General Coach Candidate News

[FrenchConnection 357]

  On 3/27/2021 at 1:00 AM, hoosrnight said:

I would love Wright! 

Who wouldn’t? He’s just using us to get a raise.

[rcbowla 8,187]

Jay Wright makes no sense. Something off there

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[IUc2016 7,121]

  On 3/27/2021 at 1:04 AM, rcs29 said:

Jay Wright makes no sense. Something off there

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And they laughed at us for thinking we could get brad Stevens. At least he somewhat makes sense


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[JSHoosier 22,182]

  On 3/27/2021 at 12:55 AM, ap2345 said:

Apparently the rabbit that peegs was referring to earlier was Jay Wright.

Channeling my inner Yoda here; ecstatic I would be, happen it will not.

[tyappleg 7,459]

  On 3/27/2021 at 12:55 AM, ap2345 said:

Apparently the rabbit that peegs was referring to earlier was Jay Wright.

This sounds less plausible than Stevens. 

[rcbowla 8,187]

The man makes $6m/yr and has clearly established himself at Nova. He's also an east coast guy. Zero chance imo. I would agree it could be a ploy to get a raise but damn......how greedy lol

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[ap2345 11,254]

Is anyone surprised at names being tossed around at this point? 
 

Peegs said it was just being discussed within the last 48 hours around the industry so who knows where that came from for sure. 
 

As for why Jay Wright may consider leaving. It would be a new challenge and some coaches like to find ways to challenge themselves. Not all but some.

[Alford Bailey 13,189]

Might as well say a reincarnated John Wooden

[TheDarkKnight69 328]

  On 3/27/2021 at 1:10 AM, ap2345 said:

Is anyone surprised at names being tossed around at this point? 
 

Peegs said it was just being discussed within the last 48 hours around the industry so who knows where that came from for sure. 
 

As for why Jay Wright may consider leaving. It would be a new challenge and some coaches like to find ways to challenge themselves. Not all but some.

Feel like if he was looking for a new challenge he would’ve taken the 76ers job last year. If not though and he’d rather take the challenge of IUBB, I’ll take it!

[str8baller 7,246]

  On 3/26/2021 at 11:51 PM, IUc2016 said:

Tom Izzo: 0
Matt Painter: 0
Chris Holtmann: 3
Greg Gard: 0
Brad Underwood: 1
Juwan Howard: 0

These are arguably the best coaches in the BIG. The numbers listed = the number of years these coaches had at a power 6 conference before taking a head coaching job in the BIG.

Chris holtmann was at butler, which kinda counts. Other than that, not many examples of a BIG school hiring an established coach of another major conference. Turgeon was hired away from Texas A&M but he is pretty mediocre.

Another one for you Wayne, Bo Ryan never had a power 6 job and barely a D1 job for that matter before he took over Wisconsin.


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Now do the number of titles this century. B1G is a deep conf, but not a top heavy one. 

[ap2345 11,254]

  On 3/27/2021 at 1:12 AM, TheDarkKnight69 said:

Feel like if he was looking for a new challenge he would’ve taken the 76ers job last year. If not though and he’d rather take the challenge of IUBB, I’ll take it!

Could be he doesn’t want an NBA job and I’d understand why. 

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  On 3/27/2021 at 12:55 AM, ap2345 said:

Apparently the rabbit that peegs was referring to earlier was Jay Wright.

I wouldn’t be mad if this was true...I forget didn’t IU try for Wright before?

[LamarCheeks 21,917]

  On 3/27/2021 at 1:10 AM, Alford Bailey said:

Might as well say a reincarnated John Wooden

But only if accompanied by a reincarnated Sam Gilbert. 

[Hoosierfanyuh 5,207]

Jay wright????? What in the world

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,650]

  On 3/26/2021 at 9:59 PM, AZ Hoosier said:

Lots of that going on.
We still have 4 of the 5 people posters have considered HRs are still coaching.
Is Dolson just supposed to sit and wait? I would certainly be reaching just to guage other interests while waiting.


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  On 3/27/2021 at 1:17 AM, LamarCheeks said:

But only if accompanied by a reincarnated Sam Gilbert. 

Swear to the good lord I was going to post the same thing..

[ap2345 11,254]

  On 3/27/2021 at 1:21 AM, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Jay wright????? What in the world

It won’t happen but just the thought that someone out there in basketball circles that peegs and Rabby get their info from has connected him to IU is interesting.

[AZ Hoosier 10,628]

  On 3/27/2021 at 12:01 AM, FrenchConnection said:

No doubt. It was a huge risk. Fife would be an even bigger one at IU because our program is such a dumpster fire right now. My point is that when evaluating assistants, the key thing is who they coached with not just the fact that they did it.

Would agree on Fife, but there is something about Lewis that just clicks in my mind. Lewis is tough. Lewis is smart. Lewis has grown and learned at every stop. He has an edge to him - it's not a chip on his shoulder, per se... but he has a passion for basketball - INDIANA basketball... I think he could build a staff that would help where the gaps in his armor are... and I honestly think that he would be successful here. Fife may have some of that, but I've never heard him express it in interviews the way Lewis has recently.

If I'm in a war, I want Lewis in the foxhole with me.

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  On 3/26/2021 at 10:15 PM, tyappleg said:

So how many is this now that has been shot down?

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  On 3/27/2021 at 1:28 AM, AZ Hoosier said:

Would agree on Fife, but there is something about Lewis that just clicks in my mind. Lewis is tough. Lewis is smart. Lewis has grown and learned at every stop. He has an edge to him - it's not a chip on his shoulder, per se... but he has a passion for basketball - INDIANA basketball... I think he could build a staff that would help where the gaps in his armor are... and I honestly think that he would be successful here. Fife may have some of that, but I've never heard him express it in interviews the way Lewis has recently.

If I'm in a war, I want Lewis in the foxhole with me.

and like me, he's bald.. who wouldn't want a bad*ss bald coach?