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[tyappleg 4,220]

15 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Crazy what a couple years will do for a coaching search.    5 years ago Beard was the guy that was mentioned as a slam dunk to coach a blue blood.   Holtmann was the name to look out for with the Kentucky job since he is from Kentucky.  Last year Schertz was a name that was thrown around as a legitimate chance to go to IU.  Mack was a name that was thrown out as a big time miss by IU the first time around 

underwood was looked at as a lower hire then Holtmann and Miller during that cycle and after a couple of bad seasons (worst in Illinois history) 

Fast forward 5 years and Beard is at Ole Miss(his own doing) and is hoping for a second chance at a big time school 

Holtmann is at DePaul 

Schertz hasn’t been mentioned once on here since the opening was announced

Underwood was the last man standing in the B1G from that cycle he was hired in    
I’m confident that IU will get it right this cycle   Sooner or later water finds its level 

 

And through all the changes, one thing remains constant.  Indiana fans still want Brad Stevens.

[AZ Hoosier 8,653]

3 hours ago, Chris007 said:

Brad coming home easily. I know most don’t believe this but Scott started cultivating this relationship with Brad last March. Doesn’t mean we’ll get him but letting him handle this gives us a really good chance.

Just keep Ferguson a million miles away from Brad and Tracy.

[Demo 21,172]

22 minutes ago, BleedCubbieBlue said:

Okay, so you are not straight-up opposed. I understand why you think it won’t be him, I want to understand what he would have to do for you to accept him as Indiana’s coach?

Accept him? I’ll accept him if he’s hired because as I said above I’m willing to trust the due diligence of the staff. But here’s the thing: the particulars are different, but there are similarities to the Sampson hire. If you’re Dolson and bring in a guy with a known history and you do it by standing in front of him he can’t ever F up. Not once. Sampson came with the same deal, you can’t F up, and it took him 18 months. But, yeah, if they hire him I’ll root for the program and if he has an issue I’ll say Dolson should be fired because it was completely foreseeable. And I’ll hope it never happens. 

[OKHOOSIER 4,097]

11 minutes ago, Sobchak_Security said:

Do you think (if terms were agreed to) this is something that could move quickly and be announced before the end of the season?  Or will this be held off until after the B1G tournament??

Feels like we had a lot of people lurking, waiting for the Woody shoe to drop. Welcome, post and lose the jockstrap!

[Demo 21,172]

28 minutes ago, RoadToZion said:

Oh I definitely read it wrong. Will delete. I’m still at 40k feet drinking Vino. Carry on 

Humblest brag of the day, Dude. Love it. 

[Stuhoo 84,135]

37 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Gates?!? Idk if i can support someone who has a season where they didn’t win 1 conference game.

I get it. They were missing something like five of their top seven players for SEC play. He’s been fantastic every other year, including this year in a super tough SEC.

Dennis Gates is whip smart (academic all American who graduated Cal Berkeley in 3 years) a great recruiter with sh!t NIL, develops players, and he’s done plenty of winning.He’s got the current number 15 team in the country and halfway through conference play he’s LOW-KEY ahead of Tennessee, Ole Miss/Beard and UK among others. His teams defend like dogs, run modern offense, and his players would run through a wall for him. And he’s 45 and clean as a whistle. Sorry if it offends, but anyone that appreciates McCollum’s 21-2 at Drake over 17-5 in the SEC is bash!t crazy.

curious what @Uspshoosier thinks of him and McCasland; the postman knows the whole country like none other.

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,318]

I feel like it’ll be Dusty. Not a guarantee but good reason for hope


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21 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

The more I read a variety of opinions, the more I come back to:

Stevens

May

McCasland

Gates

as the four guys I would 1,000% get behind. And while only two of them would win the press release, all four would win the press conference and all four would win a ton of games at IU.

And all four of them would be 20 year hires.

Outside of his age, what about Stevens makes you think that he would be here 20 years?

[Demo 21,172]

29 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Underwood was the last man standing in the B1G from that cycle he was hired in    
I’m confident that IU will get it right this cycle   Sooner or later water finds its level 

 

Underwood was my guy in the Archie cycle. Just sayin’. Proof positive that the blind squirrel theory is undefeated. 

[Chris007 50,560]

2 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

I feel like it’ll be Dusty. Not a guarantee but good reason for hope


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I would be very happy. I campaigned for him all last season. A fellow Jackson Heights guy. 

[Stuhoo 84,135]

2 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

Outside of his age, what about Stevens makes you think that he would be here 20 years?

