McCollum Interview
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Yes we do. What is also present here is the steam cooker. The one which broiled Archie to a crisp.
BM should be able to succeed here and if he's the guy I certainly hope that he does. My point is that Dolson would be taking a substantially larger risk with BM than a proven D1 coach.
I would love for Stevens, Few, Donovan to take the job. I agree that the chances of any of those are slim. Really slim.
"Proven" to do what? Get to a Final Four once in a career? Win the conference once in a while? Those "proven" coaches are a dime a dozen.
Hard to say if he would or would not he has no P5 experience we can look at and say he can handle a fishbowl. It really is just a guess just like it was with archie. I get everyone is in love with his D2 championships but it is a massive jump to a job like Indiana.
A job like Indiana hasn't been a job like Indiana for a very long time.
So true. It's very telling that right now a lot of IU fans are hoping for at least a 12 seed. Maybe even a play in game.
I loved it when he said, “if we have a good practice, then we have had a bad practice. We need to have a great practice!“
Please explain how this resume https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/andy-enfield-1.html is remotely the same as this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_McCollum
If you want a repeat of Crean, go ahead and hire Brownell, McDermott, Collins or Smart.
McDermott was fired from Iowa State after never having a winning season. If you like having seasons with double digit losses regularly, sure hire that guy.
I think mcdermott could go well here but not bronwell. Its possible mccollum could be good but we have no idea he could be a complete bust. I hope its someone else not even being mentioned honestly.
He's had a lot more success at Creighton. Not sure why that is, but most peeps get better at their jobs with more experience. Sometimes just a change of scenery is a big piece of the puzzle.
Comparing apples and oranges there a little bit. Nothing in the first link in regards to AE experience before his stint as a head coach at a small D1 school. So basically it is ignoring his time spent in the NBA as an assistant, or the time he spent at FSU, which some people COULD value more than a stellar D2 record.
Comparing the data on both of those entries more or less highlights what I'm trying to say. McCullum was obviously a standout coach on the D2 level. He has ONE year at D1 at DRAKE. That makes him somewhat of a high risk D1 P5 hire, just like AE was. While AE has not been a total washout by any means, I don't think his results at USC and SMU are what most IU fans are hoping for.
I can easily see McCullum having a career that parallels Steve Alford, AE or even Archie. He might be much more successful but he would be FAR from the only one who couldn't make the jump, if he doesn't.
In the context of this discussion, I would define "proven" as a coach who has demonstrated that he can recruit and compete, and has done so for many years (not one, not two, not even several) at a P5 D1 school. Maybe some of those coaches haven't achieved the success at those schools that we desire at IU, but Dolson is going to have to extrapolate their past achievements/qualifications into our current situation to decide if the candidate is a worthy hire.
It's guess work. My point is that a coach who hasn't been able to prove that on a D1 level is more of a risk than the ones who have.
I wish McCullom had another year under his belt at Drake and maybe a couple of years at a Washington or New Mexico.
I also wish Chris Beard didn't have that ugly night in Texas in his past.
I also wish that Brad Stevens' wife really wanted to move back to Indiana.
We can wish all we want, but the truth is, BM is a pretty decent risk at this point.
The coaches who meet your critera are not looking for a new job, other than perhaps Beard. We don't even know that McCullum is.
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