said:

I’ve been reading stuff suggesting Ben isn’t exactly all that great with the media. Indiana is a different beast when it comes to fan interactions. 

I honestly don’t know if I have heard the man speak.  That’s where my trepidation stems from.  I am not USPS lol, but few are.  I feel I watch a lot of ball enough where I would hear and see someone enough I can sell and get behind.  I legit have no clue other than stats and advanced stats.  Those will no doubt change with better talent and different/stronger opponents.  But to your point, personality is huge at a place like this.  I would have to run on blind hope here if that’s the way it went in the end.  

[Chris007 58,905]

  On 3/14/2025 at 1:04 AM, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

Personally, I don't care what professional league the players go to, if any, as long as they help IU win.

Thanks for sharing. I was worried about you 

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  On 3/14/2025 at 1:05 AM, mdn82 said:

I honestly don’t know if I have heard the man speak.  That’s where my trepidation stems from.  I am not USPS lol, but few are.  I feel I watch a lot of ball enough where I would hear and see someone enough I can sell and get behind.  I legit have no clue other than stats and advanced stats.  Those will no doubt change with better talent and different/stronger opponents.  But to your point, personality is huge at a place like this.  I would have to run on blind hope here if that’s the way it went in the end.  

Multiple videos posted here and in the McCollum thread

[IU05 345]

  On 3/14/2025 at 12:54 AM, IUwins0708 said:

I would trust @Chris007 @JerryYeagley23 way more than me. So don’t lose all hope.  Just thought the timing of the message was odd given I hadn’t heard anything for a while

As one who will keep the tin foil hat on, perhaps all the McCollum stuff today is a #smokescreen as we finalize things with Our Guy. 
 

Seems like it all came out at the same time to everybody haha. 

[coonhounds 10,313]

  On 3/14/2025 at 1:05 AM, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Would our NIL even be elite with McCollum? Before this past year it wasn’t great, but then Woodson’s billionaire buddies dropped fat stacks for him. How many donors even know who McCollum is, let alone will be willing to give him millions of dollars? 

Hopefully otherwise this a waste of time?

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[Shooter 604]

Archie Miller had very little charisma, never won a thing here and still was able to sign stud recruits like Romeo and TJD. And that was before NIL. I'm not that worried about recruiting.

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  On 3/14/2025 at 1:07 AM, IU05 said:

As one who will keep the tin foil hat on, perhaps all the McCollum stuff today is a #smokescreen as we finalize things with Our Guy. 
 

Seems like it all came out at the same time to everybody haha. 

It even more likely that this push is from his agent to get Iowa to move quick.  

[BehindTheBench 1,102]

  On 3/14/2025 at 1:08 AM, Shooter said:

Archie Miller had very little charisma, never won a thing here and still was able to sign stud recruits like Romeo and TJD. And that was before NIL. I'm not that worried about recruiting.

Ehhhhh, before NIL yes, but Romeo for sure got a bag lol 

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  On 3/14/2025 at 12:56 AM, Trish said:

Never said he can’t win, I’m implying Indiana can’t land the big fish because it’s not just “Indiana’ anymore. 

Duke hired Jon Scheyer, UNC hired Hubert Davis, and I’m still not sure who Kentucky’s coach is. Again, it’s a new era folks.

[Hornsby 3,665]

  On 3/14/2025 at 12:44 AM, FightFor6 said:

I don't dislike McCollum but I have immediate concerns about any candidate that needs the AD to immediately build up a support system to cover gaps in his ability to run a big-time program. That's such a red flag. 

Exactly it's like Woodson needing people around him. He may be a good coach but if we have to build all these people around him it's a red flag no doubt. I really thought we were done with having to do that.


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[mdn82 26,083]

  On 3/14/2025 at 1:06 AM, SlammySammy said:

Multiple videos posted here and in the McCollum thread

How is he immediately after games?  How is his coaching/communication style?  More so than a presser.  Those are easy if you win and are impossible if you lose here.  He has won no doubt.  Will it translate?  A lot of questions.  But I think once we get past the McDermott/TJO level we were always going to have exponentially more questions.  Even at that level there would be some.  

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  On 3/14/2025 at 1:07 AM, coonhounds said:

Hopefully otherwise this a waste of time?

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He’ll make the rounds, shake the hands, schmooze the locals….its not science…

 

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  On 3/14/2025 at 1:05 AM, mdn82 said:

I honestly don’t know if I have heard the man speak.  That’s where my trepidation stems from.  I am not USPS lol, but few are.  I feel I watch a lot of ball enough where I would hear and see someone enough I can sell and get behind.  I legit have no clue other than stats and advanced stats.  Those will no doubt change with better talent and different/stronger opponents.  But to your point, personality is huge at a place like this.  I would have to run on blind hope here if that’s the way it went in the end.  

 

  On 3/13/2025 at 10:33 PM, Home Jersey said:

Crash course intro to McCollum: 

 

 

• Episode 182: Ben McCollum, The Defense Will Show You What To Do and Love Your Player's Strength (2021)
• Ben McCollum on PNR Pace and Angles, Player Constraints, and Stats that Matter (2022)
• Long form article: Meet Ben McCollum, the Division II coach winning titles and turning heads across college basketball (2021)

 

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  On 3/14/2025 at 12:45 AM, DoctorP said:

The real reason they’re looking more seriously at McCollum is because he’s never gotten so much as a parking ticket. ;)

That also. Pass on beard and hire a d2 guy. It's pretty clear even with massive nil we are just another average at best job.

 

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  On 3/14/2025 at 1:05 AM, mdn82 said:

I honestly don’t know if I have heard the man speak.  That’s where my trepidation stems from.  I am not USPS lol, but few are.  I feel I watch a lot of ball enough where I would hear and see someone enough I can sell and get behind.  I legit have no clue other than stats and advanced stats.  Those will no doubt change with better talent and different/stronger opponents.  But to your point, personality is huge at a place like this.  I would have to run on blind hope here if that’s the way it went in the end.  

Agree with your overall point. I don't know a ton about McCollum's personality, positive or negative. But that's a huge factor in making the right hire.

We can sit here and look at resumes, but there was nothing obvious in the resume to tell you that Archie Miller would fail and Pat Kelsey would succeed. Have to trust Dolson et all to do the interviews, vetting and make the right choice.

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  On 3/14/2025 at 1:08 AM, newcastle12 said:

It even more likely that this push is from his agent to get Iowa to move quick.  

Yeah if Iowa wants mccollum, the time is right now to fire the franimal. 

Then again, probably any time is the right time to fire the franimal

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  On 3/14/2025 at 1:10 AM, SlammySammy said:

He’ll make the rounds, shake the hands, schmooze the locals….its not science…

 

…..I’m sorry Slammy, but I can ‘t take you seriously without hearing Sammy’s creepy and ominous laugh!!! Lol

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  On 3/14/2025 at 1:10 AM, SlammySammy said:

He’ll make the rounds, shake the hands, schmooze the locals….its not science…

 

People are way overstating the difficulty of the off court stuff.

Nobody is really debating his X's and O's capabilities. 

The money/political obstacles seem to no longer be in place from admin.

The guy either has the chops for this job or he doesn't.

Seems like a good bet he does, and given enough time, can prove it in a big way. 

Trust Dolson or not...

[HoosierSadaseci 2,820]

I've watched so much about MCCollum lately that I may be disappointed if we don't get him...lol...

[SlammySammy 1,367]

I think my head is in the “wait until Monday” space right now…it’s my opinion that if there is no Steven’s massive leaks or announcement on Monday, our coach is still coaching