General Coach Candidate News

[IU Scott 2,375]

I think social media has made it to hard to be a sports fan.  I should no better than keep coming on these boards but I keep torturing  myself.  I think once the coaching search is over it is time for a vacation from social media.

[ISP 924]

1 minute ago, 8bucks said:

Not sure what is happening here. 

My source told me a few hours ago that the "Holtmann" news was not real. I then told another poster here in a PM the same over an hour before Rabby tweeted it. 

I know some doubt my "sources". Just trying to take away some of that doubt.

[rcbowla 6,973]

The only thing I know for fact at this point is that dolson said on his PR that you will not hear from me until I introduce the new coach and I hope you respect that. And my goodness was he not kidding. So much random talk and rumors by message boards, local and National media, contradictory stories and reports. NO ONE KNOWS ANYTHING


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And people don't seem to be respecting it lol

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[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,509]

7 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

The more rumors that come out, the harder it is for me to believe that they’re all just fabrications. Especially when you combine them with my complete lack of faith in the IU administration. 

Won't try to change your take on the administration.  I look at all the rumors as evidence that Dolson has kept a tight lid on his search and the rumors are getting started because Goodman, Doyel, etc., want to be able to claim they broke the news first and citing unidentified sources is a way to do that.  So we'll agree to disagree.

[IU Prof 782]

Doyle has reported that Dolson is using back channels to contact candidates so that he maintains plausible deniability. Goodman said IU zeroed in on Holtmann, Rabjohns said Dolson didn't talk to Holtmann. So it is entirely plausible, and perhaps even likely, that IU reached out through some intermediary, but is now trying to use the Dolson didn't talk to him line to cover its tracks.

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[Hoosier2016 63]

Goodman not going down without a fight...

[OKHOOSIER 1,951]

SI picked up the Holtman stuff, I seriously can not imagine IU spending 12 million to buy him out. If we have that kind of jack for a buyout, why not offer Brad 15 million a year? The numbers seem outlandish for this to be true.

[8bucks 6,338]

3 minutes ago, ISP said:

My source told me a few hours ago that the "Holtmann" news was not real. I then told another poster here in a PM the same over an hour before Rabby tweeted it. 

I know some doubt my "sources". Just trying to take away some of that doubt.

Ah gotcha. I follow you on Twitter so I am familiar with you. I know that not all scoops pan out. Heck I have good info on Woodson but even that is from his perspective and may not match Dolsons. This stuff could be 100% accurate at one point in time then something can change but it does not impact whether the info was good at one point 

[RaceToTheTop 24,788]

Chain of events:

1.  Goodman claims that IU had zeroed in on Holtmann, who rejected them saying “he had a source”.

2.  247 reports it, citing only Goodman’s report.

3.  Rabjohns tweets it, citing 247 report whose only reference was Goodman’s report.

4.  Rabjohns deletes the tweet, assumedly after checking with the athletic department, saying it was not true.

If Goodman’s info is bad, it gets multiplied. 

[Dizz 323]

5 minutes ago, IU Prof said:

Doyle has reported that Dolson is using back channels to contact candidates so that he maintains plausible deniability. Goodman said IU zeroed in on Holtmann, Rabjohns said Dolson didn't talk to Holtmann. So it is entirely plausible, and perhaps even likely, that IU reached out through some intermediary, but is now trying to use the Dolson didn't talk to him line to cover its tracks.

What’s your point?

[Hoosierfan222 734]

So let me get this straight, Indiana “zero’d” in on a guy while also having the guy leading the search never speaking to him? 
 

doubt on that one

[Me So Hornsby 2,747]

Goodman is a clown


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[Hoosierfan222 734]

For the record I don’t doubt Indiana put out feelers to a guy, but when you say you “zero’d” in on him you’re claiming more than just reaching out 

[Trish 11,483]

We need to end this!

[IU Prof 782]

2 minutes ago, Dizz said:

What’s your point?

Point is that Rabjohn's latest is entirely consistent with what Goodman reported.

[Iubravos 327]

The media is like a high school girl with gossip. The real housewives of sports media.

[Dizz 323]

1 minute ago, IU Prof said:

Point is that Rabjohn's latest is entirely consistent with what Goodman reported.

Maybe, or perhaps he was ignorant of how absolutley dumb Goodman is and trusted him as a reliable reporter.... instead he called BS

[Stuhoo 79,288]

10 minutes ago, Hoosier2016 said:

Goodman not going down without a fight...

A fight with Indy Sports Partizan!

Who called Goodman a thief and a fraud.

 

[Me So Hornsby 2,747]

I really can’t wait for Dolson to pull off a great hire and watch all of you guys still try to complain


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[BlueDevil 8,655]

It’s kind of confusing to me that Dolson is getting crapped on by some about the process. If he were to make a quick fire hire of a low tier candidate I could see the uproar but he appears to be doing his due diligence and exhausting all his options. He said in the beginning it was going to be tight lipped and largely so it has been. If the money is there and SD is trying to pull out all the stops on top targets and he is simply told no... then I don’t see how this is on him. Indiana is the top job available no doubt but in 2021 and the state of the program it’s a lot easier to say thanks but no thanks. This is a tough job and fans are starving for results.