New Basketball Staff Thread

[Class of '66 Old Fart 89,820]

I'm not sure why a public announcement is such a big deal.  Drew Adams was with Norton and DDV at last Saturday's state finals and he was wearing IU gear.  Not Cincinnati gear but IU gear.   I follow countless numbers of 'X' accounts and it's not often you see tweets about the hiring of assistant coaches.  As long as Adams and potentially others are working the phones on our behalf that's all that's important to me.  

[Chris007 61,631]

Yeah, I'm hearing Preston Murphy might be a no go now. We'll see

[Uspshoosier 53,734]

https://x.com/coach_pmurph/status/1908214024853983387?s=46
 

after Bama just landed a kid from FSU.   Doubt he is going anywhere 

[HoosierFan1994 5,196]

It's nowhere near the point to panic but I think people have a more reasonable case to be a little concerned that only two assistants have been hired over the two portal misses. Again, I'm not there yet. But would hope these get finalized rather soon. More assistants opens more doors for recruiting. 

[Uspshoosier 53,734]

3 weeks ago no one even knew who Preston Murphy was including myself 

[lillurk 4,973]

21 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Yeah, I'm hearing Preston Murphy might be a no go now. We'll see

I inferred this might be the case from announcing Norton last night without a secondary title (e.g. asst coach and director of player development). That’s what WVU did under DDV for the Cheaney/Hulls types who couldn’t recruit off campus.

Obviously they could always change later but to me that says the three traditional assistants will be Adams, Achoki Moikobu, and Norton

[Uspshoosier 53,734]

3 minutes ago, lillurk said:

That’s what WVU did under DDV for the Cheaney/Hulls types who couldn’t recruit off campus.

Hulls recruited off campus last year.   You just have to be certified by the ncaa.  He recruited when Woody wasn’t able to make it 

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[WayneFleekHoosier 51,037]

https://x.com/coach_pmurph/status/1908214024853983387?s=46
 
after Bama just landed a kid from FSU.   Doubt he is going anywhere 

I’d heard Murphy was the delay but I don’t know the details. Contract stuff and dollar amount. This kinda stuff doesn’t give me the fuzzies. Had heard it was all done though, so……


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18 minutes ago, lillurk said:

I inferred this might be the case from announcing Norton last night without a secondary title (e.g. asst coach and director of player development). That’s what WVU did under DDV for the Cheaney/Hulls types who couldn’t recruit off campus.

Obviously they could always change later but to me that says the three traditional assistants will be Adams, Achoki Moikobu, and Norton

There are 5 assistant positions who can both coach and recruit, according to Rabby.

Still limited to the number of coaches that can be recruiting off campus at one time.

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15 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Hulls recruited off campus last year.   You just have to be certified by the ncaa.  He recruited when Woody wasn’t able to make it 

 

5 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

There are 5 assistant positions who can both coach and recruit, according to Rabby.

Still limited to the number of coaches that can be recruiting off campus at one time.

Sure, I may have been sloppy with my phrasing. Your HC and 3 ACs can recruit off campus; if someone is unable to a la Woody while he rehabbed a surgery, you can assign that to someone else.

What I was trying to say: Moikobu and Adams seem likely to be two of the three full/normal ACs. They’re not leaving AC roles elsewhere to be in lesser roles.

Norton is going to be in some role. If they get, say, Murphy (or an equivalent if that dream is over), then Norton’s role is not going to be one of the three bench/off-campus recruiting ACs. Surely he can sub until the 3rd assistant is hired, or someone’s health prevents them, etc. If those options above Norton don’t materialize, he’ll be in a full assistant role (and not “player development” or whatever).

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25 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Hulls recruited off campus last year.   You just have to be certified by the ncaa.  He recruited when Woody wasn’t able to make it 

He must of been busy then.

[Home Jersey 15,420]

1 hour ago, Trish said:

I'm sure he has his new staff working the phones currently. New staff members being announced comes down to quotes, backgrounds being written by the SID, etc., I'd hope they are a bit too busy to gather a quote for a press release. 

It would be incredibly normal for anyone they’re hiring to have their own bio already. For a press release any comms person would probably just draft something generic on their behalf for approval - take them all of 5 mins to read and approve. I don’t doubt some members of the staff have been hired and are working because we’ve seen Norton and Adams on the trail. To my knowledge we haven’t seen other coaches with them. Adams will probably be announced soon, his timing was different coming from Cincinnati. I am sure announcing these guys is not a burning priority departmentally / especially for the coaches themselves, but there’s little reason to delay announcing them once they’re officially hired. 

[BA47591 823]

DD had his ideal staff in mind for a while, and I think he'll get it. Norton would be a little like Woody promoting Walsh. 

[Uspshoosier 53,734]

DeVries hired Ostrom in June last year 

[IUHoosierJoe 2,110]

5 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

DeVries hired Ostrom in June last year 

Yeah, anybody can look at how DeVries handled this last year and see how nutso it is that people think we should have a full staff and half a roster announced.  His staff wasn’t complete for 3 months.  The bulk of his roster signings came in mid to late April, with the star of the class signing May 1, and another in June.  Christ, some of you are gonna need daily wellness visits by then.

[bigrod 3,135]

20 minutes ago, IUHoosierJoe said:

Yeah, anybody can look at how DeVries handled this last year and see how nutso it is that people think we should have a full staff and half a roster announced.  His staff wasn’t complete for 3 months.  The bulk of his roster signings came in mid to late April, with the star of the class signing May 1, and another in June.  Christ, some of you are gonna need daily wellness visits by then.

I'm not a proponent of the people who claim our fan base is the issue, but wow, spend a little time on the board and it makes you wonder.

[IU Prof 2,229]

2 hours ago, bigrod said:

I'm not a proponent of the people who claim our fan base is the issue, but wow, spend a little time on the board and it makes you wonder.

100%. I get wanting Woody gone, that was so transparently obviously the right move in year 3. Same with Archie.

But this angst over the "slow start," when we've already signed two guys out of the portal, is nuts. I don't know how many times people can point out that Louisville. UK, and Michigan all had roughly the same number of players, or less, at this point last year. But yet people refuse to hear it.

It'll all work out.

[HoosierHoopster 8,113]

4 hours ago, go iu bb said:

There are 5 assistant positions who can both coach and recruit, according to Rabby.

Still limited to the number of coaches that can be recruiting off campus at one time.

So Rabby’s now wrong on the number of coaches too? Man he’s slipping 

/s

[DougWil 76]

2 hours ago, IU Prof said:

100%. I get wanting Woody gone, that was so transparently obviously the right move in year 3. Same with Archie.

But this angst over the "slow start," when we've already signed two guys out of the portal, is nuts. I don't know how many times people can point out that Louisville. UK, and Michigan all had roughly the same number of players, or less, at this point last year. But yet people refuse to hear it.

It'll all work out.