Hypocritical to support Beard now but never Alford?

[OldStAndrewsHoosier]

For those of you who always used the Pierre Pierce ordeal to eliminate Alford from consideration - are you okay with Beard's baggage?

 

[IUHoopster]

For those of you who always used the Pierre Pierce ordeal to eliminate Alford from consideration - are you okay with Beard's baggage?

Interesting take. I don't want Alford as he is 100+ wins at 4 schools but has only been as far as the Sweet 16 and was forced out at UCLA mid-season for subpar performance. Is he Matt Painter-esque (strong Xs & Os, post season eludes him...mostly), I don't know, but Alford has been solid but not much more than that.

 

[jet812]

For those of you who always used the Pierre Pierce ordeal to eliminate Alford from consideration - are you okay with Beard's baggage?

Alford is middling as a coach, forget about Pierre Pierce…

 

[BCCHoosier]

For those of you who always used the Pierre Pierce ordeal to eliminate Alford from consideration - are you okay with Beard's baggage?

His lack of success disqualifies him.

 

[IUNorth]

I think how he handled PP issues probably did disqualify him from consideration. Until recently, his resume was worth IU's consideration. And we've hired what, 4 coaches since the PP incident. You'd think, at some point, he would have been a serious contender.

 

[Grateful Redbeard]

Beard's actions were worse imo. We don't need a saint as our HC, but we can't hire a man who hit a woman or a guy that tried to make a sexual assault go away. We might have been down for the last 30 years, but we will never sink that low (hopefully).