Ooooook who’s your # 2?

[LamarCheeks]

55 minutes ago, TheDarkKnight69 said:

I’m on the Jon Scheyer train. Young and upcoming coach.  Was a finalist to get the Pitt job. It’s not a sure thing, but if anyone thinks they have a realistic sure thing out there, I’d call them a liar.  Could be our coach for the next 30+ years if things go well

Many thought the same thing about Archie -- and he was a proven head coach at the mid-major level. ... Scheyer has never been a head coach -- anywhere. So I'm not quite ready to hand him the keys to the franchise yet. Also, it's really hit and miss (mostly miss) on Coach K assistants: Wojo (failure). Brey (mild thumbs up). Dawkins (meh). Ammaker (meh). Collins (meh). Capel (meh). Snyder (thumbs down in college; thumbs up in NBA -- fantastic head of hair, though).  Hurley (meh). 

For my money, this is an easy pass. 

[Stuhoo]

4 minutes ago, BayernFan said:

IU needs to hire a coach who is a student of the game, loves to teach it, has won championships everywhere including overseas, has adapted to the changes of the game and Players over the last 40 years, and is already in the HOF.

Bobby Knight?

Cant be Rick Pitino; he won’t be an option because he’s about to get hit with a show cause,

and also because outside of Dave Bliss he may be the biggest scumbag ever to patrol anyone’s sideline.

 

[HoosierTrav]

Beard is my number 2 but I have a strong feeling that Thad Matta is going to end up being our next coach. He seriously considered the Georgia job and that tells me that he’s wanting to get back into coaching but being very picky with his choice. IU calls, he takes it IMO. I’d be happy with Matta. 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

We'll be a contender for a NC within 2-3 years.
He'll get our program to a respectable level and that's how people need to look at him. As a bridge between where we are now (complete trash) to knocking on the door of where we want to be (back to blue blood status). Once we're there, every coach in the nation will be begging for a phone call from IU - including he who must not be named at the moment. 
The man can coach winners with lesser talent - sound like someone the majority of us are all sad about? 

Agree to disagree.

No way we are national championship contenders in 2-3 seasons. He built that at Michigan over a long stretch at a younger age. He’s in the extreme twilight of his career. Hard to see him out working the coaches of the B1G in recruiting or in any facet. For what? A 5 year window at maximum.

We won’t be any more desirable then than we are now. Money and a chance at a top program is the draw. Same draw now as it’ll have then. Get our guy now. If we strike out, keep trying. Getting JB only ensures another transition.


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[Stuhoo]

1 minute ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Agree to disagree.

No way we are national championship contenders in 2-3 seasons. He built that at Michigan over a long stretch at a younger age. He’s in the extreme twilight of his career. Hard to see him out working the coaches of the B1G in recruiting or in any facet. For what? A 5 year window at maximum.

We won’t be any more desirable then than we are now. Money and a chance at a top program is the draw. Same draw now as it’ll have then. Get our guy now. If we strike out, keep trying. Getting JB only ensures another transition.


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Agree and don’t worry—I have reasonable faith that Dolson is far too smart to hire a 68 year old.

[LostInLouisville]

If Dolson wants an NBA style, I say we make an offer to Becky Hammon. That’s a story I’d be proud of and I think she’d do exceptionally well. Unfortunately, I have no idea how recruits and parent would react. Toxic masculinity is still very much an issue in sports.

[mdiu28]

Just now, LostInLouisville said:

If Dolson wants an NBA style, I say we make an offer to Becky Hammon. That’s a story I’d be proud of and I think she’d do exceptionally well. Unfortunately, I have no idea how recruits and parent would react. Toxic masculinity is still very much an issue in sports.

I actually wouldn't be opposed to this. Why the hell not? At the very least, the world will love us.

But she's an NBAer and according to all the arrogant NBA writers and insiders, no NBA coach would ever leave the almighty NBA for any college job. 

[Hippopotamo]

2 minutes ago, LostInLouisville said:

If Dolson wants an NBA style, I say we make an offer to Becky Hammon. That’s a story I’d be proud of and I think she’d do exceptionally well. Unfortunately, I have no idea how recruits and parent would react. Toxic masculinity is still very much an issue in sports.

I don’t think she has the coaching pedigree yet, plus she’s never coached college on any level. This wouldn’t really make sense to me at all. 

[wirenuts]

2 minutes ago, BayernFan said:

That’s ironic.  Because Pitino is still coaching kids to championships and Indiana is a program that appears to be on probation and sanctions.  Funny. 
 

but IU is too good for Pitino.  Lol. 

