JimmerNoe

I think he would be an early frontrunner for my favorite player on next years team if we got him. It has been too long since we’ve had an awesome perimeter player. (I know Tucker can do it too but he’s not a traditional guard)

Do we know if this is realistic? I think he would be number 2 or 3 on my overall wishlist but I know he had zero interest in our system last year. Is he an Indiana guy that would want to come to IU or is he just as likely to take a bag elsewhere?

I think this is very reasonable with all aspects of modern basketball considered. The only gripes I could see about jobs being overall better or above IU would be Arizona and Villanova. Arizona - incredible culture of winning, sustained success, lower pressure externally Villanova - less pressure, more recent success and national relevance, easier conference to navigate than SEC or B10 Otherwise, I think you would be hard pressed to win an argument about Duke, UNC, Kentucky, or Kansas.

I think @Stuhoo probably deserves some flowers about his little Richard propaganda during our coaching search. Big 10 coach of the year, MWC coach of the year, hired by New Blood program with two recent national championships, bringing AA guard with him for immediate year one success. Not saying I would’ve been thrilled with the hire, but that’s quite a haul.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_K2B-dIS9y0&pp=ygUPaG9vc2llciBjb25uZWN0 First interview with Coach is up! Let’s get pumped for what he can do here!

I hope he leaves, shaves his beard, and averages 8 points somewhere.

i don’t think we need to worry too much about not getting a star point guard because we take Enright. I think if last year taught us anything, the weight of the bag we are throwing around is absolutely going to get us a few star players. I trust this staff is going to build pieces that fit. I feel fully confident we will probably grab 5-6 players of Enright caliber. i also feel very confident we will have Tucker and 2-3 additional “stars” from the portal. We are going to have one of the best rosters money can buy. How it’s put together and how it’s coached will be the variables because we’ve seen that grabbing three “stars” from the portal doesn’t mean anything.

I think you’re right and I think it’s wild that people want him gone or blame shooting struggles on Cliff. By all accounts he is incredibly well liked by the players and I don’t buy one bit that someone with a history as a trainer for professional athletes is somehow sabotaging our shooting. It’s asinine. Perpetuated by people who have never been in a college gym or lifted at the rate that a high level athlete does. bet anything someone responds with “hes a football trainer”. Yeah you don’t get to the NFL without knowing your stuff. He’s not doing NFL workouts with our guys, promise.

How much more do you like this hire compared to Ben McCollum. I know you previously said he is not a dude lol

Can someone tell me more about what he runs offensively and defensively? @Uspshoosier? I saw the packline video and that makes me a little scared.

Interesting.

Also want to say I appreciate all of our folks who share what they are hearing. I would love to hear more about what you guys heard if you ever feel like sharing it, but it made for a fun ride nonetheless! Cheers to portal season! Anyone who has anything negative to say to our plugged in posters, please keep it to yourself and scream into a pillow if you’re disappointed so the rest of us don’t have to hear it.

Im sure I’ll come around on it eventually once I get to watch some analysis. Just a decent hire to me. I know that big home runs are rare but I definitely didn’t get super excited like you’d hope to be when you hear the name.

If we go with Devries we better get to know who Goodman’s “mystery candidate” was

I would think that if Thamel is saying he’s “not a candidate at Iowa”, that would lean more towards an extension? Because if Thamel knows he’s not going to Iowa because he’s going to IU, wouldn’t he just break “Devries to IU”?