General Coach Candidate News

[LamarCheeks 21,452]

Kinda funny how last night, it was -- Whew! No Brad Brownell. 

Today, we're back to -- OMG! It's gonna be Brad Brownell. 

I absolutely have no idea who our next coach will be. But I do think this: No one coach will make entirely everyone happy (maybe not even BS), and while Dolson knows winning games is more important than winning the press conference, he also knows that getting as much of the fan base back into the fold as possible will be critical.

I just cannot imagine when the time comes for the presser, he's gonna say, "Hey everyone -- here's our new coach. We're really excited about him joining our IU family" -- and then trot out Brad Brownell. 

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1 minute ago, BleedCubbieBlue said:

This seems like a major hint. Why would an NBA insider be breaking the news of IU’s basketball coach unless it was an NBA guy?

I think his hint it he thinks shams will leak it today. He has been saying Monday for a while but hasn't specified what:)

 

This is me guessing i have no clue on leaks haha. @Tony! Toni! Toné! care to chime in? 

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Just now, LamarCheeks said:

Kinda funny how last night, it was -- Whew! No Brad Brownell. 

Today, we're back to -- OMG! It's gonna be Brad Brownell. 

I absolutely have no idea who our next coach will be. But I do think this: No one coach will make entirely everyone happy (maybe not even BS), and while Dolson knows winning games is more important than winning the press conference, he also knows that getting as much of the fan base back into the fold as possible will be critical.

I just cannot imagine he's gonna say, "Hey everyone -- here's our new coach!" and then trot out Brad Brownell. 

I guess if it is Brownell, that would be the way to do it....no pomp and circumstance, just "hey, heres our new coach" and then run for the bunker.

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14 minutes ago, ronzo4IU said:

I’d say that if there’s no press conference by Wednesday that it’s most likely not Stevens and more than likely McCollom/Huss

Yep. Because everyone knows there are only 3 possible coaches.

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Just now, Papacap said:

Yep. Because everyone knows there are only 3 possible coaches.

4....you forgot Brownell ;)

[Artie86 3,256]

19 minutes ago, jimsorgi said:

I hate to break it to you, but Dolson wasn't waiting for Woodson's season to end - he was and is waiting for IU's season the tournament to end because he is a stand up guy and believes it is irresponsible to do coaching search while the season is going on. So he's not going to start the search until after the Final Four. 

I've heard from someone in IU's IT department that he asked to update blocked website to include any that discuss coaching candidate and explicitly blocked himself from using Google to search "who should I hire as the next coach at Indiana?"

It's going to be a long week. month. 

.....You had me until the bolded!..... I fixed the rest for you.

[Home Jersey 14,393]

Would they announce the next coach on a Tuesday or Wednesday? Seems more like a Monday thing to me…

[Artie86 3,256]

7 minutes ago, BleedCubbieBlue said:

This seems like a major hint. Why would an NBA insider be breaking the news of IU’s basketball coach unless it was an NBA guy?

"Shams" it is.....

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47 minutes ago, Jet812 said:

Well…..  I’m not trying to pick on Jerry, I bet he’s a swell fellow & it’s cool that he shares some of what he hears with us, but I’d say there’s pretty good reason for the skepticism considering this is playing out just like last time, only drawn out much longer.  When he says he’Il let the lid off later in the week, it will most likely be to explain how we struck out on the whales.  I envy those of you that are optimistic it’s gonna be a big splash hire, but I’m betting it’s a dud (Brownell) or a big risk (McCollum). No one will be happier to be wrong than me. 

I think the scepticism is fair.  However, just like @TrueHoosier62 said earlier, It feels like the week before Christmas and one of the presents under the tree resembles a PS5 box.  Not saying it is a PS5 but there's nothing wrong with hoping

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49 minutes ago, Jet812 said:

Well…..  I’m not trying to pick on Jerry, I bet he’s a swell fellow & it’s cool that he shares some of what he hears with us, but I’d say there’s pretty good reason for the skepticism considering this is playing out just like last time, only drawn out much longer.  When he says he’Il let the lid off later in the week, it will most likely be to explain how we struck out on the whales.  I envy those of you that are optimistic it’s gonna be a big splash hire, but I’m betting it’s a dud (Brownell) or a big risk (McCollum). No one will be happier to be wrong than me. 

