General Coach Candidate News

[IU05 746]

Just now, sirhoosierlot said:

Benjamin Matthew McCollum

Well we know there’s no chance of that now. So that leaves us with:

Brad

Billy

[94Hoosier 89]

10 minutes ago, mdn82 said:

Yes and no to me.  Once you win here, you are expected to stay on that same trajectory.  Or close to peak levels year after year.  Most places if you made an elite 8 run every 5 years, you write your own check.  That would get you fired here. 

I disagree with this.  If you made an elite 8 run every five years and coached 20 years I think all but the nuttiest of fans would be good.  You’d have to think at least one of those turns into a final four.  
 

and you would assume if you got 4 elite 8’s you probably rack up say min 6-8 sweet sixteens.  

[FrenchConnection 357]

1 minute ago, iubb said:

We assume the players hate the coach as much as the fans do, but that's never the case. If you fire the coach, you lose the players. It's part of the deal. 

[Hoosierfanyuh 7,212]

Feel like Gabe entering could mean we’re close to an announcement, i know some been shitting on Rabby lately but this morning he did say SD asked the players to wait until the new coach is hired 

[pumpfake 4,544]

30 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Not really. If we don’t get DeVries this is going to turn into a 2-3 week nightmare that blows UK’s fiasco last year out of the water. 
 

We’ve gotten what, 4-5 candidates new jobs/raises so far and the tournament hasn’t even started?

"We've"?  More like their agents via clueless basketball experts.

[JustWinBaby 2,008]

1 minute ago, OliviaPope40 said:

Dayton? Or somewhere else?

Does it matter?

[mdn82 26,344]

1 minute ago, 94Hoosier said:

I disagree with this.  If you made an elite 8 run every five years and coached 20 years I think all but the nuttiest of fans would be good.  You’d have to think at least one of those turns into a final four.  
 

and you would assume if you got 4 elite 8’s you probably rack up say min 6-8 sweet sixteens.  

That’s a lot of assumptions for how our fans have historically acted or in general of an open ended situation.  They would not look at that Elite 8.  They would ask what you did in those other 4 years because the Elite 8 is expected.  

[Str8Hoosiers 2,972]

1 minute ago, FrenchConnection said:

We assume the players hate the coach as much as the fans do, but that's never the case. If you fire the coach, you lose the players. It's part of the deal. 

He would be leaving regardless. He got no playing time all year long

[Hoosierfanyuh 7,212]

Just now, JustWinBaby said:

Does it matter?

I think he’s a kid most will want to root for regardless of where he goes 

[str8baller 7,822]

1 minute ago, FrenchConnection said:

We assume the players hate the coach as much as the fans do, but that's never the case. If you fire the coach, you lose the players. It's part of the deal. 

 

1 minute ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Feel like Gabe entering could mean we’re close to an announcement, i know some been shitting on Rabby lately but this morning he did say SD asked the players to wait until the new coach is hired 

I think Gabe was gone in any scenario. 

[Alford Bailey 13,233]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Feel like Gabe entering could mean we’re close to an announcement, i know some been shitting on Rabby lately but this morning he did say SD asked the players to wait until the new coach is hired 

Hasn’t it been assumed for A while Cupps was gonna move on?

[realTomCrean 2,793]

Just now, str8baller said:

 

I think Gabe was gone in any scenario. 

Just wasn't good enough for the B1G. No harm no foul, seems like a great young man. Wish him the best at Dayton/Akron/BGSU 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 93,679]

Just now, Str8Hoosiers said:

He would be leaving regardless. He got no playing time all year long

In fairness to him, he had surgery and at the time the surgery was announced it was stated he would not return during the season.  

[sirhoosierlot 3,961]

4 minutes ago, IU05 said:

Well we know there’s no chance of that now. So that leaves us with:

Brad

Billy

he's not at iowa yet 

[JustWinBaby 2,008]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Feel like Gabe entering could mean we’re close to an announcement, i know some been shitting on Rabby lately but this morning he did say SD asked the players to wait until the new coach is hired 

Rabby doesn't often get things wrong, he just doesn't always have the best info. He also filters what he hears pretty strictly, because he's mentioned more than once that a booster source has been telling him all along that it's Brad Stevens and he doesn't believe it. That same source could be someone who is feeding one of our insiders the same info.

Some people prefer to hear every rumor. Some people only want to hear what can be verified. Problem is, sometimes the rumors are true, and taking the time to verify can mean you're late and miss the scoop.

[Willson 39]

6 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

Darian Dale DeVries has seventeen letters in his full name and not one of them is B.

Whats the 4th letter of the middle name? :)

[EasyEJay 806]

Just now, Hoosierfanyuh said:

I think he’s a kid most will want to root for regardless of where he goes 

Yeah stinks I had hopes for him I really thought he'd end up being like an Aaron Craft. He seemed to be a good teammate was never checked out on the bench always rooting and smiling for guys. Defiantly a Gabe Cupps fan though I will say I think a tick lower level of competition might be good for him (MAC or A10) 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 93,679]

Boys and girls I have a really big favor to ask.  I've got to leave for a doctor's appointment in a few minutes so if you all could just not do any posting until after 3:30 I'd really appreciate it.  Thank you.  I knew you'd all understand being the fine group that you are.

[iubb 4,889]

Just now, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Boys and girls I have a really big favor to ask.  I've got to leave for a doctor's appointment in a few minutes so if you all could just not do any posting until after 3:30 I'd really appreciate it.  Thank you.  I knew you'd all understand being the fine group that you are.

Tiem to lock de thread boys

[LamarCheeks 22,400]

2 minutes ago, Str8Hoosiers said:

He would be leaving regardless. He got no playing time all year long

He was injured. Probably wouldn't have played much anyway ...