General Coach Candidate News

[hoosierjoe 67]

1 minute ago, JSHoosier said:

Devries would be a legitimate let down. He's not a big fish by any stretch.

I wouldn't be rushing out to get new gear, I know that.

The good news is with IU locked into Adidas for another decade the gear isn't going to change or get better, anyway.

[DougJr74 276]

4 minutes ago, cleeter said:

He has typed words before. 

He needs to do it again.

 

[dwtaylor1055 1,991]

Is Darian Devries a sexy hire?  maybe not but given his track record mentioned above he'd be a good hire.  only 49 years old too so the potential to be a core foundation here for a long time.

[Jeff Flabjohns 2,899]

1 minute ago, JSHoosier said:

Devries would be a legitimate let down. He's not a big fish by any stretch.

I wouldn't be rushing out to get new gear, I know that.

Doesn’t have to be like this man. He’s immediately the best coach we’ve had in A WHILE.

Don’t let the winks and :) from this board affect your perception of a potential DeVries hire

[hoosiersoxfan 694]

1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

Drake Basketball the five years immediately before Darian Devries:

1. 15-16
2. 9-22
3. 7-24
4. 7-24
5. 17-17

Darian Devries at Drake:

1. 24-10
2. 20-15
3. 26-5
4. 25-11
5. 27-8
6. 28-7

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West Virginia Basketball the year before Darian Devries:

          9-23

West Virginia Basketball in Devries' first year:

          19-13

It's pretty similar to what Dusty May did with FAU minus the magical final 4 run

If Devries is the coach with the resources he would have at IU, our days of living on the bubble would be few and far between

[Hoosierfan1901 8,413]

What would Devries’ nickname be? 

The Fighting Darians?

[Artie86 3,529]

Just now, Hoosierfan1901 said:

I think I’m just going go for a walk, this coaching search has me nuts

....that reminds me of my now, 30 year old daughter...... When she was 3 years old and got frustrated with her mom and I she would say,..."You're driving me NERVOUS!" lol 

Boy, how time flies.......

GO IU!

[Ron Mexico 291]

19 minutes ago, SlammySammy said:

I think if its Devries we can discount all of the so-called insiders info.....they were WAY off....

If it is DeVries you are clearly discounting RonMexico’s contributions to this board haha.  Jk but not really .

[Jeff Flabjohns 2,899]

Bonus, the Double-D moniker would no longer refer to Dakich and we can put him out to pasture for good

[ClarkCoHoosier 186]

2 minutes ago, BleedCubbieBlue said:

I am pretty sure this is from “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”. I hope this doesn’t mean that we are only left with the bad and the ugly.

I take it to mean “my work here is done”

[JSHoosier 22,281]

1 minute ago, Jeff Flabjohns said:

Doesn’t have to be like this man. He’s immediately the best coach we’ve had in A WHILE.

Don’t let the winks and :) from this board affect your perception of a potential DeVries hire

I'd take Crean back lol.

[Juwan Moye 1,315]

1 hour ago, ap2345 said:

I'll stand my ground on this. IF it's not Brad then it's another BIG name. 

I think some of you all missed this post.

[LamarCheeks 22,493]

We do have a history of head coaches with the initials DD who previously were head coaches at West Virginia. 

Our good friend, who of course led the team after the Kelvin Sampson fiasco, spent a week as the Mountaineers' head coach in 2007. 

[JaybobHoosier 13,192]

8 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

I think confused is his normal state.

You’ve now just been blocked by him on X. 

[maharkn 2,003]

4 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

This does make me feel better about DeVries.  Ready to roll if he's the guy. 

Plus his son got hurt and was out all year. Tough to lose a 20+ ppg player for the year

[Stuhoo 91,450]

There is still no legit confirmation that Devries is the choice. He would be a really good choice, but he may not be the choice.

I do think that in the next 36 hours, Devries will announce that he has signed a WVU extension, is leaving for Iowa, or is leaving for IU.

I also think that IU announces our choice within the next 48 hours, which means it's Devries, Collins, or some really famous guy.

[12345Brad 522]

1 minute ago, Alford Bailey said:

Solid

This begs the same question I posed yesterday regarding Archie vs McCollum … is this more or less solid than McCollums resume?   Devries has made the tourney 3 times and don’t think he’s won a tourney game.  McCollum obviously DOMINATED D2.   
 

I can see the argument for both sides. So basically a Rabjohns response. 

[Jeff Flabjohns 2,899]

I hope it’s not Chris Collins

[Alford Bailey 13,233]

4 minutes ago, lillurk said:

Nobody has to start begging for DeVries or Collins or whomever but please note that the folks ‘round here who are plugged in, watch a lot of hoops, and will dig deep on a candidate pretty much universally agree they make sense and are good coaches.

I think it’s totally fair to criticize but please bring something substantive, not just grumbling about how famous someone isn’t.

I’m concerned he has the same initials as Dan Dakich

[AH1971 3,436]

6 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

Devries would be a legitimate let down. He's not a big fish by any stretch.

I wouldn't be rushing out to get new gear, I know that.

If you bought into the hype that IU was going to hire Brad Stevens or Jay Wright or any other established “big fish”….that’s on you. Kentucky and Louisville told you this was going to be the case. It was never going to happen no matter how many different gifs and encrypted messages were sent by a select few posters.