Updating matters, I believe my favorite, Nate Oats is completely out of the picture. Reports are that he signed a new contact worth $3.7/year, with a huge buyout.
So I'd like to talk about coaching candidates who are still on the table, even if long shots. Here are the names I've seen, with a couple of comments:
--Musselman.....Crazy father, possibly a skeleton or two in the closet, but highly successful. Any one know if there's a buy out & how much?
--Matta.....Could he do it physically? Someone somewhere commented that Archie and Sean are both from his coaching tree, and he might not want to offend. Would love him if he could physically do it, but need to look at those doctor's records.
--Beilein.....Old, but could do 5 years with an understudy in place.
--Stevens...the Dream
--Beard....Call him.
--Drew.....,Probably not SD's guy. Too slick for someone that dates back to Knight. I'd love it though. Don't think SD has the balls to do it.
--Fife....Seems like a real possibility to me. SD's probably been around him a lot. Is that good or bad for his chances? I think he'd come if asked, with Izzo's blessing. Izzo knows how good the job is.
--Alford....Don't want it, but has to be a possibility. AJ asked SD who is on his "Mt Rushmore" of IU basketball. Steve was the first person he mentioned, then the rest of the '87 team.
--Moser...Don't know much about him.
--Rick Singletary....His name came up on HSN as someone a big donor was "vetting". Late of Mississippi State, now with Western Kentucky. By my measure, pretty successful (is MSU the worst basketball job in the SEC?), but 61 and seems far-fetched.
--Altman....Milk Toast, which probably would appeal to SD. He has a soft gig at Oregon. Doubt he'd leave for the BT dogfight.
Now......a little on AJ's interview with SD........Amazing that AJ did not ask the only question everyone is asking......what is the status of CAM? I wonder if SD asked him before the interview not to ask the question? Just seemed very odd. Anyway, it's still a good listen, whatever you think of SD......lots of talk about IU in the '80s.
AJ did ask a general question about the 'state of IU basketball'. SD responded with some mealy mouth platitudes, but I found interesting two words he did not use......namely "Archie" or "Miller".
I think this thing has gotten to be point where it's easier for SD to dump Archie than to keep him, assuming he can get boosters to pay a large portion or all of the expense.
So I'd like to talk about coaching candidates who are still on the table, even if long shots. Here are the names I've seen, with a couple of comments:
--Musselman.....Crazy father, possibly a skeleton or two in the closet, but highly successful. Any one know if there's a buy out & how much?
--Matta.....Could he do it physically? Someone somewhere commented that Archie and Sean are both from his coaching tree, and he might not want to offend. Would love him if he could physically do it, but need to look at those doctor's records.
--Beilein.....Old, but could do 5 years with an understudy in place.
--Stevens...the Dream
--Beard....Call him.
--Drew.....,Probably not SD's guy. Too slick for someone that dates back to Knight. I'd love it though. Don't think SD has the balls to do it.
--Fife....Seems like a real possibility to me. SD's probably been around him a lot. Is that good or bad for his chances? I think he'd come if asked, with Izzo's blessing. Izzo knows how good the job is.
--Alford....Don't want it, but has to be a possibility. AJ asked SD who is on his "Mt Rushmore" of IU basketball. Steve was the first person he mentioned, then the rest of the '87 team.
--Moser...Don't know much about him.
--Rick Singletary....His name came up on HSN as someone a big donor was "vetting". Late of Mississippi State, now with Western Kentucky. By my measure, pretty successful (is MSU the worst basketball job in the SEC?), but 61 and seems far-fetched.
--Altman....Milk Toast, which probably would appeal to SD. He has a soft gig at Oregon. Doubt he'd leave for the BT dogfight.
Now......a little on AJ's interview with SD........Amazing that AJ did not ask the only question everyone is asking......what is the status of CAM? I wonder if SD asked him before the interview not to ask the question? Just seemed very odd. Anyway, it's still a good listen, whatever you think of SD......lots of talk about IU in the '80s.
AJ did ask a general question about the 'state of IU basketball'. SD responded with some mealy mouth platitudes, but I found interesting two words he did not use......namely "Archie" or "Miller".
I think this thing has gotten to be point where it's easier for SD to dump Archie than to keep him, assuming he can get boosters to pay a large portion or all of the expense.