General Coach Candidate News

[IUBtown]

15 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

Cronin would be Tom Crean level ceiling but more consistency. Not bad but not worth his buyout.

The buyout for me is the issue I think Dolson will have.  You don't pay 10mil for him.   Dolson you hear that!?

[Hoosierfanyuh]

1 minute ago, JimmerNoe said:

The only reason I could think (outside of planning to make yourself available):

”Hey everyone, my buyout is very reasonable, come dangle offers my way so I can leverage them for a higher salary”

Maybe the thinking on his part is that 18.5 million buyout makes it completely unlikely that anyone would be able to hire him away, therefore unlikely that ISU would feel much pressure to further increase his salary.

That makes sense. Just a strange thing to try to wrap my head about. Probably why agents are paid the big bucks. 

[DSUMMITT]

If we are going to discuss ACC coaches - personally I'd take Forbes over Brownell - older but I do think the roof is higher with him.

Plus he was known as a really good recruiter plus when he was an asst each school seemed to be very successful - 

Head coach records:
 

Coaching Record

 

Season	School	Conf	G	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	Notes	Adjusted
Career	Overall		326	220	106	.675	7.03	2.05
	East Tennessee State	Men's	173	130	43	.751	4.48	-2.42
	Wake Forest	Men's	153	90	63	.588	9.59	6.52
2015-16	East Tennessee State	Southern	36	24	12	.667	-1.49	-2.29
2016-17	East Tennessee State	Southern	35	27	8	.771	7.31	-2.11				Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion; NCAA Tournament
2017-18	East Tennessee State	Southern	34	25	9	.735	3.72	-4.09
2018-19	East Tennessee State	Southern	34	24	10	.706	5.21	-1.79
2019-20	East Tennessee State	Southern	34	30	4	.882	7.63	-1.82				Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion
2020-21	Wake Forest	ACC	22	6	16	.273	1.72	8.06
2021-22	Wake Forest	ACC	35	25	10	.714	13.24	4.75
2022-23	Wake Forest	ACC	33	19	14	.576	8.25	5.43
2023-24	Wake Forest	ACC	35	21	14	.600	14.94	7.52
2024-25	Wake Forest	ACC	28	19	9	.679	9.80	6.87

 

 

[Kentuckysucks]

4 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Question: Does anyone know the benefit of negotiating a lower buyout if you have no plans of leaving? I cannot really make sense of it. Not trying to insinuate anything with this question just trying to understand 

Nope there's none.  If you have no plans to leave you gladly agree to a higher buyout in exchange for a higher salary or guaranteed NIL funds.

[JSHoosier]

4 minutes ago, IUBtown said:

The buyout for me is the issue I think Dolson will have.  You don't pay 10mil for him.   Dolson you hear that!?

It's 16mil until April 1.

[pumpfake]

1 hour ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Jay Edwards reincarnated...

Not on the court.  Jay was MONEY.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

It's pretty similar which is quite funny.
 
But our division ranks this current year are disgusting. It's pretty shameful to be this bad across the board with this much talent. 

It’s taken Woodson so long to learn winning coaching moves. He has slightly improved in some aspects, that certain fans pointed out in year 1.

He genuinely thought his NBA ways would translate and dominate college hoops. It’s taken him so long to alter those beliefs. He may never acknowledge it publicly but he’s learned some hard lessons over these 4 years. But that just moves him closer to average than awful.




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[OKHOOSIER]

8 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

I will Acknowledge truth hurts admitted to his abrasiveness and he’s just trying to talk about other candidates. It would bother me and everyone attacked me every time i posted. I see a page being turned :-)

Well, I haven’t seen you insult everyone’s cognition either, so you’re probably safe on that front lmao

[Hoosierfanyuh]

Just now, OKHOOSIER said:

Well, I haven’t seen you insult everyone’s cognition either, so you’re probably safe on that front lmao

He’s toned down is what I’m getting at 

[JPCIVOP]

6 minutes ago, DSUMMITT said:

If we are going to discuss ACC coaches - personally I'd take Forbes over Brownell - older but I do think the roof is higher with him.

