General Coach Candidate News

[BA47591]

12 minutes ago, realTomCrean said:

Let's say, hypothetically, that Brad Stevens is the coach. Will he succeed here? Elaborate!

6 years of elite head coaching experience at the mid-major level 12 years ago. Followed by 8 years of above average results as an NBA coach. Now a championship NBA executive. He's from Indiana. 

 

[RaceToTheTop]

1 minute ago, AH1971 said:

Ok? He makes the tournament and competes for conference titles nearly every year. If that's what the next 8-10 years look like, sign me up. 

201 now. 

[8bucks]

1 hour ago, OKHOOSIER said:

The ones with a dozen posts that have you living rent free in their heads also conveniently ignore every qualifier you give, and the hundred other topics from mundane to silly that gets talked about year round. I’m confident if you’d heard a firm no, you’d have said so. Why the fact that you haven’t bothers some to the point of personal attacks I’m sure I don’t understand, but the amount of haterz is pretty funny lol

Still convinced they are the burners.  So funny to see some expert with a handful of posts come on here and immediately start lecturing us as if we have been bff's for years.  Then burner 2, 3, etc chime in supporting.  They remind me of those ufo's that fly together during Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Burners traveling in packs.  Odd fellas.  If they came in with some humility and wanted to talk about stuff like a few of the other new posters all would be great but these burners are...unique

[Uspshoosier]

Just now, AH1971 said:

Ok? He makes the tournament and competes for conference titles nearly every year. If that's what the next 8-10 years look like, sign me up. 

He has to want to job.  I would be fine with Cronin.  I think he would kill it at IU.  However something would of had to change from the last cycle for him to want the IU job unlike 4 years ago 

[Home Jersey]

53 minutes ago, IU Prof said:

I seriously think you'd be happier at HSN. They largely don't buy the Brad rumors, and he's almost never discussed. You might want to give that site a try.

He would absolutely be happier on HSN, but it's not large or active enough for him.

Don't you see? He has a message for the masses, and it's critically important that everyone hears it. 

51 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

I'd expect actual dialogue about coaching candidates in the candidate thread. Stevens belongs in the same thread as the Tooth Fairy and Santa Clause. And should be labeled OT.

Anyone who disagrees with him has a child-like grasp on reality. 

11 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

No.

It played out exactly like I said it would play out.

Never mind that I spent all offseason speaking down to anyone skeptical Woodson could compete for a B10 title and reach the second weekend of the tournament. This roster was supposed to make BTB like a morgue before the end of January! 

Then the Bahamas happened. 

7 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Brah you're not even batting well enough to be AA when it comes to these things.

Sit this one out. 

What is your batting average, chief? 

Live footage of AH seeing Chris/Jerry/AP, et. all getting a lot of likes on their posts: 

[go iu bb]

10 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Spicier than an authentic curry shop in here today. Let’s try a little ELE, huh gang?

Extinction Level Event? That seems a bit extreme.

lol, what does ELE stand for?

[Hovadipo]

6 minutes ago, spe317 said:

Is ELE LEO’s sister?

More of a role model to LEO imo.

[OKHOOSIER]

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Why would Cronin and Brownell be in the same category? One guy goes to the tournament every year and the other one goes 33% of the time. 

It was a generalization. I don’t think Brownell is in Cronins category from a coaching perspective, but I think they’d be in the same tranche if we get past T1. Cronin isn’t in that group. The P5 second tier has a much wider gap individually, because I don’t think there’s a third tier of P5s— the search goes mid major at that point.

 I’ve argued plenty I think Cronin would be a good hire. I just don’t personally have him in the Stevens/Drew/Otz category. 

[HinnyHoosier]

5 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

You've literally lost your mind. I've pumped close to 200 posts, maybe more, in support of Cronin and I was suspended from posting for two weeks in February.

My stance on who I want as a coach has been clear since the end of January. And I've made it known. 

I'd venture to say you've pumped well over 200 posts of condescension to anyone who ever thought of Brad Stevens on this board. 