I wondered if the "let the lid off later in the week" implied after the tournament had started and we were all wondering why no announcement yet, he would come back and give us more hints or details.

[SlammySammy 1,593]

Waiting for a Monday morning banger to hit.....once they start planning an announcement, the leaks should flow all over the place...too many additional people become involved with the planning, the prep and word gets out....

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1 minute ago, Hoosier_Hatchet said:

I wondered if the "let the lid off later in the week" implied after the tournament had started and we were all wondering why no announcement yet, he would come back and give us more hints or details.

DTA....Don't trust anybody.....

[Trish 14,057]

8 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Kinda funny how last night, it was -- Whew! No Brad Brownell. 

Today, we're back to -- OMG! It's gonna be Brad Brownell. 

I absolutely have no idea who our next coach will be. But I do think this: No one coach will make entirely everyone happy (maybe not even BS), and while Dolson knows winning games is more important than winning the press conference, he also knows that getting as much of the fan base back into the fold as possible will be critical.

I just cannot imagine when the time comes for the presser, he's gonna say, "Hey everyone -- here's our new coach. We're really excited about him joining our department" -- and then trot out Brad Brownell. 

Brad Steven’s, Billy, or Jay Wright, or even Dusty May would make the fan base happy and unite the fans. Mike Woodson divided the fans clearly. 

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48 minutes ago, hoosierssf457 said:

Look at the most recent hires. Before Cig was hired, the names were Campbell, Har, or even keeping Allen. Before Woodson, Beard and others, and nothing until the day it was announced. Similar with Archie. The last few hires have stayed close to the chest. Agents leak things to get their clients better deals. 

Kinda true a week out. But as we got close to the announcement day? Definitely not true, especially for Woodson.

• For the Woody hire, about three days before the hire @8bucks, a wonderful poster who never gets over his skis, had the hire nailed -- through Woodson family acquaintances I believe. He told me but didn't want the attribution or grief on the open board so I posted that the info came from a credible, anonymous source about three days before Woody was announced. There was a meltdown and a "how do YOU know more than the insiders" string of pushback, as there should have been. And then it happened.
• For Cig, if I remember correctly his name wasn't really mentioned until a day or two before he was announced. When his name was suddenly thrown into the mix @Lebowski started singing the praises really strongly, and pretty much everybody was then was a fan of his take (because he knows more football than many of us ever will). A day or two after the board had it as a strong possibility, the announcement came.

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Just now, Trish said:

Brad Steven’s, Billy, or Jay Wright, or even Dusty May would make the fan base happy and unite the fans. Mike Woodson divided the fans clearly. 

Just for kicks.....

....of the current coaches officially in the NCAA tournament, who could be considered a (realistic) grandslam HR coach for IU? 

 

[Trish 14,057]

Good morning! 

Can anyone confirm if Woodson has cleaned out his office yet? Paint crew needs to get in there and get us a fresh coat of paint after that stinky performance of a year. 

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Just now, Artie86 said:

Just for kicks.....

....of the current coaches officially in the NCAA tournament, who could be considered a (realistic) grandslam HR coach for IU? 

 

Scott drew if you count him as a grandslam. Longshot but only one in that tier i can think of. this is more speculative based than intel based. 

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1 hour ago, EasyEJay said:

I think he’s implying Shams will break the news not anyone on the regional beat as Jerry mentioned in his post . 

If Dolson has everything tight as a drum, any leaking would be more likely to come from the candidates side.  This makes sense. 

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2 minutes ago, Artie86 said:

Just for kicks.....

....of the current coaches officially in the NCAA tournament, who could be considered a (realistic) grandslam HR coach for IU? 

 

That's a great question and I think I have the definitive answer:

We'll know five years from now.