General Coach Candidate News

[HoosierFan1994 5,351]

This is a message board so I am just talking about candidates...I still find it hard to believe that Indiana bought Archie out for that price for a lateral move (to be fair, I'll put Moser a notch above Arch). I just don't buy it. IF, again this is just a discussion, IU hires a Moser, a Woodson, or a Cheaney, spare me with the "we want to annually contend in the B1G and the NCAA" that Glass and Dolson have said in the past. If you do, you don't hire these guys. Period. And outside of Moser, these other IU guys would've been hired by now. 

[HoosierMama23 118]

3 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

The Wikipedia IU coach of the day is Pete Bell

No thanks!  Too much shady recruiting stuff going on under his watch.

[IUc2016 7,121]

From our favorite boys, but actually some pretty good stuff in here.

Goodman is with us, he thinks the IU guy interviews are just to check boxes

[goonaha 2,974]

19 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

This hire is going to end up being a complete disaster. If we're not even interested in talking to Beard or Drew, we are doomed. We should start preparing ourselves now. 

Wouldn't Beard be a "hot name" too considering he hasn't replicated his success from the national championship run yet?

[AZ Hoosier 11,058]

1 hour ago, PB1230 said:

Agree somewhat that Crean might have been better at talent development than Archie, however, I think that could be that Crean had a better eye for underdeveloped talent and/or took more risks with recruiting

He took way more risks... for every Vic or Will he would drag in 3 or 4 Tijan Jobes, Grant Gelons, Jeremiah Aprils, Peter Jurkins, Bawa Munirus, etc...

[Hoosierfan2017 25,093]

2 minutes ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

This is a message board so I am just talking about candidates...I still find it hard to believe that Indiana bought Archie out for that price for a lateral move (to be fair, I'll put Moser a notch above Arch). I just don't buy it. IF, again this is just a discussion, IU hires a Moser, a Woodson, or a Cheaney, spare me with the "we want to annually contend in the B1G and the NCAA" that Glass and Dolson have said in the past. If you do, you don't hire these guys. Period. And outside of Moser, these other IU guys would've been hired by now. 

At least this hire will tell us how seriously our administration takes the basketball program. Hiring one of those guys would send a clear signal to IU nation that they don't care about competing for conference and national titles. You don't hire Calbert Cheaney or Mike Woodson to be your head coach if you do. That's their choice, but I would adjust my fandom accordingly. I'd watch a game here and there, but there would be no point in agonizing over a program that doesn't care about winning. 

[HoosierFan1994 5,351]

1 minute ago, goonaha said:

Wouldn't Beard be a "hot name" too considering he hasn't replicated his success from the national championship run yet?

To be fair, there has only been one tournament since that run. I agree he has a small sample size but I like his sample size. He upset Purdue at Little Rock in 2016. He took Tech out of nowhere in 2018 to the Elite 8. National Championship in 2019. Last year probably would have won a game in the tournament. This year they made the second round and lost to Arkansas but could have gone either way. 

[Southside 1,914]

5 minutes ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

This is a message board so I am just talking about candidates...I still find it hard to believe that Indiana bought Archie out for that price for a lateral move (to be fair, I'll put Moser a notch above Arch). I just don't buy it. IF, again this is just a discussion, IU hires a Moser, a Woodson, or a Cheaney, spare me with the "we want to annually contend in the B1G and the NCAA" that Glass and Dolson have said in the past. If you do, you don't hire these guys. Period. And outside of Moser, these other IU guys would've been hired by now. 

IDK. Sometimes risks work out.

 

[jimsorgi 1,134]

1 minute ago, goonaha said:

Wouldn't Beard be a "hot name" too considering he hasn't replicated his success from the national championship run yet?

His last four seasons are the top four seasons Texas Tech has ever had in the KenPom era. 

[HoosierFan1994 5,351]

4 minutes ago, IUc2016 said:

From our favorite boys, but actually some pretty good stuff in here.

Goodman is with us, he thinks the IU guy interviews are just to check boxes

Smartest thing he's ever said. 

[HoosierFan1994 5,351]

Just now, Southside said:

IDK. Sometimes risks work out.

 

and sometimes they don't *insert Chris Mullin and Patrick Ewing gif*

[IUc2016 7,121]

1 minute ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

Smartest thing he's ever said. 

They also talk about how awesome Nate Oats would be at Indiana with his style and the shooters in Indiana. 

Goodman felt if IU had a shot at him the buyout wouldn't be an issue. 

[Artie86 3,506]

Where has the Ohio State Twitter guy been? He posted a Brad Stevens teaser, but seems quite now....

[madmax 480]

Consider me completely oblivious to any skeletons being in Beard’s closet. I refuse to give Goodman a click. Anyone know what this might be referring to?

[IU Scott 2,375]

20 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Apparently that skeleton in his closet is college coaching success and we're not interested in anyone who has that in their past. 

None of us know anything about these caches and what so let the people who are doing the interviewing do their jobs.  Also why believe every little thing that is being reported on the internet.

[IUc2016 7,121]

Just now, madmax said:

Consider me completely oblivious to any skeletons being in Beard’s closet. I refuse to give Goodman a click. Anyone know what this might be referring to?

He doesn't know specifics. He actually didn't even say that was why IU hadn't contacted him.

He just said when UCLA was searching for a coach he asked someone in their AD why they hadn't gone after beard and he was told because of skeletons in his closet. So he assumes that is why IU hasn't contacted him either

[HoosierFan1994 5,351]

Just now, IUc2016 said:

They also talk about how awesome Nate Oats would be at Indiana with his style and the shooters in Indiana. 

Goodman felt if IU had a shot the buyout wouldn't be an issue. 

Dang I might need to listen later. 

All things aside the discussion is awesome. I'm on spring break so I love talking about IU hoops with everyone. A Mike Woodson, Calbert Cheaney, and maybe Porter Moser like hire would've made sense in 2000 when the program was in much better shape. It's not right now. They have to get this right. I just don't think you gamble on an unknown or another "hot name". They haven't made the tournament since 2016 (FWIW I was President of my college fraternity and just turned 21 in 2016. I am now married and about to have a baby in a month). They've lost 9 in a row to Purdue. They have zero momentum. 

[Trish 14,505]

There's too much talk of IU players being the favors. This has to be leaking for a reason.. 

[RaceToTheTop 31,480]

Chris Beard once shot a man.....just for snoring.

[AZ Hoosier 11,058]

1 hour 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. 

If this is the case, we're doomed... how can he get kids to come to Bloomington?  He can't even get his wife to live there.