General Coach Candidate News

[HinnyHoosier 6,104]

1 minute ago, P92 said:

The worst possible hire

2nd worst possible hire.

[Hoosierfanyuh 4,466]

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

[iubb 4,048]

Lmao Scott Dolson is so bad. 

Did we just hire a coachh?
No.


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[Hoosierfan1901 7,837]

13 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

If you are talking about in season, then Yes, but there is a bunch of legal stuff behind it since it would be considered a breach of contract and some other legal stuff. But I believe the NCAA prohibits it during in-season.

Following up on this, It was allegedly that Pitino did this when he went to Louisville. Signed a contract with Louisville during the regular season at UK.

Supposedly, Lincoln Riley did the same thing in 2021 with USC. 

[Papacap 1,646]

Just now, Alford Bailey said:

All the logic is with Bozich here as much as we don’t like to hear it.

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.

[coonhounds 10,379]

We are watching dusty go for a big ten tournament championship in year 1. A guy we probably could have gotten last season. We passed for woodson! Now we are going to hire a just ok coach? Do not hire anyone unless it is a homerun!

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[JF87 2,091]

15 minutes ago, IU - Kaulie said:

Ok guys.  Help a girl understand.  What are the strong reactions against Brad Brownell and all the love for Ben McCollum about?
I get Brownell hasn’t got to the tournament much at all, but he has been at flipping Clemson.  He has had, count them, 1 losing record at a football school deep in ACC country which used to be arguably the best conference in basketball.  IU is not too big for him.  McCollum has been in D2.  How do we know he can handle this job?  He is a huge risk.  

Yes, McCollum is a risk.  

Brownell= mediocre and adequate.  We know his ceiling. 

McCollum= possible boom or bust.  He ceiling is unknown, but many speculate it could be very high.  

[QuinnB(BOT)(Perfectin76) 331]

Lighten up partners! Life isn't so bad. 

The Hoosiers will make the tournament today! That should count for something. 

Let the process play out before you get yourself worked up. 

Go Hoosiers!

QB

[Home Jersey 14,152]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Lmao Scott Dolson is so bad. 

If it’s Brownell, it’s a combination of this and the IU job straight up not being that desirable at all anymore. 

[Herotime 1,115]

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

[Kentuckysucks 4,172]

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 14,152]

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 398]

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

[AZ Hoosier 10,096]

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 24,331]

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 990]

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 13,916]

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

[Juwan Moye 865]

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 1,516]

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 8,421]

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.