It doesn't really matter if IU is or isnt too good for Pitino. Pitino has already been on record saying he would coach the rest of his career at Iona and that he doesn't have interest in the IU job, even though he said complimentary thinga about IU. He called it a Top 5 job

[Cd71]

Hello, just wanted to say that I keep seeing people bring up JB and Matta.  I am one to believe that it would have been announced by now if that was the case.  Kids going into the transfer portal and the media attention they would get from the announcement would be huge. Our candidate has to still be coaching.  No way they fire Archie, pay all that money, then wait weeks to sign someone that doesn’t have a job.  

[LamarCheeks]

5 minutes ago, wirenuts said:

It doesn't really matter if IU is or isnt too good for Pitino. Pitino has already been on record saying he would coach the rest of his career at Iona and that he doesn't have interest in the IU job, even though he said complimentary thinga about IU. He called it a Top 5 job

[LostInLouisville]

14 minutes ago, Hippopotamo said:

I don’t think she has the coaching pedigree yet, plus she’s never coached college on any level. This wouldn’t really make sense to me at all. 

It’s true, but where is she going to get those opportunities? Not a lot of opportunities for women coaches in male sports yet.

She did coach an NBA team to a summer league title. Not a long record but it’s something.

Would you be open to proven WCBB coach?

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[Hippopotamo]

3 minutes ago, LostInLouisville said:

It’s true, but where is she going to get those opportunities? Not a lot of opportunities for women coaches in male sports yet.
 

Would you be open to proven WCBB coach?

WCBB is just such a different style game. Recruiting and roster management are also different. I can’t think of anyone who has successfully done both. 

[Vauxhall and IU]

2 minutes ago, LostInLouisville said:

It’s true, but where is she going to get those opportunities? Not a lot of opportunities for women coaches in male sports yet.
 

Would you be open to proven WCBB coach?

I'm not wild about Hammon's whole Russia thing, but it's whatever. I'd be delighted if we hired her, just for the pure boldness the move would show. It would be an incredible boost to our national brand - we'd instantly be part of at least some kind of national conversation, and would put the program in the national spotlight in a really unique way, which would be attractive for recruits (as would her NBA experience).

Would it work from the standpoint of on-court results? I dunno, but I know a) no hire comes without risks and b) it can't possibly be any worse than it's been. 

[madmax]

5 minutes ago, Vauxhall and IU said:

I'm not wild about Hammon's whole Russia thing, but it's whatever. I'd be delighted if we hired her, just for the pure boldness the move would show. It would be an incredible boost to our national brand - we'd instantly be part of at least some kind of national conversation, and would put the program in the national spotlight in a really unique way, which would be attractive for recruits (as would her NBA experience).

Would it work from the standpoint of on-court results? I dunno, but I know a) no hire comes without risks and b) it can't possibly be any worse than it's been. 

It actually can be much worse then it has been.

This is a bad idea.

[JSHoosier]

30 minutes ago, LostInLouisville said:

If Dolson wants an NBA style, I say we make an offer to Becky Hammon. That’s a story I’d be proud of and I think she’d do exceptionally well. Unfortunately, I have no idea how recruits and parent would react. Toxic masculinity is still very much an issue in sports.

I'm not sure, her HC experience is limited.  She was a great player and Popovich seems to think highly of her.

It'd be a story, but if she didn't do well I could see things getting toxic quickly. 

[Hoosier Guy]

Becky Hammon? That’s a good laugh

[mdiu28]

Just now, Hoosier Guy said:

Becky Hammon? That’s a good laugh

I'd take her over someone like....idk...Buzz Williams? 

[str8baller]

19 minutes ago, LostInLouisville said:

It’s true, but where is she going to get those opportunities? Not a lot of opportunities for women coaches in male sports yet.

She did coach an NBA team to a summer league title. Not a long record but it’s something.

Would you be open to proven WCBB coach?

No. Dumb idea. Not even the same sport. Go look at UNC’s old soccer coach—who successfully coached both genders—had to say on the subject. No overlap between the two jobs.  
 

Besides if you want an nba person with no college experience guys like Woodson, Whitman and smart have much better resumes. 

[hoosierbgh]

1 hour ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

JB will be the detonation of my IUBB diehard fandom.  
 

If that happens,  I will put this program on the back burner.  It would be the saddest day in my life as a fan.  Any thought of blue blood status and it’s return would be done for me.

It sounds dramatic but it’s my truth.  
 

please don’t let this happen. 

Well, bye.