General Coach Candidate News

[Hoosierfanyuh]

4 minutes ago, cbp4iu said:

Will we get to 2000 pages by Monday?

Idk game days are usually a little slower, could see Sunday being a big one though

[TadQueasy]

This slow down seems strange.  Did a large group of regulars get a private message and were told to quiet down?  

[Hoosierfan1901]

5 minutes ago, TadQueasy said:

This slow down seems strange.  Did a large group of regulars get a private message and were told to quiet down?  

Sectional Semi-Final games are tonight, but it’s oddly quiet

[Papacap]

About to start a Van Halen tribute band concert. Been pregaming with some fraternity brothers. So in the goal of post count, feel free to ignore this. 

1) I turn 60 on April 1. So for those of you wanting a coach for the next 20 years, great. I want a coach for pretty much now. 
2) Having said that, I haven’t see a lot of coaches mentioned here who I would be super disappointed in. Maybe Brownell? But I just don’t think IU needs to get that far down on the list. 
3) For coaches who think IU is a fishbowl and IU fans expect too much, pound sand. I want a coach who thinks they are the best and doesn’t care about too high of expectations. 
4) Eddie Van Halen is a top 5 guitarist. All the haters who think he’s not, there are not 5 other guitarists who, when you hear them play, you know who it is. Well, to me there aren’t 5. Which is my criteria. 
5) The NCAA tournament is the greatest sporting event. Period. It absolutely sucks when IU isn’t in it. So pound the **** out of OSU, and, as the youngsters say, LFG. 

[TadQueasy]

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Sectional Semi-Final games are tonight, but it’s oddly quiet

Unacceptable.  Can they not connect to this site from the gym?  

[DLG3]

11 minutes ago, TadQueasy said:

This slow down seems strange.  Did a large group of regulars get a private message and were told to quiet down?  

Nah, everyone just needs some time to chill. Like a family that’s been spending too much time together. Those 50ish pages today are precious hours of our lives that we will never get back. So glad the mods made a new thread for the nonsense. 

[Hoosierfan1901]

7 minutes ago, TadQueasy said:

Unacceptable.  Can they not connect to this site from the gym?  

Valid reason, unless you are in the middle of nowhere 

[TadQueasy]

1 minute ago, DLG3 said:

Nah, everyone just needs some time to chill. Like a family that’s been spending too much time together. Those 50ish pages today are precious hours of our lives that we will never get back. So glad the mods made a new thread for the nonsense. 

That will be enough of sensible talk around here.  

[WayneFleekHoosier]

It’s soccer night in the snow in Canton Ohio for me.

Crazy fun. Great game between Illinois and Purdue. Indianas turn tomorrow.

I still feel a dusty or Stevens move, because why not.

I’m still very confident it’ll be someone good.

Gonna be a good couple weeks.


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[MrBBall]

2 hours ago, Trish said:

No news this weekend folks, enjoy your weekend!

But Monday…

[8bucks]

Note to all. If in your bosses office and you share your screen to his tv to display a presentation, make sure you stop sharing before going back to your office where you think you are catching up on BtownBanner posts in secret.  

[JaybobHoosier]

Ready for this search to be over. Would obviously prefer an elite coach, but can understand an up and comer. Really my only disappointment would be another coach that is mediocre or very little success (Brownell). 
 

Regardless, just hope the coach builds a very successful legacy and turn this program around.

[Hoosier987]

1 hour ago, sirhoosierlot said:

I just have a gut feeling he’s the guy. 

If mccollum is the next coach - which I’m pretty sure he won’t be - then any chance of this program being a top 20 or even top 25 destination is out the window. You don’t select someone hoping and convincing yourself they’re the next Bo Ryan - when there is at least an equal chance he’s a Licklighter or Archie - to operate a multi million dollar program with top of the line resources. He’s not the hire to make at this time. 

[BeerBQ]

47 minutes ago, Papacap said:

About to start a Van Halen tribute band concert. Been pregaming with some fraternity brothers. So in the goal of post count, feel free to ignore this. 

