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6 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Enfield anyone?

He won at a small school (FGCU), advanced to a football P5 school and levered that promotion into great recruiting and good results, especially this year. Charismatic program leader too. Admittedly, getting the Mobley brothers after hiring their dad helped immensely, but hey...he got em!

I believe people underrate him because they’ve never see his team play.

Enfield not creepy or slimy but Scott Drew is?  
 

so, it’s optics?  Recruiting shadiness tactics?  

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2 minutes ago, IUwins0708 said:

Where did you go to High School?

Knightstown class of 89  I played in the Hoosier gym a lot and never understood the fascination with it.  It was an older cold gym that was not even an regulation sized high school court.  I think I might own the record for the most 3's made in a game in that gym with 11 in a church league game.

[Chris007 61,684]

3 minutes ago, BGVille Hoosierfan said:

Gotta imagine his wife, a swimsuit model, wouldn’t want to leave So Cal for Indiana...

We have pools 

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Just now, Chris007 said:

We have pools 

Yeah, but we mostly fish out of them.

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3 minutes ago, TheDarkKnight69 said:

In the current year, I feel like it’s a tough sell to get guys outside of the state to come to Indiana. At USC, you can sell LA and the beach and all that. That’s why I don’t see Enfield being super successful if he came to Bloomington. 

If it was all about location you'd have teams successful throughout Cali, New York, and Florida.  Thankfully, it's not all about location.  Kids want to get to the NBA and want a system that will 1) showcase their skills 2) develop their skills and 3) a head coach and assistants they trust to do the first two.  Location is pretty low on the pecking order of reasons to commit to a program

[Unexpectedflash 1,651]

I’d legitimately offer Oats 7 million a year. Granted it’s not my money but he’s what we’re all clamoring for in terms of style, youth, and personality. I have little doubt he’ll be one of the best coaches in college in the future. Kids are going to be lining up to play in this system. Alabama can match anything sadly.

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1 minute ago, brumdog45 said:

Yeah, but we mostly fish out of them.

Pool or pond? Pond would probably be good for you :-)
 

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Where did you go to High School?

Believe that gym is in Knightstown.
The team the movie hoosiers is based off of, Milan, is 15 minutes from house. Up until 2013 their “museum” was in the local Dairy Queen. Finally got their building for a museum type thing


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Just now, Unexpectedflash said:

I’d legitimately offer Oats 7 million a year. Granted it’s not my money but he’s what we’re all clamoring for in terms of style, youth, and personality. I have little doubt he’ll be one of the best coaches in college in the future. Kids are going to be lining up to play in this system. Alabama can match anything sadly.

Did you know he went to the same college as Tom Allen. 

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1 minute ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Would prefer to see more of him first. USC is good this year but how much of that is Enfield and how much of it is hiring an assistant with two McDonald’s all American sons. 

He’s a 51 year old who’s been a coach for 27 years, a D1 head coach for ten years, and was an NBA assistant for six years.

He can already get an AARP card.

 

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1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

Pool or pond? Pond would probably be good for you :-)
 

Cement pond.

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Just now, Unexpectedflash said:

I’d legitimately offer Oats 7 million a year. Granted it’s not my money but he’s what we’re all clamoring for in terms of style, youth, and personality. I have little doubt he’ll be one of the best coaches in college in the future. Kids are going to be lining up to play in this system. Alabama can match anything sadly.

I tend to agree on style the only thing I worry about is it being able to fit within the Big 1.0.  Would his "bigs" last a full season of conference tackling to make it to the tourney?

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Just now, Chris007 said:

Did you know he went to the same college as Tom Allen. 

Maybe Tom wants to put a good word in about all the perks of being at Indiana instead of smelly old Alabama.

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Just now, Stuhoo said:

He’s a 51 year old who’s been a coach for 27 years, a D1 head coach for ten years, and was an NBA assistant for six years.

He can already get an AARP card.

 

Plus he was a shooting specialist coach and god knows we need one of those.

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9 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Enfield anyone?

He won at a small school (FGCU), advanced to a football P5 school and levered that promotion into great recruiting and good results, especially this year. Charismatic program leader too. Admittedly, getting the Mobley brothers after hiring their dad helped immensely, but hey...he got em!

I believe people underrate him because they’ve never see his team play.

As long as he brings his defensive Asst. Their scheme is simple but they are really sound. 

[DChoosier 9,571]

17 minutes ago, brumdog45 said:

FWIW, I think guys who were probably in the know before -- like chris -- are pretty gun shy about sharing any information.  Also think the sources they had are a little gun shy to share with them what they know.  I believe the intel was good but it didn't work out with Stevens.

I'm sure guys like Chris and sources he has are going to be playing it pretty close to the vest right now....which is going to lead to a little of the 'silly season' of rumors....guys coming out of the woodwork with no real information or solid sources.

But I don't blame those who got burnt.  Seems like they too tons of crap for doing nothing more than providing what they knew.  My guess is Chris knows more than he is willing to let on -- and I don't blame him one bit.  It's not going to change the hire and in the end, it's probably just going to mean we might know who it is a couple of days later than we would have otherwise.

Agree.

I liked, and enjoyed, reading what they were hearing and hope they continue to share whatever is swirling around.. Not for a second did I think there was a credibility issue, when the Brad signing did not happen,  as people change their minds and sometimes things just don’t work out.
 A great example I always remember is Jarred Jeffries saying he went to bed 100% positive he was going to commit to Duke the next day but then switched to IU. “Stuff” happens.

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Just now, Chris007 said:

Plus he was a shooting specialist coach and god knows we need one of those.

Unfortunately that does not seem to have translated. They shoot 66% from the ft like this year.

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1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

Did you know he went to the same college as Tom Allen. 

Then as a fellow alum, Allen needs to #LEO him all the way to Assembly Hall!

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2 minutes ago, HoosierAloha said:

If it was all about location you'd have teams successful throughout Cali, New York, and Florida.  Thankfully, it's not all about location.  Kids want to get to the NBA and want a system that will 1) showcase their skills 2) develop their skills and 3) a head coach and assistants they trust to do the first two.  Location is pretty low on the pecking order of reasons to commit to a program

And I’m saying I don’t think Enfield has coaching ability to do that and him being in LA makes up for that. I don’t think he’d recruit well for Indiana.