Candidate Thread: Steve Alford

[Schreckbagger 522]

 

You know what, I think I'm with Dan on this....tired of looking at all the "shiney" coaches with great resumes that always fail at IU.

 

Alford is not Stevens, but Stevens is not Alford either.

RMK teams didn't always win, but his teams didn't embarrass our fan base either. Would Alford win at IU, who knows until it happens.

 

 

 

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[Hoosier2016 63]

Pass

[HoosierHoopster 6,027]

Just NOOOOooooooooooooooooooooo

[tomallenfan1 581]

[mdiu28 1,744]

All valid, valid points. 

That I emphatically disagree with.

As DD says, never trust a guy with a middle part. Pass.

[MikeRoberts 6,832]

What did he get in trouble for when he was a player at Indiana?  Was it the full size USA basketball poster? 

[Demo 17,326]

8 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

What did he get in trouble for when he was a player at Indiana?  Was it the full size USA basketball poster? 

Fundraising calendar put out by the Cheerleaders, I believe.

[Hoosierfan2017 19,886]

Honestly wouldn't hate this hire. I don't think he'd knock it out of the park here but I think he'd be able to get us to some Sweet 16s. If we go with an IU guy he at least has been a head coach at the P5 level, as unremarkable as he's been. 

[MikeRoberts 6,832]

10 minutes ago, Demo said:

Fundraising calendar put out by the Cheerleaders, I believe.

Ah ok. I found the full size poster rolled up in my childhood bedroom and thought maybe I found the thing that got him in trouble.

it was a cool find though regardless, can’t imagine there are many of these left in circulation - 35 years old

[iubb 2,386]

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[hoosrnight 52]

Hell freaking NNNOOOOOOO!!!!

[Alford Bailey 12,246]

Piss on DD. BTW I went back last night and watched IU beat UNC in the 1984 tourney. First time since watching it live. Alford scored 27 points as a freshman and basically carried us down the stretch. DD fouled out with 4 points.

[IUHoosierJoe 937]

If we don't get a big name, which I definitely prefer, I'd rather have Alford that the next mid-major flavor of the day or mediocre P5 coach.

[Alford Bailey 12,246]

If we arent serious about landing a top tier guy then Alford is light years ahead of every other name mentioned.

[Schreckbagger 522]

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[MikeRoberts 6,832]

3 minutes ago, Schreckbagger said:

 

 

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He’s starting to look like that guy from the adams family

[Schreckbagger 522]

He’s starting to look like that guy from the adams family

We all are..



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[IU Scott 2,375]

14 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

Piss on DD. BTW I went back last night and watched IU beat UNC in the 1984 tourney. First time since watching it live. Alford scored 27 points as a freshman and basically carried us down the stretch. DD fouled out with 4 points.

but he did shut down Jordan.  Last night I watched the 87 final four game against UNLV so I could actually see what good offense looked like.

[Hoosierfan2017 19,886]

12 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

If we arent serious about landing a top tier guy then Alford is light years ahead of every other name mentioned.

Agreed. Here is what he did at UCLA. 
 

Made the tournament in four of his five full seasons. Three sweet 16s in five seasons. And I know I know, it’s UCLA. It recruits itself. His results aren’t good for UCLA. I’m not saying I want him to be our next coach. I don’t. But he’s someone with head coaching experience at a comparable level as IU. He had some success there. After the five years we just had, three sweet 16s and four tournament appearances in five years sounds pretty good. If we go the IU guy route, I don’t think there’s a better candidate than him. Lewis or Fife have more potential, but potential is exactly that - potential.