Ooooook who’s your # 2?

[Hoosier Guy]

1 minute ago, mdiu28 said:

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

IU can’t be taking chances with this hire. It has to be great

[Vauxhall and IU]

I'm not saying that we SHOULD hire her, or that she's my top choice or anything. I'm just saying if we do wind up taking a gamble, we might as well do one that's at least gonna guarantee us lots of national exposure.

And before you say we shouldn't be gambling on this hire, well, of course we shouldn't. But you know and I know that it *could* come to that, whether we think it should or not.

[Trish]

I’ll take Becky over salesman Eric, Drew, Belien. 
 

She’s won over the NBA athletes with the Spurs. She’s learned from a GOAT coach. I like it. 

[Stuhoo]

4 minutes ago, Treesh said:

I’ll take Becky over salesman Eric, Drew, Belien. 
 

She’s won over the NBA athletes with the Spurs. She’s learned from a GOAT coach. I like it. 

I think IU does not want the coach to be bigger than the university.

Even more than Stevens, Hammons would create that dynamic.

[Kentuckysucks]

47 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. 

That's literally the dumbest idea I've heard in my life.  

[Crazy about IU]

I will go with Beard has had good results in the tournament. His team play hard my only concern would be his ability to recruit top talent year in year out. Sometimes it hard to beat superior talent even if you are the best coach . So I guess my question is who do you think would be the best recruiter ?

[Stuhoo]

6 minutes ago, Crazy about IU said:

I will go with Beard has had good results in the tournament. His team play hard my only concern would be his ability to recruit top talent year in year out. Sometimes it hard to beat superior talent even if you are the best coach . So I guess my question is who do you think would be the best recruiter ?

Rick $tansbury

[LostInLouisville]

8 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

That's literally the dumbest idea I've heard in my life.  

Well, that’s a well thought out rebuttal. 

[Kentuckysucks]

5 minutes ago, Crazy about IU said:

I will go with Beard has had good results in the tournament. His team play hard my only concern would be his ability to recruit top talent year in year out. Sometimes it hard to beat superior talent even if you are the best coach . So I guess my question is who do you think would be the best recruiter ?

Drew would recruit very well here.  He can coach too.

[Kentuckysucks]

Just now, LostInLouisville said:

Well, that’s a well thought out rebuttal. 

She wouldn't be able to recruit at all.  If she has any chance of coaching men it will be in the NBA where players are signed and paid to play.  She coaches and does no recruiting. 

[Demo]

9 minutes ago, Treesh said:

I’ll take Becky over salesman Eric, Drew, Belien. 
 

She’s won over the NBA athletes with the Spurs. She’s learned from a GOAT coach. I like it. 

I actually know Becky Hammon a little. Certainly not well, but the now ex-wife of 1 of my oldest friends was an asst coach at CSU when she was there and they’ve been close friends ever since. Interacted with her maybe half a dozen times through the years. Very bright. Super impressive. But, no thank you. IU basketball is a circus on it’s best day. Adding a social variable like that is just way too volatile for me. If I’m gonna poach a bright young Asst, and I don’t think that’s the way to go at all, I would just take Kyle Neptune off of Jay Wright’s bench and call it a day. 

[Trish]

15 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

I think IU does not want the coach to be bigger than the university.

Even more than Stevens, Hammons would create that dynamic.

Well that eliminates Mussleman so I’m okay with that. 
 

John is our coach anyways. Press conference next week probably. Ugh. 

[Kentuckysucks]

1 minute ago, Treesh said:

Well that eliminates Mussleman so I’m okay with that. 
 

John is our coach anyways. Press conference next week probably. Ugh. 

There's no way it will be Beilein.  Even Glass wasn't that dumb.

[8bucks]

Let’s assume Becky had a record like Archies. Or Creans. Would we have been able to fire her? No. 

[Kentuckysucks]

Just now, 8bucks said:

Let’s assume Becky had a record like Archies. Or Creans. Would we have been able to fire her? No. 

We fired Kathy Bennett and Felicia Legatte Jack.

[cthomas]

2 hours ago, Dave from Dayton said:

I hadn't heard that about Archie.  Actually heard the opposite.  That Archie was realistic and no nonsense.

The used car salesman or snake oil salesman talk was about Crean.  Not that he lied.  Just that he did hype a lot and was more than flamboyant.  And he was all over the place in his delivery.

Off topic (I apologize), and I don't know you at all, but your username has me intrigued. I read an Indycar forum that references a 'Dave from Marion' as an inside joke about a popular call in show during the month of May. Maybe just a coincidence, but if not, kudos to you.

[Hovadipo]

2 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

We fired Kathy Bennett and Felicia Legatte Jack.

Kathy Bennett and Felicia Legatte Jack weren’t the first woman to ever coach a D1 men’s college basketball team. 

[Kentuckysucks]

2 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Kathy Bennett and Felicia Legatte Jack weren’t the first woman to ever coach a D1 men’s college basketball team. 

So we should treat  a coach differently just based on the gender of players that they coach?  Seems a little sexist to me.

[LostInLouisville]

4 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

Let’s assume Becky had a record like Archies. Or Creans. Would we have been able to fire her? No. 

We’ve made it pretty clear what the expectations are for IUBB. If she’s not out performing two previously fired coaches, then yes you can fire her. It’s about providing opportunities to quality candidates, the expectations remain the same and I’m sure she would agree. 

[Hovadipo]

1 minute ago, Kentuckysucks said:

So we should treat  a coach differently just based on the gender of players that they coach?  Seems a little sexist to me.

If you don’t think it would be different, as 8bucks was alluding to, you’re just looking to argue for fun.