General Coach Candidate News

[Dave from Dayton]

6 minutes ago, SlammySammy said:

I know you are a moderator but being a smartass really doesn't fit the board...

Well, we left the fan site that the opposite was true.

Sometimes we all read with the intent to respond and not with the intent to understand.  Snark uber alles!  not

[AH1971]

5 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

Wait...I thought you were all in on Will Wade?

Would take Will Wade in a heartbeat. 

[str8baller]

3 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

Sure but when negotiating these, the school can argue for a lower #2 and the coach can argue for a lower #1.  If a school insists on a low #2 the coach will do the same and argue for a low #1 and vice versa.  So i see them as all part of the negotiations.  

You can argue anything, but negotiation is about leverage. Dusty has two high profile schools with open offers to him so he held most of the leverage. 

[Artie86]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

I work at IU and you don't think I know what I'm talking about. 

lol!!!! ;)

[str8baller]

8 minutes ago, SlammySammy said:

Understood...it was a hypothetical....as in the current record does not do it for me....He been to the field of 64 twice and now he is having a good year and somehow that is a good indicator of him being a great coach? If that is the case, again, lets just rehire Crean....

Indiana isn’t in the market of hiring a great coach. Great coaches rarely move. 
 

Indiana’s in the market of hiring a coach who can be great at IU.

[Dave from Dayton]

3 minutes ago, Mopladysman said:

My point was did dusty take the Michigan job for a 4-5 million dollar buyout versus a 8-10 million dollar buyout so he could slide over to Iu or just because he doesn’t like river people?

Yes, I understood and understand your point.  It is a good point too.  I just don't really focus on the $$$ side of this issue.  I have much more interest in the wins and coaching aspects.  What about the players, too?  

[ap2345]

You guys can't convince me that having Beard getting hammered publicly in Bloomington would turn out well at IU

[iu eyedoc]

2 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Indiana isn’t in the market of hiring a great coach. Great coaches rarely move. 
 

Indiana’s in the market of hiring a coach who can be great at IU.

It has been pretty confidently  reported that Mark Few has inquired about the job. NIL has changed the landscape for players and coaches.

[str8baller]

3 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

It has been pretty confidently  reported that Mark Few has inquired about the job. NIL has changed the landscape for players and coaches.

Mark Few has been reported on about a hundred jobs over the years. Yet he never moves.  
 

Out of all the names thrown around, I probably believe that one the least. 

[12345Brad]

14 minutes ago, Mopladysman said:

My point was did dusty take the Michigan job for a 4-5 million dollar buyout versus a 8-10 million dollar buyout so he could slide over to Iu or just because he doesn’t like river people?

Thats my belief.  Coupled with he and Dolson talking/negotiating last offseason. 
 

The way I read it, I think Kelsey’s buyout would be 8-9mm this year.  
 

Assuming Louisville offered something similar to May and knowing IU could be looking for a new coach this offseason, my gut tells me May took the job that would be less of a hurdle to get to IU. 

[VO5]

3 hours ago, Chris007 said:

Yeah 100% it's Stevens not Dusty. I don't really know this but just wanted to put an absolute on it like VO did

Hey I’d love to be wrong but I think the third time around I’m not believing it

[Hoosierfanyuh]

Did trilly say something recently? Hoosiers recruiting on instagram posted “things with Brad Stevens are heating up”

 

full disclosure i don’t think the account is very reliable but just wondering why they think that / where the read that at. The only thing i don’t have is trilly. 

[Uspshoosier]

45 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Would love Cronin, he's my 1b behind Otzelberger who I don't think would take the job.

Cronin would bring IU back to winning and competing for conference titles however most this fanbase would hate the hire.   After watching 8 years of whatever the IU program has put out I’m surprised he gets as much pushback as he gets.   Wouldn’t be my first choice however I would have no problem with him leading the program.   Makes the tourney every year and that is something this fanbase hasn’t experienced in a long time. Has had a winning conference record 11 out of the past 12 years and the one that wasn’t a winning conference record was 10-10.   I pointed out couple days ago IU has had 1 winning conference record in the last 9 years.     4 years ago he wanted no part of the IU job and called it a train wreck (saw the texts) however things change and with the NIL at IU I could see it happening this time around.   

[lillurk]

Some of you don’t watch basketball, check box scores, browse Kenpom/Torvik, etc and then want to come around talking big stuff

[8bucks]

5 minutes ago, str8baller said:

You can argue anything, but negotiation is about leverage. Dusty has two high profile schools with open offers to him so he held most of the leverage. 

Dont disagree, just looking for more material on the reason for the "low" buyout.  I did look up Kelsey's at L'ville and it seems to be around $8.7 million after 1 year so in comparison his is indeed lower.  Still would love to know it was fully driven by May for another look at IU

[12345Brad]

18 minutes ago, Silat Player said:

I think the open IU job is going to get A LOT of guys raises in the next few weeks, if their agents are good...

This is what @Chris007 has been suggesting.  If it’s Brad, no harm in having the job open now.  If it wasn’t Brad, Dolson very well would’ve waited until the end of the season.    Opening the job know means schools are trying to lock down their coach. 

[Hoosierfan1901]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Did trilly say something recently? Hoosiers recruiting on instagram posted “things with Brad Stevens are heating up”

Idk, I saw Bobby Bags saying it’s a real chance, but he doesn’t know the percentage 

[CSP]

10 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

You guys can't convince me that having Beard getting hammered publicly in Bloomington would turn out well at IU

I just don't think that would happen. 

2 minutes ago, VO5 said:

Hey I’d love to be wrong but I think the third time around I’m not believing it

But you can admit you're guessing? 

[mdiu28]

4 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Did trilly say something recently? Hoosiers recruiting on instagram posted “things with Brad Stevens are heating up”

 

full disclosure i don’t think the account is very reliable but just wondering why they think that / where the read that at. The only thing i don’t have is trilly. 

Nothing really. All he's basically said is if it's an NBA guy - he probably won't hear anything. Crazy no one knows who he is still. 

[HoosierX]

1 hour ago, ap2345 said:

He's very careful when it comes to his wording on things that involve one specific candidate. I've been trying to bait him for weeks in the peegs chat on Monday nights lol 

He's very careful in all of his messaging, used to drive me nuts when I was a member of peegs. He never wanted to put any sort of stake in the ground, but then would take full credit for his hints when they turned out to be true but never the opposite when they didn't.