Plus he was known as a really good recruiter plus when he was an asst each school seemed to be very successful - 

Head coach records:
 

Coaching Record

 

Season	School	Conf	G	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	Notes	Adjusted
Career	Overall		326	220	106	.675	7.03	2.05
	East Tennessee State	Men's	173	130	43	.751	4.48	-2.42
	Wake Forest	Men's	153	90	63	.588	9.59	6.52
2015-16	East Tennessee State	Southern	36	24	12	.667	-1.49	-2.29
2016-17	East Tennessee State	Southern	35	27	8	.771	7.31	-2.11				Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion; NCAA Tournament
2017-18	East Tennessee State	Southern	34	25	9	.735	3.72	-4.09
2018-19	East Tennessee State	Southern	34	24	10	.706	5.21	-1.79
2019-20	East Tennessee State	Southern	34	30	4	.882	7.63	-1.82				Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion
2020-21	Wake Forest	ACC	22	6	16	.273	1.72	8.06
2021-22	Wake Forest	ACC	35	25	10	.714	13.24	4.75
2022-23	Wake Forest	ACC	33	19	14	.576	8.25	5.43
2023-24	Wake Forest	ACC	35	21	14	.600	14.94	7.52
2024-25	Wake Forest	ACC	28	19	9	.679	9.80	6.87

 

 

Steve Forbes! Haven't seen that name yet; add him to the board!

Personally, would not. Hasn't yet made a tournament at Wake, though they've been better with him than the last two coaches.

[Mopladysman]

6 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

Nope there's none.  If you have no plans to leave you gladly agree to a higher buyout in exchange for a higher salary or guaranteed NIL funds.

Wouldn’t you having a lower buyout heighten the chances you could leave and therefore give you more leverage?

[AnotherSznOnTheBrink]

13 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Question: Does anyone know the benefit of negotiating a lower buyout if you have no plans of leaving? I cannot really make sense of it. Not trying to insinuate anything with this question just trying to understand 

If his main gripe with ISU is NIL he can now say “Hey donors, my contract no longer makes me untouchable, better pony up”.. that wouldn’t necessarily make sense why ISU would give it to him, but neither does anything else really. Unless that’s the only way he’d sign. 

[Truthhurts]

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

He’s toned down is what I’m getting at 

I wouldn’t believe me either. So I get it. Moving forward. “I’m on to McCollum” as  Bellichick would say. 

[AZ Hoosier]

52 minutes ago, OliviaPope40 said:

https://www.crimsonquarry.com/2025/2/28/24370610/indiana-mens-basketball-coaching-candidate-profile-chris-collins

Don't know if one happens or not.

They've done others too... Drew, Brownell, McDermott, Dusty, BS, Cronin ... so they're covering all of their bases...

https://www.crimsonquarry.com/2025/2/14/24365708/indiana-basketball-coaching-candidate-profiles

[LamarCheeks]

34 minutes ago, EasyEJay said:

Not that he's been talked about a lot but you can probably take Buzz off the list. That's A LOT of cash. 

I obviously have no idea what goes on behind the scenes or whom Dolson is/was targeting, but other than some people here liking him -- I don't think Buzz ever was a serious candidate. 

And not because he lacks the coaching chops. More because he's a Texas boy, and I think is right where he wants to be. 

[AZ Hoosier]

1 hour ago, Hoosier Guy said:

Brownell is 0% chance.  There’s no way IU hires him.

Paging @Truthhurts

[Chris007]

7 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

He’s toned down is what I’m getting at 

I'm going to try but I might need to see it a little more than a couple of posts. And he attacks me every time

[AZ Hoosier]

44 minutes ago, Truthhurts said:

Yeah, I rearranged my sentences. That must be it. Sorry about that. Didn’t know cut/paste changed the fonts. 

It doesn't... but it does retain the font/formatting from the source from which you are copying...

[Hoosierfan1901]

9 minutes ago, JPCIVOP said:

Steve Forbes! Haven't seen that name yet; add him to the board!

Personally, would not. Hasn't yet made a tournament at Wake, though they've been better with him than the last two coaches.

Seems like fans want him done at Wake Forest due to his annual 1-4 to finish the season and missing the tournament once again 

[Hoosierfanyuh]

3 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I'm going to try but I might need to see it a little more than a couple of posts. And he attacks me every time

Yeah, I think im sensing some remorse in his way of trying to make a point. Just trying to make the board peaceful haha. Majority have had your back along the way, including me