General Coach Candidate News

[Teter02]

SIAP but Rabby pointing to significant smoke around Devries being the guy.

[Herotime]

Been out all day, can anyone catch me up?

[AZ Hoosier]

32 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

The schools have to process the portal request within two days. So it can take two days but I don't know how typical that is. I would guess it's actually unusual. There is also nothing stopping players who are entering the portal to make the info public themselves.

Players can announce their intentions, as well... it may not be "official", but it gets the word out...

[TadQueasy]

1 minute ago, Herotime said:

Been out all day, can anyone catch me up?

Read all the pages like the rest of us!  ;-) 

[tyappleg]

1 minute ago, Herotime said:

Been out all day, can anyone catch me up?

Smoke around DeVries.  But both Iowa and WVU think he's there's.  So nobody knows anything still. 

[Hurryin' Hoosiers]

Just now, Herotime said:

Been out all day, can anyone catch me up?

[Stuhoo]

2 minutes ago, Herotime said:

Been out all day, can anyone catch me up?

Darian Devries likely to soon announce his intentions for next season, and IU is one of the primary options.

[westgym]

43 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

More than likely yes, which was always going to be the case.

The idea that Brad Stevens was going to walk away from the Celtics in the middle of the season sounds more ridiculous by the day….yet has been the topic of discussion for the last two months.

With the understanding that I have little credibility here, debated for the past few days about sharing this outside of a few through DMs.  But here goes:

A longtime friend and colleague of Brad’s told me over the weekend that BS will not be the next coach.  Was this an exact quote from Brad?  He didn’t say that, (and didn’t say it wasn’t) but left no room for doubt.

Post this due to some fans thinking BS is toying with the fan base/dragging this out/is letting his daughter decide (!) and turn against him based on untruths.  
 

The sooner fans can let go of Brad,  then it allows folks to get excited about the next great coach waiting in the wings.

[HurryinHoosiers]

Honestly, props to Dolson for keeping this so tight lipped if he indeed "has his guy". Absolutely no one has a clue on who it is which is wild considering the world we live in. But he also may not have his guy yet which is why every name under the sun is being thrown out. Either way, this has been incredible to follow. 

[tyappleg]

7 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Part of me wants IU to announce their coach during the UNC game just to stick it to them.

It being DeVries would make it even more funny. 

[HoosierCoop]

1 hour 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

I'm in....let's roll!

[IU05]

1 minute ago, Herotime said:

Been out all day, can anyone catch me up?

@ap2345 thinks it is Stevens, but at the very least is a big name. Not devries. 
 

@GP711 isn’t ready to say it’s Stevens or it isn’t Stevens, but does think it’s the mystery candidate. 
 

@Chris007 is pretending he’s having a good time while shopping with his wife in Indy. 
 

@JerryYeagley23 is probably trying to think of how to word it to us that we got Brad. 
 

Our hero @RoadToZion is MIA. 

@Tony! Toni! Toné! posted a Victory gif and an Adios gif. 
 

What did I miss?

[tyappleg]

1 minute ago, westgym said:

With the understanding that I have little credibility here, debated for the past few days about sharing this outside of a few through DMs.  But here goes:

A longtime friend and colleague of Brad’s told me over the weekend that BS will not be the next coach.  Was this an exact quote from Brad?  He didn’t say that, (and didn’t say it wasn’t) but left no room for doubt.

Post this due to some fans thinking BS is toying with the fan base/dragging this out/is letting his daughter decide (!) and turn against him based on untruths.  
 

The sooner fans can let go of Brad,  then it allows folks to get excited about the next great coach waiting in the wings.

I've always preferred the east gym. /s

[Rusty Shackleford]

1 minute ago, westgym said:

With the understanding that I have little credibility here, debated for the past few days about sharing this outside of a few through DMs.  But here goes:

A longtime friend and colleague of Brad’s told me over the weekend that BS will not be the next coach.  Was this an exact quote from Brad?  He didn’t say that, (and didn’t say it wasn’t) but left no room for doubt.

Post this due to some fans thinking BS is toying with the fan base/dragging this out/is letting his daughter decide (!) and turn against him based on untruths.  
 

The sooner fans can let go of Brad,  then it allows folks to get excited about the next great coach waiting in the wings.

Appreciate this

[AZ Hoosier]

27 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Edited the post to clarify - that was a joke guys, sorry, lol. I should know better than to do that on a day like today :)

[iubb]

 

 

[Kentuckysucks]

2 minutes ago, IU05 said:

@ap2345 thinks it is Stevens, but at the very least is a big name. Not devries. 
 

@GP711 isn’t ready to say it’s Stevens or it isn’t Stevens, but does think it’s the mystery candidate. 
 

@Chris007 is pretending he’s having a good time while shopping with his wife in Indy. 
 

@JerryYeagley23 is probably trying to think of how to word it to us that we got Brad. 
 

Our hero @RoadToZion is MIA. 

@Tony! Toni! Toné! posted a Victory gif and an Adios gif. 
 

What did I miss?

They know Dolson dropped the ball once again and can't yet show their faces.

[The Big Cig]

7 minutes ago, Teter02 said:

SIAP but Rabby pointing to significant smoke around Devries being the guy.

He also said Tucker was in the portal and that post didn’t end well.

[Shooter]

18 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Maybe. But a big source of the heat on Woodson were the facts that he behaved like an utter j******, simply refused to do many aspects of his job, and intentional drove an enormous wedge between the players and fans because his narcissistic personality refused to accept that he was the reason why the team failed. You’ve got guys like TJD referring to the fans as trolls and pretending like Woodson was some kind of martyr for taking the job no one wanted him to have.

If DD were to behave like a normal person and recruit likable players those two things alone would take off some heat. 

Yea, it's pretty clear that Woodson cultivated an "us vs the world" mentality in the locker room, and "the world" included IU's own fans and media. He played up things like Ballo getting death threats, or TJD getting that awful letter in the mail (both absolutely horrendous, but the work of a few isolated idiots). He used those to try and deflect legitimate criticism of his coaching from fans or media with a "see, they're all crazy" siege mentality. So glad that era is over.

[str8baller]

3 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

It being DeVries would make it even more funny. 

They wouldn’t even discuss it on the broadcast. Probably at halftime there would be a blurb.  Would need to be a big name to take away from the actual game.