People only remember your poor attitude rather than any of your preferences. People haven't lost their minds, just their patience.

Seriously, you don't have to puff your chest at everyone all the time. If you want people to take you seriously you have to back off the 40 grit personality.

For what it's worth, I agree Cronin would do well here and he's a better fit here than UCLA. I wouldn't be mad at that hire. And for as cringe as he is, Wade would be able to succeed here, too, and I think he'd come running.

[AH1971]

4 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

He has to want to job.  I would be fine with Cronin.  I think he would kill it at IU.  However something would of had to change from the last cycle for him to want the IU job unlike 4 years ago 

Yeah NIL (which UCLA lacks) and UCLA moving to the B10. 

[jimsorgi]

3 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Ok? He makes the tournament and competes for conference titles nearly every year. If that's what the next 8-10 years look like, sign me up. 

Sure, if that's what he gives you. But competing for Pac 12 titles isn't as good as it sounds - that league was so weak. In the last four years, he had two really good years and two years pretty similar to IU's last couple years under Woodson (and yes - I realize that one of those years he was a bubble teams that snuck in and went on a tournament run, but I'm not big on hiring based off one-off tournament runs).  His success at UCLA is a lot more like Crean at IU. 

 

There's an awful lot of projected improvement to get him to competing for Big 10 titles nearly every year. 

[Silat Player]

26 minutes ago, jimsorgi said:

So what do we think of Mark Turgeon?

I'll bet he's a fine golfer...

[Artie86]

10 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

You've literally lost your mind. I've pumped close to 200 posts, maybe more, in support of Cronin and I was suspended from posting for two weeks in February.

My stance on who I want as a coach has been clear since the end of January. And I've made it known. Multiple times.

…..I think it’s safe to say that you are real close to another “time out”!
By all means, keep it up! Lol

[go iu bb]

4 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

He would absolutely be happier on HSN, but it's not large or active enough for him.

Don't you see? He has a message for the masses, and it's critically important that everyone hears it. 

Anyone who disagrees with him has a child-like grasp on reality. 

Never mind that I spent all offseason speaking down to anyone skeptical Woodson could compete for a B10 title and reach the second weekend of the tournament. This roster was supposed to make BTB like a morgue before the end of January! 

Then the Bahamas happened. 

What is your batting average, chief? 

Live footage of AH seeing Chris/Jerry/AP, et. all getting a lot of likes on their posts: 

I personally think he'd fit in well on rivals.

[BA47591]

Anyone have insider scoop on the next Pope? 

[deserthoosier]

6 hours ago, AZ Hoosier said:

LOL... reminds me of Blackmon, who could not guard a chair, according to DD

MM couldn’t carry Blackmon’s jockstrap. 

[mdiu28]

1 minute ago, HinnyHoosier said:

I'd venture to say you've pumped well over 200 posts of condescension to anyone who ever thought of Brad Stevens on this board. 

People only remember your poor attitude rather than any of your preferences. People haven't lost their minds, just their patience.

Seriously, you don't have to puff your chest at everyone all the time. If you want people to take you seriously you have to back off the 40 grit personality.

For what it's worth, I agree Cronin would do well here and he's a better fit here than UCLA. I wouldn't be mad at that hire. And for as cringe as he is, Wade would be able to succeed here, too, and I think he'd come running.

Incoming "IDGAF what you think" response....

[AH1971]

8 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Live footage of AH seeing Chris/Jerry/AP, et. all getting a lot of likes on their posts: 

I’m not here for likes, then again I don’t pretend to be some self-important person on an anonymous message board…I’m perfectly comfortable in my own skin.

[ap2345]

20 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Brah you're not even batting well enough to be AA when it comes to these things.

Sit this one out. 

That’s funny coming from Woody’s biggest fan 

[IU Prof]

13 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

You've literally lost your mind. I've pumped close to 200 posts, maybe more, in support of Cronin and I was suspended from posting for two weeks in February.

My stance on who I want as a coach has been clear since the end of January. And I've made it known. Multiple times.

Something tells me the lesson didn't stick...