Probably involved Buckner. Can’t fire his buddy and then bring in Beard. Buckner and his booster buddies. Same ingredients as the previous recipes that cause us to suck.
she so wrong
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Power and Politics are issues in many churches. Hypocrites in leadership might be the thing I most despise.
Marred in mediocrity that is the IU way. I love the Coach Cig references, Dolson took a flyer on a guy who it looks as if no one else really wanted and it paid off. Hindsight is 20/20 and the hire looks like a home run, if it went the other way no one would care. Dolson was basically in a no loose situation, no pressure with the football hire.
IU basketball is different this is an opportunity to bring in a coach that puts fear into the rest of the Big 10 and like the last two times we will fail to complete the mission. If it is Whitten than nixed it then screw her I hope her entire tenure at IU is full of piss poor men’s basketball. She is well on her way with Woody the last 4 years.
IU basketball is different this is an opportunity to bring in a coach that puts fear into the rest of the Big 10 and like the last two times we will fail to complete the mission. If it is Whitten than nixed it then screw her I hope her entire tenure at IU is full of piss poor men’s basketball. She is well on her way with Woody the last 4 years.
They were never going to announce anything while the season is still going.No worries, we have it on good authority from IUN and Zeke that there are tons of good candidates out there.
There are plenty of good candidates. And nearly all of them are coaching college teams right now. Just like our current coach is.
When you have people doing the hiring that shouldn’t be involved or have limited involvement then you’re going to be mediocre.
When did Kent say they have their guy? Can you link it? I listen to his YT post everyday but not his radio broadcasts.
I hope everyone says no now and they have to come back to Beard
Did you mean to say “hiring” or did you mean to say “hiring and management of the program “?
So which is the smoke screen: Dusty, Chris, Brad, Rick or TJ? I'm not saying we can't or won't hit a home run, although you generally don't get 5-6 strikes to do it, I'm saying there aren't a ton of realistic options out there and it's hard to find the match.
Plus, the thing I really liked about Beard is that he supposedly really wanted the job, and we wouldn't have had to sell him. I think that makes a difference, especially early.
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Beard’s agent was trying to get him considered for the Miami job earlier this year. Seems like he mostly wants out of Ole Miss pretty bad.
How the hell do we actually know that any of them were "strikes"...or that none of those guys will be the coach... if we've learned anything the last few "big decision" announcements...its that we often don't know a damn thing until the hours leading up to the decision. Nothing has been leaked, we have no idea who Dolson is considering or talking to. People like you make speculating about all this quite a lot less "fun".
If it ends up being someone like a McCollum, or DeVries, or McDermott, or McMillan, or Schertz, or McCasland, or heck, even Brownell...he'll be the best coach we've had since RMK (Sampson doesn't count). And with someone as solid as those guys, or anyone like them, we probably won't know if we "missed" for a few years... Until then, it'd be MUCH more likely than not that we'd get to enjoy consistently good, competitive basketball.
Well true, just looking for something that might cause them to look in the mirror
Well, I've had a few different people tell me all about what happened one night in Austin 3 years ago and with Chris Beard prior to that, DUI's, arrests, fights, etc... we have a few folks who must be very tied into LE in Austin, Lubbock and beyond. Therefore, I thought repeating 2nd hand info in a current case we're all actually following and have podcasters/influencers commenting on was pretty solid. I bet about 8 years ago, you'd have included Archie in that list of guys that would be "better than what we've had" and bring us several years of good competitive bball, but we know how that went.
You don't think we reached out to, and now struck out on Stevens, May, Beard and TJO? From reports, I think communication with those guys is likely. Maybe there's still an ember burning with TJO, but Trilly (was there someone else too?) nixing seems like it's probably past. Really gonna hurt if he ends up at UVA. But if we accept that those 4 are off the board, it seems likely we're into the second grouping and that most of them are less certain and proven. I think after the last 20+ years, we need a better hire than several years of good competitive bball. Heck, if CMW finds a way to get this team in the tourney, season results wise, you can almost argue he did that, and I think all of us want better than that.
I’m fairly convinced that there are places Miller could have gone to and done better than he did at IU.
And I think the same of the list being floated now. I have no reason to assume that each of those up and comers would do better at IU than they would at, say Iowa.
well, you can cross Rhode Island off the list I'd say.
No reason, really? So you're a really good coach, you don't want a top 10 NIL, rabid fanbase who turns out and supports you with sellouts and almost full stands even in down years and on the road? Someplace that has 5 NCs in it's history and is in one of the top 2 best conferences for revenue and ratings and revenue sharing? You don't see any advantage to coming to IU with all those resources at your disposal and the possibility of stepping in and competing at the top of the conference with the likes of an aging Izzo, Painter, and May vs the SEC where you currently have 4 of the top 6-7 programs? There's a ton of reasons I think. You don't agree? You see Iowa as on equal footing there? Checked ESPN, Iowas last couple games show attendance 8-10.5K, ours are 17.2. I know we're not getting that many, but those are sold seats, which again, to me is a big benefit. Curious how you see those as equal footings?
IU has advantages, I don’t see Iowa as ever being an elite program.
But, it takes a unique coach to succeed at IU. I think you could take a list of 10 up and comers, bring them to IU and for numerous reasons they would have results similar to Miller.
Whoever comes here is going to be expected to win , and quickly. At Iowa perhaps not so much.
I see IU as a program where a new coach can makes us elite again, sure. But the things that make us unique also lower the floor. A coach isn’t going to be able to come in and build something and expect to have time on his side.
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