Well, just days after firing Tom Crean for not being able to get past the Sweet 16 -- it seems Indiana’s reportedly about to hire a basketball coach that hasn’t been able to get past the Sweet 16 in his career.
Per a report from Jordan Schultz of The Huffington Post, Indiana has offered the head coaching job to Indiana alum and UCLA head coach Steve Alford -- and a contract that would average in the $4.5 million dollars a year range.
It’s not just the Huffington Post’s Schultz reporting or hinting at this news. Here’s Gregg Doyel in a column that just dropped on a Steve Alford hiring being “kind of dumb.