Checks all the boxes (except for buyout?) I know his name has been bandied around here for a while. Will need to find him a mini-farm for his miniature donkeys.
Grant McCasland.
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I heard he likes to drink beer after wins.
I also heard he gets angry after losing.
No thanks! Indiana University is better than that!
I also heard he gets angry after losing.
No thanks! Indiana University is better than that!
Anybody who has to live in Lubbock probably needs to have a beer at times.
One of 4-5 guys, that are somewhat realistic possiblities I would think, that I would love if IU got.
Drinking beer is a big big no no. Woodson drinks wine which i guess is ok. But no beer!!!
Yea and he celebrates losses with it and cigars with buddies.
He is a native Texan. I don’t see him leaving that state.
I do.
If Self retired tomorrow I think McCasland would probably crawl on his hands and knees from Lubbock to Lawrence. Maybe to Chapel Hill as well if UNC hadn’t extended Davis.
The last thing IU should be doing is to artificially limit itself in terms of the candidate pool for its next BB coach.
I don't get why anyone would give a flying f*ck what he does anywhere except the gym and the arena? What do you want him to do, cry like you lil B's or publicly flagellate himself ..
Seriously, some of you are really strange ..
Great coaches would have been in the office watching film and figuring out what went wrong.
Someone too lazy to make the required effort to recruit Mullins go to the mancave to drink and smoke cigars with buddies.
And you shouldn’t be calling someone else strange.
Not sure why people say this. It may be a factor, who knows? I'm a native Hoosier and have lived in OH, NC and SC and I have many friends here from out of state. What's the top reason people move out of state? Careers. Now, Bob McKillop was a native NJite and he decided he loved Davidson and never left, despite many opportunities, but being from a state can be, but is rarely a draw big enough to turn away career opportunities.
Fair point, but as a 48 year old, he's either been in Texas or gravitated back to it very quickly, his entire life. In the past 20 years, he's spent exactly one year outside of Texas, and that was in Arkansas.
Fair point, but has he ever been presented with the opportunity to coach at a school like IU?
Honestly though...another variable that we have no way of knowing...how does he even view IU, and the IU job? Most of us assume IU is universally viewed as some "Blue Blood", ultimate destination level job? I think it probably is for some, but probably isn't for some. How he feels about IU, more so than what everyone else writes or says about IU, would probably have a lot to do with whether he'd leave his home area for IU.
Same question for any of the candidates that don't have IU ties or connections.
What kind of options outside Texas has he had that were better along his path. TT has a really good bball environment so maybe he likes it there. I can't see the attraction to being in Lubbock though from it being an at home scenario. Texas is big so Lubbock is ways from Dallas to Waco corridor where he grew up then went to college. UNT is in Dallas area and he left there to go to middle of nowhere Lubbock. I'd bet he would at least listen. Pretty easy to get in and out of Dallas airport.
This guy has an impressive resume. He would be at the top of my list. Wins everywhere he goes and has been an assistant at a top program. Similar to Cignetti on the football side.
Seems unlikely to me. He’s spent one year in the past 20 outside of the state of Texas. But he’d be a nice hire.
Perhaps the most impressive part besides the high ranking, great shooting and sticky d, is an obviously tough mentality with his team…TT has road wins at Houston, KU, K State, and BYU!! That’s not luck!! Their D on KU’s last couple possessions was of the nut up and close out variety!!!
I doubt this guy’s team has many letdowns like we’ve seen in recent years to get blown out by 25 on a regular basis.
AND, I’ve always felt Southern Indiana needs more mini donkeys!!
I doubt this guy’s team has many letdowns like we’ve seen in recent years to get blown out by 25 on a regular basis.
AND, I’ve always felt Southern Indiana needs more mini donkeys!!
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I mentioned in another thread that McCasland is impressive because he won tourneys with North Texas which means he had his guys playing well and playing together at the end of seasons. Any time you can get a team to gel and win something it boosts the program. He's done that more than once and now he is competing, like Dusty May is, in a big conference. Pretty solid candidate.
Texas is a better job than TT is...but IF, the Texas/South geography isn't as big a concern as some have reported it is... Indiana is a better overall job, for a couple different reasons.
1. Emphasis and focus on bball at IU is higher than at UT.
2. Currently, it'd be "easier" to thrive in the B10 than it would be in the SEC.
3. Winning big at IU would make him a legend across all of college bball, not just at IU. Much less so at UT.
Having said all that...I would fully expect McCasland to be the next Texas coach here in a few weeks time.
Yeh, those are pretty flimsy reasons. Leaving Lubbock is one thing but if the guy is married to staying in the state, it don't get much better than Austin. Whether Texas does it or not they can match NIL that IU puts out and have brand new arena. I don't think it would be easier to thrive in Big 10, Big 12, ACC or SEC over the course of time. This year yes. SEC is really good.
I think you look around each conference and see the coaching lineups...and for the foreseeable future, the B10 is decidedly weaker in that area than the SEC is.
Nah...its not. Its a good job, for sure. And maybe the fact that its a distant second fiddle to football, is a good thing in some ways... But I'd guess only a disgruntled IU fan, maybe a Purdue fan, would say the UT job is better than the IU job.
Don't buy the "he's tied to an area" argument much. It happens, but realistically is rarely a factor. These guys are competitive and want to be at the top of their profession. That almost always involves moving and someone who chooses to stay at a school or area is a rarity. Now, I do think in this particular season, it's reasonable to think UT might be making overtures and talking to him as well, but thinking a guy isn't moving because he's been in a particular area most of his career is generally not the case.
Self, Izzo, Jay Wright, Hurley....all have pretty much stayed in one neck of the woods.
Yeah, I don't think that's something we could ever really know. There are enough examples both ways that its truly a case by case type thing. And heck, there's something to be said that if he and his family like their little ranch in the Lubbock area, that he has them as a top 10 team/program...why leave there for any where else right now? Interview at IU and Texas, get another couple mill per year out of it all at TT... and stay.
Texas Tech, while it is similar to a Purdue type program, isn't as lowly as FAU was, or Drake... they're "close enough" that it wouldn't be unheard of for him to stay there.
After all of our dreams are crushed, the coach I would feel most comfortable with would be Chris Collins. He gets the most out of his players. He won't be caught off guard by the weight of the job. If we have to use the phrase "what he could do with our resources "
Just because they did, doesn't mean they wouldn't have been open to moving. Self was at Tulsa, IL and KU, so he's moved around to 3 states, so don't even think he belongs. I'm just saying, that's no reason not to pursue him. If he's not interested, you'll know soon enough.
I’m pretty certain that McCasland and May did not face off against each other 9 times,
I think it was 5. A couple seasons were cut short due to COVID and they did not play each other, although I think that May picked up 3 of 4 wins the last 2 seasons he had against North Texas in the head to head.
McCasland left for Texas Tech at the start of the 23-24 season and May was still at FAU that year.
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