General Coach Candidate News

[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. 

[the_jackal]

This has been the wildest coaching search i've seen. a lot of misinformation all around and too many twists to keep up with. If it ends up being DeVries, we are getting ourself a hell of a coach. WVU this year was 20th in overall defense, and 9th in the country in defending the 3P, he also really emphasizes 3s over 2s (WVU attempted 849 3s compared to IU's 632). His brand of basketball is modern, and very different than Archie/Woody ball we are accustomed to. 

He'd also bring his son, and most likely Stone, Amani, and Powell with him. He knows how to work the portal. Not sure why people are questioning whether or not he'd be a good hire - i'm guessing because everyone wanted the grand slam hire, myself included. But he'd be the best hire since Sampson

[AH1971]

3 minutes 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. The Brad Stevens dream died about this time 4 years ago and don’t believe it ever got past anything than an obligatory phone call back in February.

Crazy times when gifs and encrypted messages outweighs optics and common sense.

[HinnyHoosier]

17 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

I edited my post... Fran didn't even make a Sw16. 

We've made... 4? 

 

Iowa isn't close to us. If you feel they are, that's fine, too. 

Fact. But also better overall and in conference. Consider that part equal, record-wise.

But the turmoil of the Indiana program and the job that goes with it is the primary perception that most people have about Indiana basketball. Poorly managed, dramatic, and rabid. It's completely reasonable we would be competing for up and coming coaches with Iowa, particularly when the candidate in question has roots in Iowa City. It's not unfathomable that we are not exactly the cream of the crop compared to the rest of the conference in terms of desirability. The only thing setting us apart anymore is the money.

And no, I will not employ the Randy Savage cream gif here.

[AZ Hoosier]

23 minutes ago, Ctf9 said:

Is DeVries worth agonizing about lol?

He definitely could be... huge upside, IMO

[iubb]

1 minute ago, Kentuckysucks said:

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

 

why are you are always perpetually miserable ?

[Travis Scott]

It feels like they just feed Rabby misinformation to throw everyone off the scent and he takes the bait every time. That, or he's in cahoots with the program to assist them with the hiring process and contract negotiations by throwing out silly b.s.

[HoosierInParadise]

Why are we locked back on devries?

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Because AH and Alford Bailey run the afternoon shift.

[Helgo]

35 minutes ago, HinnyHoosier said:

Not necessarily a better job, but a better program at this juncture.

He said Iowa, not Iowa State. Hawks are a disaster

[seanmm1971]

No idea who the next coach is, but willing to bet there is a fire "new coach " thread in 2 minutes.

[DSUMMITT]

2 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

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

Or maybe nothing is happening today