hoopsta007

Whether people want to believe it the NBA is absolutely rigged from the playoffs down to the draft. Too many coincidences. Mavs trade Luka and magically get the first pick in the next draft. Cleveland and LeBron. And on and on the list can go. Combine that with suspicious officiating at best and it’s hard to see it any other way. Best to be viewed similar to professional wrestling as “sports entertainment”

We must only scout the SEC because it just means more……

I’m starting to wonder if the Colts even scout the Big Ten. Tired of getting these SEC bums

Is the thinking that Dorn stays? If so hopefully we recruit well enough for him to come off of the bench

Who are your people thinking we are getting?

If true seems like we didn’t learn our lesson last year.

I agree with you but we haven’t really missed out on anyone yet. I would bet some of this “IU interest” are agents trying to get their clients more money. Similar to how a lot of coaches are getting raises off of the current openings. That’s my hope at least

While we may get him I’m not sure he is the player being referenced. Would Bradley be considered High Major?

Purdue flops more than any NBA team. I didn’t think it was possible for them to get a better whistle than when they had Edey, but somehow here we are

Overpaying on an unproven coach shows exactly why we are in the mess that we are. So, where should our expectations need to be? We have a top tier NIL budget, we have better fan support and history than almost any other school. Should we not expect to be able to hire a top half of the conference coach? Is that asking too much?

With the right amount of money coaches can be bought. Would he have to be overpaid, definitely. But that is where fans expect the program to be. Totally invested into winning. We are shopping the bargain aisle, overpaying the discount coach, and ignoring better options. Sad state of affairs if we can’t bring in someone who would be a top 5 B1G coach.

Would our program be winning now if we would have hired Calipari when he was ready to leave Kentucky? Pitino when he was ready to live Siena? For the right amount of money most coaches can be gotten. The question is are we really interested in bringing in, and paying top coaches? We’ve lost our recruiting footprint from the laziness of Woodson but one elite recruiter could fix that in a season. And with genuine curiosity what do you see of DeVries that makes you think he is a winner? I see it the opposite but am looking for anything optimistic.

We don’t need to give a coach that much time. We knew the previous coaches weren’t going to cut it yet drove more fans to apathy by keeping them too long. Hire a top coach and get top results. It really is that simple. Employee coaches that are bottom tier in the B1G and get bottom tier results

He was getting a lot of the praise as an assistant at UCLA when they made a run to the final four. Cronin gave him a lot of public praise for his game planning

Hard to give him a pass. Poor recruiting and inability to hire a staff in a timely manner is a major red flag. Has no evaluation skills as evidenced by the team he assembled and admitted he basically didn’t understand his job (Big Ten basketball). Little to no player development and a lack of scheming ability. Is there any coach in the Big Ten that DeVries would be better than? He is likely no better than 10th and has just been exposed and embarrassed by most of the league this year