General Coach Candidate News

[Dave from Dayton]

41 minutes ago, jimsorgi said:

It is our solemn duty to discuss Brad Stevens as the next IU coach every four years. 

[str8baller]

3 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

So, Brad would be a bridge hire? 

But I could see that as a real possibility.

As long as he’s successful when here and trying to win championships I don’t think it would make him a bridge hire in my eyes. 
 

Larry Brown was at Kansas 5 years before going to the pros. Ranked every year, good seed every year, and a national title. Is that a bridge hire or just a really good hire?

[#1fanofafrin]

[Juwan Moye]

As confident as I am that there won’t be some announcement on Fox Sports tomorrow, how much would we collectively freak out if today or tomorrow a press conference is announced for 3pm tomorrow? 
 

Id guess we’d have a lot of adults who inside feel like 6 year olds on Christmas Eve.

[AZ Hoosier]

6 minutes ago, ronzo4IU said:

If not, Brad, I could really get behind a young coach that could create their own culture here over the years and someone with a good personality and a great basketball mind and give them all the resources they need to cook..

I know it would be risky but at this point, I don’t really care, but I could get excited for possibly a Bucky McMillan or an Alan Huss type hire.

I don't want another experiment. It's been ten years since we've been close to "meets expectations"... we need a proven P5 winner.

[EasyEJay]

Absolutely embarrassing kind of stuff from a top tier NBA franchise. All this after blowing a big lead to Cleveland . 
 

clearly new ownership will need to have some tough conversations, probably a total restructure of the front office needed . Starting with the President/ GM I’m sure he will Land of his feet in the world of basketball ;) 

[AZ Hoosier]

4 minutes ago, str8baller said:

As long as he’s successful when here and trying to win championships I don’t think it would make him a bridge hire in my eyes. 
 

Larry Brown was at Kansas 5 years before going to the pros. Ranked every year, good seed every year, and a national title. Is that a bridge hire or just a really good hire?

Given that no one coaches forever, I guess they are all ultimately "bridge" hires... but yeah, definitely need a bridge forward... and Brad would be that... so could guys like Drew and Otz.

[Unexpectedflash]

2 minutes ago, EasyEJay said:

Absolutely embarrassing kind of stuff from a top tier NBA franchise. All this after blowing a big lead to Cleveland . 
 

clearly new ownership will need to have some tough conversations, probably a total restructure of the front office needed . Starting with the President/ GM I’m sure he will Land of his feet in the world of basketball ;) 

lol you got centel’d

[str8baller]

1 minute ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Given that no one coaches forever, I guess they are all ultimately "bridge" hires... but yeah, definitely need a bridge forward... and Brad would be that... so could guys like Drew and Otz.

Got it. Bottom line is we need someone to elevate this program badly. If that is a couple years or twenty I think this fanbase will go crazy either way. 

[Pagoda]

1 minute ago, Unexpectedflash said:

lol you got centel’d

RIP Centel :-(

[Unexpectedflash]

Just now, Pagoda said:

RIP Centel :-(

It made a comeback haha thank god

[EasyEJay]

Just now, Unexpectedflash said:

lol you got centel’d

Yes I know it’s fake , I will say I did truly get central’s when they posted about what’s his name from sixers retiring . 

[Demo]

9 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

I don't want another experiment. It's been ten years since we've been close to "meets expectations"... we need a proven P5 winner.

I’ll be pretty surprised if we have to worry about that. This just screams a situation in which they’ll overpay for a degree of certainty. It’s not gonna be some Huss-type.

[Sandman]

I don't get the "he would be amazing with IU's resources!" line of thinking. If the resources are so great, why haven't there been decent results over the last 25 years? Shouldn't the resources elevate even a crap coach? Or were the resources nonexistant until this year? 

[ronzo4IU]

14 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

I don't want another experiment. It's been ten years since we've been close to "meets expectations"... we need a proven P5 winner.

I understand that and I also understand the frustration of this fan base, but I just don’t think that they’re that many coaches out there that are a guarantee.  And also, I’d rather not hire a really old coach so that we have to think about the hiring process again soon.

[IU5355]

3 minutes ago, Sandman said:

I don't get the "he would be amazing with IU's resources!" line of thinking. If the resources are so great, why haven't there been decent results over the last 25 years? Shouldn't the resources elevate even a crap coach? Or were the resources nonexistant until this year? 

NIL has helped IU tremendously. A good staff could kill it with our funds. 

[AKHoosier]

3 minutes ago, Sandman said:

I don't get the "he would be amazing with IU's resources!" line of thinking. If the resources are so great, why haven't there been decent results over the last 25 years? Shouldn't the resources elevate even a crap coach? Or were the resources nonexistant until this year? 

Resources = NIL

We can legally pay players now. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

27 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

So, Brad would be a bridge hire? 

But I could see that as a real possibility.

Many of said they'd prefer someone who would be of a long term nature and I just don't see Stevens doing that so as much as I hate using the word,, yes, a bridge hire.

[Crazy about IU]

5 minutes ago, Sandman said:

I don't get the "he would be amazing with IU's resources!" line of thinking. If the resources are so great, why haven't there been decent results over the last 25 years? Shouldn't the resources elevate even a crap coach? Or were the resources nonexistant until this year? 

Just look at the last 4 years we have had a crap coach and he has a chance to make the dance 3 out of 4 years. There is no doubt Collins is a lot better coach than Woodson. With out the resources Woodson record would be a lot worse.

[Unexpectedflash]

4 minutes ago, Crazy about IU said:

Just look at the last 4 years we have had a crap coach and he has a chance to make the dance 3 out of 4 years. There is no doubt Collins is a lot better coach than Woodson. With out the resources Woodson record would be a lot worse.

Collins has made the tourney 3 times in 12 years. I get it northwestern is hard to win at but the results we would expect from him would be such a big jump from what he currently has done in his career. Him and brownell  are the two “candidates” i would struggle to get excited for. Thankfully i don’t think Scott would consider collins