it's been fun, almost exhausting, to follow that thread. But the wind has changed directions on that thread so many times, it's reached the point of just entertainment. Brad Stevens himself could join the thread and say he's coming, and I wouldn't believe it. Strictly for amusement now.
my head will explode if I see one more meme of a large white whale.
Anyone who has been a head coach for that long is what his record says he is. He won't do substantially better because we have more "resources." Look at Woodson. Good coaches find a way to win with what they have.
Offer JW a Saban deal: he'll always be the highest paid coach.
ACC is terrible. But Duke finished 17-1. Who was the one? Clemson made an E8 last year and is following up with one of their best years in history. I can’t believe we are that elitist as a fan base considering we have basically sucked for 30 years
I don't know. I like Coach May a lot
The fan base doesn't want to go from mediocre to above average!
He's done some impressive things recently, to be sure. But he's been on the hot seat at Clemson (once for sure, maybe twice). Good coach, but I don't think he's a better candidate than guys like Cronin, Collins, and the like ... many of whom fans don't want. I focus more on his entire body of work.
Brownell is not in the same ballpark as Painter or Gard. Brownell is a safe mediocre hire, nothing more nothing less. He will have IU wading in the middle of the Big 10 for years.
His last three season records are pretty good and made the elite 8 last year. He’s also at a school that isn’t exactly known for bball. Let’s see what he does in this tournament. He’s also in the top 10 this year. There are worse hires out there.
Being an Evansville native, I like Brad Brownell and think he is a pretty good coach. Was a good assistant under Jim Crews at UE. But I’m sure he is plenty aware of the expectations of IU basketball/fans. He might be very comfortable at Clemson (doing well also), and not want to start over. Clemson’s location is definitely better than Bloomington too. He would probably do fairly well at IU, but I personally dont think he would be interested.
You may rather have 12 other choices instead of this guy, but not all 12 would prove to be a better pick. Brownell is a bright guy and a solid coach. If all 12 of your hypothetical choices got to coach the same team next season, I bet Brownell would be top 3 or 4 in performance. And he could be 1 or 2. He’s good.
High floor for sure. I don’t thing the ceiling would be that low, especially with IU’s NIL $. Brownell can coach.
I have no idea who the one was? I'm going to assume Clemson? IU sucks and we beat MSU at MSU, miracles do happen.
speaking of whales.....Are you in town looking for mansions with Billy Donovan and Mark Few?
I'm wrapping up deals with Spoelstra and Hurley to serve as assistants. I heard there was a cool cigar clubhouse we could use?
wow, boosters really ponying up big for this one. Can't wait. We'll win the summer in April this year.
We wouldn’t have even considered him if he wasn’t connected to the university.
I haven't given up on Dusty but UM has played like dogshit since he signed his extension.
I gave up on him when his name was being lobbed around here. He’s mini-Crean.
does he mouth kiss his teenage son in public? Still can't get that image out of my head.
He got a couple key transfers but he had a lot of really tight wins, which I guess is good, but he cratered down the stretch. I know people on this board have a huge infatuation with him and people are all gonna have their candidate that they really like. I just keep thinking about his first four years as a head coach at FAU.
Not any more. This year he is a media darling and poster boy for the NCAA. Not much sticks to Rick.
I am extrapolating what I think he could do at IU. I think he would have similar success over time as either of these two. I could be wrong.
Hope for better results than what Painter has accomplished at Purdue?? I'm not going to go back and look up how many conference C-ships he's won in the past 10 years, or how many top 10 teams he's beaten in the past 10 years, but how many coaches are out there that we can expect those results from? Hell I would LOVE to have a Donovan, Few or Stevens, but that isn't likely to happen and it's gonna take a name like that to get "better than Painter-like results".
