College Basketball Coaching Carousel Thread

[Starman]

Indiana is the big fish out there this offseason ... Dan Dakich is not going to be the permanent coach.

The Chicago papers are talking about Scott Skiles as a possibility, one reason being he lives in Bloomington. So that also makes legitimate candidates out of John Mellencamp, Rex Grossman and the Dalai Lama's brother.

After the Sampson fiasco, IU has to hire somebody of absolutely impeccable -- utterly flawless -- personal background.

Skiles, with his lengthy series of alcohol/drug arrests during his college playing career, flunks this test.

If IU hired him, the first time ANY player was busted for ANY drug/alcohol-related problem (and, since we're dealing with college kids, you know somebody would be, sooner or later), the vultures would come screaming out of the trees, "see, we told you so, he was a drunk/doper himself in college, now he lets his players do it, etc etc etc."

 

[BYH]

He's also, according to people who don't hate the guy with an unhealthy passion, turning into an egomanaical dickwad. So maybe his pride (ha!) gets the best of him and he goes and gets his ass pummeled at Providence for four years and gets fired with a couple million in the bank.

I love you, man, but nothing is further from the truth. Remains a great guy. Got in touch with me when I made the job change. Had no reason to do so, I hadn't covered his team in about five years.

Heard it from a mutual friend of ours. Just sayin.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

The B still stands for bitter.

 

[BYH]

Damn straight skippy.

Doesn't change the fact this comes from quite the reputable source.

 

[Norman Stansfield]

Damn straight skippy.

Doesn't change the fact this comes from quite the reputable source.

Who, Tom Pecora?

 

[Bubbler]

This means virtually nothing, but Larranaga was unnaturally disliked by the students when he coached at Bowling Green and I was at Ball State.

I have no idea why. Never covered him, can't speak to his character.

 

[Norman Stansfield]

This means virtually nothing, but Larranaga was unnaturally disliked by the students when he coached at Bowling Green and I was at Ball State.

I have no idea why. Never covered him, can't speak to his character.

By which students -- BGUs or BSUs?

 

[Piotr Rasputin]

The thought of Dan Dakich getting the permanent job . . . this Indiana fanboy will actually be relieved when the Hoosiers lose early. That will leave no doubt that Dakich is the latest nondescript coach on the Bob Knight coaching tree.

Yes, I do think you need more than one Coach K to make up for Dave Bliss. It makes perfect sense to go outside the family when the family is crap. Screw the segment of the fanbase that wants a Knight guy. Losing under a mediocre Knight guy won't mean a thing except more irrelevancy.

Maybe Tony Bennett or Sean Miller will actually return the phone call. Or Indiana will push itself back another decade by hiring Alford.

 

[Armchair_QB]

The thought of Dan Dakich getting the permanent job . . . this Indiana fanboy will actually be relieved when the Hoosiers lose early. That will leave no doubt that Dakich is the latest nondescript coach on the Bob Knight coaching tree.

Yes, I do think you need more than one Coach K to make up for Dave Bliss. It makes perfect sense to go outside the family when the family is crap. Screw the segment of the fanbase that wants a Knight guy. Losing under a mediocre Knight guy won't mean a thing except more irrelevancy.

Maybe Tony Bennett or Sean Miller will actually return the phone call. Or Indiana will push itself back another decade by hiring Alford.

Would a guy like Scott Drew be a fit for IU?

 

[Bubbler]

This means virtually nothing, but Larranaga was unnaturally disliked by the students when he coached at Bowling Green and I was at Ball State.

I have no idea why. Never covered him, can't speak to his character.

By which students -- BGUs or BSUs?

Ball State's. I might have had something to do with Larranaga's son being on the team if memory serves.

 

[Bubbler]

The thought of Dan Dakich getting the permanent job . . . this Indiana fanboy will actually be relieved when the Hoosiers lose early. That will leave no doubt that Dakich is the latest nondescript coach on the Bob Knight coaching tree.

Yes, I do think you need more than one Coach K to make up for Dave Bliss. It makes perfect sense to go outside the family when the family is crap. Screw the segment of the fanbase that wants a Knight guy. Losing under a mediocre Knight guy won't mean a thing except more irrelevancy.

Maybe Tony Bennett or Sean Miller will actually return the phone call. Or Indiana will push itself back another decade by hiring Alford.

Would a guy like Scott Drew be a fit for IU?

Nope. I've heard from more than one coach that the Drew's (Homer and Scott) aren't as squeaky clean as their public images would suggest. It could be bull****, but if there's a hint of dirt on a coach, IU shouldn't go anywhere near them.

 

[OnTheRiver]

God ... can you imagine if Pearl goes to IU? It'd give the dickwad Illini fans a reason to get up in the morning for the next 10 years.

