General Coach Candidate News

[HoosierFan1994]

Keep in mind with Devries that he has two very good trends that would show he is a very good hire: 

1) 5 of his 6 years at Drake he finished in the top 2 of his league. MVC is a very very good mid-major. I've heard a lot of times it's a good sign that a coach has dominated their conference at the mid-major level much like McCollum and Pat Kelsey. 

2) Drake was nothing special before he took over. Changed everything right away when he got there. WVU had as bad of a season for a P5 school a year ago. This year, much improved. 

I know a lot of us don't like it with how Archie turned out and I get it. I think if Devries personality fits here, it will turn out good for us. 

[Trish]

3 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

So a Devries hire means……….Dolson literally got his guy within the last day

If that were true, not a great sign who fired the head coach a month ago. 

[Rusty Shackleford]

4 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

I'm more of the thought that Goodman doesn't know d!ck and is just throwing stuff at the wall hoping for a winner. The dude is somewhat connected, but he's pretty troll-ish.

Eh, I don't think Goodman trolls for pure love of the game like Isaac but I'm wholly believe he hears things from the agent/coach side and does favors by blasting this stuff out to maintain good will with coaches and athletic departments. Access is everything to someone like Goodman. It's his trade.

[Home Jersey]

6 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

So a Devries hire means……….Dolson literally got his guy within the last day

Yup. I think these deals, after lengthy negotiations, tend to get finalized quickly. There’s a story, I think about Brian Kelly, being on a recruiting trip for ND when he got the official offer/agreement with LSU. There was IMO never a “done deal” and people saying it was were likely either overreacting or conveying info they got from someone who was overreacting / misunderstood the situation themselves. 

[Trish]

1 minute ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

Keep in mind with Devries that he has two very good trends that would show he is a very good hire: 

1) 5 of his 6 years at Drake he finished in the top 2 of his league. MVC is a very very good mid-major. I've heard a lot of times it's a good sign that a coach has dominated their conference at the mid-major level much like McCollum and Pat Kelsey. 

2) Drake was nothing special before he took over. Changed everything right away when he got there. WVU had as bad of a season for a P5 school a year ago. This year, much improved. 

One thing I've considered as well, It was a down year in the Big 12 this year, typically the best conference in America. He did okay for first year there, but I wonder how he would've done if it were a more normal year for the conference? 

[TTT]

Names that have initials with most integrity:

DeVries…. D.D.

Alford… S.A.

McCollum… B.M.

and the others 

or

Stevens… B.S.

[Rusty Shackleford]

4 minutes ago, hoosierpatriot22 said:

Just for potential future reference, someone tell me how to correctly pronounce “DeVries.” I’ve heard ‘Deh-vry”  “Deh-vree” and “Deh-vrees”

Third one.

[HoosierFan1994]

2 minutes ago, Trish said:

One thing I've considered as well, It was a down year in the Big 12 this year, typically the best conference in America. He did okay for first year there, but I wonder how he would've done if it were a more normal year for the conference? 

That is fair too. One thing I like is West Virginia has shown they can win in basketball. It's a very good job. If he comes here, it tells me that he REALLY wants to be here. I don't think that was the case with CMW. 

[iubb]

[AH1971]

The more you look into DeVries, the more boxes he checks 

-tutelage under two highly respected basketball coaches (Altman and McDermott)

-Highly successful at the mid-major level, set the standard at Drake

-P5 experience 

-capable of leading overnight rebuilds

-success in the portal

-can bring a roster that should immediately contend in the B10 

[JimmerNoe]

I’m parked with lunch in hand and nothing to do but refresh for 40 minutes. Give me something people!

[Alford Bailey]

2 minutes ago, Trish said:

One thing I've considered as well, It was a down year in the Big 12 this year, typically the best conference in America. He did okay for first year there, but I wonder how he would've done if it were a more normal year for the conference? 

Fair but wasn’t he without his best player too?

[Shooter]

Devries would be a B- hire. Young-ish coach who has done very well relative to expectations so far in his career.

That said, he's entirely unproven at the level we want to be at. Has never had a single digit NCAA seed or coached a top 50 Kenpom squad. His accomplishments at Drake were also partially influenced by his son, who was a borderline top 100 recruit and the most talented player in the league. So he had a talent advantage relative to his rivals.

I would be cautiously optimistic if he's the guy.

[Silat Player]

2 minutes ago, Trish said:

One thing I've considered as well, It was a down year in the Big 12 this year, typically the best conference in America. He did okay for first year there, but I wonder how he would've done if it were a more normal year for the conference? 

That's exactly what people were <fairly> saying about Brownell in the ACC, too.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Regardless of the hire, it might be a good idea to wait and see who the hire assembles for his supporting cast before we pass total judgment.  We'll also get a quick idea of his recruiting capabilities in the portal and then see how aggressive he and his staff will be during AAU season.    

[Alistair Smash]

Hold on. How is this ridiculous?

[Stuhoo]

4 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Barring an absolute miracle, there is no big fish coming to Bloomington and it's clear that not everyone will be happy with whoever the next coach is.  But this is where we're at.  You can cite all you want about our tradition, our resources, our facilities, our NIL, but this is who we are and who we've been for far too many years.   

                                            Overall                            B1G

Tom Crean                      166-135 (55%)                71-91 (44%)

Archie Miller                     67-58 (54%                    33-44 (43%)

Mike Woodson                  82-53 (61%)                  41-39 (52%)

And for those getting salty because may be competing with Iowa for Darian Devries?

Over the past 15 years (the Fran era), Iowa has gone:

Overall                                                         B1G

297–207 (.589)                                         143–141 (.504)

 

So, better than IU.

 

[Soulsnipes]

I'll check out the area around CC airport at 1:30 today 

[CSP]

Just now, Stuhoo said:

And for those getting salty because may be competing with Iowa for Darian Devries?

Over the past 15 years (the Fran era), Iowa has gone:

Overall                                                         B1G

297–207 (.589)                                         143–141 (.504)

 

So, better than IU.

 

are you trying to convince us Iowa is a better job than Indiana? 

[Kentuckysucks]

Very bad hire imo.  But he'll get a chance.  Definitely needs to win a lot in year 1 after we saw what Dusty, Pope, and Kelsey did or he'd be finished.