General Coach Candidate News

[Kentuckysucks]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

You guys literally don’t know who the next coach is and are calling SD bad haha

We do this every time.  News starts to break...we say it must be a smokescreen.  Has to be...no one could possibly be this stupid.  Then bam a little later we get the Osterman tweet with confirmation.  It will be Brownell.  The program is finished.

[Home Jersey]

1 minute ago, Papacap said:

Actually, the logic is against him. It’s not that Brownell is a bad coach. It’s that he has had a long career and nothing in it shows he is ready for IU. If he wasn’t from Indiana, no way he’d be in the discussion. So, if it ends up being Brownell, it’s against all basketball logic. And I just don’t think Dolson will make such a bad hire. There’s a reason why Brownell is the most hated name being discussed. I’m not saying Dolson should crowd source this hire. But you don’t get rid of Woodson to hire Brownell.

People keep saying this. Doesn’t make any sense to me. One thing has nothing to do with the other… 

[KYHoosier]

If it is really down to Brownell, we should just hire Will Wade or Chris Beard and not worry about the optics. 

[AZ Hoosier]

1 hour ago, JimmerNoe said:

The psy-op worked on me. Because of the Brownell threat I am now thrilled about this possibility. 

Exactly this... there's a 4-step process: 

1. Hype the big dogs (Stevens, Donovan, Wright, Few, Drew, OTZ)... whip up the fan base
2. Now hype the "desperation hires" (Brownell, Turgeon)
3. Now the fan base will accept almost anyone that is not one of the "desperation hires" and be grateful/relieved
4. Wait 4 years, and repeat

Works almost every time.

[Hoosierfan2017]

1 minute ago, Papacap said:

Actually, the logic is against him. It’s not that Brownell is a bad coach. It’s that he has had a long career and nothing in it shows he is ready for IU. If he wasn’t from Indiana, no way he’d be in the discussion. So, if it ends up being Brownell, it’s against all basketball logic. And I just don’t think Dolson will make such a bad hire. There’s a reason why Brownell is the most hated name being discussed. I’m not saying Dolson should crowd source this hire. But you don’t get rid of Woodson to hire Brownell.

- Long career

- nothing in it shows he is ready for IU

- if he wasn’t from Indiana, no way he’d be in the discussion

That’s exactly what happened with the last basketball coach IU hired. 

[Adillac]

Just now, KYHoosier said:

If it is really down to Brownell, we should just hire Will Wade or Chris Beard and not worry about the optics. 

Our university isn’t that pragmatic and logical. 

[Trish]

Would Indiana be playing in a Big Ten title game if Dolson had the courage to fire Woodson and hire Dusty? 

[Juwan Moye]

15 minutes ago, darB s'tI said:

Scratch that.

I mean… if she had come in here with that she’d be mostly correct if you’ve read some of these posts.

[SlammySammy]

Dolson will be questioned almost immediately on this hire….who wants to cough up massive nil donations for a guy who’s basically as good as the guy you fired?

[go iu bb]

5 minutes ago, Papacap said:

But you don’t get rid of Woodson to hire Brownell.

You do if you're okay with Woodson's results but don't like that Woodson thinks he doesn't answer to you and doesn't do many of the things required of the coach.

[Papacap]

Just now, Home Jersey said:

People keep saying this. Doesn’t make any sense to me. One thing has nothing to do with the other… 

Sure it does. Do you think Dolson got rid of Woodson without having candidates in mind? If you agree with that, then you really think Brownell was in the top group of candidates? Either Dolson went through a bunch of guys who said no (which I doubt) or he wanted Brownell (which I doubt). 

[Alford Bailey]

4 minutes ago, Papacap said:

Actually, the logic is against him. It’s not that Brownell is a bad coach. It’s that he has had a long career and nothing in it shows he is ready for IU. If he wasn’t from Indiana, no way he’d be in the discussion. So, if it ends up being Brownell, it’s against all basketball logic. And I just don’t think Dolson will make such a bad hire. There’s a reason why Brownell is the most hated name being discussed. I’m not saying Dolson should crowd source this hire. But you don’t get rid of Woodson to hire Brownell.

When you start hearing rumblings from legit media you know it’s close.

[Home Jersey]

Just now, Papacap said:

Sure it does. Do you think Dolson got rid of Woodson without having candidates in mind? If you agree with that, then you really think Brownell was in the top group of candidates? Either Dolson went through a bunch of guys who said no (which I doubt) or he wanted Brownell (which I doubt). 

I don’t doubt this at all

[Indynorthsider]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

- Long career

- nothing in it shows he is ready for IU

- if he wasn’t from Indiana, no way he’d be in the discussion

That’s exactly what happened with the last basketball coach IU hired. 

The fact people mention “he’s from Indiana” as like that’s a prerequisite never made sense to me. You are 100% right, this is what got us in trouble with this current hire so why would you even entertain it again?

[Ghost of Rick Majerus]

4 minutes ago, Herotime said:

Did I miss something? Why are people acting like BB is official?

It's just the mood swing for today. Tomorrow will be different 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Tyme (AH) knows his stuff. I don’t care for the guy but he knows. Bozich is confirming it. Dane Fife is endorsing it.  
 

Holy crap.  
 

If it happens that way I’ve freed up a bunch of spare time because I will treat basketball like I used to treat IU football.  Let the results speak for themselves. Show up mostly for games.  Fair weather fan myself.  ZERO, absolutely zero excitement in this hire.  
 

The only “potential” hire I dislike more than McCollum. lol. We are cooked either way.   Guy can’t win his conference barely can make tournaments.  If at all.  
 

We had mediocre covered with Mike. Lol

[JSHoosier]

5 minutes ago, Papacap said:

Actually, the logic is against him. It’s not that Brownell is a bad coach. It’s that he has had a long career and nothing in it shows he is ready for IU. If he wasn’t from Indiana, no way he’d be in the discussion. So, if it ends up being Brownell, it’s against all basketball logic. And I just don’t think Dolson will make such a bad hire. There’s a reason why Brownell is the most hated name being discussed. I’m not saying Dolson should crowd source this hire. But you don’t get rid of Woodson to hire Brownell.

A well run, serious program doesn't but this is Indiana.

[Jeff Flabjohns]

3 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

People keep saying this. Doesn’t make any sense to me. One thing has nothing to do with the other… 

Yeah…

What if the current P5 guys are all happy enough where they are? McCollum might prefer to stay at Drake if he doesn’t get the Iowa job. 
Those not coaching may have never been realistic options. 
 

Leaves us with Brownell (if he’s interested) and then the next rung of mid-major guys. 

[Kentuckysucks]

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

- Long career

- nothing in it shows he is ready for IU

- if he wasn’t from Indiana, no way he’d be in the discussion

That’s exactly what happened with the last basketball coach IU hired. 

To understand their mindset you have to think like IU.  They believe the only reason Woody failed is because he didn't have college experience.  Brownell has that. So in their mind he's a sure thing when he is anything but.

[SlammySammy]