Uspshoosier

Interesting. most my customers on the route loved the hire

It’s all perception for posters. People you hear say iu can’t get who they want is the ones that thinks IU is on Dukes level when it comes to recruiting. You could argue IU got who they wanted this portal cycle it’s just not good enough for a select few posters. Optics drive many’s view of ius roster

Buzz was always going to win. That’s what he does. Probably doesn’t win enough for most posters on here but he is going to win. Then time to move on in 5 years.

NIL is still relatively new to the college game. IU was one of the first schools to embrace and plan for it. Now schools are adapting to the new landscape. Being one of the first doesn’t mean it stays that way. Other schools have probably passed IU in terms of NIL. Last year teams didn’t have to spend as much for players so fielding a complete roster was probably less expensive. This year prices went up across the board. Fielding a team this year compared to last year is probably different. Part of the new way. Every team will have to deal with it. Buying players with extra years of eligibility doesn’t necessarily mean those extra years will be used at whichever school the go to. Baylor lost their whole team to the portal and the draft and that program has won big in the last 5 years. If it is happening to them then no team is safe. Having said all that I like the roaster construction of the current team and look forward to seeing them play in a couple months

https://x.com/ebosshoops/status/1920547467159892141?s=46

https://x.com/grantramey/status/1917709159509942595?s=46

I had no worries on missing those guys. DeVries had a connection and swung for the fence. Murphy is considered by some the best young assistant in the whole game today. Bama and Texas Tech stepped up and gave them both raises. DeVries still got a couple sharks even missing on those 2

Tennessee premium board sees it as a big loss. Shouldn’t be hard to fill his spot if your Barnes. His first call has to be Rodney Terry to see if he would want to come back on as an assistant

When they first started out compared to what Adam’s is making to start out yeah he is making more then them in their respected 1st years

My guess is more money and probably associate head coach title. If Adam’s is getting 400,000 which was more than any assistant on Woodys staff I’m guessing his will be more. Only 32

DeVries is cooking. Just stole an SEC teams top assistant. A sec team that just went to back to back elite 8s. Not even May and DeVries has 3 assistants that are known to get dudes and has a roster of 11 possibly 12. Heck of a job in my opinion. Impressed

Nowadays all you need is a Trilly discord account to get the latest news for anything related to college basketball including the IU related news. If you can wait for it his stuff will make it to the various message boards eventually even the premium boards.

You could argue some are more concerned with the optics of how IU is perceived by the national media and other fan bases then they are actual results on the court. Some would rather lose a close game to a national brand team like Duke then actual win a close game where IU looks bad against a team like Northwestern. Been that way for a while for some people. The reality is doesn’t matter how IU is perceived next year coach DeVries is going to have to win. He could have gotten the top 12 transfer portal guys this year or he could have gotten 200-212 ranked transfer guys in the portal and his expectation is going to be the same. Win. Optics would look better for some with choice 1 however expectations would be no different the door number 2. Unimpressed or impressed with what he has done doesn’t matter just got to sit back and see if this is the year IU claws its way back to where people want it to be

https://x.com/theportalreport/status/1916859174014603664?s=46

I like it. They have switched some stuff up but for the most part it follows the game. The games are really good. Story wise one of the best stories in a video game series. In the 2nd game you do not find out who Abby is until middle part of the game or why she did what she did and you play as her early in the game.