General Coach Candidate News

[LIHoosier 27,694]

17 minutes ago, NCHoosier said:

I don’t have many contacts, but I know someone close to the Cronin family. He will not be our guy. He was pissed. 

You could've stopped there. ;)

[ap2345 11,320]

1 minute ago, IU Prof said:

The Harbaugh-Stevens parallel isn't perfect. Jim went to HS in Ann Arbor and obviously played at UofM, while Brad never lived or played here. Plus Jim, unlike Brad was quickly wearing it his welcome with the 49ers at the time.

All that said, I do think it's nevertheless a really good analogy in terms of media skepticism about how a pro coach would never voluntarily lower himself to return to the college game.

Hopefully the story ends the same way here (without the 9 year roller coaster ride to win a championship, of course).

There’s more of a comparison that you realize even though Brad didn’t go to IU 

[Silat Player 1,947]

6 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

Dusty isn’t negotiating anything with anyone right now 

Well, maybe Michigan...

[IUHoosierJoe 2,150]

18 minutes ago, NCHoosier said:

I don’t have many contacts, but I know someone close to the Cronin family. He will not be our guy. He was pissed when UCLA joined the B1G as he didn’t like that brand of ball. That was part (not all) of the reason he went west when he was on the market previously. 

That’s very interesting…it seems to me like his brand of ball has been more like the midwest teams than the other west coast teams.  Thank you for passing that along.

[ap2345 11,320]

1 minute ago, Silat Player said:

Well, maybe Michigan...

No, he’s not

[Asha’man 1,026]

2 hours ago, JSHoosier said:

If I were to guess I'd say there's only one person IU would pony up that kind of money for.

Which is a problem. If you’re going to fix it then use the same resources to fix it. 

[Silat Player 1,947]

1 minute ago, Asha’man said:

Which is a problem. If you’re going to fix it then use the same resources to fix it. 

Yeah, and I hope that's not true. If you don't get 1a, then go for 1b, then 1c and so on down the list. 

Last time, IU missed on 1a and then went to 1zzz. 

Can't skip those steps this time.

[IUHoosierJoe 2,150]

1 minute ago, Asha’man said:

Which is a problem. If you’re going to fix it then use the same resources to fix it. 

All the resources (i.e., donors) may not be available for any other coach.

[ap2345 11,320]

Learn about Brad’s ties to IU 

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/2010/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=504130 

https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/n orth-canton/2017/04/21/celtics-coach-has-roots-in/21319891007  

https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/11/03/brad-s tevens-basketball-journey-was-shaped-by-bob-knight-he-was -bigger-than-life/ 

https://youtu.be/ixUrKO918cU?si=NXaQ-QR5hT0izXgx

[Hoosierfanyuh 6,118]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

By the way, y’all may not like Jeff Goodman, but he has sources at IU. He won’t come out and say much declarative, but he dropped Cronjn’s name early and hasn’t backed off.

He’s 3 on the first watch list on peegs 

[OKHOOSIER 5,890]

2 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

No, he’s not

We left Indiana and moved to Michigan before high school, and my entire family on my mom’s side is from Michigan. My grandfather taught at UM. My mom went there. It’s basically the second place I’m from other than Indiana. All of my friends and family that follow CBB closely and are Michigan fans/alumni are not super excited about his post game comments and the fact there’s zero rumors of contract negotiations leaking out. They are very nervous. 
 

Long winded way of saying I think you’re right he’s not working on an extension with UM, yet anyways. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,612]

Just now, Hoosierfanyuh said:

He’s 3 on the first watch list on peegs 

Gross 

[IUHoosier5 2,148]

What I want to know is who would the next coach even want to keep from the current roster?

[ap2345 11,320]

Just now, OKHOOSIER said:

We left Indiana and moved to Michigan before high school, and my entire family on my mom’s side is from Michigan. My grandfather taught at UM. My mom went there. It’s basically the second place I’m from other than Indiana. All of my friends and family that follow CBB closely and are Michigan fans/alumni are not super excited about his post game comments and the fact there’s zero rumors of contract negotiations leaking out. They are very nervous. 
 

Long winded way of saying I think you’re right he’s not working on an extension with UM, yet anyways. 

Yep, he’s not entertaining anything with anyone until the season is over. 

[Trish 14,470]

Going from Woodson to Mick would be an “upgrade”, but a complete downgrade to the program. 
 

Might as well hire Tom Crean back if we’re not landing a big fish (Pearl, Stevens, May)

[Napleshoosier 10,814]

4 minutes ago, Trish said:

Going from Woodson to Mick would be an “upgrade”, but a complete downgrade to the program. 
 

Might as well hire Tom Crean back if we’re not landing a big fish (Pearl, Stevens, May)

Bite ur tongue!  :)

[IU Prof 2,327]

22 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

There’s more of a comparison that you realize even though Brad didn’t go to IU 

I get Brad's attachment. I'm just saying it's not like his dad coached on the staff or that Brad led IU to a Big Ten title and Rose Bowl.

[Napleshoosier 10,814]

2 minutes ago, IU Prof said:

I get Brad's attachment. I'm just saying it's not like his dad coached on the staff while Brad led IU to a Big Ten title and Rose Bowl.

He studied and worshiped Knight!

[Unexpectedflash 1,707]

We take mick from ucla and their fans are probably happy. Obviously not a science because Dayton fans were sad about losing Archie but I want fans sad about losing a good coach 

[IU Prof 2,327]

Just now, Napleshoosier said:

He studied and worshiped Knight!

Understood. I wasn't trying to say that Stevens doesn't have ample reason to potentially want to come to IU. Just that it's a slightly different situation than Harbaugh who starred at UofM and grew up in Ann Arbor, and also was on the outs at his NFL job.

But, again, overall I still think it's a good analogy!