General Coach Candidate News

[hoosierbannerd]

1 hour ago, 4iufourever said:

I say this with all sincerity.  After spending all weekend hitting refresh on this thread, we don't really know anything about who the next coach will be.  Some are speculating IU has their guy without actually saying who that guy is.  The rest has been banter back and forth about how candidate A, B, or C would or wouldn't fit as the next coach at IU.  

Yesterday I decided that I wasn't going to stay on here and check-- to have a life.  Yet, here I am as my students are busy working on an assignment that I assigned by design to give me free time to check out the newest gossip.  I need to get a life. 

I'm doing the exact same thing right now ... it's why fan is short for fanatic!

[AZ Hoosier]

[Hoosierfanyuh]

6 minutes ago, HOOSIERINJURTLAW said:

IU has reached out to Beard as of last week. I am not buying the stevens talk. I think IU will try but it is a pipedream. Although we were at the game Saturday, sitting in our suite eating and dolson and Cindy simon skodjt were talking Stevens. It was hard to hear exactly but his name was definitely the topic of conversation.

“You thought today’s crowd was nice? Wait until you see this place with Brad Stevens coaching and we’re at top 10 team”

[iubb]

Just now, Home Jersey said:

We're gonna need you to wear a wire to the next game while you're in the suite. Please and thank you.

[hoosierbannerd]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

I think Rabby is sick or something so it might not come out today. He missed his 9 AM radio appearance 

Rabby was lacking faith in me so I ate him...

[CSP]

3 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

sweet jesus that would be a sign the basketball God's are finally on our side 

[theriverpilot]

3 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Never took Brian Baldinger for a college basketball guy.

[WRSMick55]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

The money we are going to pay Stevens has been raised by Boosters. 

Oh, oh. Might this be an indication of reluctance on BS’s part? Although increase might also be an indication of willingness to throw the bank at him. 

[Hoosier987]

22 minutes ago, HOOSIERINJURTLAW said:

IU has reached out to Beard as of last week. I am not buying the stevens talk. I think IU will try but it is a pipedream. Although we were at the game Saturday, sitting in our suite eating and dolson and Cindy simon skodjt were talking Stevens. It was hard to hear exactly but his name was definitely the topic of conversation.

1) Stevens, 2) May and 3) Beard in that order...Beard has a chance if it makes it past Stevens and May.

[8bucks]

1 hour ago, Ryno6284 said:

Good luck watching this and not falling in love with Buzz! Holy smokes!

I never like Buzz tbh.  Maybe because when I first heard of him it was of him taking over for Crean and doing as well as Crean did and wanting to believe Crean was better.  Funny, but I carried that dislike every time he moved on.  I assumed those moves only proved I was right and that he was a tool and worthy of me not liking him.  Hearing a PC recently and then this changed my opinion instantly.  

Whoever our next coach is, I want them to win a lot and also be such a great communicator who cares about people.  I love when during the handshake line a coach will stop and talk some with the opposing coach and/or will stop a player who just killed us or maybe missed a clutch shot and will encourage them.  I hate when the TV crew switches from this to show stupid fans after the game lol.  Crean would blow by, Woody seems not to care, Archie was too short for anyone to notice him but going back to RMK, sure many times he wanted to chew out his team but often I would see him stop someone to talk a little more.  Buzz seems like that kind of guy.

If he were to come I would be more worried he would not stay long and we might see a ceiling around the sweet 16.  

[OKHOOSIER]

24 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

There's so much to digest here. 

First, "announcing I'm 100% classy?" While "hard to beat," that is awkward.

And foremost? You are apparently hanging out on your driveway wearing nothing but a tie and a silky jumper is just plain disturbing.

 

Like I said, freedom of movement, Stu. 

[Asha’man]

1 hour ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

https://x.com/balas_wolverine/status/1888970571850842183?s=46

Balas is good but will put stuff out there that isn’t actually true. So he misses on things. It’s a feud between the On3 guys and the Michigan 24/7 crew. 

[WRSMick55]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

The money we are going to pay Stevens has been raised by Boosters. 

Also noticed you said “ going to pay” instead of “ willing to pay”. Freudian slip? Too intense nitpicking?

[Chris007]

38 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

I cannot believe that you just correctly revealed that @Chris007 is Romeo Langford.

SHHHH!!

Our games are a lot alike but I'm guessing our bank accounts are much different. 

[Hoosier987]

2 hours ago, Chris007 said:

The money we are going to pay Stevens has been raised by Boosters. 

Thanks for sharing Chris. Very good news to hear. 

[Silat Player]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Our games are a lot alike but I'm guessing our bank accounts are much different. 

So you can't shoot a three, either? LOL

[Chris007]

27 minutes ago, HOOSIERINJURTLAW said:

IU has reached out to Beard as of last week. I am not buying the stevens talk. I think IU will try but it is a pipedream. Although we were at the game Saturday, sitting in our suite eating and dolson and Cindy simon skodjt were talking Stevens. It was hard to hear exactly but his name was definitely the topic of conversation.

Well, good thing I like pipes and dreams. 

[5fouls]

3 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

You are gonna die on McCollum hill my friend!  :)

Address my concern - I don't give a rat's @$$ about style of play because if he's the real deal he will adjust his style of play immediately if and as warranted.

This is a guy that is/has

• never been associated with any P5 program at any time,
• has only been in any way associated with a D1 program for 23 games,
• has never played against a ranked team,
• has never beaten a team in the NET top 40,
• is at a program with almost zero NIL (that's why he needed to bring a bunch of D2 players in), 
• is coaching at a school with no football
• has never dealt with major boosters, agents, or media attention
• has never managed a large staff or organization

So let's agree that he is an outstanding on-court technician and off-court culture-setter and motivator. Can't we also agree that Indiana will have innumerable choices of similarly talented on-court technicians, albeit ones with on-court success against the best teams in the nation, and ones who have success in addressing every single bullet point I listed?

Stuhoo, I promise I'm not ignoring your post.  At work and not good at navigating around some of the pop-ups I get on my phone when viewing the site.

Suffice it to say, we are focusing on different things when we are analyzing what we want in our new coach. 

Everything you mentioned is true about McCollum.  I just don't think those things are as difficult to overcome as being a natural leader, gameplanning, and knowing how to coach and make adjustments on gameday.

A lot of coaches out there, even currently coaching in the Big Ten, who can check off the things on your list, but are drastically lacking the things on mine.  

 

[Hovadipo]

4 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Our games are a lot alike but I'm guessing our bank accounts are much different. 

This made me curious on how Romeo made out after a kind of sad NBA career. Dude made $16.3 million over 4 years. Add that to the Adidas bag and I'd call that a pretty successful failure. Good for him.

[Chris007]

16 minutes ago, WRSMick55 said:

Oh, oh. Might this be an indication of reluctance on BS’s part? Although increase might also be an indication of willingness to throw the bank at him. 

Throwing the bank at him. Some of the boosters are up there in age and are ready to throw the bank at him.