I'm obviously a big fan of his. I hope Dolson is seeing all this, and at this point, I hope he's experienced conversations directly with Coach McCollum...AND I hope he's an AD that is able to look beyond some of the stuff the host referenced with "most" AD's these days...and is willing to embrace the mentality and culture that Coach McCollum would bring to IU.
Such BS. He had that lob city team that everyone was excited about. He didn't have ALL the easily transferable, verifiable, success with his approach and principles that McCollum has.
Can you imagine someone at IU, that truly has that ability and that approach? We'd literally have rosters chalked full of Victor Olidiopos, every year. It wouldn't be some sort of diamond in the rough accidental luck...
I hope Brownell is a smoke screen. Like someone else said, if it's really down to Brownell and McCollum, let's get Brownell a raise at Clemson and sign McCollum.
I don't put a lot of weight on IU's "resources" being a difference maker for a coach with a long record. Woodson had every resource he wanted (and some that he rejected) and what good did it do? If a guy can coach, he'll show it using whatever resrouces he has.
I agree with that. Brownell has had access to a D1 level talent pool for 15 years. I guess its possible the new portal dynamics have changed things for him. His last few Clemson teams point to that being a possibility. But I don't think the first 12 Clemson teams can be ignored. That shows his process, talent evaluation, etc... are flawed... at least with elite, championship level expectations as the reference point. There are tons of examples of traditional football schools rising up and having elite success, tons of non traditional basketball schools becoming elite... he had those same opportunities at Clemson.
And McCollum has been doing that at previous stops. Now get him more resources to leverage and let him keep grinding through the process, but now at a higher level to achieve results. Woodson wasn't very interested in leveraging the resources he had (as you note) in an effort to achieve results, so they were wasted.
You should be nicer.
No, he isn't this year's Enfield. You are clueless to the accomplishments of McCollum. Enfield was more like an Archie Miller. He had one run in the tournament where he caught lightening in a bottle and cash it in for big money.
One could make that argument, but I don't think many people would buy into it.
I disagree. I think Woodson lost resources (McNeely, Haralson, Mullins) due to his lack of coaching prowess. Whether that be in his actual recruitment of players (rumors of calling people by their wrong names, not keeping in contact with prospects) or just by running a crappy offense, I think CMW squandered a good opportunity here.
Then you're not open to critically thinking about what's new these days, what's working these days, how to tackle and manage the NIL and portal dynamics better these days. Which is fine. I hope Dolson is more open to considering it.
I would agree -- I more meant that Woodson had pretty much all the resources he would need to get players like that, but he missed on them for reasons that had to do with his approach and effort, he was not constrained by lack of resources.
I'm not bagging on McCullum but the fact is, he hasn't done it in D1 with the exception of this year. One could easily make a sensible argument that DeVries had him set up for this year's success. The guy might turn out to be dynamite at the D1 level but it's big risk. We see it almost every single year. I acknowledge his dominance at D2 but at IU he would be in a big-time spotlight and in a whole different situation than what he's in now. Risk, plain and simple.
What did DeVries do to "set him up"? Nearly the entire Drake team from the prior year left. DeVries as not overly helpful to McCollum in the transition.
You keep saying you could make an argument, so I'll bite.
I'm not in the "we can't risk it" camp. If we are in this position 4 years from now, it would suck but it wouldn't be much different than what we are facing today. All I'm saying is there is more inherent risk with the up and coming hot name of the year and they seem to be out there every single year.
That is the big elephant in the room with BB. That is why I think McDermott is a better candidate (if he's interested). If BB is being interviewed, I'm sure a lot of the focus would be just that; for him to explain if he has turned it around, if so, why/how and can how can he assure that his teams would look like his teams of the past two years and not the previous 13.
I bet we could get beard or will wade but both also have risk. IU wont touch them but what is the difference really we could be doing this all over again in four years anyway with mccollum or Bronwell. Wade and Beard imo would have to do something off the court to not make it past four years.
I said that a sensible argument could be made, not that I was making it, but for you, I will give it a shot. Definitely not a stretch after I've seen some of the other angles being played on this board in the past.
Its amusing to see how many failing coaches that are being compared to Ben McCollum.....who hasn't failed anywhere he's been.
There is risk with ANY coach. Jimmy Johnson couldn't replicate what he did in Dallas once he got to Miami. Not even close.
Indiana already has all of that at much higher level than Drake, so if that's your argument he should be able to succeed here too.
I don't disagree with you there. I don't believe we're going to get a proven D1 coach though, so if it's really down to Brownell or McCollum, that's why I say take the chance on McCollum rather than a D1 coach who has been on the hot seat at a football school.
I see it changing. I see programs implementing Program Directors, if you will, just for a certain program (basketball vs football). That's the way this thing is going and I think it's necessary.
In the interview posted in the OP, he talks about adjusting his style of play to fit what needs to be done this year in order to win. Basically, he's saying he doesn't have the horses to run and needs to value every possession to win.