1) I turn 60 on April 1. So for those of you wanting a coach for the next 20 years, great. I want a coach for pretty much now. 
2) Having said that, I haven’t see a lot of coaches mentioned here who I would be super disappointed in. Maybe Brownell? But I just don’t think IU needs to get that far down on the list. 
3) For coaches who think IU is a fishbowl and IU fans expect too much, pound sand. I want a coach who thinks they are the best and doesn’t care about too high of expectations. 
4) Eddie Van Halen is a top 5 guitarist. All the haters who think he’s not, there are not 5 other guitarists who, when you hear them play, you know who it is. Well, to me there aren’t 5. Which is my criteria. 
5) The NCAA tournament is the greatest sporting event. Period. It absolutely sucks when IU isn’t in it. So pound the **** out of OSU, and, as the youngsters say, LFG. 

So the time for a great hire is Right Now?

 

[bodsbums]

16 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

It’s soccer night in the snow in Canton Ohio for me.

Crazy fun. Great game between Illinois and Purdue. Indianas turn tomorrow.

I still feel a dusty or Stevens move, because why not.

I’m still very confident it’ll be someone good.

Gonna be a good couple weeks.


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I was at a soccer game in the snow in canton tonight as well. Small world. U16 boys. 

[MikeRoberts]

5 minutes ago, bodsbums said:

I was at a soccer game in the snow in canton tonight as well. Small world. U16 boys. 

What club does your son play for?

[theriverpilot]

49 minutes ago, Papacap said:

About to start a Van Halen tribute band concert. Been pregaming with some fraternity brothers. So in the goal of post count, feel free to ignore this. 

1) I turn 60 on April 1. So for those of you wanting a coach for the next 20 years, great. I want a coach for pretty much now. 
2) Having said that, I haven’t see a lot of coaches mentioned here who I would be super disappointed in. Maybe Brownell? But I just don’t think IU needs to get that far down on the list. 
3) For coaches who think IU is a fishbowl and IU fans expect too much, pound sand. I want a coach who thinks they are the best and doesn’t care about too high of expectations. 
4) Eddie Van Halen is a top 5 guitarist. All the haters who think he’s not, there are not 5 other guitarists who, when you hear them play, you know who it is. Well, to me there aren’t 5. Which is my criteria. 
5) The NCAA tournament is the greatest sporting event. Period. It absolutely sucks when IU isn’t in it. So pound the **** out of OSU, and, as the youngsters say, LFG. 

Enjoy that concert, Pap. 

Agree with all of this except #4. Eddie is a top 3 guitarist in my opinion.

And college football bowl season used to be on par with the NCAA tournament for me, but conference realignments and the corporate-fication of it all has knocked it firmly below the NCAA tournament now. The tourney is now king.

Here’s to seeing the new coach getting IU solidly in every future tournament with no bubble drama that we’ve had to recently endure.

[MikeRoberts]

26 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

It’s soccer night in the snow in Canton Ohio for me.

Crazy fun. Great game between Illinois and Purdue. Indianas turn tomorrow.

I still feel a dusty or Stevens move, because why not.

I’m still very confident it’ll be someone good.

Gonna be a good couple weeks.


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Crazy you guys were at the same tournament. You with Sport Club?

[bodsbums]

9 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

What club does your son play for?

OSU- Ohio Strikers United. Based out of Wooster OH. I am a Hoosier transplant living in Ohio for 25 years now which is hard for me to believe. 

[4iufourever]

4 hours ago, Hardwood83 said:

What HAVEN'T we argued about yet? History!!  How about this- Vicksburg was more important to ending the war than Gettysburg. Discuss. 

Here's some trivia for you: John Tyler was the 10th President, born in 1790. He has 2 grandsons that are still living! He had children late in life and so did his son. Remarkable.

What does this have to do with IU's coaching search? You know what John Tyler did not have? A beard.....make of that what you will. 

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Well, Vicksburg was key to controlling the Mississippi River, and it split the Confederacy after it fell.  I have heard about John Tyler's grandsons being alive today.  The crazy thing is that he was the vice president to Tippecanoe (William Henry Harrison-- Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!), the hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe, which I believe is very close to that university that we shall not speaketh of.  

Do you know who had a beard?  Famous Confederate general John Bell Hood, who adopted Texas as his state.  Beard coached at Texas Tech and Texas.  Do you know who was from Georgia and had a famous beard?  General James Longstreet, which so happens to be Chris Beard's state of birth.  My mind is blown!!  Make of that what you will. 

Edited March 8 by 4iufourever