Indiana is a "Has Been"
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Gumble spent 20 seconds talking about the IU job being vacant...kinda says it all!
What's funny is they think they are going to be able to pick whoever they want.
All it takes is one coach. I hope they get this hire wrong.
They'll hire Marshal. He's not going to make them elite. There are no top shelf coaches for them. Donovan is just a pipe dream.
I heard Donovan was going to be Brad Stevens' associate head coach. That's how prestigious that job really is.
**** if that happens Cal is gone. Hard to believe we have a shot at losing Cal to a third assistant job but in this situation I think it's time to worry.
Hope you are right, but I think IU(Boosters) will throw the money at Donovan... hope he isn't tired of the NBA and want back in college.
IU could easily be turned around with the right hire.
Donovan turned down UK twice and is in the NBA with plenty of time. Durant leaving made his job easier actually. People just don't realize it.
lol Donovan will never be at Indiana.
I hope they hire Alford. He's like Crean -- prickly, antagonistic, terrible at teaching defense, and overrated based on riding one good player.
To show you how far Indiana has fallen, UL has more tradition in what is considered the modern era of College basketball and they have a pimp for a Coach.
Compare that to when UK hired Cal. It got as much pub. as the on going NCAA tournament did. The coverage was all over ESPN.
Boosters are tired of losing. BTN money will help. Donovan is very much on the table. People who predicted the Crean firing months ago have said contact has already been made along with several meetings. 6-7mil/year
Donovan is looking at soybean farms there right now
IU will probably be the best open position this year.
Syracuse may come open. I cannot think of any other top 20 programs that will be needing a coach, perhaps UCLA but only if Alford goes to IU.
Dude whatever. Uk fans have been down the Donovan road before. He's doing the same thing to Indiana. Allowing the conversation for leverage. He's not coming back to college basketball right now. Durant leaving gave him a big window. You're dreaming. Donovan might return to UK when Cal hangs it up. He's got ties here. He's not going to Indiana who's laregely itrelevant in today's game. It's not even a top 20 program.
I tend to agree for most part. Indiana's version of elite differs from ours though. I honestly think Indiana has changed its name to Wisconsin the last 20 years. If they just became Wisconsin with the next coach they would be treated as elite and "back".
Ya know being born in '85 I really have no gauge of Indiana basketball. My father wants the series back up never liked it when Cal cancelled. I have a hard time understanding how they can be considered good program when Purdue has a head to head lead, they've made 7 tournaments in the last decade and a half, and never won a big10 title? Just seems so bizarre to me that anyone would think it's a great job. I guess I'm just too young to remember.
Yeah, it's hard to believe they last won a title 30 years ago (1987) with Bobby Knight.
I'm 10 years older. They were Indiana until roughly the time Calbert Cheaney graduated. A good bit of this Duke insecurity you see now would have been Indiana if we had message boards back then. They were a big big deal at one time.
When I was kid they were nearly our statistical equal and biggest rival. Their state cared like our state did. It was the best rivalry in basketball in my opinion. When it was right it was better than Duke/UNC.
Maybe not currently, he'd be taking the job not its previous accomplishments, its a top 6 job. I'm just saying the money is there and he's shown interest, or at least his agent has, and talks are ongoing. Its not the pipe dream some make it out to be.
Wait, what?
You mean Donovan has no interest in ever coming close to competing for NBA titles?
If that's what you mean, then I agree.
Donovan already makes 6 million a year. So you are saying he's going to quit his job at 6 million a year to go to Bloomington Indiana for 6 million a year.
Aerosmith sang it best: "Dream on!!"
Indiana University is DEAD to me now! Those clowns think they're improving their BB program by firing the GREATEST coach to ever coach at that ********!! IDIOTS!!! [poop][poop][poop] I always wished them the best (except when they played UK of course) but not any more! SMDH at you people!!! :chairshot:[sick]:uzi:IU
IU fans live in a time warp. They think it's still the 80s. They cut nets and have confetti parties for regular season conference titles. They haven't even reached the finals of the conference tournament. They celebrate Sweet 16s. They haven't changed their plain Jane uniforms in 50 years.
It's almost like they enjoy being a relic, but at the same time wish to be elite.
It's almost like they enjoy being a relic, but at the same time wish to be elite.
Donavan is not going there period!! LMAO! No IU is not a top 6 program.
UK
DUKE
UNC
KU
UCLA
MSU
ZONA
NOVA
UCONN
UL
Gonzaga
SU
Thats 10-12 programs that are better right now. LMFAO TOP 6 PROGRAM wat ever your smoking please give me a hit!! LOL TOP 6 PROGRAM! 1987!!
UK
DUKE
UNC
KU
UCLA
MSU
ZONA
NOVA
UCONN
UL
Gonzaga
SU
Thats 10-12 programs that are better right now. LMFAO TOP 6 PROGRAM wat ever your smoking please give me a hit!! LOL TOP 6 PROGRAM! 1987!!
You'll see. It's fun to hate but it's one of the top jobs in the land. Kentucky, Kansas and Indiana are different. The game is truly part of the states fabric and means more to the people.
The right coach will make you remember why you hate IU so much.
Bobby Knight obviously made Indiana and they are apparently nothing without him , UK has been great under many coaches
That was insane. Literally says it all about our program. I remember that leading up to cal being hired. Never been so excited about a coach hiring
It was a fun rivalry; it was a close rivalry. Games in early December at the RCA Dome packed 50/50 with IU & UK fans were special. Obviously it's now a somewhat lopsided and dormant rivalry. UK 32 - IU 25.
From 1924 to 1996, IU led the series which was typically within 2-3 games of even up. Each program had five national titles. UK took the series lead in '97 and proceeded to rattle off a couple long series winning streaks thereafter.
While UK continued to prioritize success, the IU leadership from the BoT to President to AD has been poor, with respect to the basketball program, and it has languished for twenty years.
You're right. When they're good, that fanbase is insufferable.
Top 6 job, not program, not right now. Only takes the right coach though. Everything else is there.
They had 2 titles before Knight. They aren't Kentucky, but they do have a pedigree.
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