Dane Fife returns HOME to Join Mike Woodsons staff

[IUc2016]

https://www.insidethehall.com/2021/04/13/video-dane-fife-discusses-his-return-to-iu-and-much-more/

Video of Dane's press availability today.

Dane is certainly a personality that IU has not had in awhile, but is so needed. He isn't afraid to tell the media how it is but is also willing to build a relationship with them. His humor is a total contrast from the previous staff. 

Glad to have him back. 

[IUc2016]

"Coach Izzo has always known that it is my dream to coach at Indiana, to be the coach at Indiana"

Dane isn't shy about his desire to take over one day. Also speaks to why he wasn't considered the head coach in waiting at MSU.

[Trish]

DANE ********* FIFE!

 

He texted Archie after he was fired. Very nice of him. 

[Brass Cannon]

9 minutes ago, IUc2016 said:

"Coach Izzo has always known that it is my dream to coach at Indiana, to be the coach at Indiana"

Dane isn't shy about his desire to take over one day. Also speaks to why he wasn't considered the head coach in waiting at MSU.

Yep. Hopefully he’s taking over to help us win lucky number seven 

[LamarCheeks]

Maybe Dane will run the IU program one day. Maybe not. 

But he's definitely got the personality for it. 

On Rob: "That's one of my first objectives coming here. Stella figured out how to get her groove back. We've got to get Rob Phinisee to figure out how to get his groove back. I don't think there's a better defender in the league than Rob Phinisee."

The only time -- and there may have been more, but I only saw it once -- where Archie showed a little bit of personality was after one of our wins two seasons ago, someone asked him about the gum he was chomping on. And he provided a pretty light-hearted answer. But those moments were almost non-existent during his four years here. My guess is he was the same way with his players. Unless you're an absolute basketball genius, and even then, you have to have some connection with your players. It just seemed as if Archie had none. 

I cannot imagine players not feeling a connection to Dane. 

 

 

[Brass Cannon]

1 minute ago, LamarCheeks said:

Maybe Dane will run the IU program one day. Maybe not. 

But he's definitely got the personality for it. 

On Rob: "That's one of my first objectives coming here. Stella figured out how to get her groove back. We've got to get Rob Phinisee to figure out how to get his groove back. I don't think there's a better defender in the league than Rob Phinisee."

The only time -- and there may have been more, but I only saw it once -- where Archie showed a little bit of personality was after one of our wins two seasons ago, someone asked him about the gum he was chomping on. And he provided a pretty light-hearted answer. But those moments were almost non-existent during his four years here. My guess is he was the same way with his players. Unless you're an absolute basketball genius, and even then, you have to have some connection with your players. It just seemed as if Archie had none. 

 

 

Hopeful they can get Phinisee back to his best self.  Dude has the potential to be a big deal the next 2 years 

[wirenuts]

5 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Maybe Dane will run the IU program one day. Maybe not. 

But he's definitely got the personality for it. 

On Rob: "That's one of my first objectives coming here. Stella figured out how to get her groove back. We've got to get Rob Phinisee to figure out how to get his groove back. I don't think there's a better defender in the league than Rob Phinisee."

The only time -- and there may have been more, but I only saw it once -- where Archie showed a little bit of personality was after one of our wins two seasons ago, someone asked him about the gum he was chomping on. And he provided a pretty light-hearted answer. But those moments were almost non-existent during his four years here. My guess is he was the same way with his players. Unless you're an absolute basketball genius, and even then, you have to have some connection with your players. It just seemed as if Archie had none. 

 

 

I really enjoyed archie comparing people to sesame street and comparing one of them to oscar the grouch. Other than that, maybe his niceties comment in a game was probably the most personality we got to see out of Archie. Dane definitely displays much more character for sure

[Trish]

3 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Maybe Dane will run the IU program one day. Maybe not. 

But he's definitely got the personality for it. 

On Rob: "That's one of my first objectives coming here. Stella figured out how to get her groove back. We've got to get Rob Phinisee to figure out how to get his groove back. I don't think there's a better defender in the league than Rob Phinisee."

