IUHoosierJoe

Yeah. My ears are still bleeding from listening to Dick Vitale scream “they need to throw the ball into Cody” every possession, every time he did one of our games.

Thank you.

Seems like there might be a chance.

I wonder if there is a chance Bryson might decide to stay.

Does “soft chatter” look like this but with just the gums?

Kent Benson

That’s the same way his old boss Mike Pegram was. They only trust their “established sources” that they personally know. Very early in the Crean era, I knew the coach of a player Sampson had offered and Crean visited. Pegram reported false info related to the visit. I let him know, but never heard back from him, and he continued to report the false info.

I think he’s talking about the Karens that post here.

Because the tweet is from March 28

I think if our roster was almost full, people would be complaining that we might miss out on some really good players that aren’t in the portal yet.

I’m surprised it’s not Michigan.

At IU, they take online classes when available, but they take many in-person classes.

Well, it’s been 25 minutes and we don’t have a full pickleball coaching staff and roster, so our administration must be a total dumpster fire.

Looks like Villanova's staff is leaving for the most part. Those guys played there and have been there a long time and accomplished a lot (Nardi and Anderson I'm specifically speaking of). Wonder if those guys would be interested.

So, you believe that West Virginia is a huge step up to Indiana, but Texas Tech to Indiana is a step down or lateral?

I’ve heard a name from SMU. Capke maybe?

It's possible for good players to play on bad teams. Calbert Cheaney's high school team, for example, has a losing record one of his seasons there, among many other examples that exist. Not surprisingly, you have provided no evidence why I should blame Pack's team records solely on him. So without that evidence, I'll stick with DeVries' assessment and the fancy numbers you don't understand. And thank YOU for playing.

His advanced metrics, especially before last season when he apparently played hurt, seem to contradict your assessment of him.

“Discuss” is exactly what I did. And again, things are moving “slow” compared to what? Compared to any school’s timeline that has ever done this before? No. Compared to unrealistic expectations of some people who apparently believe our timeline should be different from everyone who’s ever done this before? Perhaps so.

My point was to lay out a few facts as to how DeVries went about a similar situation last year, to help people settle down. Much on the same timeline as May, Pope, and Kelsey last year (who all made the tournament by the way). You're welcome to work yourself up in a lather over a coach that's been here 2 weeks, though. As someone else commented in response to my post, I'm not one to blame the fanbase for the programs' failings. I've been around a long time and supported an underachieving program for a quarter century now, just like many others have. Most fans are beyond great. But I gotta tell ya, this board's response to not having a full staff and at least half a full roster when no facts or evidence suggests that is a realistic expectation makes this fanbase look very soft and emotionally fragile. Quite frankly, it is embarrassing. How about if we give the guy a chance. There, did I bash people on this board enough for ya this time?

Yeah, anybody can look at how DeVries handled this last year and see how nutso it is that people think we should have a full staff and half a roster announced. His staff wasn’t complete for 3 months. The bulk of his roster signings came in mid to late April, with the star of the class signing May 1, and another in June. Christ, some of you are gonna need daily wellness visits by then.

It’s DeVries and Enright

You said, repeatedly, extremely repeatedly, that Indiana wouldn’t get a head coach from a power 5 conference. You weren’t right.

No, we have a fanbase that did nothing but ***** about dropping bags for kids who didn't want to be here. Now, we've had a coach for less than 2 weeks, one guy he probably thought wasn't good enough to overpay for goes somewhere else, and people lose their f'ing minds and want to drop bags again. I'm guessing Woodson and his family are realizing how fortunate they are to be rid of this nonsense.

Actually, we were 19th in defensive efficiency that year. Probably the only really good defensive team Crean had here.