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.
Brad Stevens not a candidate
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IU’s facilities are OK but nothing like what some other schools have.
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.
Being turned down by Brad Stevens in no way means IU is not a destination job.
Yea … that opportunity closed when he went to Iowa and sh!t the bed 100 years ago.
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.”
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)
Yep, all fell apart from his departure. A smooth transition to another good coach may have preserved the program, kept a winning tradition.
If the powders that be aren’t completely incompetent or intentionally avoiding a powerhouse program again they would without a doubt hire Beard.
Not sure Gillespie couldn’t have been a really good coach. He had a lot of personal issues.
We’ve been choking for 25+ years. Hire the solution or quit pretending we give a shit.
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.
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.
Just like to be relevant again…. It’s been a while
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.
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.
It's the national media, too. I've read a few times how "Indiana isn't going to mess w that" from national writers.
Ole Miss can do it b/c nobody gives a shit about much of anything down there. God. Guns. Football. Dixie. Brett Fare ripping poor people off doesn't even bother people down there, and THEY ARE THE POOREST STATE IN THE US.
Indiana is a research school w med and law schools...hospitals...internationally renowned in many areas (music, education, dentistry, journalism, etc.). Kelley.
IU isn't Ole Miss. Just sayin'.
And hiring a guy who allegedly battered his wife b/c he was drunk needs to come w serious contrition and 100% sobriety, full stop.
I doubt IU hires him, though.
Indiana isn’t much different than Mississippi politically. They vote close to the same.
Exactly. I'm an Auburn alum and Indiana raised. I live in Alabama. Alabama is as close to Mississippi as you're going to get without being in Mississippi. Our politics are similar to Indians but Alabamians just don't GAF as long as you're 'a god fearing man' and can coach football. There just isn't much concern for ethics or morals.
There’s a direct correlation between “God, guns and country” mentality and how people vote. Mississippi may be a little more so, but not enough to affect coaching hires. Individual university administrations may be different though.
Politics has nothing to do with it. Even if it did....IU's politics aren't the same as the state in general. This comes down to the university's image....and whether or not the coaching prospect compliments that image or not. Bob Knight was considered a "bully" by many in the university and the media (accurate or not). I think IU is a bit gun shy about hiring anyone who might be considered a "bully"....especially when there is a female on the receiving end of it. In Beard's case....there is also an element of "recency". The event in question happened just shy of 3 years ago. That isn't alot of time to distance him from it media-wise. I am not providing an opinion on whether or not Beard should be hired....Rather, hilighting the rub of his candidacy.
That’s fair. I was just disputing the “God, guns and country” comment that made it sound like Indiana was so much more progressive than Mississippi. I don’t know enough about the individual administrations to have an informed opinion.
Right. That's one reason why Beard will never fly here. There'd be protests in the streets.
I’m just not sure that the town the school is located in makes that much difference. I live in ATL and I don’t get the impression the very liberal Athens has much say about UGA. Again, obviously individual administrations obviously do.
