Hoosierfan2017

I don’t pay enough attention to coaching searches to know how common it is, but none of his WVU players/recruits following him stuck out to me too. You’d think at least one guy would. The Whiz Kid has several guys following him to Iowa. Idk, I guess I just expected to hear more news at this point than we’ve heard.

The elusive Scotty R double whammy! Both blame the fans and question why anyone would want to come to IU in the same post.

He doesn’t have to “impress” anyone, but he has to win games if he wants to keep his job, and a huge key to winning games is landing high caliber portal in the offseason - especially so when you don’t have any returning players. He doesn’t have a full staff yet and went after Dix and Conwell both but couldn’t land either of them. Like geez, I feel like I’m pretty uncharacteristically reasonable in my takes today but any concern with DD’s performance thus far is being met with giant backlash. It’s ok to admit that it’s been a shaky start. Plenty of time to get things moving in the right direction.

Are you impressed by what you’ve seen from DD since he was hired? If so, what has impressed you?

No one will be happy with a 19-13 record next year, as evidenced by the reaction to this past year’s…. 19-13 record. Fans want to win, win big, and do it now. People don’t have the stomach for a rebuild. Sure, there’s time to land players, But what are we waiting for with the assistant coaches? We’re trying to win recruiting battles against schools running on all cylinders when we have half a staff, and it’s not working out great right now.

And if IU has the year that WVU just had then no one will be happy this time next year.

Using “adults” because some posters are expressing concerns with the early results is childish in and of itself. I don’t see anyone claiming that the sky is falling but it’s 100% reasonable to have concerns with how DD’s first few weeks have unfolded.

Just because one team did it and it worked out for them doesn’t mean it’ll also work out for us too. I’m trying to stay patient but from the outside looking in it doesn’t look like we’re firing on all cylinders right now.

Really need some positive momentum because it feels like we’re meandering aimlessly right now - three players on the team, no GM, staff isn’t complete, we’re being outbid, his WVU guys (other than his son) don’t seem like they want to follow him. With all the talk about how great our NIL is, we aren’t making any noise at all. It’s still earlier and ultimately we won’t know how we did until the season gets here, but I’ve been pretty underwhelmed by DD’s first few weeks.

To be honest I don’t really understand this response in the context of the post of mine that you quoted, but go Hoosiers!

Congrats on your age? Lol. “Why would X come to IU” is your response to basically every single coach and/or player proposed on here. Believe it or not, some people think IU is a nice place to play/coach basketball.

Maybe, but they’ll have to stay affiliated with the schools. No one cares about semiprofessional leagues. If they aren’t affiliated with the schools then popularity would plummet.

Has there ever been a player or coach that you think would want to come to IU?

DD will need to be able to win recruiting battles against other top schools to succeed at IU. Tucker, while a great player, tells us nothing about DD’s ability to win those battles because he’s DD’s son. If he had a different last name then of course the feeling around here would be a lot different because it’d be a big recruiting win and a sign of DD’s recruiting chops, rather than a kid following his dad.

Hard not to feel uneasy at this point. It’s been over two weeks and we don’t have a staff, don’t have a GM, none of his players/recruits from WVU seem to want to follow him, the only portal win is a role player from DePaul, and we’re apparently being outbid for our top targets. Need to start making some moves.

Scotty R days without blaming the fans: 0.

Impossible to rate this move given the current state of the roster. There’s a world where it’s a great pickup, a world where it’s meh, and a world where it’s awful. For now, all we know is DD picked up a player the Wiz Kid wanted, which I think is a positive sign.

Hope we land some guys soon. I’m getting antsy.

Steuby doo would shut down the entire forum if he could.

He’s two weeks into the job and has literally an empty roster. The only priority right now is fielding a competitive team for next year. Everything else can wait a few weeks, imo. I have no doubt he understands the importance of in-state recruiting/making his face known, but right now it’s tunnel vision time.

Why not? This is the first time I’ve felt excitement for IU basketball since March 2021, and honestly it feels great. We’ll see how the portal goes, but I view it as a great sign all our players left.

(1) Portal doesn’t open until after the National Championship. It’s crazy to force coaches to deal with the portal when their season is still happening. (2) you sit out a season unless you’re a grad transfer or your head coach leaves. People make the argument “but coaches can leave whenever they want!” First off, players and coaches are different. Coaches have contracts with financial implications if they leave. Players right now can really do whatever they want. It needs to be reigned in.

NIL money is crazy to me. A guy like Cupps, imo, is worth a scholarship and maybe some meal vouchers in the Big 10. Hundreds of thousands for a player of his caliber is wild. But I guess that’s where we’re headed with the amount of money going into NIL.

The guys Woodson brought in last year (except maybe Goode) came for the money. It doesn’t mean they’re bad kids, or that money is all they care about, but it’s why they came to play for Mike Woodson. I’m ready for a completely fresh start, so I’m glad to see everyone hitting the portal, as harsh as that may sound. After listening to DD’s interview yesterday, he sounds like a normal, down to earth, hardworking guy, and I’m excited to see who he brings in.