after dinner, will let you know

[kmathum]

Jim Coyle as recently as today is adamant that the University won't consider Chris Beard as coach.

I trust Kurt more than Coyle

 

[BA47591]

If the anti-Beard contingency gets their way I hope they get a coach that embodies their vision of IU Mens Basketball program moving forward. I found a few names. Matt Lynch and Curt Miller. Both successful head coaches .Chris Burns, an up and coming assistant. They're all openly gay. Zero threat to any women. They're 3 fellas you can really get behind. Lol lol lol

Chris Burns works at Ryder.....you can't make this stuff up.

 

[ams66]

If the anti-Beard contingency gets their way I hope they get a coach that embodies their vision of IU Mens Basketball program moving forward. I found a few names. Matt Lynch and Curt Miller. Both successful head coaches .Chris Burns, an up and coming assistant. They're all openly gay. Zero threat to any women. They're 3 fellas you can really get behind. Lol lol lol

Chris Burns works at Ryder.....you can't make this stuff up.

Or just hire a female coach. Really break some ground.

 

[IndyMitchell]

university president?

Hopefully she can find a way to make it work! I just really want IU basketball to be special again!!

 

[dbmhoosier]

Or just hire a female coach. Really break some ground.

Don’t give the administration any ideas.

 

[gator mcCluskey]

university president?

Sounds like Whitten, if Beard is the proposed coach.

Hope that’s not the case. Pam just got a contact extension and a raise. She should feel empowered to tell the loonies to go pound sand.

 

[Btownboom]

Its 1.Beard 2.TJO 3.McCollum. 4.Lloyd. Period anyone else would be a letdown to me personally!
And just an fyi McCollum is the smartest coach in college basketball right now. Ive heard so many stories from coaches that are needing help in certain situations and they all say the same thing the first call they make is to McCollum because he always has the answer.

 

[kmathum]

Its 1.Beard 2.TJO 3.McCollum. 4.Lloyd. Period anyone else would be a letdown to me personally!
And just an fyi McCollum is the smartest coach in college basketball right now. Ive heard so many stories from coaches that are needing help in certain situations and they all say the same thing the first call they make is to McCollum because he always has the answer.

McCollum. 1000%!

 

[abraxis]

Coyle gets good guests, but he's about as ADHD as they come. Wish he'd slow down and have a bit of a question/script written out. He's so often giving his opinion or thinking about the next question he wants to ask, he doesn't really "hear" his guests.

He began saying Beard is who he thought would be best and he's significantly changed his tune. I do think he's heard from someone he trusts that they will not accept Beard. Maybe through the same grapevine as the person that Kurt is mentioning.

I listen to Kent Sterling, Jim Coyle and Indiana Sports Connection the most. There are others that pop up on YouTube that I may check out. There’s one with Steve Risley as guest but I can’t think of the show or host.

It’s just a matter of time before the name leaks out. I was hoping for Beard but our university apparently makes those accused but not convicted of social injustice pay a heavy fine nonetheless. It’s IU’s way of announcing moral superiority. Bloomington is a town where a lying snake, Vauhxx Booker, remains a martyr. Monroe Co. harbors a lot of outspoken, angry people. They pop up on FB all the time. It shouldn’t be any wonder a HOF coach can get fired here, surrounded by an environment of people who feel like they’ve always gotten the short end of the stick. (Please excuse me for my deviation of thought)

If I hadn’t favored Beard, I would have kept my mouth shut. Now watch IU pass on him and “University of Blue Blood” pick him up, winning more championships under his astute tutelage. You heard it here first, just as I warned everyone over a quarter-century ago when people here first started bitching about Knight supposedly losing his ability to relate to modern youth. I said, “Be careful what you wish for, for what you wish for may come back to bite your fat ass.” This bite in the ass, now fat, needs to come to past. Let’s end it with Chris Beard.

 

[mushroomgod_1]

You lost me when you said he has to embrace the culture. I think the current culture is a big part of the problem. I'd like to trade in the current culture for a brand new one complete with a bumper to bumper warranty.

I just mean fan friendly. The fans make this program. We can't have an introverted/aloof personality like Archie.

 

[mushroomgod_1]

McCollum. 1000%!

They are now 26 & 3 this year. Better than the last 2 years with Devries and his PoY son, and with 5 new starters.

I looked at their results. they win a lot of close games. On the year they avg 70.9 and give up 59.2. That shouldn't translate to 26-3.

They are +6 rebounding and defend the 3 well. They hit 6.8 3s at 36% and allow only 31%.

 

[Hoosier in SC]

Sniffing around, eh? You could be right. Perhaps they renegotiated his contract in order to lower/change the buyout, as Dolson did with Woody.

View embedded media

this was done last summer, he just got around to signing. not too uncommon.

 

[mushroomgod_1]

They are now 26 & 3 this year. Better than the last 2 years with Devries and his PoY son, and with 5 new starters.

I looked at their results. they win a lot of close games. On the year they avg 70.9 and give up 59.2. That shouldn't translate to 26-3.

They are +6 rebounding and defend the 3 well. They hit 6.8 3s at 36% and allow only 31%.

Here's some more on McCullom--

--The guy before him was there 20 years, won 66% of his games, but only made 1 E8 appearance, with no other Sweet 16 or further.

--McCollum was there 15 years, made the tourney 11/14 years (covid), and had 4 Sweet 16s and 4 NCs. He won 81% of his games.

--One thing I notice about him is that he wins a lot of games by 6-10 points. He was 4-0 in NC games and won 3 games by 10, 9, and 6 respectively. The other game was 80-54. We used to have a guy who won a lot of close games.


EDIT--Forgot to mention that Ben M. has finished 1st (10 times) or tied for 1st (2 times) 12 straight years.

 

[IUNorth]

Here's some more on McCullom--

--The guy before him was there 20 years, won 66% of his games, but only made 1 E8 appearance, with no other Sweet 16 or further.

--McCollum was there 15 years, made the tourney 11/14 years (covid), and had 4 Sweet 16s and 4 NCs. He won 81% of his games.

--One thing I notice about him is that he wins a lot of games by 6-10 points. He was 4-0 in NC games and won 3 games by 10, 9, and 6 respectively. The other game was 80-54. We used to have a guy who won a lot of close games.


EDIT--Forgot to mention that Ben M. has finished 1st (10 times) or tied for 1st (2 times) 12 straight years.

His ability to win all those close games, against his peers, is beyond impressive. As has been mentioned here ad nauseum... Is he willing and able to recruit enough talent to become "peers" with the top teams in the conference and country...because I feel strongly if he is, he'd also beat them at a similar rate to what he's beaten his D2 and MVC competition. And then would he be comfortable leading IU's program? He "wouldn't be in Iowa any more"... he'd have to embrace being IU's coach.

My gut tells me he'll be the next Iowa coach. And that if we don't get someone else really good, we'll grumble about how good Iowa will be, for years.