You realize that Pam is GOP right? And you realize that the trustees are appointed by, formerly Holcomb and now Braun.
Pretty ridiculous comment.
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Pretty ridiculous comment.
It's getting much COOLER in here. Unless GOP are the initials of a coaching candidate, this thread seems a bit misplaced.
I didn't bring it up. Merely pointed it out as stupid and why it was stupid.
I'm not singling out anyone. Anyway, at one time or another, we've all brought a cooler to a hoops forum. No biggie.
Here's an interesting take from Rick Pitino a couple of weeks ago:
"Recently, in an interview with Pardon My Take, he called what is happening now in college basketball a “carbon-copy” of what happens in EuroLeague.
“I like it because I spent 10 years in the pros, and to me, it’s almost a carbon copy of the Euroleague,” Pitino said. “The Euroleague, if you sign a player for two years, that’s a long time. So it’s really a one-year contract. You’re getting different players every year. And that’s the way it [is] with us.”"
The conventional days of searching for a "winner" are over, thanks to NIL and the portal. IU needs a younger version of Rick Pitino, skillwise, who can hit the ground running.....build the plane while its taking off of the runway.....and stock the roster with championship ready talent. Who fits that bill?
"Recently, in an interview with Pardon My Take, he called what is happening now in college basketball a “carbon-copy” of what happens in EuroLeague.
“I like it because I spent 10 years in the pros, and to me, it’s almost a carbon copy of the Euroleague,” Pitino said. “The Euroleague, if you sign a player for two years, that’s a long time. So it’s really a one-year contract. You’re getting different players every year. And that’s the way it [is] with us.”"
The conventional days of searching for a "winner" are over, thanks to NIL and the portal. IU needs a younger version of Rick Pitino, skillwise, who can hit the ground running.....build the plane while its taking off of the runway.....and stock the roster with championship ready talent. Who fits that bill?
Gregg Popovich! It's a "go", other than health issues.
I know his middle name is Charles but a capital C is very close to a capital O.
I really appreciate you sharing a few more details of what you have heard about this confrontation and all the allegations. It does make more sense that this was a moment of insanity and not a guy that gets his thrills from hurting women.
I have respected him as a coach for about six or seven years now. The things that he has been able to do with less talent is pretty remarkable. For years now, I have hoped that IU would be lucky enough to get a coach like him. I guess that’s why I keep posting on this thread. I’m still hopeful Scott and Pam are willing to hire him if they think he’s the best coach. I personally feel he is a better coach and program fit than Drew, May, Cronin or any of the others that are mentioned.
And I hope that is how Dolson is working on this search right now. Maybe this time the President and other “board” members will allow Dolson to use his expertise and do HIS job.
I agree and it’s unfortunate. IU has always gotten in their own way. Beard would kill it at IU
Research? Kraft and Zeke don't need no stinkin' research... or facts. They know what they feel, and those are the only facts they need!
I'm guessing Kraft has never seen a woman in a drunken fit of rage, but imagining a 6' college athlete, you would have to defend yourself by laying hands on her or you're going to get injured.
Now, on to new subjects, I'd be in for a pay per view of watching Ms Trew in a drunken rage battle Kraftie and see how he does not laying hands on her.
Might take a little longer in college basketball for a coach to develop a program. But I believe there are only 2 out there that would (or should I say will) be able to do it at IU. GO HOOSIERS!!
Chris Beard is the basketball version of Cignetti
I don't trust the process Jim. Handing a list of preferred traits to a search firm so they run it through a series of algorithms mightve worked for the football coaching job, but the intangibles required to survive as IUs basketball coach is a completely different animal.
You are overly influenced by your job. You have quickly labeled him without knowing the facts. Not just a police report but the reality of their relationship and her previous scuffles at TTU with others.
My little league baseball coach lost his teaching and coaching job and about ten years of his life from a false accusation from a fourth grade girl. After graduating from high school the girl admitted her dad hated the man and encouraged her in the accusation that he knew was false.
