Mike's Replacement

[mattdantodd]

The longer IU goes into the tournament, the more people are going to talk about the next coach at Indiana. People seem to think that Alford is the guy, if he wants the job. While I'd support him if he were hired, I really don't want him to be the next coach. Here are a few reasons

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[kmtodd23]

Totally agree with your list of those who won't be in Bloomington next year. Go ahead and add Alford to that list as well. News around here is that the IU administration is not interested... at all.

Interesting list of other candidates... add Brad Brownell to your list of those 'outside of the usual suspects that IU might want to consider'... He has Indiana connections (the state, that is). He played with Calbert Cheaney in high school. He also is indirectly a part of the large basketball family headed by one, Robert Montgomery Knight. He played college ball for a former Knight assistant, Royce Waltman at DePauw University (Waltman is now coaching at Indiana State). Brownell also was a graduate assistant coach for another former Knight player/assistant coach, Jim Crews in Evansville. Currently, Brownell is the head coach for UNC-Wilmington. The Seahawks have made an NCAA tournament appearance 2 out of 4 years with Brownell at the helm. Yes, he may be a little 'green', but so too was Coach Knight when he arrived in Bloomington.

It ain't gonna happen, but wouldn't it be cool if it did?

[mattdantodd]

Could he be a potential candidate for the UE position? I haven't even begun to post about that on here yet. I probably will next week, though.

[mattdantodd]

If Dakich doesn't get the job (and I doubt he does...I'm not sure if I want him to at this point), Brownell is my pick. I'll start throwing around my weight and see what I can do. ;-)

Good call. Man, you're on top of it (two years early)!