jermhoosierfan

IIRC, Ware was asking for $500k when he came 2 years ago, now that same caliber of player is asking for 2 to 4 times that much? This model is not sustainable in the long term. Their agents are really asking for the world, and I can see why CDD would be picky about the type of player that he wants.

I look at the Portal Opening kinda like NFL free agency. Some of the big names come off first with the big bucks, but a few days after the opening is where teams get the majority of the players that can make up the team. This year, we need all but 2 players which takes a lot of time, but I expect next year to just a third of the team to a half the team is needed. A lot depends on the freshmen coming in and how many seniors that the team will have. We just need 3 more for the starting 5 if Goode gets his extra year (which would be awesome), and the rest is the bench or fighting for one of those starting spots. There are more than 2k players in the portal, and it takes time for a new staff to sift through all of that. I am not worried. Now if we get to May, and we only have 4 or 5 players, I might give a side eye. We actually have a coach needing to set up his "base" to build everything on, and I believe he will get who he needs. I have patience with him.

If Auburn is truly 8 or 9 in NIL in the SEC $13 mil to spend, you would have to think that this model cannot keep up. In a year or 2, it will be up to $20 to 30 mil. They don't want to do it, but the athletes will have to be signed as employees with a contract at some point. I can't see boosters keeping this up.

You can't beat the pull of family unfortunately when your mother is sick. It sucks, but there are over 2k in the portal.

He was making over $4 mill a year, and he wouldn't return the car? I wonder if he figured it was a retirement gift? And CDD should have a red car with IU plates on it.

Hey, got to save on that fuel going to games checking out HS recruits.

https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/04/03/q-a-point-guard-conor-enright-discusses-commitment-to-iu-basketball/ Here is a Q/A with Enright on ITH, and he discuses his shoulder issue that "should be 100 percent middle or end of July."

According to ITH, "DeVries also receives $25,000 for moving expenses, a $50,000 one-time signing bonus and a $10,000 annual allowance for placing orders for Adidas products. The new IU coach will also receive one courtesy car to be used for the term of employment. Additional benefits include season tickets to IU athletics competitions, season credentials and parking passes for football and men’s basketball games, meals provided at the athletic dining facility, unlimited family use of the Pfau Course, and the driving range, which includes green fees, cart fees and range balls." I wonder if they gave him a car or if he went and got to pick it out. This is the kind of stuff I wonder when I see this stuff, and how much Adidas stuff can you actually get for $10k? How often does he place an order? You have to think they gave him carte blanche at the AH gift store you would think.

I understand the nostalgia part of it, but at 68 and being a Doctor, it is time to retire. Like to give him maybe more than a day or 2 notice, but it is time to get some fresh blood in there. IU has one of the biggest, if not the biggest, medical teaching systems in the country. I believe they have someone who knows what they will be doing to replace him. Fisch has a couple of more years left till he his playing golf during the winter every chance he gets in Florida.

I met the guy and a couple members of his family last year Ubering while the Elite 8 was in Evansville. Nice guy

With the portal, it shouldn't be as painful as those 3, but I wonder if he had to think for a minute if he wanted to stay? Did he not get the NIL that he wants? Did CDD think about it after watching some game tape that he might not want anyone from last year's team? Time for a fresh start.

They wanted a break, so they let the chaos happen. That is something I totally believe because who wants it to make sense to be the day after the tournament ends? They can have enough staff to do the portal and HS recruiting if they wanted to.

https://dbknews.com/2025/03/27/kevin-willard-maryland-mens-basketball-villanova-timeline/ Kevin Willard has to be done in Maryland right? There are reports that he was being booed by Maryland fans in the hotel lobby on the way to the bus leaving for the arena? The guy seems like a slime ball who should be fired just about for the way he has acted the last week almost. Maryland has also added a coaching search to go with the AD search just in case, but I don't think he is the coach at Maryland in the next 72 hours.

I saw all the coke accusations yesterday on the X post of CDD wising IUWBB good luck, and just half of the hate was of Tucker doing blow. LOL I would really hate to see how they would've reacted if he went to Pitt. LOL

There's a joke in there somewhere about Self and Dix. Just where is it?

Maryland has put themselves in a nasty situation there it looks like. The portal really needs to open up on the Tuesday after the championship game. When the season is over, free agency begins. No other sport has their free agency period start during their playoffs. It is asinine

i.e. Rutgers LOL

Like no one ever saw this coming. All it takes is 1 coach to give in for the kid to get that big pay day.

Those replies are a bit ruthless. We must have got a good one with how much vitriol they are showing.

Or spite to Woody.

I would love to see Bryson stay. I wonder if his family would have him stay after what happened during the year with a coaching change.

Being a senior, I am sure that Enright will be fine and will know what he is getting into at the high major level.

My God, did Woody do anything besides coach in the games, go to practice, drink wine, or smoke cigars? I understand you need a good size staff, but we didn't get the results from the money being spent it looks like. The ROI was not good.

This is straight off of Google. Enright is about the size of Yogi, and I believe he was fine in the Big 10. He will be fine as a backup/occasional starter who is familiar with CDV's culture he wants to set. He would be perfectly fine for us.