Even after the truth come out it was too little too late for my coach and friend.
That is interesting. I don't know but the guy at Florida, Golden/Gulden?, is young and a winner.
I can promise you, with almost no doubt at all, that no matter how many times you post about him that he’s not going to **** you or let you blow him.
The search firm is not hiring our basketball coach. You don’t understand the process.
No they don't. The prosecutor decides whether to file charges, or dismiss them. The alleged victim is just a witness in the case. But when the alleged victim basically announces she's going to be a defense witness, and her testimony is the State's only direct evidence of what happened, the prosecutor's choices generally boil down to either losing the trial publicly or dismissing the case. They usually choose dismissal.
You sure seem infatuated with the idea of blowing guys. It's OK, I think this is a safe space; you be you.
Only one way to find out. I don't think he's paid a ton (that might change after this year!) or has a ridiculous buyout. If you think he's the guy, go after him. We did OK with the last 30ish guy we hired.
I still think there's legs to the argument that coming into the B10 is preferable to the bloodbath that the SEC is right now. I'd much rather go to bat with the resources at IU and be competing with Gard, Paint and an aging Izzo at the top of the conference than the Texas Cage Match that the top of the SEC is right now. That equates to higher seeds and longer tenure. That argument and 6+ million and IU's NIL is going to be persuasive for someone, whether that's Golden, TJO, McCasland....
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It happens and more often than folks with the DV agenda want to admit. I'm not saying that's what happened here, but it's possible. That's why I've always said, I'd put this night aside and look at his history. If he's an alcoholic and an abuser, there will be evidence of other incidents. Heck, I was assured by someone here that P Knight had to bail him out of jail, more than once, on DUIs. Of course, no one's been able to provide a link...
RMK was very comfortable working for the IU admin that was in place for most of his tenure. And the results showed it.
At the end, there was a different IU admin in place, one that he mentioned as being uncomfortable with. He struggled under that admin (who I believe was attempting to undermine him, but that’s a different topic).
If Knight was hired in 2000, or 2010, or 2020 the results would have been different. Coaches cannot be evaluated in a vacuum.
In the context of the argument with whoever that was, they do. You can't argue on one hand to learn the law - that the accuser doesn't control whether charges are brought when you're arguing that it was DV because of the police report, implying that all evidence was so serious that the police filed it, and then turn around and say that the DA wouldn't prosecute because she's uncooperative. You see what I'm saying?
New article from USA Today.
Exactly what I’m hoping for… or Beard.
As Indiana basketball searches for coach, Drake's Ben McCollum has some Curt Cignetti vibes
Drake coach Ben McCollum just wins. Google him. He could be a smart fit for Indiana men's basketball job, especially if the 'big fish' aren't biting.
www.usatoday.com
Beard killed it at home last night. Took down Tennessee. And you talk about teams that can make consistent, clutch shots in key moments of a game, both teams were money all night. Back and forth.
Todd Golden is another guy that is solid.
But neither of these guys will ever be considered because of their histories with the female species.
Golden loves chasing skirt.
That’s a no-no in today’s world.
Zeke and friends would put on their vagina hats and storm right in to Pam Whitten’s office to form a blockade.
Wasn’t it Zeke herself, however, that once admitted to sexually exploiting fellow sorority sisters by dressing them provocatively for recruits in bikinis?
Then there was this vague report about Zeke nearly inflicting battery on a former pledge by sitting on her face and nearly smothering the girl in an act of erotic hazing. Almost became a battery case but was dropped? I didn’t believe that one that was reported. The details seemed sketchy but and smothering someone with a crotch sitting is likely unintentional and consensual.
Golden.......chasing skirts.......that's one way of saying it, I suppose.
Nope, I don't. A police report that suggests a crime happened and a decision to not prosecute that crime are not inconsistent, in particular when the victim recants in the meantime.
And I don't know what happened, and I personally don't care if they hire beard.
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