General Coach Candidate News

[Hoosier82 607]

1 minute ago, Uspshoosier said:

DeVries would kill it at IU.   Grinder 

I agree.  He was Iowas number one over even McCollum.  Not saying he is the better tactician, but he is very well thought of.  I think he would have IU winning a lot of games his first year.  

[JustWinBaby 1,732]

Just now, Pagoda said:

I wouldn't count out McCollum.  That could be who we want and Iowa is left looking.

I wouldn't count out anyone but Brownell at this point. This is such a wild search. I'm having a blast.

[tyappleg 7,288]

1 minute ago, JustWinBaby said:

I'm confused. Did you miss the Osterman tweet? lol

I don't think his tweet confirms that DeVries isn't the guy, just that any DeVries to IU chatter would be coming from his agent. (Which means it could be true; or could not be and he's trying to get more cash from WVU).  

[dwtaylor1055 1,692]

9 minutes ago, Coach Robby said:

May have to get an IU Vineyard Vines polo at some point

is this you picking/thinking it'll be Beard or DD as our next HC?

[RoadRage 2,965]

2 minutes ago, JustWinBaby said:

I'm confused. Did you miss the Osterman tweet? lol

The Osterman tweet is just saying nothing you are hearing is from IU....well IU is not the only one that knows who their next coach will be!

[Kentuckysucks 4,330]

3 minutes ago, FrenchConnection said:

I remember the Sampson search like it was yesterday. Lots of rumors about Pitino being getable for money. Then some strange rumors that Izzo wasn't happy at MSU and that IU was his "dream job." But then someone tracked a plane to Norman. It was completely out of left field. Not a single rumor. The Crean search was more standard. We had hit rock bottom and were talking about mid-major guys like Brad Brownell at Wright State. Crean was a huge get at that time and I don't remember a single rumor until someone tracked a plane to Milwaukee.  Archie was a regular CBB search where the P5 school hired the hot mid-major guy. And Archie was on everyone list of candidates. Hope that sums it all up.

It was either with Sampson or Crean that we all thought we were getting Lon Kruger right up until the announcement.

[Uspshoosier 53,203]

4 minutes ago, JustWinBaby said:

I'm confused. Did you miss the Osterman tweet? lol

Don’t care about the Osterman tweet.   He would kill it at IU if hired 

[12345Brad 510]

Did i read this correctly?  Devries has won one tournament game - a play-in game?   Thats the best IU could do?!  
 

He may end up solid here, but I really thought IU would hire someone else.  
 

TBD I guess if it is him.   

[lillurk 4,896]

Just now, Uspshoosier said:

Don’t care about the Osterman tweet.   He would kill it at IU if hired 

Yeah it’s an overread to suggest Zach is saying DeVries definitely won’t be the IU coach. Just take it at face value, “he’s not a candidate at Iowa” from Thamel means DD/agent have indicated that as such. For now.

[dwtaylor1055 1,692]

it takes two to tango.  IU and the next HC.  IU can deny it all they want.  If the next HC(DD in this situation) wants to get a jump start on things, release that information so the process can get started.  

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3 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

I don't think his tweet confirms that DeVries isn't the guy, just that any DeVries to IU chatter would be coming from his agent. (Which means it could be true; or could not be and he's trying to get more cash from WVU).  

Or also maybe Iowa signaling Ben is their #1? 

[newcastle12 288]

Eric from the Hysterics said it’s Devries but nobody at IU has told him that on the Peegs board

[HoosierHoopster 7,925]

[IUGRAD06 653]

1 minute ago, Uspshoosier said:

Don’t care about the Osterman tweet.   He would kill it at IU if hired 

He would be a great hire.  We would win right away, has a top 15 D and offense struggled because he missed his two best offensive players the majority of the season.  

[Alford Bailey 13,187]

Osterman is respected but he’s in the dark as much as anyone right now

[Pagoda 3,975]

2 minutes ago, 12345Brad said:

Did i read this correctly?  Devries has won one tournament game - a play-in game?   Thats the best IU could do?!  
 

He may end up solid here, but I really thought IU would hire someone else.  
 

TBD I guess if it is him.   

I get what you're saying.  One thing to note is UK hired a guy with zero tourney wins.

I kinda doubt it's Devries, I think his agent is using the IU job to get more from WVU.  If it's him, that's fine, we'll see how he does!

[Trish 14,346]

Woodson to Darian would be a choice, could work out, may not. I think this is his agent and media speculation at this point with his name blowing up. Would there be this much smoke if they made the tourney currently? No. 

[Hoosier82 607]

1 minute ago, 12345Brad said:

Did i read this correctly?  Devries has won one tournament game - a play-in game?   Thats the best IU could do?!  
 

He may end up solid here, but I really thought IU would hire someone else.  
 

TBD I guess if it is him.   

How many tournament games are you going to win with a team playing in the MVC? 

[HoosierSadaseci 2,983]

17 minutes ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

Those that have been around on boards longer than me (Was only on for the 2021 search): is this the most quiet things have been from IU's side? Thinking back to the Sampson, Crean, and Miller searches. 

Honestly many of the searches were similar to this, many different names being thrown around, and rarely they were the coach we actually hired...like Lon Kruger was talked about alot when we hired Tom Crean...

[WRSMick55 233]

35 minutes ago, FrenchConnection said:

We assume the players hate the coach as much as the fans do, but that's never the case. If you fire the coach, you lose the players. It's part of the deal. 

I had read quite a while ago somewhere that he was going to transfer out so this one may have nothing to do with firing Woodson. But don’t have any insight as to his intentions or why.