General Coach Candidate News

[IU05]

3 minutes ago, Sobchak_Security said:

Curry Sage Spaces tonight says he’s hearing McCollum met with Iowa this weekend and couldn’t agree to terms because of NIL but he may end up taking it anyway.  Sounds like in general the NIL situation for men’s basketball is a mess at Iowa.  Brownell to IU is out.  Curry seems to think it is either DeVries or a higher caliber (Stevens/May/Wade) for IU.  He doesn’t seem certain at all…just trying to connect dots.  “Inclinations” as he called it.  He has a trusted sources that it’s not McCollum, Brownell or McDermott for IU but it is done.  If not DeVries….he thinks it’s someone “really f*cking big”

How can it be done and potentially Devries if Devries met with Iowa today? 

[BH33]

Just now, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Was about to post this, didn’t hear the Devries part though, only the big fish part

He emphasized that last piece. Said he wished he had a plug at IU, but admitted he was working this out loud and can’t make sense of it if it’s not DeVries

[BA47591]

1 minute ago, theriverpilot said:

SIAP 
Looks like IU made one last run on Dusty according to the Coaching Changes account.

Extensions mean nothing and a buyout under 10m is no obstacle if both parties want it to happen. He signed an extension at FAU then took meetings with at least 2 schools we know of. If he wants to be our coach he will be. I don't think he's ever implied it was a career dream of his to coach IU. 

[Dalton26]

5 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Curry hicks saying McCollum is out and it's either Devries or a total dark horse

Who?

[Sobchak_Security]

Just now, lillurk said:

If Iowa doesn’t have the NIL to meet McCollum’s demands then there’s no way they’re meeting DeVries’s, right?

That and they have a WVU guy on that doesn’t think it makes sense that DeVries would leave after 1 year to go to Iowa as he knew it would likely be open now when he left Drake last season.  Also they all think that Iowa isn’t necessarily a better job than WVU

[Chris007]

5 minutes ago, J34 said:

In fairness, weren't you touting Shrewsberry as the next A+ hire, a while back?

He said Alan Hissy or something like that a while back to. Dennis Gates was one last search. Heck he might have mentioned Mathew Graves also. :-)

[BH33]

Just now, Dalton26 said:

Who?

SearchSzn guy on X. @CurryHicksSage

[Papacap]

6 minutes ago, BH33 said:

CurryHicksSage basically saying if it’s not DeVries, then he believes it’s someone in the Brad Stevens/Dusty May/Will Wade echelon. He also says he does not believe it is McCollum, Brownell or McDermott.

He doubled down and said “if it’s not DeVries, then it’s really someone f***ing big.”

Big. Like, say, Wright big?

[8bucks]

7 minutes ago, Helgo said:

Well, ok, but we all have emotional attachments to where we grew up. So, while they may not be different, the emotional attachment may be quite different. 

I grew up in Indiana, tried for a long time to reach certain levels in my career there and while I was able to progress at a certain point I hit a ceiling.  Florida came calling and I landed the job I had been preparing for, searching for and hoping for but it wasnt until I decided to listen to Florida.  I could have stayed in Indiana but my career path was better for me to come here.  I don't even make several million $ which would make it easier to get back and forth to places I have emotional attachments to.

[newcastle12]

1 minute ago, Dalton26 said:

Who?

https://x.com/CurryHicksSage

Insider who Trilly sits in his Twitter Spaces and grabs info from.  

[Sobchak_Security]

2 minutes ago, IU05 said:

How can it be done and potentially Devries if Devries met with Iowa today? 

Great question….WVU guy thinks the DeVries to IU has a lot more smoke than people think

[Stuhoo]

2 minutes ago, lillurk said:

If Iowa doesn’t have the NIL to meet McCollum’s demands then there’s no way they’re meeting DeVries’s, right?

  Very very true

[BH33]

Just now, Papacap said:

Big. Like, say, Wright big?

He didn’t say Jay Wright. He specifically mentioned Brad Stevens, Dusty May, Will Wade. Then, said it had to be someone really f***ing big if not DeVries.

[go iu bb]

I ran in to Dolson earlier. I asked him who the next coach was going to be. He just sighed and said, "You're going to be disappointed."

Okay, not really.

[rcbowla]

One thing is for certain. Drake is really moving up the hierarchy of stepping stone jobs lol.

[tyappleg]

1 minute ago, BH33 said:

He didn’t say Jay Wright. He specifically mentioned Brad Stevens, Dusty May, Will Wade. Then, said it had to be someone really f***ing big if not DeVries.

He said it could be somebody big if not DeVries.  He admitted he doesnt know anything and its been very tight lipped.  But I've listened to his show every night for the past week, and it's the first time he has ever said something like that about the Indiana opening as far as I can remember. 

[Sobchak_Security]

Curry, “If this is done….as I have heard it is….and it’s not DeVries….it’s someone really f*cking big”.  Credits Indiana to keeping it really close to the vest and handling this well

[Ryno6284]

I thought Kory Barnett told Devries to stay the hell away from IU?

[MikeRoberts]

15 minutes ago, theriverpilot said:

SIAP 
Looks like IU made one last run on Dusty according to the Coaching Changes account.

If true that confirms it hasn’t always been Brad

[lillurk]

Earlier @Stuhoo said “ask again in five years” about the best of the bunch of mostly 40-something HCs bandied about.

I’m gonna repeat myself on the same group: you hire a coach for what he’s going to do, not what he’s done.

Many of these guys will never win a title. But if you could see the future told me McCasland, Otz, Olen, DeVries, McCollum, Luke Murray, etc. took a big job and made multiple F4s, or got a title in the next 10-20 years, it wouldn’t shock me at all.

Heck, the first two guys on the list have teams that could make the F4 THIS YEAR