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This should go without saying obviously, but there will be no press conference tomorrow. I’ll be able to take the lid off a bit later in the week. But will say this, anybody providing details right no

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So I couldn’t get much from him unfortunately. But, to me that’s a good thing. There’s been pretty much zero chatter, nor leaks for a month about coaches. He said it doesn’t matter that the season is

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2 minutes ago, IU - Kaulie said:

Ok guys.  Help a girl understand.  What are the strong reactions against Brad Brownell and all the love for Ben McCollum about?
I get Brownell hasn’t got to the tournament much at all, but he has been at flipping Clemson.  He has had, count them, 1 losing record at a football school deep in ACC country which used to be arguably the best conference in basketball.  IU is not too big for him.  McCollum has been in D2.  How do we know he can handle this job?  He is a huge risk.  

For me, he is just another blah hire.  As you mentioned, he was in a tough ACC and he was a 18-14, I rarely make the tournament coach, when he had that type of competition.  The most successful he has had has been when that league fell off...hard.  Indiana does have some built in advantages and one of them is negated out the door for him.  Even the casual fans are going to be, "Who?!" on that type of hire.  Other schools have money.  MSU, UM, Purdue, Louisville, and Kentucky are teams that are probably going to need to be fought off pretty hard for recruiting and in the portal you have to hope that your boosters (who loved Woodson) are going to be willing to throw the same cash behind a meh hire.

McCollum is at least a hope hire.  It isn't love for him so much as it is really disliking the idea of Brownell. Brownell is just throwing in the towel.  Which whatever, if that is what Indiana wants to do I don't the summer bull **** tour and all the "This is Indiana" type of crap they run out every year.  This hasn't been INDIANA in a long @$$ time and landing on ******* Brad Brownell would just be a complete capitulation.  And that dude is getting one year.  He rolls out 19-13 in year one, the fans are going to lose their **** on Dolson and the entire AD, particularly if hires they have passed up the past few years are performing well.

If Dolson took a year thinking he would need to make this hire and all he could come up with is the mediocre @$$ coach from Clemson, then he failed miserably.

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4 hours ago, HoosierReb01 said:

Howdie! Yeah seen the guys over at Peegs bitching about the guys on BTB who bet on Brad Stephens to be the new IU coach (really??? If you want to throw money away just send me a check.) Thought I should check the place out. Seems a few of the old timers have passed on. Haven't really paid much attention to IU BKB in years, but really interested in this coaching search. I think Dolson is the guy who'll get it right and set IU BKB up for the next decade or two. Here's hoping! I want to actually enjoy watching the games. Glad to see you are alive and kicking!

Damn, talk about ghosts...How you been?  Long time, no post! Hope all is well! 

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Just now, Hoosier82 said:

Why not just keep Mike Woodson if you are happy with mediocre?  I just don’t see it with Brownell. 

IU basketball program was mismanaged for the last 30 yrs and we should have known that it’s systemic and will continue to be mismanaged. 

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37 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

I can't imagine looking at this and saying, "That's the guy we need. He'll compete at a high level in the B1G."

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This is fake news led on by the media and Brad’s agent. Dolson learned already you don’t hire someone with a mediocre career. 
 

It’s not Brownell. 

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13 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

If you are talking about in season, then Yes, but there is a bunch of legal stuff behind it since it would be considered a breach of contract and some other legal stuff. But I believe the NCAA prohibits it during in-season.

Following up on this, It was allegedly that Pitino did this when he went to Louisville. Signed a contract with Louisville during the regular season at UK.

Supposedly, Lincoln Riley did the same thing in 2021 with USC. 

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All the logic is with Bozich here as much as we don’t like to hear it.

Actually, the logic is against him. It’s not that Brownell is a bad coach. It’s that he has had a long career and nothing in it shows he is ready for IU. If he wasn’t from Indiana, no way he’d be in the discussion. So, if it ends up being Brownell, it’s against all basketball logic. And I just don’t think Dolson will make such a bad hire. There’s a reason why Brownell is the most hated name being discussed. I’m not saying Dolson should crowd source this hire. But you don’t get rid of Woodson to hire Brownell.

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We are watching dusty go for a big ten tournament championship in year 1. A guy we probably could have gotten last season. We passed for woodson! Now we are going to hire a just ok coach? Do not hire anyone unless it is a homerun!

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15 minutes ago, IU - Kaulie said:

Ok guys.  Help a girl understand.  What are the strong reactions against Brad Brownell and all the love for Ben McCollum about?
I get Brownell hasn’t got to the tournament much at all, but he has been at flipping Clemson.  He has had, count them, 1 losing record at a football school deep in ACC country which used to be arguably the best conference in basketball.  IU is not too big for him.  McCollum has been in D2.  How do we know he can handle this job?  He is a huge risk.  

Yes, McCollum is a risk.  

Brownell= mediocre and adequate.  We know his ceiling. 

McCollum= possible boom or bust.  He ceiling is unknown, but many speculate it could be very high.  

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