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[PartyintheVillas 749]

3 minutes ago, Helgo said:

Agree. Dude wins games. That what we all really want, right?

No, I want the university to not be an embarrassment and have some ethical standards as well. I love the university, faculty, and students more than I love the basketball program actually.

[EasyEJay 614]

7 minutes ago, Jeff Flabjohns said:

Anyway,

If Devries really is the leader for Iowa then that should start to be leaked…maybe Trilly will hear things

Here is the problem not only does he have an almost 5 million dollar buyout, but what are they paying to fire Fran as well? I'd imagine he got some sort of raise / extension during the Garza / Murray years? I think they go to McCollum because of this Iowa can't afford DeVries and I think in the back of his mind he knows Iowa will be immensely less pressure filled if he leaves Drake at all hes a cautious dude looking at his resume. 

It doesn't have to be hard man go hire Will Wade 90 percent of the fan base would be thrilled, could recruit at an Elite level and I bet we'd be next years UM! 

[Mike Rodick 94]

2 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

True but also if you are not willing to take a chance on guys like beard or wade nobody has a right to complain in 4 years if we are doing this all over again. Playing it safe is why we do this every four years.

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10 years ago I would've been saying a very loud "Hail No" to Will Wade,but with what college sports has become now I say why not offer him the job and if he accepts IU would most likely win enough to make most forget about his screw up at LSU.Lots of folks seem to think we were fools to self report the Sampson stuff which became legal a year or two after it happened,it's pretty much on par with Wade's infraction now which has become fair game in college sports...but I'm just a selfish old man and want to win now before I'm just a memory

[Hornsby 3,867]

I don't disagree with that either. However, KS put an end to the days of IU going after anyone with a past of any kind. Had we never gone after someone like KS back then, there might be some ability to take a chance on someone now. But I think KS took away the ability to do that and not be smeared in the face for taking a chance on someone a second time.

Except nobody cares. North Carolina cheated like crazy and nobody cared. Sean Miller paid players and nobody cared. Pitino hired cookers nobody cared. But they are suddenly going to care iu if hires someone not pure as the driven snow?

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[BA47591 628]

6 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

Bingo.

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I'm afraid instead of b.i.n.g.o it's going to be b.u.n.g.h.o is our name-o and I'm going to have to buy a bunch of St. John's gear to keep my sanity. 

[PartyintheVillas 749]

3 minutes ago, BA47591 said:

I have really taken advantage of the fast food fish sandwich deals. 

NWI perch fish fries during lent are amazing.

[Pagoda 3,589]

6 minutes ago, PartyintheVillas said:

Pat Knight wouldn't even give Beard a recommendation last time we had an opening and that was before the DV stuff. Beard is a non-starter. I don't know as much about Wade other than maybe he's just too slippery to work with? That is complete speculation on some things I read about him though. Don't take that as gospel. I don't see Wade as a risk to do something to embarrass the U as much as just be a pain for administration consistently. Beard has the potential to embarrass and divide the university and fanbase. I'm not such Btown cops would give him as much leash as Lubbock and Oxford.

Depending on the situation maybe I could get behind a Wade hire.

Yea.  I’m okay with Wade paying guys, that’s the game.  If the lying to LSU admin stories are true (I haven’t read much about it), that is a character/integrity issue Scott would have to get comfortable with. He isn’t the image/brand risk to IU that facial hair is, which makes him more actionable.

[JPCIVOP 633]

27 minutes ago, IU05 said:

We ride at dawn. Let’s go. 

[Hornsby 3,867]

No, I want the university to not be an embarrassment and have some ethical standards as well. I love the university, faculty, and students more than I love the basketball program actually.

Is St. Johns an embarrassment? Houston?

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[PartyintheVillas 749]

Just now, BA47591 said:

I'm afraid instead of b.i.n.g.o it's going to be b.u.n.g.h.o is our name-o and I'm going to have to buy a bunch of St. John's gear to keep my sanity. 

Or BANGO as Paul Westhead used to say when Bo Kimble, Hank Gathers, or Jeff Fryer would drill a 3.

[HoosierInParadise 1,430]

I think the people that probably care are the ones that will be held accountable if something goes wrong. Listen, I'd be thrilled with Beard or Wade..more so Wade. I think it would be easier to get past all of the perceptions with his rather than Beard. So I'm with you, Wade is a coach I'd gladly take over McCollum.

[southernindianahoosier2 1,030]

20 minutes ago, mdiu28 said:

I choose to believe he's tried. It's just the top 1,2,3, and 4 guys on the list all said no. 

If this is the case then it is on Dolson to make the program more attractive for potential coaches. 

[HoosierInParadise 1,430]

Except nobody cares. North Carolina cheated like crazy and nobody cared. Sean Miller paid players and nobody cared. Pitino hired cookers nobody cared. But they are suddenly going to care iu if hires someone not pure as the driven snow?

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I think the people that probably care are the ones that will be held accountable if something goes wrong. Listen, I'd be thrilled with Beard or Wade..more so Wade. I think it would be easier to get past all of the perceptions with his rather than Beard. So I'm with you, Wade is a coach I'd gladly take over McCollum.

[PartyintheVillas 749]

Just now, Hornsby said:

Is St. Johns an embarrassment? Houston?

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That's for those university communities to decide. I care about Indiana University. I don't know if Sampson changed after Indiana or not and have no dug into it, but while he was here the team culture was a detriment to Indiana University and its community. As far as Chris Beard is concerned, I don't believe he has changed at all.

[JPCIVOP 633]

11 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

And people call us crazy!

Maybe IU's joining a class-action lawsuit and that's been the hold-up in hiring Stevens...

[PartyintheVillas 749]

1 minute ago, southernindianahoosier2 said:

If this is the case then it is on Dolson to make the program more attractive for potential coaches. 

howso?

[Pagoda 3,589]

6 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

Except nobody cares. North Carolina cheated like crazy and nobody cared. Sean Miller paid players and nobody cared. Pitino hired cookers nobody cared. But they are suddenly going to care iu if hires someone not pure as the driven snow?

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Texas cared about Beard.

[Kentuckysucks 4,243]

2 minutes ago, HoosierInParadise said:

I think the people that probably care are the ones that will be held accountable if something goes wrong. Listen, I'd be thrilled with Beard or Wade..more so Wade. I think it would be easier to get past all of the perceptions with his rather than Beard. So I'm with you, Wade is a coach I'd gladly take over McCollum.

I just think the odds of something going wrong are a lot higher if they hire a Brownell vs a Wade or Beard.  The fans are absolutely done with this administration.  Really never seen anything like it.  

[BlueDevil 9,474]

Sigh. As nauseous as it makes me that Chris Beard will be passed over, I am tired of reading the back and forth about it. Move on.

[iubb 4,175]

57 minutes ago, iubb said:

 

And Rabby did a Rabby and deleted the above rabby tweet..

Rabby is a coward..