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HoosierInParadise

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  1. HoosierInParadise

    Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

    It will be fine. You're not wrong that we are outdated, old, forgotten, and irrelevant. That is what losing for this long and making bad hires along the way does to a program. Big names don't want to come here. I am hopeful that IU can get back to the basics with CDD. If he can win from the get go all is well. We needed an enormous upgrade in the team culture department. If CDD instills a good culture and play winning basketball, he has all the tools to be super successful. I'm liking the hire more as I watch stuff on him.
  2. HoosierInParadise

    Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

    Yep....no one wanted the job but this guy. I guess we should thank him.
  3. HoosierInParadise

    Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

    Can I add value the basketball, make free throws, and play gritty defense?
  4. HoosierInParadise

    Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

    Player payroll was extremely different I would imagine...
  5. HoosierInParadise

    Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

    I would like for his first request of Dolson to go like this "I went from Drake, and Adidas school, to WVU, a nike school. Adidas freaking sucks...we need to change this immediately." He will then win me over for life.
  6. HoosierInParadise

    Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

    Alright....I'm over it. Let's see what he can do. Might be fun to watch him build it into something again.
  7. HoosierInParadise

    Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

    So when Dolson introduces DeVries, is he going to talk about expectations of competing for championships and blah, blah, blah? If so, and after 3 years, we have gone .500 in the Big Ten each season with 1 tournament appearance, are we going to give him a 4th year?
  8. HoosierInParadise

    Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

    He will have to win to prove we are a serious basketball program....this hire alone does not communicate that.
  9. HoosierInParadise

    General Coach Candidate News

    I will watch how this goes with Devries but it's got an Archie feel to it. I'm bummed where the program has gotten. Our chance to hire a big time coach, and we didn't, was when we hired KS. What happened after that has led to IU not being a serious basketball school anymore. We will have to see if Devries can win enough to show we are serious, but on the surface, this hire does nothing for me with respect to feeling good about the state of IU basketball.
  10. HoosierInParadise

    General Coach Candidate News

    Well, call me skeptical...I'm not buying it.
  11. HoosierInParadise

    General Coach Candidate News

    It says targeting.....that's a fancy way to say "top candidate" which no one has been correct on this entire search.
  12. HoosierInParadise

    General Coach Candidate News

    Plus, hasn't Rick Pitino always talked positively about the IU job in general, and isn't Donovan close to Pitino? Not that it necessarily matters, but Donovan could see the IU job as a good one to have if he's going to go back into the college ranks.
  13. HoosierInParadise

    General Coach Candidate News

    Sorry...I shouldn't have said that. Just was getting frustrated with the absolutes being used in saying Stevens was or is never going to happen. You're entitled to your opinions like everyone else. Again....sorry
  14. HoosierInParadise

    General Coach Candidate News

    Oh no! Dooms day for AH and Alford Bailey! There literally are no more mediocre candidates left to root for to get this job. Your worst nightmare might be coming in that insiders might have actually had real information....
  15. HoosierInParadise

    General Coach Candidate News

    Lack of playing time?
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