The only time -- and there may have been more, but I only saw it once -- where Archie showed a little bit of personality was after one of our wins two seasons ago, someone asked him about the gum he was chomping on. And he provided a pretty light-hearted answer. But those moments were almost non-existent during his four years here. My guess is he was the same way with his players. Unless you're an absolute basketball genius, and even then, you have to have some connection with your players. It just seemed as if Archie had none. 

I cannot imagine players not feeling a connection to Dane. 

 

 

Dane is well regarded and very well could be our next coach, he's the guy I wanted after masshole. 

Archie has a personality, you just have to get him out of the office to see it. Check out his interview with HH.  

[Stuhoo]

 

Dane Fife Rob Phinisee.

 

 

[Brass Cannon]

16 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

Dane Fife Rob Phinisee.

 

 

I’m literally just wondering this but did Phinisee burn them one or twice and show Dane what he’s capable of 

[Stuhoo]

1 minute ago, Brass Cannon said:

I’m literally just wondering this but did Phinisee burn them one or twice and show Dane what he’s capable of 

For sure. Rob did a better job on Cassius Winston than I thought possible:

Michigan State vs. Indiana | March 2, 2019

[bleedhoosier]

16 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

For sure. Rob did a better job on Cassius Winston than I thought possible:

Michigan State vs. Indiana | March 2, 2019

Man that game Phin was an absolute unit on the floor.

[akumanina]

I loved this interview. Confident, fair, and unapologetic. 

He asked 'sense of ownership' to media members regularly covering IU athletics, which I've never heard from anyone and I liked very much. He also said Indiana basketball should be for all who love Indiana basketball, and they need to increase interactions with fans all over Indiana to show appreciation. 

I think he is our next coach when CMW retires. 

[go iu bb]

3 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

Yep. Hopefully he’s taking over to help us win lucky number seven 

So you think in the 10-15 years he'll be the coach (hopefully he's that successful) before retiring, Woodson will win only 1 NC?

[rcbowla]

"Coach Izzo has always known that it is my dream to coach at Indiana, to be the coach at Indiana"
Dane isn't shy about his desire to take over one day. Also speaks to why he wasn't considered the head coach in waiting at MSU.

And yet I got hammered on here for saying I think this was the plan coming in. Whether or not things will go as planned is debatable but I still believe the plan was to eventually take over for CMW. The more I hear from Dane the more I believe that.

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[Hoosierfan2017]

Just now, rcs29 said:

And yet I got hammered on here for saying I think this was the plan coming in. Whether or not things will go as planned is debatable but I still believe the plan was to eventually take over for CMW. The more I hear from Dane the more I believe that.

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I don’t think that it’s the plan, but I do think that it’s Dane’s plan or at least his goal. I don’t doubt that Dane wants the job someday. I just don’t think IU has thought 10 years into the future at this point. Woody just got hired a couple weeks ago.  

[rcbowla]

I don’t think that it’s the plan, but I do think that it’s Dane’s plan or at least his goal. I don’t doubt that Dane wants the job someday. I just don’t think IU has thought 10 years into the future at this point. Woody just got hired a couple weeks ago.  

Maybe CMW doesn't want to do it for that long. None of us know what was discussed. But when Dane says things like taking this job under the right description and getting what he thinks he deserved just makes me believe that. Time will tell but why wouldn't an AD be putting speculative plans together for the not so distant future? Doesn't mean any of the involved are beholden to said plans but it'd be smart to be thinking ahead.

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[cleeter]

Does anyone have the link or know where I can find this interview with Dane from today.


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[Class of '66 Old Fart]

28 minutes ago, cleeter said:

Does anyone have the link or know where I can find this interview with Dane from today.


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https://www.insidethehall.com/2021/04/13/video-dane-fife-discusses-his-return-to-iu-and-much-more/

[Zachetology]

Fife comes across as a leader. I hope he can get some more head coaching experience before his shot at the IU job.