 

[Armchair_QB]

The thought of Dan Dakich getting the permanent job . . . this Indiana fanboy will actually be relieved when the Hoosiers lose early. That will leave no doubt that Dakich is the latest nondescript coach on the Bob Knight coaching tree.

Yes, I do think you need more than one Coach K to make up for Dave Bliss. It makes perfect sense to go outside the family when the family is crap. Screw the segment of the fanbase that wants a Knight guy. Losing under a mediocre Knight guy won't mean a thing except more irrelevancy.

Maybe Tony Bennett or Sean Miller will actually return the phone call. Or Indiana will push itself back another decade by hiring Alford.

Would a guy like Scott Drew be a fit for IU?

Nope. I've heard from more than one coach that the Drew's (Homer and Scott) aren't as squeaky clean as their public images would suggest. It could be bull****, but if there's a hint of dirt on a coach, IU shouldn't go anywhere near them.

I've heard that too but the public image is so close to perfect that I wouldn't be surprised if his name came up.

 

[KP]

This means virtually nothing, but Larranaga was unnaturally disliked by the students when he coached at Bowling Green and I was at Ball State.

I have no idea why. Never covered him, can't speak to his character.

By which students -- BGUs or BSUs?

Ball State's. I might have had something to do with Larranaga's son being on the team if memory serves.

You would be correct.

 

[Bubbler]

God ... can you imagine if Pearl goes to IU? It'd give the dickwad Illini fans a reason to get up in the morning for the next 10 years.

We can disagree on many things, OTR, including the relative ****tiness of our cities, but we can unite about the white-hot dickwadishness of Illini fans.

I would almost like to see Pearl hired for that reason alone.

Enjoy Hillary!

 

[Armchair_QB]

God ... can you imagine if Pearl goes to IU? It'd give the dickwad Illini fans a reason to get up in the morning for the next 10 years.

We can disagree on many things, OTR, including the relative ****tiness of our cities, but we can unite about the white-hot dickwadishness of Illini fans.

I would almost like to see Pearl hired for that reason alone.

Enjoy Hillary!

I'd like to join your group. I was really hoping Pearl would wind up at Iowa after Alford left just to watch the mouth-breathing Slimeni fanboi reaction to it.

Having him at IU would be just as good.

 

[westcoastvol]

God ... can you imagine if Pearl goes to IU? It'd give the dickwad Illini fans a reason to get up in the morning for the next 10 years.

We can disagree on many things, OTR, including the relative ****tiness of our cities, but we can unite about the white-hot dickwadishness of Illini fans.

I would almost like to see Pearl hired for that reason alone.

Enjoy Hillary!

Pearl is well on his way to becoming a beloved God in Knoxville. With time, he has the chance to make himself synonymous with a long tradition of winning much in the same way as Coach K, Lute, et cetera.

He woke people the hell up down there. Filled Thompson-Boling over and over again. Got the new Pratt practice facility built for the men and women. He's done so much for UT; I doubt the "Big Orange Braintrust" lets him go that easily.

UT would counter whatever IU put on the table. At that point, it'd be a simple case of heartstrings. Wanting to forge his own legacy in a place and sport that hadn't really had one since the Ray Mears era, where the expectations weren't very high to going to a storied hoops school where the facilities are antiquated, the fanbase has been demanding for years and he'd live in the shadow of one of the best coaches to ever play the game.

Hell, he and Pat are the most popular coaches in Knoxville, with Foolmer a distant third. I'm biased, but it's a hella-sweet sitch to be in, IMO.

 

[DanOregon]

Agree that Pearl has a sweet gig at UT, everything he does is gravy. At IU it would be a different story. It's going to take a coach with big cahones to want that job. People have been talking about Tony Bennett so there might be some interest there. I just don't know if there is another Bob Knight out there.

 

[Bill Horton]

He's also, according to people who don't hate the guy with an unhealthy passion, turning into an egomanaical dickwad. So maybe his pride (ha!) gets the best of him and he goes and gets his ass pummeled at Providence for four years and gets fired with a couple million in the bank.

I love you, man, but nothing is further from the truth. Remains a great guy. Got in touch with me when I made the job change. Had no reason to do so, I hadn't covered his team in about five years.

Heard it from a mutual friend of ours. Just sayin.

heard it from a friend, who ...
heard it from a friend, who ...
heard it from another you were messing around ...

 

[Norman Stansfield]

Agree that Pearl has a sweet gig at UT, everything he does is gravy. At IU it would be a different story. It's going to take a coach with big cahones to want that job. People have been talking about Tony Bennett so there might be some interest there. I just don't know if there is another Bob Knight out there.

I wonder if there's any lingering bitterness in the Bennett family remaining from Indiana's firing of Tony's sister, Kathy, as the women's hoops coach there a few years back.