VU coach Byington is on the list for the IU job.
Rumor in Nashville
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As long as it isn't Bruce Pearl that's fine by me.
lol
IU just keeps tanking. LOVE IT
He wouldn’t leave for IU. A more established brand like UNC, sure. IU is too far removed from being a power house for him to want to rebuild not just a program but a brand.
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.
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
To live,,,,,,,,Nashville>>>>>>>bloomington
You would know since VU is your team. Hope UK can keep your Dores from the season sweep.
If I’m a coach at an SEC school, I’m not leaving for ANY job in the rest of the country.
You’d be pretty stupid to leave the SEC for IU.
Not really and I hate IU.
Bloomington is a cool college town and Nashville has become unbearable.
Nashville is getting the reputation for the worst traffic in the country. It is growing too fast.
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.
The Big Ten is every bit as strong as the SEC and Indiana would be a lot easier place to win at than Vanderbilt.
I’ve heard that the Board of trustees would not allow Barnhart to consider 3 coaches. Beard, Oats, and Pearl.
I fully disagree, plus the money at the SEC is better.
If they are down to Byington, Im guessing they have been getting quietly rejected by multiple parties for weeks.
Barnes has taken his name out of consideration.... I just had to do it...
So if you are the coach in Starksville, MS, you aren't leaving for Duke or Kansas or UNC or UConn?
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
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
Doubt it. Someone is gonna hire him at some point and the stink will wear off when he’s kicking everyone’s behinds. Beard is a juggernaut in waiting
They kept a bully for 30 years
Beard is the easy choice for them. No idea how they can mess this up.
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.
Oh someone will. Might take a couple more years. But someone will call him.
