Chris Beard
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Not so sure about that. He is very interested in the Indiana job.
Several pundits disagree....They think Arizona for two reasons: IU and Zona are on the same level right now, around #10 as a coaching job....and, Zona's expectations (translated into contract stipulations) makes that job more attractive. Sean Miller is getting fired. Arizona is looking for his replacement to nail down before it happens. This makes sense to me....because Arizona is also looking at Beard.
Yes, we F'n are, if we're paying that salary, don't wont to ever hear it was a bad year in the transfer portal
The worst case scenario is IU and Arizona get into a bidding war over Chris Beard. If IU were to lose, just like Notre Dame did when competing with Florida for Urban Meyer....it would set the program back even more...just like it did at Notre Dame.
The coaching candidate the majority of this board
endorses should be avoided at all costs.
endorses should be avoided at all costs.
That's not why Notre Dame didn't land Urban Meyer. Wasn't because of money. Notre Dame wouldn't budge on their admission standards. Meyer wanted a certain number of exemptions every year and Notre Dame said not gonna happen.
I know Beard has a Final Four appearance. So does Mike Davis and Tom Crean. Beard grabbed some under rated players and they turned into good players. Is he lucky or good? I don't see enough to feel sure he can maintain a long run. Does Crean get credit for Dwayne Wade, Oladipo, Anunoby and Morgan? For every one of those there are more examples of Priller, April, Gelon and others. Time showed that Crean wasn't elite.
I've not seen Beard's team play often, Other than his one very good year, why would we hire him with a short history over someone else with a more extensive background?. I don't want to do this again in 4 years.
This isn't guaranteed. Can this coach win in the B1G with the talent he recruits at TT? That is all we can expect over time.
Beard took TT to the Elite 8 in 2018 (after arriving in 2016) and the final game losing to UVA in 2019. His NCAA tourney record is 9-3 and overall HC winning percentage is .711.
I slightly favor Musselman over Beard. But I will say that it is impressive to see what Beard has done in Lubbock. A lot more then Bob Knight did in Lubbock.
I think this is a huge issue that basically disqualifies him as a candidate. It's funny, sometimes we don't even consider the fact that coaches have families and significant others.
If it's true that he doesn't have primary custody of his kids, he's not leaving Texas. He will stay near his ex-wife and kids.
I'd love Beard, but I just can't see it happening.
Well, if his salary doubles and that doubles the child support for the ex - she might decide that a change of scenery would be welcome.
I am fine with Beard but his defenses are good just not excited about the offense. I want a coach that can get players to play both sides of the ball. If it’s Beard then I’m 100% supporting him. I’m not wanting a coach in his late 60’s that will be here for 5-10 years and be done. I want someone that turns this team into playing winning basketball and will be here 15-20 years or more.
Point is, it wasn't a bidding war. When Notre Dame wouldn't meet his demands on the exemptions from the admissions department, he moved on to Florida, where in his words "a plant could get in."
Nice try.....
Yeah he told them to be competitive they needed to lower there academic standards a little.
Point is there was no bidding war at the time between Notre Dame and Florida for Meyer.
And there will be no bidding war between Indiana and Arizona for Beard. If anyone it will be Indiana and Texas Tech trying to retain him.
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Chris Beard press conference when hired at TT
He referenced Bear Bryant leaving Texas A&M for Alabam....”mama Im coming home”!
Can we please go after a coach that loves IU?!! We have plenty of qualified candidates
He referenced Bear Bryant leaving Texas A&M for Alabam....”mama Im coming home”!
Can we please go after a coach that loves IU?!! We have plenty of qualified candidates
Coach Knight didn’t have the deep tournament run there but won 20+ games in 5 of 6 full seasons there including his first 4. Coach Beard has won 20+ games in 2 of 5 season. Lets not go overboard here.
Just to clarify. Not “the deep tournament” run. That would indicate only one. Beard went elite 8 and then final game in 2 consecutive years. I admired Knight at IU. But what Beard has done at TT there far exceeds what BK did.
In the tournament yes. But his overall results if carried over to IU would risk being Coach Creen all over again.
If the academic standards were lowered for kelly, can you image what Urban Meyer would have needed? Yikes.
No thanks. I know his record from all 5 years there. Appreciate the thought though.
Think ole Urban could have gotten Aaron Hernandez into Notre Dame??🤣🤣🤣
No roomin' with Tebow there.
He’s won 20+ games in 2 of the 3 years he has been there. The last two seasons haven’t been full seasons.
Well considering he's got a much better win% than Crean did with better jobs, and he makes t the tournament 83% of the time as opposed to Crean's 55% of the time at Marquette. Also has two deep tournament appearances to Crean's one, all of this without DWade and at worse jobs. I think you might want to check those results again.
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I’ll put it this way. If Chris Beard had Coach Knight’s TT resume, you’d be hard pressed to find anyone in Indiana who knew his name. Instead every rabid IU fan knows Beard’s name.
Beard wouldn’t get a sniff for a major program job if he had Coach Knight’s TT resume. So to say that Beard hasn’t far exceeded BK’s performance there is delusional.
I am not here to argue. Unlike you, I am not a right fighter. In fact I readily admit I might be wrong on Coach Beard. But anyone who sees that he has gone 6-12, 9-9, and 9-8 in 3 of his 5 years in conference and thinks that those results would fly long term at IU is fooling themselves. I am just saying it’s a risk.
You know damn well that the discussion is about the TT resumes. I made that clear. Of course Beard doesn’t compare based upon Coach Knight’s entire career.
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