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They had so many chance to hire good coaches in the past 20 years and failed... now there are a bunch of good coaches but IU isn't really an appealing job.

That said Beard is obsessed with bob knight and maybe that gets him there with a big check... would be a home run hire. I had Beard like 5 or 6 spots higher that Pope on my Uk coach search list.
 
They had so many chance to hire good coaches in the past 20 years and failed... now there are a bunch of good coaches but IU isn't really an appealing job.

That said Beard is obsessed with bob knight and maybe that gets him there with a big check... would be a home run hire. I had Beard like 5 or 6 spots higher that Pope on my Uk coach search list.
I’d have to imagine Beard would be the clear front runner
 
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Not really and I hate IU.
Bloomington is a cool college town and Nashville has become unbearable.
I have friends that moved to Nashville 20 years ago and hate it now. Too damn crowded and expensive. Used to love going there....Now I avoid it like the plague. My friends come up to Ky more than we meet down there now. Used to be the opposite.
 
They had so many chance to hire good coaches in the past 20 years and failed... now there are a bunch of good coaches but IU isn't really an appealing job.

That said Beard is obsessed with bob knight and maybe that gets him there with a big check... would be a home run hire. I had Beard like 5 or 6 spots higher that Pope on my Uk coach search list.
I’ve heard that the Board of trustees would not allow Barnhart to consider 3 coaches. Beard, Oats, and Pearl.
 
I'm of the opinion we really need to sit down with Indiana and get this coaching change right because we gotta' play them again starting next year.

I've been screaming "Doug Gottlieb" and nobody is taking me seriously .... 😉 and when I get *crickets* .. I shout :
"Will WADE !"
AND THEN ...
MORE CRICKETS.
somebody please help them. Coach Byington isn't about to leave Vandy for IU. HA !

tl:dnr
... it's gonna be Beard
 
They had so many chance to hire good coaches in the past 20 years and failed... now there are a bunch of good coaches but IU isn't really an appealing job.

That said Beard is obsessed with bob knight and maybe that gets him there with a big check... would be a home run hire. I had Beard like 5 or 6 spots higher that Pope on my Uk coach search list.

Beard is the easy choice for them. No idea how they can mess this up.
 
Not happening.

No self respecting school will ever hire him.
It will be interesting. If he's good enough (Final Four at Ole Miss as an example), and it's far enough removed, he will get a look. St. John's, a catholic university, hired a guy who paid for an abortion for a woman he cheated with and oversaw a program that had strippers perform for recruits. Anything is possible.
 
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