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Poll and Discussion - How Attractive is IUBB to Prospective Coaches Right Now?

How attractive is IU right now?  

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  1. 1. Rate IU's attractiveness as a program to prospective coaches (right now)


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  • Poll closed on 05/01/2021 at 02:47 AM

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1 hour ago, HoosierAloha said:

This is a great topic.  I doubt many will agree and will come at me with hatred.  However, these are the realities of the CURRENT position.

IU was, and still has the potential to be, a top job.  There are many reasons why that is

Pros:

  • Passion (when you're winning there are few fan/alumni bases that can match the sheer size and passion of Hoosier Nation)
  • History
  • Basketball first (and only in some cases) mentality of school and state
  • Recruiting fertility
  • Pay (when you're winning the endorsements on top of your base salary will be there)
  • Fan base (when you're winning)
  • Arena (can really impact a game when AH is packed)

Cons

  • Conference (seen as tackle basketball, some players don't want to touch it, every game is a grind)
  • Recruiting (how to put it politically correct? some players shy away due to the lack of diversity on campus/Bloomington)
  • Administration (IU doesn't want to play in the grey area or be perceived as playing in that area)
  • Arena (while historic it's still dated)
  • Facilities (ugh, drop ceilings, Archie had to fight for updated locker rooms)
  • Fan base (everyone* believes their basketball IQ is higher than the coach)

There are a lot of aspects that can be negative when you're not winning but are absolute positives when you get things rolling.  The biggest issue that we're paying for, right now, is the mismanagement of the program for the past 20 years.  There are few coaches who want to step into that fishbowl when they feel they have little chance of succeeding in the eyes of fans while dealing with the administration. 

Yup, there are several areas that can be seen as both pros and cons. You kinda double counted your first and sixth pros. And the easiest con to fix is making our facilities top 10. It was only a few years ago the IU Varsity Club set new fund raising records. Same with general donations to IU. Mark gave 5M 6 years ago for the media center. Wouldn't doubt if he's the one that ponied up for the buy out. Regardless, I'm sure there's donors out there that could/would fun better facilities all around. Irsay should pony up some too. Pretty sure his daughter went to IU. I know he gave a mil to IU Med.

What I find interesting, is that only a little less than half see the job as a top 10 job now. And that's coming from a bunch of uber fans on an IU message board. Now consider how the rest of the nation sees us. And how 16-17 year old recruits see us. 

I'm a little more pessimistic because I've worked nationally and internationally for the last 25 years. My intl friends only think about UNC, Duke, KY, Louisville, and a few others when thinking big time college BB. That was not the case 10-15 years ago. And I have a ton of friends in the S and W. IU is pretty much an afterthought, even though most understand the blueblood history. ND is experiencing a similar issue with FB, but different. While they are making it to the big dance, they're getting blown out, and most non-ND fans scream overrated. 

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6 hours ago, HoosierAloha said:

Recruiting (how to put it politically correct? some players shy away due to the lack of diversity on campus/Bloomington)

Doesn’t seem to hurt Gonzaga or Duke. Don’t think recruiting is a con at Indiana unless you want to blatantly cheat. The only thing holding recruiting back at IU is the one doing the recruiting. 

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