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Don't get me wrong I love dreaming about some of these coaches stomping up and down the sidelines of Assembly Hall, but lets hold off on the dreaming and new coach chatter until the young men wearing INDIANA on the front of their jerseys are done playing for the year.
Divided Hoosier Nation? Seems like we're all on board here- only fools like Dukie V want RMK back. And I think the fan base will be patient not to put too much pressure on the incoming coach to win right away and allow him to build a program for the long haul.
Not to mention getting the top in-state recruits will get you a Final 4 every few years.
Any coach who is qualified for the job will know IU is a premier job. The future is bright at IU. (But then again, it wouldn't surprise me if the Committee hired someone who sucks balls like Alford.)
I have no idea if Pearl would be interested in IU but we should put together a package that will be hard to refuse. If you want to win you must hire a winner and Pearl is a winner.
Big Time Winner!!!
see which ones fills up first.
are we so totally against getting a coach with indiana roots (indiana high school coach approval), who will go after every single top home state prospect?
i like bruce, but i don't think he is what we need. get rich quick schemes don't tend to work in business either.
One very big caveat, however. I'm old enough to remember the Pearl incident with Illinois in the late '80s and the environment in the conference that created it. Pearl "turned in" Illinois over an alleged violation regarding the recruiting of eventual Illinois star Deon Thomas that was never substantiated by anyone, let alone the NCAA. The NCAA began to investigate Illinois after Pearl turned over tapes of conversations that he had made without Thomas' permission. The NCAA rejected the tapes and only after they began to investigate Illinois found administrative sloppiness and an unwarranted contact between an Illinois assistant with a recruit that led to a postseason ban for a year. This latter "contact", BTW, was not even as serious as one of KS' illicit phone calls. It involved an incidental "hello" at a restaurant
Pearl and his boss at Iowa, Tom Davis, had a nasty edge to them and were desperate to create an edge because Iowa constantly trailed IU and Illinois in BT recruiting out of the Chicago market (where Thomas attended Simeon.)
Pearl earned his pariah status in the coaching community for his conduct in the Thomas matter. He has redeemed himself with the passing of time and his performance at UWM and UT. But don't think for a moment that if we hire him that he won't carry that 18-year-old stain around with him through the conference, not only when he visits Champaign.
For that reason, although I think he would be a great coach at IU I have my reservations about his fundamental character... there's a few of Sampson's win-at-all-costs stripes on this tiger.
Nothing wrong with win-at-all-costs if "all-costs" doesn't include breaking rules.
Also read that Pearl has a Rocky Top graduation rate of 33%.
Drew has a "negative recruiting" problem in his background--just ask Big 12 coaches (and no, I don't just mean against Knight--ask the Kansas staff).
Pearl: I still haven't seen any credible evidence that he's truly interested in the IU job. Same for Izzo, Crean, Barnes and Pitino. Sorry, but Kravitz is not a "reliable source" on much of anything IMO.
GARY, Ind. - Indiana University trustees say the school should build a new basketball arena rather than spend millions of dollars renovating the 35-year-old Assembly Hall.
The board, meeting in Gary Thursday, approved a resolution saying the university would go forward with replacing the building "when appropriate."
University President Adam Herbert and other administrators told the trustees that it doesn't make sense to do a full renovation of Assembly Hall, something that could cost $115 million.
An architect says a new 18,000 seat arena would cost between $130 and $160 million.
Sadly, probably watching it at home -- I have to blog for The Dagger all weekend (which you should all be reading ;)), so I'm not sure if I'll be heading out of not. If Chicago people want to put something together, though, we're always open to it.
ps - anyone who would make the illini fans hate iu even more should be the top candidate.
Our biggest mistake was that IU should have hired Pearl the year before Davis left. We could have had him but as usual IU was slow and indecisive and has paid the price.
Hire this guy. Bruce Pearl has Indiana blood. He wants to come here, he just needs to be asked.
I think he would consider for three reasons:
1. Banners
2. Better facilities coming
3. Pat Summitt's name is currently on the floor he plays on every single night
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It makes me proud that Pearl coached at my alma mater... when people ask where I went to school, I can always say where BP started out coaching, then they usually get it.