General Coach Candidate News

[Pagoda]

31 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

This is just per Trilly?  He could be right, but nothing from Thamel or Osterman yet?

I'm fine with DeVries (not that I matter) and it could be him, but I'm not buying the current sources just yet...

[Mopladysman]

2 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

Yes.

Give us the last name letter then knower

[Uspshoosier]

First 4 and possibly a new IU coach all in one day.  Let’s go 

[AZ Hoosier]

Even DD-the-lesser is sharing the news...

[HoosierDaddyK]

1 minute ago, iubb said:

I don’t know anything from that

[RaceToTheTop]

6 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

He tied for 1st once in the conference. That's not winning. That's tying. I just don't understand why we should be excited about this hire. 

People say Archie Miller won at Dayton but 'everybody wins at Dayton'.

Prior to DeVries, NOBODY won at Drake.  In the last 50 years, Drake has had 16 winning seasons.......six for six with DeVries, 10 of 44 with everybody else.  Five NCAA appearances in 50 years.....three were DeVries.  In the last 50 years, they had won 20 or more games 8 times.  DeVries was 6 of 6, everyone else was 2 of 44.

[Rusty Shackleford]

Somehow getting Mullins to decommit from UConn would go a loooong way towards getting a lot of fans on board.

Not saying it's likely. But it'd be pretty cool if it happened.

[CSP]

2 minutes ago, iubb said:

What does this mean? Who are these two? 

[Dalton26]

* JUST A QUICK MOD NOTE*
 

Regardless of how you feel about the hire whether it’s true or it’s someone else. Acting like a complete jack*** can lead you to a time out.

 

Carry on 
 

 

[Pagoda]

2 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

What does this mean? Who are these two? 

Huggy Bear and DeVries

Edit: The account is implying DeVries is leaving.  Not sure I believe this account.

[FrenchConnection]

Just now, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

What does this mean? Who are these two? 

I think that's DeVries and Bob Huggins.

[Chris007]

37 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

How many “insiders” mentioned DeVries name once in the last 6-8 weeks? lol 

Tell me you know nothing about this search. Dolson didn’t mention Devries till very late Saturday night or early Sunday morning. 

[Jeff Flabjohns]

2 minutes ago, Rusty Shackleford said:

Somehow getting Mullins to decommit from UConn would go a loooong way towards getting a lot of fans on board.

Not saying it's likely. But it'd be pretty cool if it happened.

@Barrel Rick

[CSP]

Just now, Pagoda said:

Huggy Bear and DeVries

 

Just now, FrenchConnection said:

I think that's DeVries and Bob Huggins.

Ok. So ... what's it mean then? 

[mike vannice]

The photo is of Bob Huggins and Darian Devries

[Home Jersey]

DeVries is a really good coach and this tier was always the most likely one. We pulled a sitting P5 coach! People wanted that. He’s young and comes with a great roster. This is a very good hire. A great hire IMO. 

[dwtaylor1055]

Just now, Chris007 said:

Tell me you know nothing about this search. Dolson didn’t mention Devries till very late Saturday night or early Sunday morning. 

It’s a game of poker and Dolson played this well(once it becomes official)

[Demo]

Just now, Silat Player said:

Can we finally admit that Dolson didn't have a coach locked up for weeks and weeks? It seems that he had requirements for a coach and used a search firm to help him identify candidates, just like other teams do. 

It it sounds like Devries met with IU and also met with Iowa recently. It sounds like Dolson "retired" Woody w/o having a coach in his back-pocket. 

 

I imagine that's correct. The Stevens stuff was such nonsense past shear due diligence. Dolson most likely spent the last 12 months profiling what he wanted for program leadership and doing some investigation into candidate fits who might be available. The search firm then filled in the blanks for him and when 1 of the guys he identified became available prematurely, thank you UNC AD, Dolson jumped. I don't see how that's not really, really good.

 

[GP711]

I predicted it would be the mystery candidate, I was wrong. I apologize to all.

[ebridges24]

2 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

What does this mean? Who are these two? 

Looks like Bob Huggins from the back