IU coaching rumor of the day.
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oh, so now it's on to attack mode? lol
how is the wifi in the Steve Alford All-American Inn anyway? is that you in the pic?
We were ranked #3 in the country, beat Kansas and UNC...this year. That doesn't sound to me like a program in trouble, it sounds like a bad coaching job if you ask me.
I believe Alford is an upgrade from Crean. UCLA has committed a total of 9 turnovers in TWO NCAA tournament games? That is valuing the basketball. And UCLA runs the fast break when the opportunity is there, not all half court. So Alford and UCLA play fast but don't commit excessive turnover's like almost every Crean team does. And UCLA plays defense has a mixture of 4 year players and HS All-American one-and-dones. The perfect mix. I think UCLA may be the best NCAA tournament team, we will see. Alford has won several Conference Tournaments, Crean won 0, and IU has Never won the BTT. Which is embarrassing. Alford would recruit the state of Indiana better than anyone since RMK. That alone would be a major upgrade from Crean, Davis, Sampson. If Alford admitted he is interested in IU job then he is available. Alford would not leave for another position either making coaching stability a major selling pount. I do think Alford along with everyone in the top 8 candidates could lead IU to a National Title (Stevens, Donovan, Sean Miller, Marshall, Alford, Holtmann, Archie Miller, Bennett). I don't think Crean will ever win a National Title no matter where he goes. The other coaches I listed could all take IU to the Final Four and the NCAA Title game.Alford is on that list, he would be an upgrade from Crean.
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Your role here seems to be to tell everyone they don't know anything. You should've started with the mirror first. You are laughably ignorant and seemingly proud of it.
I have admitted that I don't know anything, it's guys like you and Hondo that state opinion as fact that are the issue
Those are some right serious consequences there, hondo . . . sure you can handle that?
Like I said, you don't know crapoh, so now it's on to attack mode? lol
how is the wifi in the Steve Alford All-American Inn anyway? is that you in the pic?
That's about what I expected. Is that really the best you can do? I don't want to sell you short.
You're welcome to leave if you find the board insufficient.
What's so funny about that? Glass said he was going to talk to coaches in the industry and get their opinions on prospective hires.
All merely top soil. None of that matters with a good coach. For who knows what reason, Crean seemed to convince the idiot media that every coach must suck rocks in their third year on the job if the "graduate transfer market" is bad. Puleeze. A good coach will have them playing the right way soon, and fans will notice whether it is related to personel if the wins aren't coming yet.
I think you're all about wrong...
I think Glass is going to look at the 'home run hires' (BS/BD) and if and when they say no (like BS has already supposedly), hes going to reach out too all your tier 2 guys Alford ,Marshall, Millers ...
I think there's a very real chance Alford could be the next hc,but I also think there's a very real chance he wont be.
If Alford does become the next coach, I think alot of you guys are going to jump to conclusions that Iu didnt exercise every avenue possible in searching for a coach, that they simply said no,including the tier two guys, or wasnt the right fit for whatever reasons we may never know...
I think Glass is going to look at the 'home run hires' (BS/BD) and if and when they say no (like BS has already supposedly), hes going to reach out too all your tier 2 guys Alford ,Marshall, Millers ...
I think there's a very real chance Alford could be the next hc,but I also think there's a very real chance he wont be.
If Alford does become the next coach, I think alot of you guys are going to jump to conclusions that Iu didnt exercise every avenue possible in searching for a coach, that they simply said no,including the tier two guys, or wasnt the right fit for whatever reasons we may never know...
Your vocabulary is expanding. I'm proud of you.
The person I spoke with didn't use the word "interview" and neither did I. What exactly are you arguing? This person said they "talked with" and "had discussions". Never anything about a formal interview of any kind.
He didn't talk with or have discussions with IU, either. He wanted to. He tried to. But he didn't.
I have less reason to believe you than the person I actually know...who actually worked for the AD at the time.
Then they dug up the bones of Red Auerbach and asked him if he wanted the job.
Red Auerbach is overrated... he never won anything without Bill Russell.
Lmao.... I don't think there is a need for Kerr or anyone else to vouch for Donovan as a fantastic coach. He was arguably one of the best the college game has ever seen.
Alford and his lead assistant Craig Neal were shocked that IU did not give them any consideration before the Sampson or Crean hire. They did not even get a sniff. The IU administration obviously wanted nobody with a Knight connection.
Reminds me a little of when UNC hired Matt Doherty. Didn't have the run Alford had but still had a promising year at ND.
IIRC, Dean didn't sign off on Doherty, but the AD wanted to move on from the grip of Dean and his hand picked successors. Interviewed Larry Brown out of respect for Dean, briefly considered a long shot in the Dean family who I can't remember, but wasn't having it with any of them, made some rumbling noises with Roy Williams who was still on good terms with the Kansas AD and then landed on Doherty
Doherty came in , got rid of a long time admin, changed up some stuff , alienated others and was intent on making it *his* program.
The rest is history as they say.
I think the biggest mistake a program and fan base can do with a coach is to believe that a coach who hasn't taken a team to a final four is going to be able to do it because your resources, recruiting, etc., will make him a better coach. Alford is at UCLA.
If he can't do it there, he ain't doing it at IU.
Now maybe this years team is it, but stats say they have a major Achilles heel with a defense that isn't in the top 25 of basketball.
If you believe in KenPom big data, UCLA's adjusted defense (100.2) is ranked at 77 while IU's adjusted defense (101.9) is ranked at 105 for 2016/2017.
Gonzaga has the #1 adjusted defense (87.5). Has IU reached out to Mark Few?
Mark Few has a very good thing going in Spokane. He loves the school, the team, and the town. The school, the team, and the town love him. Gonzaga has a better team than what IU has. If he comes to IU, as soon as he loses a game, the Hoosiers will be all over him. Why would he risk to come to IU and face all that crap from the fans? I don't see it.
He was all but signed until threats were made and Davis was hired. He had almost his whole staff put together.
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