The race is on

All I can do is wonder right now. To be honest, I can't help but wonder.

'Bout what? Right now, the search is on for a new men's hoops coach @ IU & the last most likely candidate for the coveted post (a certain Mr. Bennett from Washington State) shut down an offer from the Hoosiers so he could stay on @ Pullman. Plenty of IU fans are feeling my agony as they hope their new head coach doesn't carry the same baggage of NCAA violations into town like Kelvin Sampson did (much to our consternation, he made the same foul-ups in Bloomington BTW).

A lot of folks are thinking about who'd they want as the new Hoosiers head coach & of course some of the names ring lots of bells. And here's the dream list of candidates I wish would grab that vacant spot:
(1) The General...bring back Bobby Knight!!
(2) Rick Pitino (the dude has made a name for himself @ Kentucky & now Loo'vull)
(3) John Calipari (head coach over @ Memphis)
(4) Coach K
(5) Roy Williams
(6) Sean Miller (head coach @ Xavier)
(7) Tom Izzo (head coach @ Michigan State)

Sure, they may sound like perfect fits for Sampson's old spot but then again do you see most of them leaving their powerhouse programs at the 11th hour & trying to change the Hoosiers overnight? I can't. You can't. Lots of IU fans who have been beat around the bush for the longest time are saying they can't.

All we can do is wonder, & think about the direction IU's AD is going to take just to find the right man to fill this coaching void. What we do hope for is that they don't pick up another bolt from the blue whose track record is full of question marks & negatives.