Who will be HC at IU to start next season

[Scotty R 2,803]

This is who you think will be the coach and not who you would want as the coach next year

 

[cbp4iu 1,915]

Stevens because I want to hope

[Scotty R 2,803]

1 minute ago, cbp4iu said:

Stevens because I want to hope

That wasn't the question 

[cbp4iu 1,915]

Just now, Scotty R said:

That wasn't the question 

No valid reason for any candidate until Woodson is gone anyways so I’m selecting brad stevens. 

[Scotty R 2,803]

Just now, cbp4iu said:

No valid reason for any candidate until Woodson is gone anyways so I’m selecting brad stevens. 

That is why I included Woodson on the list

[coonhounds 9,919]

Kenny payne!

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[Brass Cannon 25,165]

Id settle for 

[HoosierHoopster 7,518]

I picked other. Not buying the desperation Brad S yet again (would love to be wrong) and think it’ll be someone no one is publicly talking about.

[Demo 21,461]

My vote would be for Stevens. Not because I think he’s going to be, I don’t, but because he’s the 1 guy who can just have the job if he wants it. So he’s probably the safest bet.

[TadQueasy 1,354]

I find it interesting that May has no votes as of now.  I thought he would have some.  

[Ryno6284 3,428]

I truly believe that Stevens is the only candidate that unites the vast majority of the fanbase!  All others are close to 50/50 it seems.

[OliviaPope40 6,974]

Hate to say it but I think we lost out on Stevens a long time ago. He'd look really good if Butler had won in 2010 and 2011. 

[lillurk 4,255]

Voted Stevens; if I had to rank likelihood of this group I would probably say 

Other, Stevens, May, [big gap], McCollum, with the other listed candidates very close to zero% chance combined.

This isn’t an invitation for anyone to tell me who they think is great and why.

[piratehoosier 85]

Beard.

[Stuhoo 84,770]

FWIW, if I had to break out a guy from the 'other' category and make him a standalone choice that is far more likely than Pearl, it would be Mick Cronin. 

[lillurk 4,255]

35 minutes ago, TadQueasy said:

I find it interesting that May has no votes as of now.  I thought he would have some.  

I agree and aside from “other” as I said above I think he’s #2 in both likelihood and my personal preference.

UM has a rep as a lower pressure job, which is true in terms of, like, national and local media coverage, butts in seats, and so on, but I don’t know that the evidence suggests they’d necessarily keep an under performer around much longer than IU would.

Crisler is less likely to create the sort of unpleasant tense atmosphere we’re going to see at Assembly this weekend but your support and $ would dry up just about as quickly. 

That trade off understandably has appeal to some, and maybe May. But it’s not everyone’s preference!

[ForeverHoosier2 21]

Rumor has it Tom Crean is waiting for us over the hump, and Woodson has been trying to get there for 4 years, but just cannot get these guys to understand to be in a position to get over the hump.

In all seriousness, it has to be BS, Beard, Pearl, McCollum, or a proven coach at the D1 level otherwise people are going to lose it and there will be a "Fire **********" thread the moment he is hired.

[Lebowski 2,967]

The season isn't even over and I think most of us have pretty much tuned out. Admittedly, I haven't really focused on IUBB since the Crean days. His teams executed better compared to all other coaches since him. But that doesn't mean his teams executed to satisfactory. I did focus a little a couple of years ago when TJD and JHS were on the floor. Most of us have an idea what a properly coached team looks like. Some of us were spoiled to have a coach that did that for three decades here at IU. I know everyone is wanting their particular coach but in my opinion hiring a coach that has a track record of success wherever he's been should be the focus.

Having said that, Stevens hasn't coached for 4 years now and why in the world would he even want to at this point. He's an executive for arguably the mecca of basketball. Leaving that kind of the job at that kind of place of employment to coach IUBB is a demotion and quite frankly, insult to him. The guy is the puppet master for THE most storied program on the planet. He alone will make the decision to return to coaching and he alone will have his choice of where to coach. IUBB won't have any power to sway him here, regardless of the amount of money thrown at him. Calling him is fine and all but he'll be making the phone call to us in the end. 

May isn't the type of coach I am talking about above. He's successful, yes, but all of us know what a special coach looks like. He's really only had two or three good seasons. Shoot, a lot of y'all would be upset with his coaching now at UM, where he's currently 16-5 and third in the conference. Some of y'all have expectations to be top 1 or 2 in the conference every year and this isn't a bad expectation. May has only won a conference once during his entire career. 

Whoever is the next coach at IUBB Dolson needs to take the gloves off. Going after a Pitino, Self, Pearl, Calipari, Sampson, Few, etc. etc., should be on the table. I'm also not opposed to going after someone like Ben McCollum. But with the expectation level the fanbase has at IU, big time successful coaches with a championship track record should be the hired goal. 

I voted McCollum because I think that'll be only one we'll be able to land. And it might even be Dolson's first choice. 

[BA47591 454]

I think it has to be an Alpha personality that is proven.

Beard recently referenced RMK during their win over Kentucky. I'm telling myself it was wink to Dolson. 

[RaceToTheTop 27,955]

Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos