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[bigrod 2,848]

11 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Nope, but he wouldn't tell me if he did until after everything was done. He either played down his interview to me or the media is hyping it up. If he is the coach, I would be very pleased since he is semi-family

We would expect to be "in the huddle" if this happens.

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40 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

You could be my son.  Does your mother have .........!      I'm looking at 72 in my rear view mirror.

Old Fart I must be your cousin, Smelly!

[SteelerHoosier 2,586]

a guy by the SN of Hoosiersportslive on the peegs chat claims to have spoken with an assistant or former assisntant6 of Beard's. Claims he wants the job but IU is not interested. 

[Trish 11,505]

I'll support a Fife hire.

I'm thinking I could get behind a Calbert hire the more that I think of it. 

 

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5 minutes ago, SteelerHoosier said:

a guy by the SN of Hoosiersportslive on the peegs chat claims to have spoken with an assistant or former assisntant6 of Beard's. Claims he wants the job but IU is not interested. 

That's been a consistent theme on Peegs. I believe Peegs himself has indicated there was interest from Beard's side but appeared to be no interest from IU due to Beard "not being the right fit" - whatever that means. 

[mdiu28 1,752]

5 minutes ago, SteelerHoosier said:

a guy by the SN of Hoosiersportslive on the peegs chat claims to have spoken with an assistant or former assisntant6 of Beard's. Claims he wants the job but IU is not interested. 

BLAH, BLAH, BLAH

I have a friend who knows the Beard family....he said the opposite. 

See how easy it is to spew nonsense on the internet? I'm convinced no one knows a damn thing

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41 minutes ago, hoosierbannerd said:

oh crap- you're right!- thx-

A little sitar music could be cool with the broom lady though.

[ap2345 7,543]

Danny Ainge made a big time trade to help Stevens and the boys. 
 

Who did the Celtics get you ask? Checks notes - Evan Fornier 

What did they give up? Checks notes again - 2 second round picks 

Ainge is really going all in this year boys!

He was averaging 19 ppg on a bad team.

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Just now, ap2345 said:

Danny Ainge made a big time trade to help Stevens and the boys. 
 

Who did the Celtics get you ask? Checks notes - Evan Fornier 

What did they give up? Checks notes again - 2 second round picks 

Ainge is really going all in this year boys!

I don’t know what I expected based on “watch the deadline” but this wasn’t it. 

[SteelerHoosier 2,586]

Geez.....I was just relaying info that was put out there lol

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5 minutes ago, SteelerHoosier said:

a guy by the SN of Hoosiersportslive on the peegs chat claims to have spoken with an assistant or former assisntant6 of Beard's. Claims he wants the job but IU is not interested. 

Friends this is not good if true and I'm not saying it is. But if Beard and Drew both have interest and Dolson is not at least entertaining them AND Matta withdrew his interest presumably AFTER talking with Dolson ......... yikes

Nothing against CC. Maybe he'd be a great coach. I'm personally looking for a more proven commodity at this point though understand risk is there with any candidate. 

Of course, if it's just to eventually land Oats or Muss I'm all in

[iu eyedoc 1,836]

4 minutes ago, mdiu28 said:

BLAH, BLAH, BLAH

I have a friend who knows the Beard family....he said the opposite. 

See how easy it is to spew nonsense on the internet? I'm convinced no one knows a damn thing

I am an actual family member of someone with a beard and she denies any knowledge of communication between him and SD. Plus she is married to a huge muscleman and he knows about as much about basketball as my lab retriever. So the internet is a huge crapshoot.

Edited March 25, 2021 by iu eyedoc

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26 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Nope, but he wouldn't tell me if he did until after everything was done. He either played down his interview to me or the media is hyping it up. If he is the coach, I would be very pleased since he is semi-family

Calbert! Calbert! Calbert!

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1 minute ago, SteelerHoosier said:

Geez.....I was just relaying info that was put out there lol

Yeah, if it's not what people want to hear then you will get demolished.  You're better off just reading it all for entertainment value.

[Trish 11,505]

Well that's funny because I live in Bloomington and my friend told me they saw Billy Donvan and his wife looking for houses near the southside! 

[AZ Hoosier 6,528]

1 hour ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

Old Fart? How old are you? I'm pretty sure I'm older than you at 55. If you are old, I'm ancient.

Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk
 

He's "Class of '66"... not sure if college or HS... but I'm 68 and graduated HS in '71 and college in '76... so even if it's HS in '66, he's gotta be mid 70s... Man, he really is an Old Fart. :D

[Artie86 1,852]

14 minutes ago, IUc2016 said:

I feel the same. But hey, if he can surround him self with a great staff it will go a long way in determining his success.

If Calbert, what about Lewis, Guyton as assistants? Would that sweeten the pot?

[CS2 174]

24 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Thanks for clearing it up for me. Hope you have a great day. I enjoy your stuff

Just another guy spreading rumors so someone thinks he is important or connected. 

If they actually get down to offering Matta...we are in trouble.

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3 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

Danny Ainge made a big time trade to help Stevens and the boys. 
 

Who did the Celtics get you ask? Checks notes - Evan Fornier 

What did they give up? Checks notes again - 2 second round picks 

Ainge is really going all in this year boys!

Hate to be that guy but Fournier has been pretty good this year. 20/3/4 with a few 3s a game. Not exactly a blockbuster but it’s a decent sized move

[Hoosierfan2017 20,821]

16 minutes ago, mdiu28 said:

If Calbert....ugh. 

This is a "hey it's worked for Michigan, it'll work for us too" move (if true). 

Yikes. 

I seriously think that Howard succeeding at Michigan this year was the absolute worst thing that could’ve happened to our coaching search. Now, so many fans think “it worked for Michigan so it’ll work for us too! IU guy IU guy IU guy!” 
 

Sure, Howard is a ‘Michigan guy.’ He was also one of the most well-regarded assistants in the NBA. He would’ve been hired as an NBA head coach by now if Michigan hadn’t hired him. He also has one of the best staffs in all of college basketball. Additionally, he took over a program that had went to the sweet 16, the national championship game, and the sweet 16 the three previous years. It’s a lot easy to step in and keep the ship running than it is to rebuild it completely. 
 

Calbert Cheaney would be the ultimate “we hired him because he went to IU” hire. I’m not taking a shot at him. I’ve never met him but it sounds like he’s a great guy who really loves IU. But, those qualities don’t make you qualified to be the IU men’s basketball head coach.  In no way should he be a serious candidate.