Rumors about Brad Stevens to Indiana

[Blueisbest]

IU should go all in on Kenny Payne as their next head coach.

 

[Fox2monk]

IU should go all in on Kenny Payne as their next head coach.

I agree, he didn’t get a fair shake at UofL.

 

[rick64]

Saw an interview with Dakich on Aaron Torres podcast. Dakich mentioned Ben McCollum from Drake. Drake is 23-2. Dakich said he's the best coach right now in college basketball.

 

[TeoJ]

I have heard Stevens was coming and bringing a football coach with him.Jon Gruden

 

[runt#69]

dernit.


ya got me

good one, OP

 

[runt#69]

Saw an interview with Dakich on Aaron Torres podcast. Dakich mentioned Ben McCollum from Drake. Drake is 23-2. Dakich said he's the best coach right now in college basketball.

I wouldn't go that far, but I would actually say that he is a MASSIVELY underrated coach and is doing an incredible job this year.

In my book, and it's biased. but the coach of the year is Mark Pope, and Ben would be my #2. Put Pat Kelsey happily on that as a mention too as #3 coach of the year. Put Golden and Byington on the list and just keep it all about the SEC this year... not to mention Bruce and Nate. And if they need to, let's not forget Pitino. I'm good with that.

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

Creen and Davis made that a joke of a job that nobody good would ever want.

 

[will1976]

I put the blame squarely on the putrid IU fansbase that will destroy their own future rather than come out of Knights shadow.

 

[JimBR]

Pat Kelcey tired of begging randos to games Moines on for that Big 10 money

He’d be an attractive candidate, but probably bad timing.

 

[TopCatCal]

In other news water is wet. Who actually thought he might consider the poop town. 💩

Indiana basketball has been so bad for so long that it reached a point several years ago that I got to not caring if they won or lost. They're not even a blip on the college basketball radar screen anymore. I mean only 1 Final Four in 33 years will do that to you.

 

[CrimsonCats]

Because at the end of the day it's still Auburn. Auburn basketball will go back to being Auburn basketball in a few years and we'll be talking about how Georgia basketball is primed to be the new powerhouse in the SEC. We're the only constant in this league.

If he were to resurrect IU he could be governor of Indiana.

I don’t agree with this take. History matters very little in the modern age of college basketball. You have to belong to a power conference, have top facilities, and have NIL money available, and that’s pretty much it. Auburn checks all those boxes now (as does Alabama for that matter), so there’s not much reason for guys like Pearl and Oats to jump to programs currently in a lesser state than their own just because of what’s now ancient history.

We got lucky that one of our alumni appears to really be able to coach, but the fact that we hired an under the radar guy in Pope after publicly being rejected by two higher profile coaches and allegedly by a couple more should be a pretty strong indication that it’s hard to make a splash hire just by selling what happened decades ago. Indiana has already been through this with their last couple of hiring cycles for that matter.

 

[sportspm]

From twitter, kinda looks like they will hire Mick Cronin, which is funny to me, considering all the good coaches available

 

[Skyguyb27]

Indiana basketball has been so bad for so long that it reached a point several years ago that I got to not caring if they won or lost. They're not even a blip on the college basketball radar screen anymore. I mean only 1 Final Four in 33 years will do that to you.

Having lived in Indiana it couldn’t have happened to a better fan group. I would be wearing my UK sweatshirt into a Walmart and some old lady or stranger would say nasty things. Vile group that deserves it. I’ll never get tired of seeing them suck but I agree with you, it’s very nice not hearing their name in sports.

 

[maysvilleky]

Josh Schertz…previously from Indiana State. He’d bring an exciting brand of BB.