Brad Stevens not a candidate

[IUgradman]

He asked what do other schools have that IU doesn’t. IU has elite facilities. UNC identified Doherty and Davis as good coaches. UK identified Gillespie as a good coach. L’ville identified Payne as a good coach. Archie, Crean, and Sampson all had better resumes when IU than those coaches when they were hired by their respective schools. I for one would not want UNC’s or UK’s or L’ville’s administration to choose IU’s next bball coach.

Why not? Pat Kelsey and Mark Pope look like good hires so far.

IU’s facilities are OK but nothing like what some other schools have.

 

[Hoosier_Phenom]

Yeah! People need to stop mentioning him every time there’s a HC opening at Indiana. I wouldn’t ask him ever again. Focus on guys that want the position.

 

[abraxis]

Get ready for Randy Wittman, folks! IU is not a destination job for top coaches. Bob Knight was Indiana basketball. The program died when he left. There is nothing institutionally that creates an environment for coaches to have success, unlike a Kansas or Kentucky.

Steve Alford has a closing window of opportunity here.

 

[sobester]

Get ready for Randy Wittman, folks! IU is not a destination job for top coaches. Bob Knight was Indiana basketball. The program died when he left. There is nothing institutionally that creates an environment for coaches to have success, unlike a Kansas or Kentucky.

Being turned down by Brad Stevens in no way means IU is not a destination job.

 

[Warison]

Steve Alford has a closing window of opportunity here.

Yea … that opportunity closed when he went to Iowa and sh!t the bed 100 years ago.

 

[asindc]

Being turned down by Brad Stevens in no way means IU is not a destination job.

I appreciate you stating the obvious.

 

[asindc]

Well, it was in direct response to a post saying the opposite. It wasn’t just a random thought.

Understood.

 

[sobester]

Understood.

My bad. I took your post the wrong way. I deleted it.

 

[Big Red Crimson Buffalo]

Technically...he forwarded on something he heard from sources from another source. I don't think there's a direct quote from Stevens saying he has zero interest in IU job, or that he isn't considering it. Just that he's happy in Boston.

His wife and daughter run the show and they want nothing to do with B-town.
He was never a serious candidate. They’ve asked him 2x before and Tracy and Kelsey said “hell no are we moving back there.”

 

[Hoosier in SC]

Hubert Davis?

Guy will probably lose his job soon.

Yeah, that is what the fans are calling for, 2 years from taking them to the championship game (would've won if Bacot hadn't got hurt). Coaches life span gonna get smaller every year. Thought process is you can turn program around in 1 year with right coach & NIL purchases. (Except for IU BB)

 

[Hoosier in SC]

Get ready for Randy Wittman, folks! IU is not a destination job for top coaches. Bob Knight was Indiana basketball. The program died when he left. There is nothing institutionally that creates an environment for coaches to have success, unlike a Kansas or Kentucky.

Yep, all fell apart from his departure. A smooth transition to another good coach may have preserved the program, kept a winning tradition.

 

[rocketo]

Should have fired Woodson last year and hired May. Maybe still a chance, but that’s who I have been wanting. We will probably hire some rando BS coach. Or a proven mediocre. We haven’t been good at this.

 

[IUgradman]

Should have fired Woodson last year and hired May. Maybe still a chance, but that’s who I have been wanting. We will probably hire some rando BS coach. Or a proven mediocre. We haven’t been good at this.

Randy Wittman

 

[Thcgh]

Hire Chris Beard. Take the pr heat and move on. IU has been irrelevant for 30 years.

If the powders that be aren’t completely incompetent or intentionally avoiding a powerhouse program again they would without a doubt hire Beard.

 

[kraft cheese+macaroni]

And administration that is willing to hire a coach with an ounce of baggage.

Kelvin Sampson says hi

 

[kraft cheese+macaroni]

Elite facilities and an administration that knows how to identify and hire good coaches.

Elite facilities at UK and KU? YFKM?

 

[kraft cheese+macaroni]

If the powders that be aren’t completely incompetent or intentionally avoiding a powerhouse program again they would without a doubt hire Beard.

Choke that hoe!

 

[sobester]

He asked what do other schools have that IU doesn’t. IU has elite facilities. UNC identified Doherty and Davis as good coaches. UK identified Gillespie as a good coach. L’ville identified Payne as a good coach. Archie, Crean, and Sampson all had better resumes when IU than those coaches when they were hired by their respective schools. I for one would not want UNC’s or UK’s or L’ville’s administration to choose IU’s next bball coach.

Not sure Gillespie couldn’t have been a really good coach. He had a lot of personal issues.

 

[Thcgh]

Choke that hoe!

We’ve been choking for 25+ years. Hire the solution or quit pretending we give a shit.

 

[demunn]

So tired of Stevens coming up. Nice guy successful college coach accomplished in NBA (not a fan) but he obviously could care less about IU. Great for him to engineer an NBA championship but really sick of him being regarded as the Next Coming. Boeheim accomplished more in CBB and there's no way I'd ever want Boeheim.

 

[Warison]

Randy Wittman

You’re officially an idiot. I’ve always read you as a whiny little bandwagon b!tch. But now you’ve secured yourself as an idiot.

 

[ulrey]

Hire Chris Beard. Take the pr heat and move on. IU has been irrelevant for 30 years.

 

[kraft cheese+macaroni]

We’ve been choking for 25+ years. Hire the solution or quit pretending we give a shit.

Get his sack out of your esophagus

 

[Thcgh]

Get his sack out of your esophagus

Just like to be relevant again…. It’s been a while

 

[Al Bino]

Elite facilities and an administration that knows how to identify and hire good coaches.

I don't think our facilities are that bad and I don't think they are the problem especially now with NIL, otherwise we don't get Ware, Ballo and several others.

We don't know how Dolson will do with this hire IF he is not interfered with.
He did pretty good on his own with his football hire.

I will go with my second option, you just like to bitch.

 

[kkott]

The institutional ineptitude of the administration is what holds IU back. The administration hired bad coaches. The administration neglected facilities upgrades for too long.

Good grief Chicken Little: take a break and go for a walk or something.

 

[kkott]

IU has elite facilities

don't know about elite. Competitive maybe?

 

[IndyMitchell]

Due diligence starts with getting turned down by Brad Stevens...and fortunately....for the last time. IU doesn't need to kiss the ring any more.....Two things haven't happened since RMK was fired: IU hasn't hired the right coach and Brad Stevens isn't coaching at Indiana. When Stevens said IU was his dream job....he was taken way too seriously. A compliment isn't a marriage proposal. Now hire the best available high level coach who wants the job.

If Stevens is out, AD Dolson needs to decide if May or Beard is the better coach. I give the small edge to Beard. However, I could see either doing well.

People like Rabjohns of peegs need to quit dismissing Beard like they know all about him and whatever happened with his ex.