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Geez why did this place get so negative all of a sudden? Maybe we should've pumped the brakes and recalibrated expectations at some point in the last two months instead of assuming we'd get Brad Stevens, Billy Donovan, or Jay Wright.

Sick, I had no idea. Hopefully we snag at least two of these dudes. Gonna need some depth at the very least. And DeVries seems capable of developing players unlike Woodson.

DeVries also has an incoming top 25 class Funny, we could end up with two Trents on the roster. Is now a good time to mention that my mom named me Trent after Trent Green? lmao

Based on this board's track record in the last 48 hours that means he is coming lol

Not gonna lie, this fooled me till I checked the handle lmao.

I still want to know, who was the "mystery candidate"???

I miss that week when you weren't on this site

@RoadToZion Would love to hear one day some of the things you were hearing behind the scenes the last few days, including the moments leading up to the DeVries hire. We all appreciate you providing what you can in real time. I know that what you might hear can change rapidly from one moment to the next.

Honestly I would've told you the latter is more likely lol. I'm a history/geography/language nerd and love talking about these sorts of topics. But also, Darian DeVries is just a cool name. Has excellent phonaesthetics.

DeVries is actually a somewhat common surname in Dutch-speaking parts of the world and refers to a proper place (Friesland, in northern Netherlands). So it makes sense the V is capitalized. Fun fact, the language of Friesland is the closest living relative to the English language. One rhyme that is sometimes used to demonstrate the similarity between Frisian and English is "Bread, butter and green cheese is good English and good Fries" (pronounced like freeze, not like french fries, to be clear).

Darian veDries

That doesn't seem to be what he's insinuating, and I don't believe that any of that is the case. Most of the time if a coach doesn't get pursued, it's because he was not interested. Backchannel conversations are happening all the time. This is why Dolson hired a search firm. If we didn't pursue Otz or Drew, there's probably a simple explanation: they didn't want the job. As far as May, I believe there was some mutual interest, but not enough on May's part to pull him away. You're making an awful lot of assumptions about what happened. Do you really think Dolson sat on his hands for two months, watched WVU get snubbed in the tourney, and started making calls Sunday night??

Before we go any further can we stop calling him DvD? The V comes after the second D, not before. Also the V is capitalized. DDV. Or just DD. Sorry to go all Kathy on y'all but it's been driving me nuts lol

My heart can't handle this and I'm only 31. I'm simply not built for #SearchSzn.

This is what I feel may be the case. For quite some time we were told by insiders that boosters were confident Dolson got "his guy." The way this all played out absolutely feels like it happened spur-of-the-moment and was not in the works for months (or even a year as some would have us believe). I'd be fascinated to know more of what happened behind the scenes, who the "mystery candidate" was, and how we ended up here.

Not to sound overly optimistic but people who say they'd rather have McCollum... I understand that, but McCollum inherited a program that was already rolling at Drake, and brought in his own extremely effective system. I'm not discrediting the fact he's won 30 games, that's an excellent record. DeVries won very close to that number multiple times, having built Drake from the ground up himself. He's not just a proven winner but also a proven program-builder and recruiter. That's what we need. I am sure McCollum will end up right where he wants to be (Iowa) and will be a nuisance in the Big Ten. Only time will tell.

hey man @Stuhoo said no politics /s

Guessing Osterman's tweet was the only real smokescreen of the search.

To all the insiders pumping Brad Stevens rumors for the last 6 weeks:

Someone on staff at a WVU message board just posted "He gone." Seems like this is done.

Whoever the new coach is should show up wearing one of these suits

Donovan is still coaching

Thanks for the update. This tracks with everything else I'm hearing from the folks I trust.

No, Dolson is keeping this extremely tight-lipped. I don't think it'll get out until the official announcement or perhaps moments before.