General Coach Candidate News

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,090]

When Sampson persuaded Eric Gordon to decommit from Illinois and commit to IU, I was dancing a jig.


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Lots of Illinois fans wouldn't talk to me for a few days after that. Not that I cared.

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[lillurk 3,660]

11 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

It sounds like Sean is keeping his job in Arizona but he threw his staff under the bus.

So potentially very good news it Pitt opens up.

Also if the plan is “move on for willing top tier candidate,” and Dolson and Archie are on the same page, as Dolson said, you’d think it might motivate Archie to move for the right gig, since that probably looks better than being replaced.

Maybe not.

[LIHoosier 24,987]

12 minutes ago, Josh said:

Did they take down our banners?  Or am I looking at this wrong

Another view, still there.

[IUc2016 6,869]

I don’t see Archie moving on. He will either be fired or the coach next year.

I am leaning towards the latter, hope I am wrong.


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[Banksyrules 4,220]

Ok first off I don’t want to pretend I’m like a source guy or anything so if this is faulty my apologies..... but I heard from my friend (who works in the SEC conference) that Archie’s job is indeed in jeopardy because someone called about Alabama’s head coach.  That’s all I know and I won’t answer pms about it because that’s all I know!

Gaaaaaawd if you take this out of proportions so help me........  

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,090]

I’d be shocked if Archie wanted to stay in the B1G (Penn St.) considering how it’s absolutely railed him the last 4 years.
As long as he’s gone, I’m good. 
 
Meanwhile....... this photo has brought me to new iubb related lows. 

Who knows? Maybe not being in the pressure cooker of IU basketball might help. More than likely it won't.

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[RaceToTheTop 23,438]

25 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

It sounds like Sean is keeping his job in Arizona but he threw his staff under the bus.

Maybe he's looking for his little brother to be an assistant now....

[Chris007 41,805]

21 minutes ago, DLG3 said:

Chris, I think you had mentioned that the Stevens camp was at least listening this time? Not getting my hopes up, but that at least is more encouraging than last time. Have you heard anything else on that front? Thanks for the info you share!


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It was described to me as last time we knocked on the door and no on answered. This time we knocked, not only was it answered but they invited us in. Doesn’t mean he’s our next coach. With the season he’s having, it’s worth his time to listen. He could come back to coaching 36 games a season instead of 82 and make the same amount of money.

[Chris007 41,805]

One thing I will say is Dolson is considering all options with already knowing Archie is not the guy. He loves IU

[323SGrant 1,176]

Lots of Illinois fans wouldn't talk to me for a few days after that. Not that I cared.

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Yep. My U of I buddies were not happy!


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[NashvilleHoosier 3,624]

9 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

It was described to me as last time we knocked on the door and no on answered. This time we knocked, not only was it answered but they invited us in. Doesn’t mean he’s our next coach. With the season he’s having, it’s worth his time to listen. He could come back to coaching 36 games a season instead of 82 and make the same amount of money.

I can’t let myself believe you. My heart can’t take it!!!

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[Hoosier Guy 7,472]

25 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

It was described to me as last time we knocked on the door and no on answered. This time we knocked, not only was it answered but they invited us in. Doesn’t mean he’s our next coach. With the season he’s having, it’s worth his time to listen. He could come back to coaching 36 games a season instead of 82 and make the same amount of money.

Bring him home Scott! This is the best chance for Stevens to IU. Let’s hope

[Chris007 41,805]

1 minute ago, Hoosier Guy said:

Bring him home Scott! This is the best chance for Stevens to IU. Let’s hope

I think he has the blessing to go big, go all in or whatever we want to call it 

[lillurk 3,660]

I realize Stevens is a long shot but I’m trying to game out how he’d end up an option this cycle. By all accounts the Celts’ owner and GM genuinely want him around despite their struggles this year, which leaves two paths, the first more likely:

1. He coaches the rest of the season and leaves thereafter. Celts are 5th in the East; 4th and 11th are separated by 3 games total. If you assume the Bulls (11th) sell some vets to bolster their future, the top ten is pretty set. The NBA is bringing back the play-in tourney for seeds 7-10, which will be over May 21. If the Celtics slip to 7th or lower, they could be done then. (It’s possible but more likely in my book that they finish above that but don’t survive the first round.)

2. He leaves midseason. It would be basically unprecedented for him to do so explicitly to take a college job, but if he wants the job I wonder if they’d use a losing streak or something as a mutually agreed-upon reason to ease him out.

Feels rare for a change in May/June as #1 above would be, but if he’s your man then you absolutely do it. I just wonder if at that point it would be more likely you stick with Miller another year with an established understanding with Stevens that it’s his job thereafter. (Of course we’d prefer sooner.)

[Trish 11,366]

I wonder what Scott is up to today. 

[Demo 17,277]

Just now, Treesh said:

I wonder what Scott is up to today. 

Dude’s in the hot tub. Not a care in the world.

[Chris007 41,805]

2 minutes ago, lillurk said:

I realize Stevens is a long shot but I’m trying to game out how he’d end up an option this cycle. By all accounts the Celts’ owner and GM genuinely want him around despite their struggles this year, which leaves two paths, the first more likely:

1. He coaches the rest of the season and leaves thereafter. Celts are 5th in the East; 4th and 11th are separated by 3 games total. If you assume the Bulls (11th) sell some vets to bolster their future, the top ten is pretty set. The NBA is bringing back the play-in tourney for seeds 7-10, which will be over May 21. If the Celtics slip to 7th or lower, they could be done then. (It’s possible but more likely in my book that they finish above that but don’t survive the first round.)

2. He leaves midseason. It would be basically unprecedented for him to do so explicitly to take a college job, but if he wants the job I wonder if they’d use a losing streak or something as a mutually agreed-upon reason to ease him out.

Feels rare for a change in May/June as #1 above would be, but if he’s your man then you absolutely do it. I just wonder if at that point it would be more likely you stick with Miller another year with an established understanding with Stevens that it’s his job thereafter. (Of course we’d prefer sooner.)

You do it as soon as Brad wants to this summer. He’s your coach for the next 25 years. Do whatever he wants 

[lillurk 3,660]

Celtics have five games the last eight days of this month, if things go poorly before then that’s when you could imagine the sort of mutual “we need a new voice to salvage the season even though we love Brad” choice (especially if he’d like out).

[Trish 11,366]

2 minutes ago, Demo said:

Dude’s in the hot tub. Not a care in the world.

I was downtown a lot today. Didn’t see him once. Although there’s a lot of space to cover..