Originally Posted by UD_Earl
To some Indiana may be a better job, just ask all of the coaches that have been fired there over the years if they agree. Bigger is not always better. Is Indiana a better "job" than Gonzaga? I have to wonder if Archie is really happier at Indiana. He might be able to recruit at a higher level there, but does that make it a better "job"? Only he knows right now. I watched a video of Archie speaking to the Indiana home crowd after the senior night loss last week - something looked and felt off about it. In my opinion, Archie and Dayton were a very good match - the undersized point guard coaching the underdog. To me, something does not fit with Archie and Indiana. Maybe time will prove me wrong, but I think he had a really good job and left for what he thought might be a better job. Let's see how he feels in a few years. I wonder what Tom Crean would say?
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Every young coach probably wants to advance to the highest level they can. Most, if not all are type A driven people. AM is no different. UD knew that he had a number of schools he would leave for, and obviously IU was one of them. That said, is IU a
better job? That is not a question that can be answered until you have a number of years under your belt.
A couple of things stick out to me:
-AM hates the glad handing / PR end of the job. I think UD was at the lower end of the spectrum from that point. IU is probably in the top 10 in terms of time required to meet and greet.
-AM was hugely appreciated for getting UD to the Elite 8 and for consistant NCAA appearances. He over achieved in our eyes. At IU, yearly Elite 8 appearances is the floor from which you will be judged. His honeymoon will be short. This feeds directly into the previous point, as well.
-AM will be able to recruit players at IU that he could only dream of at UD. BUT, given all of the recent events in general, and specifically if your last name is Miller, recruiting will be tougher. If he ever had a notion to go down the same path as Sean, that is now gone. AM will always wonder if a recruit or his family will paint him with the same brush as Sean. And, competing schools will be glad to plant that seed for him.
So, is IU a "better" job for AM? Time will tell, but you don't know how good you have it, until it's gone . . . .
