Fire Coach Woodson Thread

[Chris007 47,139]

4 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Speaking of "few"...

I saw his name mention related to UNC and that possible opening... if Few really in play? For a while now, he's been pretty much happy at Gonzaga... and he's in his early 60s... curious...

That’s a good question.

[Chris007 47,139]

14 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

So what do we have to give up to get Stevens?

10 million 

[AZ Hoosier 8,115]

13 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

By the way—Jerrod Calhoun is younger, gives you all the unusual overperfomance winning (holy crap-he turned around Youngstown State), plays a modern offense style, and is also from the Midwest. And he played D1 ball and has had tons of mentoring and coaching in D1, including at the P5 level.

Why people get fired up about McCollum and not Calhoun is beyond me.

I do like Calhoun, but there are better options higher on the list... 

[Kentuckysucks 2,581]

4 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

One game doesn’t make or break a coach, but that’s a hell of a good point!

Rick Pitino Jr. has done doing extremely well at New Mexico in a solid conference, he’s been mentored by the best, and he took his lumps and learned at Minnesota in the B1G (and had three 20 win seasons there). 

I have no reason to believe he’s being considered, but I’d get behind him in a heartbeat, and more so than McCollum.

He’s another Alford.  Good in a smaller conference but not so much when he’s playing with the big boys.

[IUFAN1976 3,910]

1 minute ago, AZ Hoosier said:

I do like Calhoun, but there are better options higher on the list... 

Who is your top 3-5 candidates?

[Demo 20,679]

4 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

One game doesn’t make or break a coach, but that’s a hell of a good point!

Rick Pitino Jr. has done doing extremely well at New Mexico in a solid conference, he’s been mentored by the best, and he took his lumps and learned at Minnesota in the B1G (and had three 20 win seasons there). 

I have no reason to believe he’s being considered, but I’d get behind him in a heartbeat, and more so than McCollum.

I think there’s certainly an argument for a guy like Pitino. But, man, it’s 1 thing to not care if you win the press conference, but it takes conviction to know you’re absolutely gonna lose it. 

[AH1971 1,742]

Just now, Kentuckysucks said:

He’s another Alford.  Good in a smaller conference but not so much when he’s playing with the big boys.

He’s still only 42. Plateaued at Minnesota (which isn’t an easy job to begin with) but had some success there and recruited some nice individual pieces. He certainly not at the top of my list but probably worth a look if it gets there. He’s rumored for the Miami job which makes a ton of sense so probably a moot point anyway. 

[Stuhoo 82,496]

6 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

He’s another Alford.  Good in a smaller conference but not so much when he’s playing with the big boys.

He started at Minny at age 30. In eight seasons there he had three 20 win seasons, two NCAAs and an NIT championship, and won B1G coach of the year. Did I mention he did that at friggin Minnesota, and did all of it before his 40’th bday? That’s pretty damn good ‘big boys playing’ for a young coach at the worst job in a 14 team conference.

[Hoosierfanyuh 2,720]

The noise has definitely been getting louder recently

[IUFAN1976 3,910]

3 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

He’s another Alford.  Good in a smaller conference but not so much when he’s playing with the big boys.

But at Minnesota?  Not a juggernaut for college basketball supremacy!  Now I think Rick Pitino is a little shady and the Apple usually doesn’t fall far from the tree but how do you know he can’t succeed at a power 5 school with a good basketball reputation?

[Scotty R 2,447]

49 minutes ago, str8baller said:

In the macro sense, he’s not. In the micro sense…well that’s the ADs call.  
 

Moving up the coaching ranks is like moving up the fighting ranks. You’ll never know if you’re a champ, a contender or just a gatekeeper until you get the shot. The thing about the B1G is that nearly every coach is better than the best coach in Drakes conf.   
 

For every Bo Ryan there’s a Steve Alford. And for every Alford there’s a Todd Lickliter. 

How about a Nate Oats or a Dan Hurley

[steubenhoosier 1,162]

Just now, Stuhoo said:

He started at Minny at age 30. In eight season there he had three 20 win seasons, two NCAAs and an NIT championship, and won B1G coach of the year. Did I mention he did that at friggin Minnesota, and did all of it before his 40’th bday? That pretty damn good ‘big boys playing’ for a young coach at the worst job in a 14 team conference.

Been a minute since I have been in Bloomington. Is there a good Italian restaurant in town? Not sure how far the acorn has fallen from the tree.

[Stuhoo 82,496]

1 minute ago, Scotty R said:

How about a Nate Oats or a Dan Hurley

“A Nate Oats or Dan Hurley?” Sure.

”THE Nate Oats or Dan Hurley?” Hahaha not happening.

[Demo 20,679]

14 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Speaking of "few"...

I saw his name mention related to UNC and that possible opening... is Few really in play? For a while now, he's been pretty much happy at Gonzaga... and he's in his early 60s... curious...

I think the issue there is probably NIL. But it’s really tough to picture a dude in his 60’s leaving the only gig he’s ever had, even if Randy Bennett is whippin’ his a$$ these days. 

[steubenhoosier 1,162]

1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

“A Nate Oats or Dan Hurley?” Sure.

”THE Nate Oats or Dan Hurley?” Hahaha not happening.

How about Hall and Oates?

[IUFAN1976 3,910]

3 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

He started at Minny at age 30. In eight seasons there he had three 20 win seasons, two NCAAs and an NIT championship, and won B1G coach of the year. Did I mention he did that at friggin Minnesota, and did all of it before his 40’th bday? That’s pretty damn good ‘big boys playing’ for a young coach at the worst job in a 14 team conference.

This I agree with!  Very well said and I think Richard Pitino took his lumps but at least should be interviewed.  I would take him over McCollum and any other mid-major that people are bringing up

[AZ Hoosier 8,115]

1 hour ago, IUFAN1976 said:

Who is your top 3-5 candidates?

If money's not an issue

• Brad Stevens (regardless of likelihood)
• TJ Otzelberger (gotta fight the Iowa State loyalty/buyout)
• Scott Drew (hearing that he could be interested in listening)
• Darian DeVries
• Dusty May

If we end up looking for a true "up and comer"

Chris Jans, Jerrod Calhoun, Ben McCollem, and look at Bryce Drew (the AZ connection at Grand Canyon).

[hoosierbannerd 1,856]

2 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

Been a minute since I have been in Bloomington. Is there a good Italian restaurant in town? Not sure how far the acorn has fallen from the tree.

bottle of red, ohh a bottle of white

Ricky was just satisfying his app-e-tite...

[AZ Hoosier 8,115]

3 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

How about Hall and Oates?

They made Sara smile... so, who knows...

[Scotty R 2,447]

32 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Trade deadline is Thursday….

So we are trading Woodson to the Celtics for Stevens