HoosierMatty

I agree. I think going into the first year of revenue share and not knowing how this clearing house stuff will shake out, it makes more sense being conservative with freshman. Right now it's clear portal players have more value. But, I'm not sure where the true value lays for freshman under this landscape. I think right now some of these numbers seem a bit high. And desperate schools like OSU with mediocre coaches are willing to pay. You can't out talent bad coaching. Woody proved that and we paid a lot of money with poor results.

Really happy about this pick up. Perhaps it's looking at things through rose colored glasses I think this pick up may have more benefit long term then getting Thompson. Obviously Anthony Thompson is more talented but he's a one and done. At least Karvala is more likely to be a multi-year player that fits our system well.

Based on the massive buyouts under Woodward I totally get why you wouldn't want him to make that decision. But the Governor injecting himself into the situation and running his mouth is horrible. If your doing a committee do it quietly, or fire Woodward and hire a new AD to make that decision. LSU should be the number 1 available job or at least tied with Florida this cycle. Any big name coach is going to be completely turned off by this clown show. This is next level too many cooks in the kitchen.

Really happy with this win. This was a really great first test. Baylor is a team that really attacks our weaknesses we were concerned about going into this season. Baylor is a long athletic team known for crashing the boards. The kind of team we don't really have a way to practice against. The fact we grinded this out even after it looked like it would get away from us in the first half is big. If this was a Woodson team we would have been blown out. What's more impressive is this team is supposed to be a great 3 point shooting team and we had an off day .We still found a way to win through our defense and made nearly all our foul shots.

I don't necessarily want to be the team that is always throwing out the most money and that be the deciding factor. Woodson era proved that isn't going to get desirable results. If we miss on this 2026 class which is considered a weak one, I would rather have money for the transfer portal. And if we have a good year that will only help things with the portal and 2027 recruits

I agree with all this. We are coming at this with own biases on how an 18 year old kid should make a major life decision. Let's be honest there were some recruiting cycles we won under Woodson where other schools would have said we only got that player because of money. We just got to move forward. I am confident if DeVries shows a team this year we can get behind, runs a fun system and punches above its weight, we will start to win more of these battles. All the other handicaps like money will also likely work themselves out.

I sounds like results on the court will be out biggest leverage going forward especially if we can't or aren't willing to pay as much. Kids may like our system but are probably taking a wait and see approach. It sucks Money was the deciding factor it sounds like. But he also maybe wanted to be close to home.

He's the best coach in the country. As far as I'm concerned he should be the highest paid in the Big Ten. We got the money we can make it happen.

It has struck me that DeVries is not somebody who just wants to make the highest offer possible just because we can. My whole impression is he wants someone who wants to be here for the right reasons and not just the highest bidder. So to me he's more selective about when to make the highest offer. Was it not the case we outbid UK for Lamar? As far a less money being there this year I'm sure there are many factors. Some of it is former donors who were butt hurt about Woody and may take awhile to come back. Some of it could be they are taking a wait and see approach because they basically torched their money the last few years. And some of it could be administrative bs being overly cautious and uncertainty about the new rules. As we see currently 2026 recruiting is a mess. But I think if DeVries really wants someone and needs to ask for the money I feel like the call would be answered. And if we show improvement this year, get to the tournament, and more clarity on the rules, that money will come back. I just fail to see a world where we remain outside the top 10 in spending. I am concerned about Rabby's report but I think we should just wait and see before we jump to conclusions.

Maybe is or maybe he isn't. But I think DeVries regardless is very good coach. I think Drock also brings other elements that make him a better fit than McCollum. I am 100 percent behind the hire. I was for McCollum before I knew anything about DeVries. I think Dolson made a smart well reasoned decision. For once this feels like a well thought out hire instead of all the stupid ones we made before it.

McCollum may be a better X's and O's coach than DeVries but he's still a very solid coach. And winning at a higher level program like Indiana there are other aspects such as recruiting the right level of talent. And the style of play can affect the level of recruits you get. I was definitely for McCollum but I had legitimate concerns about that. I feel comfortable at this point that DeVries may be a better fit. But time will tell

So what is the word? We have a new coach already and it will be announced immediately after Woodson is gone? Who that is is open to speculation?

So what's the news?

So have we reached out to McCollum and has he shown he's interested?

People keep saying IU doesn't need to take a risk when hiring a candidate like McCollum. But whose to say IU has any choice in the matter. If all the top candidates tell us to kick rocks and other tier is candidates that have radioactive baggage or a candidate with mediocre results like Collins and Brownell, well eventually you are left with the up and comer tier. To be honest we shouldn't be surprised. Look what happened to U of L and UK. Hopefully we have similar results with whoever we pick.