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I would not call that “raw” though. He did get so much better. Raw might Vic on offense or OG perhaps.

I was on the big fish train all the way. But it seemed to me we all expected him to look at non tier 1 guys. Scott of all people remember how it felt to be left at the alter last time (he could not let that happen again). Also, all the recent hires by top P4 schools was a non tier 1 guy. I think we have accepted that fine.

There will be coaches there who may be coaches of those future superstars. I would hope he would go when he can.

What does asst coach tell mean.

Can you shed light on what indications are being sent? Has he been in communication with IU?

Good news is this year the "we" part is much different

I agree that recruiting Indiana is much easier than Cincinnati. I remember Hickman now too and that was a solid get. Even if he could not get a Bidunga to Cinci I would have expected him to have found some of the lower level Indiana talent to come.

I still wonder if his ability to recruit Indiana is more legend that the results indicate. There did not seem to be any kids at Cininnati from Indiana that were of note. If here were to bring Bidunga then by all means bring him but wondering why he did not bring more kids to Cininnati from Indiana.

Are we assuming none of the WVU players (other than his son) or his signed recruits would come? Does that bode poorly for DD if none are following him or are they not that good?

Thanks. I always assumed if he was the premier recruiter for Alabama, it would be hard to pull him away unless he is not an associate HC

Where did the 73 calls story come from?

https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=leave the ball will you george&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:feca1866,vid:jfKoubuMd38,st:0

I was listening to a West Virginia podcast and that was what they were saying. This was before Hodge was named but they did not make any suggestions about where he would go

True but do you spend your entire NIL on 1 to 2 kids?

Would Braylon be as good as McNeely or even better, close to Cooper Flag? If so, you throw a lot that way and move mountains

Wondering if the lack of activity is related to this. (2) John Fanta on X: "“The transfer portal is crazy. There are kids asking for $2-3 million right now. The money has exploded crazy because we have no guardrails. We have no rules. It’s been as badly of a rule implemented as ever. And agents are taking advantage of it.” — Kevin Willard on @team980" / X

Listened to a West Virginia podcast earlier and they said that Frazier was not going to stay if Hodge was hired. Not sure if accurate but that may free him up should he want to follow to Indiana

Have listened to some West Virginia Locked on Podcasts. Seems like Hodge is the frontrunner today and they think Frazier does not want to stay if Hodge is the coach.

I was curious what the West Virginia fans were thinking prior to DeVries leaving. This was a pretty good podcast https://locked-on-west-virginia-daily-podcast-on-west-virginia-mou.simplecast.com/episodes/report-west-virginia-coach-darian-devries-top-choice-to-be-next-hoosiers-coach-bIjMtCLX They seemed legitimately respectful of Indiana and why he would go and felt strongly he was a great coach, maybe the best they will ever get and ever had (even over Huggie). Good listen even though he thinks Dakich and Rabby are very plugged in to IU lol

Would love to know the backstory on this as I saw he was likely to Villanova as well then suddenly it was Xavier who I thought was getting Murray. Seems an interesting move from NM to Xavier except I did not really like the NM area from a living standpoint so perhaps that was part of it.

A friend down here in Florida who is a UNC fan came up and congratulated me on the Tucker DeVries signing so yeah that makes it official. I thanked him and his AD

I suspect initially they thought it would be cash and a great opportunity but when it became obvious we were not a great team they were then there just for the bag.

Removing drop ceilings is what I heard lol. Honestly, some of the "Woody is King" pictures were pretty big and we had to hire additional movers to get them out.

Is that why he had that gap in his asst coaching timeline?

Any related info on why he would come. I did see where he and DD coached at Creighton together but why leave Bama when things are rolling there? Would this be a chance to be our top assistant position?