General Coach Candidate News

[RaceToTheTop 29,953]

  On 3/14/2025 at 6:18 PM, JHoosier914 said:

We know that people are using the IU opening as a springboard to other jobs and/or raises at their current gig.

My thoughts are...if these other jobs (NC State, Iowa, etc) can make the moves seemingly so quickly*, why isn't Indiana?

Signs, to me, point to the realistic opinion that we have our guy, whomever it may be

 

*this is from an outsiders opinion.  I realize that I know very little in terms of timeframe/timetables

They haven’t made their moves that quickly.  Miami is the only one with a new coach and he was an assistant.

[Rusty Shackleford 834]

  On 3/14/2025 at 6:33 PM, Home Jersey said:

I'm not 100% up to speed on the details of Wade's allegations, but from what I am aware of, I can get over them much more easily than Beard's issues. At this point, hope they're talking to him at least.

He got busted giving bags to recruits before NIL was legal. He was doing what most schools were doing but he got caught and suspended. Then got fired after more details came out. His lack of contrition didn't help either.

I just don't think there's any way Dolson hires Wade. Most of us are old enough to clearly remember Sampson. I was at his hiring press conference and a student for his 1.5 seasons. Everybody says what he did is legal now and that's true.

But, so much of the blame fell on the IU administration because Sampson had been caught before at Oklahoma and IU still hired him. Dolson's been at IU in one form or another for nearly 40 years. I just don't see him taking the risk of hiring a prior offender, even if it's "legal now".

[HinnyHoosier 6,420]

  On 3/14/2025 at 6:37 PM, AH1971 said:

That's the only reason I keep coming back to him, because him jumping from Creighton to IU at this stage of his career is puzzling. 

But Vegas always knows.

McDermott has gone from -500 to -175 this afternoon, probably because of the Brownell chatter earlier since he's locked. Will be interested to see how it shifts with the Iowa vacancy now official.

[MikeRoberts 7,875]

  On 3/14/2025 at 5:27 PM, IU05 said:

Alright boys and girls we’ve got a flight tracking update:

The plane from Bloomington has arrived in Teterboro. 
 

Two more planes are scheduled to leave Teterboro soon heading for Bedford. 
 

#HoldTheLine

Who is in Bedford today? 

[Silat Player 1,794]

  On 3/14/2025 at 6:37 PM, monskisprodigy said:

I don't see DeVries leaving WVU for Iowa. I think a strong argument could be made that WVU is a better job, unless he just really wants to go home and coach at Iowa. Also, is Iowa going to pay his buy-out, up his salary and have money for NIL? WVU could match anything thrown at him I'd assume. 

Now, for McCollum...makes absolute sense. 

Does WVU really have more money than Iowa? 

Why? I thought with B1G money, a school like Iowa would have all sorts of advantages over a school like WVU. What am I missing here?

[rcbowla 8,108]

  On 3/14/2025 at 6:39 PM, Hoosier Guy said:

Absolutely.  There’s just no way Dolson is hitching his wagon to Brownell.  That would be incredibly stupid.

Almost like hiring a 62 yr old assistant coach in the NBA that had zero college experience in 40 years? I agree with you but we have to remember who we're dealing with here. 

[Mr. Hoosier Pride 1,541]

  On 3/14/2025 at 6:42 PM, MikeRoberts said:

Who is in Bedford today? 

Bedford Mass, 

Brad

[Rusty Shackleford 834]

  On 3/14/2025 at 6:42 PM, Silat Player said:

Does WVU really have more money than Iowa? 

Why? I thought with B1G money, a school like Iowa would have all sorts of advantages over a school like WVU. What am I missing here?

Iowa basketball has to compete with Iowa women's basketball for NIL too. Not just football.

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,064]

  On 3/14/2025 at 6:44 PM, Rusty Shackleford said:

Iowa basketball has to compete with Iowa women's basketball for NIL too. Not just football.

Wrestling

[Home Jersey 15,094]

  On 3/14/2025 at 6:44 PM, Kentuckysucks said:

So it's gotta be Chris Beard?

[JPCIVOP 686]

  On 3/14/2025 at 6:42 PM, HinnyHoosier said:

McDermott has gone from -500 to -175 this afternoon, probably because of the Brownell chatter earlier since he's locked. 

Brownell with locked odds... not what you want to see.

[hoosierbannerd 3,163]

  On 3/14/2025 at 6:43 PM, rcbowla said:

Almost like hiring a 62 yr old assistant coach in the NBA that had zero college experience in 40 years? I agree with you but we have to remember who we're dealing with here. 

Scott is not hamstrung by QB in this case however, correct @Chris007?

[MikeRoberts 7,875]

  On 3/14/2025 at 6:44 PM, Mr. Hoosier Pride said:

Bedford Mass, 

Brad

He’s there today? Interesting if he isn’t in Miami

[Hornsby 3,870]

  On 3/14/2025 at 6:36 PM, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Beard and Wade are completely different spheres of issues. Wade didn’t hurt anyone and didn’t do anything that many more established, high profile coaches weren’t also doing. He was just the up and comer the NCAA could crack down on. If IU is still sticking to its holier than thou attitude then the administration deserves all the Ls coming its way. 

The holier than thou attitude has gotten us nowhere the last 20 years. But if that's what they want to stick with then than they shouldn't complain when we aren't elite

 

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[Hoosier Guy 8,333]

  On 3/14/2025 at 6:43 PM, rcbowla said:

Almost like hiring a 62 yr old assistant coach in the NBA that had zero college experience in 40 years? I agree with you but we have to remember who we're dealing with here. 

Dolson was handcuffed with that hire.  I just don’t believe he’s going to make the same mistake again.

[Bowhunter 3,088]

  On 3/14/2025 at 6:45 PM, JPCIVOP said:

Brownell with locked odds... not what you want to see.

RTZ, Chris, Trish, Jerry, anyone, Please send me a DM thank you.

[rcbowla 8,108]

  On 3/14/2025 at 6:47 PM, Hoosier Guy said:

Dolson was handcuffed with that hire.  I just don’t believe he’s going to make the same mistake again.

Let's hope all of that is true. 

[AZ Hoosier 10,514]

  On 3/14/2025 at 5:46 PM, KathywithaC said:

I said none of this . . . You’re reading someone’s fictitious musings. You’re often late to the Party.

Is "Party" a proper noun? Asking for a friend not in academia.

[Uspshoosier 53,203]

Hot take 

 

if Schertz and his whole team stayed together for this year instead of leaving  and ISU ran through the MVC then Schertz would of been the favorite to replace Woody 

[AH1971 2,666]

  On 3/14/2025 at 6:40 PM, RaceToTheTop said:

They haven’t made their moves that quickly.  Miami is the only one with a new coach and he was an assistant.

Utah and Florida State have both hired new coaches