Neon Deion would not go over well with the stuffed shirt crowd.
Do you think Sanders would come to IU? He's being mentioned in connection with the Auburn non-opening.Deion Sanders. He said he’d look hard at a Power 5 job.
Deion Sanders explains lack of interest in bolting for NFL job
Former NFL star Deion Sanders explained in a recent interview he would not want to coach in the NFL and gave a simple answer to why that would be the case.www.foxnews.com
That’s true for anyone IU hires. In order to avoid that, it’s crucial to not be successful. Otoh, Successful or not, an IU coach will be snapped up or fired after 5 years or so…. So why not get success out of that deal?
That's why I feel an IU or Indiana connection is almost essential.....which limits the coaching pool greatly
He sure as hell would bring some excitement and more interest no doubt about it.
And top recruits and national attention and good hard nosed coaching.
The state of Indiana produces nothing that would help IU in the way of coaches. Let’s get over this nonsense that we need someone from this state because it feels “good.”
How do you know this? I think Dick Dullaghan would have been a good one. I think maybe the guy at New Pal. Maybe Kevin Donally at Saint Francis might have been a good one.
Deion is interesting, for all his showboating he was a helluva player and still has cred from playing days. He could pay Allens buyout and take the job. There was some article about him telling players he didnt want to be seeing armpit hair on campus (meaning no sleeveless tees and wife beaters ) and a some other interesting things about having some discipline?
You can't hire a guy who's going to be gone as soon as he has a semi-successful season, be that his 2nd or 4th year.
He’s a winner. He loves the game and is a student of it. Were IU to hire him, the wins would come quickly.
We’ve already gone the high school coach route. This level is too much for them.
Yes, because Knight flopped with the stuffed shirt crowd. Or do you mean because he's urban and we are racist?
Lynch was the one that really felt like a mistake at the time. Did Gre4enspan make that hire? He and Allen were both guys that essentially had to be hired because of the circumstances but overall would have otherwise been doubtful hires for any legit program. Of the two, I certainly felt Allen had the better chance to be successful.
One thing for certain for at least a season IU football would be instantly relevant .
Agreed. The perfect hire is obviously some guy who can win here and will want to stay here forever but that just isn't realistic.
That would bring more of the same, bc they would not be able to overcome IU loser culture, which would consume them.
There is and will never be another RMK and what he did for basketball and admittedly he had a hotbed to recruit for his style . Those kind of coaches arent coming around. That good and staying where they are. I will get controvercy here but Paterno at Penn State. How many yrs was he loyal. He should have retired but I also don't think he really knew or understood what happened there. As a football coach? Woody Hayes and another sad ending but you arent going to find people who stay like that. Mark Few ? Woodson? I cant see taking another job if he manages to do well here Its home but You just don't find that.
Watching the flight schedules closely . . .Deion Sanders. He said he’d look hard at a Power 5 job.
Deion Sanders explains lack of interest in bolting for NFL job
Former NFL star Deion Sanders explained in a recent interview he would not want to coach in the NFL and gave a simple answer to why that would be the case.
I do think its important to have a guy stay a # of years if he is any good.
His race never even entered my mind when I made that statement.
I don’t know. He had a lot to do getting people out of the Hurryin’ Hoosiers mindset. That was rather controversial, with fans at AH yelling out for the team to shoot more.
What exactly is controversial about Deion? He has a big personality but I dont recall any run ins with the law or anything besides he might talk too much?
Behind all the talk is a lot of smarts and a great deal of experience with life. Look how Mike Woodson has connected. He’s been in The Show. Sanders has as well.
It’s surely time to outgrow that idea. It’s had only mediocre results or, often, worse.
You're not going to hire a guy who went 7-5 and took us to our first bowl game in 14 years?
You still have Rick Neuheisel's number?