His age and that it’s home for him.

[Demo 21,172]

4 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

I get it. They were missing something like five of their top seven players for SEC play. He’s been fantastic every other year, including this year in a super tough SEC.

The guy is whip smart, a great recruiter with sh!t NIL, develops players, and he’s done plenty of winning.He’s got the number 15 team in the country and halfway through conference play he’s ahead of Tennessee, Ole Miss/Beard and UK among others. His teams defend like dogs, run modern offense, and his players would run through a wall for him. And he’s 45 and clean as a whistle.

curious what @Uspshoosier thinks of him and McCasland; the postman knows the whole country like none other.

1 other thing about Gates. During that entire debacle last year that guy stood in front of everybody and took every bullet. He was a man. Temperamentally, he’s the goods. 

[BleedCubbieBlue 1,579]

29 minutes ago, str8baller said:

1) Assuming he’s hired this year: begin and end his successful career at IU without incident.  
 

in the alternative: 

2) Spend another 5 years or so where he is at meaningfully rehabilitating himself and again, have zero incidents.  
 

Absent that he’s always going to be seen by some, myself included, as a ticking time bomb waiting to embarrass and/or destroy the program.   
 

You and others are, of course, free to embrace him immediately and wholeheartedly. 

Just to be clear. I do not embrace him immediately and wholeheartedly. As things stand today, I don’t want Indiana to hire him.

The point of the exercise is to understand what it would take for people to be okay with Indiana hiring him.

[Stuhoo 84,135]

1 minute ago, Demo said:

1 other thing about Gates. During that entire debacle last year that guy stood in front of everybody and took every bullet. He was a man. Temperamentally, he’s the goods. 

Damn straight.

Demo; you’re in Missouri and some posters may not be aware; you have a cut above hoops analysis resume compared to pretty much anyone on the board.

What’s the scoop on Gates?

[BleedCubbieBlue 1,579]

18 minutes ago, Demo said:

Accept him? I’ll accept him if he’s hired because as I said above I’m willing to trust the due diligence of the staff. But here’s the thing: the particulars are different, but there are similarities to the Sampson hire. If you’re Dolson and bring in a guy with a known history and you do it by standing in front of him he can’t ever F up. Not once. Sampson came with the same deal, you can’t F up, and it took him 18 months. But, yeah, if they hire him I’ll root for the program and if he has an issue I’ll say Dolson should be fired because it was completely foreseeable. And I’ll hope it never happens. 

That is a good point and a fair position.

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11 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

I feel like it’ll be Dusty. Not a guarantee but good reason for hope


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What’s the good reason if you would share?

[Uspshoosier 48,139]

1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

curious what @Uspshoosier thinks of him and McCasland; the postman knows the whole country like none other.

People won’t be able to get past the winless conference thing but Gates can coach. He would be fine if he were to be hired.  Big time recruiter that kids today will line up to play for.  Anything that could go wrong last year for him went wrong.   Doubt he will be the choice but he will keep grinding and moving up the coaching in a couple years.   Was an assistant under Hamilton 
 

McCasland is a a great choice as well and will probably actually be on IUs short list.   Problem with him is he is a Texas guy through and through with no Midwest connections.   He has shown the ability to adapt to his players.  N Texas teams played at a very slow pace which I expected him to do at Texas Tech however his offense this year is explosive.  If you haven’t watched them play I suggest you do.   If he is the choice he will succeed.   Was an assistant under Drew at Baylor 

 

I’ve had a lot of concerns about IU in the past 4 years about its coaching and recruiting high school kids however moving forward I’m not concerned about them at all since I know Scott will do his homework and hire a grinder that will put his heart and soul into the job.   Old Fart fire up them recruiting threads again because next year you will be busy again following hs recruiting. 

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2 hours ago, Ryno6284 said:

Give me Beard every day all day!  RMK guy and is a college grinder!  And a WINNER!

Not interested... too much baggage of a serious nature

[Uspshoosier 48,139]

And if Scott wants to go with an old transitional coach to bridge the gap then he just needs to go ahead and hire the vampire.   Rick in his 70s is still an elite coach in college basketball.   Crazy to watch him coach.  

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As another Hoosier that lives in Mizzou land, I can also vouch for the fact that Gates is a very impressive coach.  I like a lot of things he has done at Mizzou.  And I think in another cycle he would be a solid hire.  But with where Indiana is currently at, I think it would be a disappointment to come out of this deal with Gates.