General Coach Candidate News

[IU05]

20 minutes ago, newcastle12 said:

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

Our friend IUFB thinks it’s not Devries and it’s the mystery candidate, but not Stevens.

 

Apologies if I’m not allowed to share that. 

[Hoosier987]

Javon Small plus Tucker DeVries is the foundation of a Top 25 team. 

[Kentuckysucks]

Just now, Bowhunter said:

Pack-line defense . Oh boy 

A slightly better version of Miller lite.  Maybe.  Archie had tournament success.

[Home Jersey]

Just now, Pagoda said:

I know this narrative gets old, but we've got like 2-3x more for player payroll than Iowa.  Would be wild if we wanted Ben and he turned down the chance to spend that much money on the roster because he just loves Iowa.  We'll see, but Ben is Cig-like and could still be the one here.

Yup, impossible to say, don’t know him that well. From interviews, he’s made clear it’s important that he goes somewhere he can finish first in the conference and have good NIL. Has talked a lot about how that’s critical for success. Maybe Iowa’s lesser budget is still enough for him to think he can win there. Or maybe this guy is a stone cold killer with balls of steel and wants to take on the biggest challenge in CBB… who knows how ambitious/legacy minded he is or not…

[iubb]

Just now, IU05 said:

Our friend IUFB thinks it’s not Devries and it’s the mystery candidate, but not Stevens.

 

Apologies if I’m not allowed to share that. 

[Juwan Moye]

3 minutes ago, IU Prof said:

Which tweet? Trying to catch up here. Thanks.

He tweeted that the Devries smoke wasn’t coming from IU. Basically none of the smoke was coming from IU and no one knows anything.

[Silat Player]

7 minutes ago, HooHooHoo22 said:

I just wanna see what the board does if DD signs an extension with WVU lol 

That would be much more likely than not given this search.

In fact, it will probably be announced by 5:00 pm today. LOL

[Rusty Shackleford]

3 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

NOOOOOOOOOOO

[JustWinBaby]

1 minute ago, IU05 said:

Our friend IUFB thinks it’s not Devries and it’s the mystery candidate, but not Stevens.

 

Apologies if I’m not allowed to share that. 

Where did IUFB say this? I've not seen anything from him today.

[DSUMMITT]

3 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

My .02, haven’t thought most of this through because who really cares that much…

The consistent name throughout the past few weeks has been McCollum. That makes me think there was/is real mutual interest. Now sort of looks like DeVries sniffed around Iowa but maybe didn’t think he could win there/get enough NIL. So if McCollum really covets the Iowa job as much as people say, seems he’d be next in line. Wonder if it gives McCollum any hesitation for his predecessor at Drake passing on Iowa… curious if that means he gets more serious about IU this week. IMO, not saying any of this is what’s happening, just what initially makes sense to me… but if it’s DeVries we should probably know tomorrow and if no news tomorrow, I’d assume McCollum…

Agreed with all of this - would add kudos to Iowa for recognizing that there is 2 outstanding coaches waiting for the job to open up - unlike us last year they read the writing on the wall and took the chance this year - I think we outbid them for one but 2nd place in these 2 is a bit of a chance game - both solid choices. Hopefully they are smart enough to up their NIL game and get on3 of them

[OGIUAndy]

5 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Look at your SIMPING for Steve Kerr. That's cute. 

zzzzz

[JPCIVOP]

1 minute ago, Kentuckysucks said:

A slightly better version of Miller lite.  Maybe.  Archie had tournament success.

It is a little uncomfortable that Miller came to IU with a comparable resume to Devries and more tournament success...

[Coach Robby]

It´s not DeVries....would make no sense given timing of announcement....everybody is just scrambling/guessing

[HoosierKnight]

4 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

Javon Small is a Stud too!

Does he have another year?

[AZ Hoosier]

7 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

My .02, haven’t thought most of this through because who really cares that much…

The consistent name throughout the past few weeks has been McCollum. That makes me think there was/is real mutual interest. Now sort of looks like DeVries sniffed around Iowa but maybe didn’t think he could win there/get enough NIL. So if McCollum really covets the Iowa job as much as people say, seems he’d be next in line. Wonder if it gives McCollum any hesitation for his predecessor at Drake passing on Iowa… curious if that means he gets more serious about IU this week. IMO, not saying any of this is what’s happening, just what initially makes sense to me… but if it’s DeVries we should probably know tomorrow and if no news tomorrow, I’d assume McCollum…

Sounds reasonable.

Ok, gun to your head... DeVries or McCollum to IU?

[WRSMick55]

17 minutes ago, OGIUAndy said:

Not supposedly. He hurt his knee and had surgery. 

I said supposedly only because I had no first hand knowledge. Don’t doubt it in the least.

[JPCIVOP]

3 minutes ago, IU05 said:

Our friend IUFB thinks it’s not Devries and it’s the mystery candidate, but not Stevens.

 

Apologies if I’m not allowed to share that. 

Guesses if this is the category, and if the hire could be made known with the tourney going on:

Wright

Donovan

 

 

[Pagoda]

6 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

 

[hoosierbannerd]

38 minutes ago, JustWinBaby said:

*Sigh* alright fire up the Brad memes again boys...

I've never gone away muchachos...

[Scotty R]

4 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

Javon Small is a Stud too!

Does he have any eligibility left. We could have a good team next year if it is Devries 

 His son with Powell who is already in the portal. Plus he has a top 30 ranked recruiting class which is pretty good for WVU