jermhoosierfan

I heard Todd Leary say after DDV was announced that he thought B Tucker would be better in the new system as opposed to Woodson's system. I would like to see him get pushed to see how well he can do.

They better have a lenient Taco Bell late night drive thru wherever he decides to go. Lol. I really wanted to see if DDV could unlock him, but I guess their meeting didn't turn out that way.

I will be looking for that on YouTube. They have quite a few on there, and the ones with Cignetti are really good.

https://www.wvnews.com/devries-and-his-family-adjusting-to-west-virginia/article_2f824124-923d-11ef-a5d1-c36c13013813.html Here is an article from Thanksgiving time about CDD and his family adjusting to Morgantown. I expect something like this in a few months about his life in Bloomington. It says that he lived in a hotel for 3 months till they sold their house and got their new one, so they might be doing the same now. And it looks like their daughter will be a sophomore and plays volleyball and basketball. Seems like a down to Earth guy.

A lot has been said about WVU's reaction to the hire, but Iowa thought they had him. One guy on this podcast said they had the odds at -400 that he was going to Iowa, and they are blaming it basically on the lack of NIL they have there. I would think that played a part in it along with the tradition and amount of support he will get to have in Bloomington as opposed to Iowa City. They are looking to McCollum, and if they don't get him, I wonder who they can get.

LOL, I just came across your post about it. Been a busy morning. So I second this abbreviation.

How about CDV?

The way he breaks it down is pretty much spot on. WVU is a place that someone can be for a long time and be comfortable if you can win there, but if a Kansas, IU, UNC, or Duke calls you and asks if you are interested, you take the call and listen. The Kiffen to USC is a pretty much spot on comparison. My ex is from Tennessee and her family was PO'ed that Kiffen left, but I understood seeing it was his dream job. In hindsight, he probably screwed up, but when that opportunity presents itself, you have to take that chance. I am glad we were on the side we are on.

I wonder if we have a chance although he has an IU hoodie on in the picture standing in front of the IU back drop. It makes a guy wonder where he might be leaning.

I was Peeved when the Chi-Chi's here in Evansville closed down because I loved their pineapple margaritas. I am ready for some portal szn.

After being a lurker for about 6 or 7 years, I have always appreciated your outlook from someone on the inside of IU.

Seeing that his daughter plays in high school, I bet that he will be very supportive of Teri Moren.

I have a feeling Dolson threw out a hypothetical if Woodson is fired, would you be interested? DDV probably told him to talk to me when the season is over.

You don't know until you try. You miss all the shots you don't take. (It's amazing where that saying can apply.)

I believe that neither coach recruited Indiana all that well for shooters

He doesn't seem the kind to throw shade like that in an introductory press conference, at least right now he doesn't seem to be.

I saw that Leary said that Bryson Tucker would fit DDV's offense better than Woodson's. It will be interesting to see who stay and who goes.

That is what I didn't understand the last 8 years. I can throw a d@mn rock outside here in Evansville, and probably hit a kid who could shoot better than the teams put on the floor the last 8 years. (Sarcastically of course, I think I did shoot better at a small Christian high school I played at 36 years ago.) This state is loaded with guys who can do that. It just blows my mind sometimes.

Do you think he said that intentionally? I am not really sure, but I like it.

Doing a little Internet research, it looks like his wife played at Northern Iowa and their daughter looks to also play in high school. They are a basketball family it looks like.

Dolson might not have met with DDV and talked about getting rid of Woody in the Bahamas, but I bet that he did keep an eye on his team after that to see if he was right for the job for when the plug was pulled on Woody. He probably did ask some of big fish if they were interested, and they say No. He gets to his second tier of guys, and DDV was first on that list. The search firm did their thing, and he jumped on him as soon as the selection show was over and WVU was left off. Maybe they kept in contact via personal e-mail to judge interest? Who knows, but Dolson knew that DDV was someone he could work with since the Bahamas I bet.

My dad was a coal miner here in SW Indiana, and I can tell you for a fact that we have blue collar workers here also. And I can assure you that if you gave any of them over a million $$ raise, they would move also. Please, if he can put a team on the floor that works hard and wins, we will be fine.

He can get the ball and look to shoot first on another team. I would've liked to see what he could do with DeVries, but I am not sorry to see him go.

Exactly, he is a solid coach who has proven he can win at this level. The goal is to win games not the press conference.

And wherever that Mystery Machine is, I got the other way because I don't need that karma at all.