General Coach Candidate News

[AH1971 1,967]

15 minutes ago, PartyintheVillas said:

This is where I am with Cronin. He's probably Underwood, Painter, Ryan as far as success. I want banner 6, but we can and have done a lot worse. Hopefully we land Stevens, though.

How about we worry about making the tournament every year before we start worrying about banner 6. To think IU is too good for Bo Ryan or Matt Painter level results given the last 30 years is utterly ridiculous.

[JF87 1,760]

I come here after work to get positive news and all I've been reading is why we can't get any top coaches.  Just because we've chosen poorly the last 5 hires doesn't mean that we can't get it right this time.  

[go iu bb 7,213]

1 minute ago, Scotty R said:

What did he say that was wrong

He's spinning it like IU is the problem itself rather. The problem is that IU has hired bad coaches. 

He also left out that coaches would have a real chance here given the resources available now in this changing NCAA landscape.

[Chris007 49,877]

16 minutes ago, IUHAHN81 said:

I send my son screenshots of pro Brad stuff from here and he's always like, STFU DAD, IM NOT BUYING INTO IT!" Moral of the story is, we don't speak anymore because of Brad Stevens. This is on YOU Brad! You didn't wreck the program, you wrecked my FAMILY! 

You don’t need that negativity in your life right now.

[AH1971 1,967]

4 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Tool

 

I mean, he’s not wrong lol

[Pagoda 1,677]

Lmao Woody and his crew got their narrative to Rothstein.  

He is leaving out how terrible Woody is, and ignoring top-5 NIL, a very large program budget, and fantastic fan support.

The fishbowl thing is nonsense.  It’s only an issue for loser coaches like Mike.

[Hoosier Guy 7,656]

6 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Tool

 

This here is one of the biggest reasons why I can’t wait for IU to be great again.  The media doesn’t want IU to be great again.  I’m sick of them smiling ear to ear when talking about IU’s failures.  Yes, IU has been terrible for quite a bit now.  However, the right hire changes that narrative.

[hoosierbannerd 2,183]

3 hours ago, jumpshot53 said:

Connie Chung is married to "which man here is the father of your baby?  The lie detector says". Maury Povich...lol.  She has no standards.

I wonder if the BOT sound like us on this forum, my goodness, I almost feel sorry for them in making a choice, back in the day.  They probably just told Quinn to make the decision and went home.

I went to a charity golf tournament and the booze was flowing.  I'm not sure there are any sober coaches or the people that hang with them around.  The country club set loves their cocktails.

If I favor a coach,  I don't care what other fans and media say, and I don't worry if we will be a laughing stock.  Honestly, we can't fall much further in being a joke to others at this point.  Saying that we can't do this or that because of the optics is not great, isn't something I worry about.  There aren't many schools or coaches that can pass the squeaky clean test.  

Oh and last point,  MIck Cronin may be an a$$,  but yelling at his team or throwing them under the bus, is the last thing that team is worried about.  My 7th grade coach called us "little M fers" everyday.  Not a big deal when your coach goes off on you.

     So because Connie Chung has "no standards" that means what Knight said was okay? 

     I don't mind a hard @$$ coach if it gets results from players-yelling at them at practice or in a game or making them sit on the bench when they screw up, etc...RMK was a basketball savant no question ; however there's absolutely no way you can clean up a misogynistic comment like that-I don't care if he was serious or not; it's still just wrong for a ton of reasons

sorry must be the girl dad in me...

[Hornsby 2,851]

This here is one of the biggest reasons why I can’t wait for IU to be great again.  The media doesn’t want IU to be great again.  I’m sick of them smiling ear to ear when talking about IU’s failures.  Yes, IU has been terrible for quite a bit now.  However, the right hire changes that narrative.

And bozich says no chance Stevens comes.

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[WeeDerkaNaut 545]

36 minutes ago, RoadRage said:

My biggest worry is the last time we didn’t get Brad, we got Woody….it’s like, it’s Brad or nobody! If not Brad this time, how bad could it be?

Everyone arguing the merits of every coach listed and why we won't get them or shouldn't hire them. We might as well make a list of posters on here as potential coaches at this point lol

[Pagoda 1,677]

45 minutes ago, RoadRage said:

My biggest worry is the last time we didn’t get Brad, we got Woody….it’s like, it’s Brad or nobody! If not Brad this time, how bad could it be?

I get the concern. However, this time around Quinn doesn’t have a best pal with a failed pro coaching career who needs a higher paying and more prestigious job than NBA Assistant. 

If Brad says no, Scott should be allowed this time around to move on to #2 (Dusty?), and if he says no we move to choice #3, etc. until we get a yes.  This is how a normal, well run school behaves.  I just saw Mitch Barnhart at Kentucky go through this process — they didn’t panic after getting a few “no’s.”

[4iufourever 83]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

A universal suckup on your 18th post. Impressive! Not everyone can pull that off. I like the cut of your gib.

Seriously, that is the 1 thing that is indisputably true. 

Hey now, I have to develop some anonymous message board cred on here.  It's important to get the approval of all of you, no? 

[str8baller 6,037]

Josh Pastner openly lobbying for the job on Peacock pregame. Might as well add him to the list

[Henryville Hoosier 1,011]

https://x.com/adamfinkelstein/status/1889328832445886918?s=46&t=VCm-eVsdhHni-5V2WFoDBg      SIAP

[Hardwood83 4,785]

17 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

And bozich says no chance Stevens comes.

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Objectively, Stevens doesn't look realistic. He stepped down from coaching in the NBA. College landscape is completely different than his experience. Already said 'no' once, not that long ago. Works for reigning NBA champions. 

IU fans want Brad, no indication that feeling is mutual. 

[Hardwood83 4,785]

17 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

I get the concern. However, this time around Quinn doesn’t have a best pal with a failed pro coaching career who needs a higher paying and more prestigious job than NBA Assistant. 

If Brad says no, Scott should be allowed this time around to move on to #2 (Dusty?), and if he says no we move to choice #3, etc. until we get a yes.  This is how a normal, well run school behaves.  I just saw Mitch Barnhart at Kentucky go through this process — they didn’t panic after getting a few “no’s.”

This is the way. Get the best guy you can. 

[Hoosier Guy 7,656]

26 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

And bozich says no chance Stevens comes.

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I guess we’ll see if Bozich knows his stuff.

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild 55]

5 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

This is the way. Get the best guy you can. 

And it probably worked out well for Kentucky. He is doing way better than I expected and is incredibly smart unfortunately 

[Chris007 49,877]

4 minutes ago, Hoosier Guy said:

I guess we’ll see if Bozich knows his stuff.

Is he even a journalist anymore? The only post I see of his is him grilling out and walking their dog.

[Josh 12,798]

15 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Josh Pastner openly lobbying for the job on Peacock pregame. Might as well add him to the list

NOOOOOOOOOOO

I do like his name tho