My Thoughts on the Weekend Rumors

Well, the so-called noon deadline or 24 hours is up on the Bennett rumors from yesterday and no news. Of course, that could mean a few things: 1. These things are often done through 3rd parties so that Bennett can deny ever talking to IU and IU can deny ever offering Bennett. Well, that could be the case here. If so, we could be in trouble. 2. It could mean that there truly has not been contact made. 3. It could mean that there has been contact, but there is not a timetable (at least not one of noon today). 4. It could mean that there has been contact and there was a noon deadline and Bennett has responded, but nobody has leaked the information yet. Regardless, I really hope that Bennett is still in the running. What scares me about this weekend is the reports that if Bennett turns it down, then IU will look to Montgomery or Kruger. That bothers me. At least as far as this weekend's rumors, we are no longer hearing names like Izzo, Pearl, Matta, or Pitino. Other things that bother me about this weekend's rumors are that the mess that is IU is being brought up more and more. At the start of this coaching search, I was enthused by both the pool of names and the fact that the NCAA hearing was not being mentioned a lot. However, this weekend, the candidate pool beyond Bennett has dropped to Tier 2 or lower and many people are talking about the NCAA hearing, the two recruits that have decommitted, and the fact that IU's 3 best returning players were suspended this year. I fear that IU doesn't have the money to truly make a run at a big name and that the up-and-comers like Bennett are even having to take a good hard look at the situation at IU. Some people are throwing out the "smoke & mirrors" theory and saying that it is very possible that nobody knows what Greenspan and the committee are truly up to. I do find it interesting that both Hutchens and the guys from the Hoosier Scoop have been pretty quiet on the issue. They have commented on the Foxsports, ESPN, and cbssportsline pissing contest from yesterday, but haven't said a whole lot else. If Hutchens and the Hoosier Scoop guys aren't getting information from their sources, then I just don't think there is much information available. Period. I see the Hoosier Scoop just weighed in. Nothing new, but still interesting to read: http://blogs.heraldtimesonline.com/iusp/?p=1856 That's all for now. I'll search for more rumors later tonight and add another post if I find anything interesting.