General Coach Candidate News

[HoosierAloha 29,887]

5 minutes ago, Cinco de Mayo said:

Is this actually true?  

I'm not the one that would have that information.  The one most likely to know responded to my post tho..

[IUwins0708 2,666]

Are we just speaking this into existence, or do people think we have a real shot??

[Stuhoo 75,564]

Just now, IUwins0708 said:

Are we just speaking this into existence, or do people think we have a real shot??

 

Yes

 

[IUwins0708 2,666]

Yes to both?

[Stuhoo 75,564]

Just now, IUwins0708 said:

Yes to both?

Yes

[IUHAHN81 2,176]

Ya know, if Brad doesn't come(which he will), I think we just go find some random guy named Brad Stevens to coach so we all feel good and can tell the media, "Told u so!"

[Chris007 42,106]

2 minutes ago, IUwins0708 said:

Are we just speaking this into existence, or do people think we have a real shot??

There's no time like the present.

[Capt. Crimson 3,395]

 

[jmsgws 2,030]

10 minutes ago, Me So Hornsby said:

Oh for sure, but is it more internet rando making stuff up or is it “my brothers friends boss is super connected and said some cryptic thing to my brothers friend about leprechauns and some song by P Diddy and Skyler Gray”

There’s a difference lol


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At this stage in the search. I don't see a difference.  :). I do find it very interesting that people who are paid to know things seem to all say the person least likely to be at Indiana next year is currently living in Boston.  Yet, that seems to be the one person all of us know nothing fans have our sights set on.

I was lucky enough to be a student during IU's sports hey day.  (late 80's). BB was in the hunt every year, and football was on the rise with Mallory.  Since then there has been an awful lot of futility.  I am kind of intrigued with Tom Brew's idea of Keith Smart.  Honestly I had not even thought of him, but after reading Brew's article it did remind me that Smart's NBA head coach career has ben mired with bad teams for very short durations.  I could see a hire like that catching on.  Kind of like what Allen has done with the football program.  

By all means I would be for hiring Stevens, but not to break the bank.  Out of all the names I have seen thrown out, the two I absolutely do not want are Beilein or Pitino.  Biggest reason is age, because we will be doing this all over again sooner rather than later, and I especially don't want Pitino, because of the stench he will bring with him. 

[jmsgws 2,030]

Just now, IamtheShapopo said:

Boooooooooo....stone the heretic!

I hope you can throw really far!  :) :) :) 

[IUCrazy2 2,036]

1 minute ago, IUwins0708 said:

Are we just speaking this into existence, or do people think we have a real shot??

I think we have more of a shot than 4 years ago.  The Indy media has been saying he said no this morning, but I don't get the impression that he has given a hard no...not from the context of the interviews I heard.  "Are you quitting to go to Indiana."  I could say no, I am moving on to another opportunity for me and my family.  That is not quitting...from a certain point of view (as Obi Wan would say).

I think the situation in Boston is changing.  Steven's is not going anywhere now, but does he see himself there in 2 or 3 more years?  I think that is more cloudy.  He has a connection to this state and when he started to kind of go off track and talk about what the state and what IU meant to him, that sounds like a guy kind of weighing an option.  "I am not getting fired from this job at the moment, but I am already well past the normal shelf life.  And IU is attractive.  Moving home is attractive.  It sounds like the University has some real serious candidates they are considering.  This may be my last chance at that job...."

Dolson just needs to figure out what is keeping him from pulling the trigger and then deal with that concern because I think he sounds like he is really considering it.

[jmsgws 2,030]

Oh you are reading me wrong.  Stevens is my first choice, but I hope Mr Dolson will balance money and reality.  I don't want him as the highest paid college coach.  He isn't worth it. IMO, nor can IU afford it. 

[AZ Hoosier 6,026]

11 hours ago, TheWatShot said:

Those damn Celtics fans, cannibalizing their own team with all their negativity. 

Thankful that nothing like that has ever happened here at IU. 

[southsidehoosier 4,794]

https://mobile.twitter.com/GreggDoyelStar/status/1372172763146911750

[akumanina 313]

11 hours ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

How many bomb's did he drop?

 

He can be a very good baseball coach with all kinds of creative signals. 

[FritzIam4IU 349]

I can see lots of us are on edge waiting on news, so I will go ahead and consult my sure fire source...

Will Brad Stevens be the next coach at IU?

[Evariste Galois 575]

3 minutes ago, FritzIam4IU said:

I can see lots of us are on edge waiting on news, so I will go ahead and consult my sure fire source...

Will Brad Stevens be the next coach at IU?

How many times did you have to shake to get that answer? :)!

[FritzIam4IU 349]

1 minute ago, Evariste Galois said:

How many times did you have to shake to get that answer? :)!

Of course until I got the answer we all wanted! 8 ball never lies ha.

[tortex28 379]

Jeff Goodman just said on his field of 68 podcast that NBA coaches aren't like college coaches they can't just walk away from their job. They have to be fired. Stevens just signed a five-year extension last year. What do you all think? Does that change your opinion?

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[akumanina 313]

55 minutes ago, theriverpilot said:

Treesh this morning.  Pfft, who am I kidding?  This is all of us right now

 

Gosh I loved her so much in my middle and high school days.