McCollum

[ndhuntington]

Absolutely no you need to listen to the pod great breakdown..

 

[CriticArisen]

Absolutely no you need to listen to the pod great breakdown..

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Nice podcast and agree completely with their analysis of McCollum’s risk so of course I think it’s a good podcast.

 

[CriticArisen]

Absolutely no you need to listen to the pod great breakdown..

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If Cronin has a first or second round loss this year my bet is he will be on the hot seat. He didn’t even make the tourney last year and UCLA’s history doesn’t show they have a lot of tolerance for two consecutive down tournament seasons. Maybe different now if they are short on money and with his contract but at least there will be a lot of unhappy people.

They are a program that expects deep runs, a blue blood program.

 

[hoosier48]

What is McCollum's buyout? does hiring him leave more money for NIL?

 

[IUNorth]

What is McCollum's buyout? does hiring him leave more money for NIL?

Can't imagine its much of anything, since he's at Drake? And it shouldn't have any impact on NIL, good or bad, I wouldn't think.

Drake is a private university...but a guess would be he's making in the ball park of 1 million per year...with a buyout, at this point, in the 2 ish million range.

 

[4IUSox2]

IU hires McCollum or Iowa does and the dominate IU for years.

Iowa already has a good start on that with Woody’s last four years. 😕

 

[ANOTHERBANNERYEAR]

One thing Cig and RMK had in common is zero tolerance for lack of effort. Don’t box out, or take your time getting back on defense, one time, Knight would give you some bench time to think about it.

BINGO!! A real coach is going to keep a player in their seat if they don’t bring effort. I want a great coach as well as a challenging coach.

 

[ANOTHERBANNERYEAR]

i think many on this board look at McCollum and see another Archie Miller. i look at McCollum and see a young Bob Knight.

Yep, just like coach K, from what I’ve read about coach McCollum, he makes sure all the players play the right way… not just sometimes but ALL the time. Archie knew basketball, but it didn’t seem like he could get his players to have his enthusiasm about the game.

 

[kmathum]

Agreed. I honestly don't think its realistic he'll be the choice. And if it ends up being Beard, May, McCasland, or obviously one of the more proven elite guys... I won't bat an eye at it.

I'm just worried we end up getting a guy like Brownell, or maybe Matta even, just because he's been at a P4 school. And we'll watch Iowa become a B10 contender with him, and be left wondering what McCollum would have done at IU. We know that Brownell would make IU "Big10" good. But I'd fear that'll be his ceiling. I fear Dolson will go for a "proven" P4 guy...but part of that "proven"...is that he has proven he isn't a great coach.

I only see 3 can't misses on our list. Brad, Pearl and Pitino. Sure fire winners. After that it's all a toss up. All are gambles to a certain degree.