General Coach Candidate News

[Hovadipo 58,604]

44 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

if you've driven through Louisville on 65... you've been to UL campus

The UL campus is so bad lol. Pretty nice athletics campus though despite the location and the Yum Center downtown is first class. Related since it's close to campus: I was stunned to learn that Churchill Downs is in the middle of...that area right in the middle of the city.

[AZ Hoosier 8,654]

34 minutes ago, CrossboneIU22 said:

Speaking of processes........ where has our resident BoT member been?  (I'm still a few pages behind this morning if she surfaces in the next 5 pages)

Nah, she gone - crawled back into her hole to look for a new process...

[normandale97 304]

2 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

If you look at Kathy’s last post in the FMW thread she says IU asked Woodson to wait but he chose not to. So take it FWIW

False

[Hoosierfan1901 6,672]

If the Twitter burner accounts start getting nuts over something over the next couple of weeks, that is usually a good sign of a potential hire (Stevens or not). 

[Chris007 50,570]

9 minutes ago, VO5 said:

Hey I’d love to be wrong but I think the third time around I’m not believing it

I understand. It's all hard to believe. And I totally get why you feel that way. 

[lillurk 4,057]

55 minutes ago, Demo said:

Dude, if you think those guys aren’t inspiring given what they’ve done, I don’t really know what to say to that. Golden has Florida in line for a 1 seed and just kicked Bruce Pearl’s a$$ on the road and Kelsey is arguably National COY and fixed a stone dead program in 1 year.

I don’t think IU fans are uniquely quick to give up on a guy but I would really encourage  folks not to be inclined toward negativity no matter who they hire. Almost by definition IU is going to hire a guy who’s been successful at a place with much fewer resources.

Look at Mark Pope, just as one example: clearly a good coach before this year but probably only gets a blue blood job because of his connection to it. Still hasn’t won a tourney game or whatever but does anyone think that will be the case long-term? Of course not.

Same here: other than Stevens, I’d assume any hire is going to have a resume with a weak spot. Doesn’t mean he’s a doomed failure.

[jimsorgi 275]

1 minute ago, Hovadipo said:

The UL campus is so bad lol. Pretty nice athletics campus though despite the location and the Yum Center downtown is first class. Related since it's close to campus: I was stunned to learn that Churchill Downs is in the middle of...that area right in the middle of the city.

Yum Center is nice, but it feels sterile. The environment falls far short of a really good college arena - much more of an NBA experience.

[AH1971 1,977]

12 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Cronin would bring IU back to winning and competing for conference titles however most this fanbase would hate the hire.

Is the fanbase really in position to chide a proven P5 coach who has a 30 win season and a F4 all within the last 5 years? Like I said a week ago, this place is going to be an absolute mess when Dusty signs that extension and Stevens turns us down. You won't find a more qualified coach that is potentially willing to come to IU than Cronin.

[Chris007 50,570]

19 minutes ago, normandale97 said:

We all know that Beard would win here. BUT...this is a not a place for a coach that has struggled with alcohol in the past. Not with the pressure that comes with this gig. 

And all the bars in town

[iu eyedoc 2,727]

14 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

I just don't think that would happen. 

 

The guy has physically beaten and bit his girlfriend  in a DV altercation, that is factual.

He has been videoed drunk in a campus bar, alone on Christmas day, being a d*ck to a woman asking for an autograph on a mini basketball, that is factual.

He has quit drinking twice and gone back to drinking twice, that is factual.

Color me skeptical.

 

Coaching he's a 9

The rest he's a 1

Everyone would constantly be on edge, just waiting for that next ugly headline every moment he coached IU.

Doubt big money donors want to shell out with their money behind that.

[iubb 3,070]

5 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I understand. It's all hard to believe. And I totally get why you feel that way. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,766]

Just now, iu eyedoc said:

The guy has physically beat and bit his girlfriend  in a DV altercation, that is factual.

He has been videoed drunk in a campus bar, alone on Christmas day, being a d*ck to a woman asking for an autograph on a mini basketball, that is factual.

He has quit drinking twice and gone back to drinking twice, that is factual.

Color me skeptical.

 

ehhhh... to some of your "points"

but.. I thought he was begging for the job? 

Skeptical is fair, though, and I'm still not clamoring for him as much as I am bored and like discussing things. 

 

2 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Is the fanbase really in position to chide a proven P5 coach who has a 30 win season and a F4 all within the last 5 years? Like I said a week ago, this place is going to be an absolute mess when Dusty signs that extension and Stevens turns us down. You won't find a more qualified coach that is potentially willing to come to IU than Cronin.

Please to F***.... #anyonebutcronin

[Pagoda 1,786]

11 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

If you look at Kathy’s last post in the FMW thread she says IU asked Woodson to wait but he chose not to. So take it FWIW

Mike’s rep is back to peddle a pro-Woody narrative, but no one cares this time around.

In was a weird process, but bottom line Woody got fired.  Which makes sense, he is one of the worst coaches in D1 hoops.

[mdiu28 2,184]

@Chris007 I remember you saying Scott and Brad have developed a relationship since our last search. Could it be that Brad simply told Scott ‘no’ but offered himself as a resource or consultant? Maybe Brad is providing Scott with guidance on candidates, which might be why many insiders believe we’re talking with him—just not in the capacity they were hoping for?

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,766]

Believing in "Stevens to IU" is the most enjoyment I've had in IUBB since TJD left. Idc how many people come here to tell me I'm stupid. 

[Hornsby 2,927]

And all the bars in town

But Kevin Wilson had stocked fridges. Beard should be shotgun a couple beers after the post game press conference. I mean come on wine and cigars flow right now  

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[Hovadipo 58,604]

6 minutes ago, jimsorgi said:

Yum Center is nice, but it feels sterile. The environment falls far short of a really good college arena - much more of an NBA experience.

Yeah that's fair. Nice arena, just not very college basketball-y. That's a huge reason I'm hesitant to move on from AH.

[Kentuckysucks 2,825]

4 minutes ago, iubb said:

Indiana…

[Pagoda 1,786]

5 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

The guy has physically beaten and bit his girlfriend  in a DV altercation, that is factual.

He has been videoed drunk in a campus bar, alone on Christmas day, being a d*ck to a woman asking for an autograph on a mini basketball, that is factual.

He has quit drinking twice and gone back to drinking twice, that is factual.

Color me skeptical.

 

Coaching he's a 9

The rest he's a 1

UK, UL, and UM all noticed this and didn’t consider him in their recent processes.  The Beard talk is tiresome.  UNC won’t look at him either, he presents that same problem for all these schools.

[normandale97 304]

2 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Mike’s rep is back to peddle a pro-Woody narrative, but no one cares this time around.

In was a weird process, but bottom line Woody got fired.  Which makes sense, he is one of the worst coaches in D1 hoops.

He 100% got fired. Anyone who believes otherwise is naive. This was to help create as soft a landing as possible for him. Woodson was so pissed about it when he was told that he threatened to quit at the next practice.