Michigan signing May to extention
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I sense the Bump this thread when Indiana sucks is going to be very prolific into the next few seasons. Love it for the Loosiers!
Iām not sure I see that the same way. To me, this makes Beard even more likely. Beard>May imo. He might be a scummy dude but he would be scary good at IU
Interesting. Pitino says IU should be all in for Coach Beard per Twitter.
Beard got effing TTU to a Final 4. Let that sink in. Reread it if you have to. We have a coach that has zero tourney wins. And I like Pope and think heās done a solid job so far. But those are facts. And yet people want to badmouth Beard. It blows my mind. If your view on him has to do with the DV incident, fine thatās your prerogative. That dude can flat coach though. Heās really, really good.
Theyād be absolutely foolish not to go for Beard. He should be the clear cut #1. Beard was absolutely my guy for the UK job and I completely understand why people didnāt want him here and now Iām very happy with Pope. I actually think Beard is a top 5 coach in CBB.
I have no problem with Chris at all. Just didn't see a professional relationship between Pitino and him being so strong.
Oh I agree. Wasn't badmouthing Chris. Just dont want Indiana hiring Bruce Pearl. That would be an instant problem.
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Check Beardās losses each season. He is not the wonder that everyone makes him out to be. One season with single digit losses. Other seasons itās between 10-14 losses.
When did Pitino become the wise old sage for sapient advice in college basketball?
exactly. Heās the flavor of the month, nothing more. Add in his propensity for slapping his girl up and heās not that appealing.
Gotta be honest, that wasnāt on my BINGO card either.
Dude, he coached at TTU in the B12 when they were the best or second best conference in basketball. And while at TTU, in that conference, he has a title, second place, and third place finish. And a national title game appearance and E8. He flipped Smarts mess at Texas in a year. He had Texas SO GOOD that Rodney Terry couldnāt eff it up. Thatās probably his greatest accomplishment as a coach. Itās basically like having Bruiser take over and the teams so good even he couldnāt fail.
If you knew the actual DV story, youād change your tune probably. Itāll NEVER be told that way and Beard was totally at fault for his part. But that isnāt the entire story. And itāll never get out.
Iām a UK nut fan. I love Bears. Iād hate to see him in Bloomington. Why? Because heād kill it there. Theyād finally be relevant again.
If you are Indianaās AD and Beard is not your first and last call, it would be malpractice. He might have a sketchy past but you hired Kelvin Sampson. They donāt care about that. Whatās worse, heās a home run hire making them relevant again for the first time this Century.
Heās a great coach. But he threw away any chance of ever being hired by an upper echelon school by beating up his girlfriend.
And rightfully so.
And while it can be debated that IU is upper echelon, they think they are.
Cross him off your list Indiana.
The oldest trick in coaching. āSourcesā link you to a job that you donāt want. The source is usually a media guy who is friendly with the coach. The coach then squeezes the AD for a big raise in pay. The AD uses the situation to ask the alumni to give more money. Then the AD raises ticket prices. The tax payers and the students paying tuition get hosed.