General Coach Candidate News

[Unexpectedflash]

2 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

I want our next coach to do what Oats did at Alabama.  They are a top 10 team over and over and over again.  Do I think Devries can do this at Indiana.  Nope. Oh well. I guess we will be better than with Woodson.  Maybe.  Not even convinced of that.  
 

3 million at WV vs 5 million for Woody.  Basically had an equivalent year.  I don’t see the extra 2 million being the difference at all.  

Idk did you think oats could do it before he got there? Maybe you did i honestly don’t know but you have to find the next oats because the days of hiring a guy like oats away from a nonbasketball  school look like they’re done

[Mopladysman]

For those who are down it beats the **** out of more Woodson.

[Hoosier987]

31 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

It’s not exactly true but no reason to debate this at this time. Devries is a good hire. 

Very solid hire and better than McCollum. He comes with Power5 experience and can work the portal very well. 

[JustWinBaby]

16 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

If DeVries is the hire, that makes me think one of two things: 1) Dolson never actually had his guy, like we were led to believe, or 2) He had his guy, but that guy bailed on him, he had to scramble and this is who he got instead. 

 

Would love to be wrong, but that's my gut feeling. 

This is what I feel may be the case. For quite some time we were told by insiders that boosters were confident Dolson got "his guy."

The way this all played out absolutely feels like it happened spur-of-the-moment and was not in the works for months (or even a year as some would have us believe).

I'd be fascinated to know more of what happened behind the scenes, who the "mystery candidate" was, and how we ended up here.

[Magnanimous]

Just now, Mopladysman said:

For those who are down it beats the **** out of more Woodson.

A big wink is still coming and this isn’t the big wink.

[go iu bb]

I like this hire, it seems solid with quite a bit of upside. Right now I'd probably give it a B or B+.

Has experience as an assistant coach under Altman and McDermott.

Turned Drake around year 1. Finished top 2 in the conference 5/6 years. Won the MVC tournament twice. Got Drake its first at large tournament bid. Won 1 NCAA game in the First Four.

Turned WV around year 1. While his 1 year at WVU wasn't off the charts good, it was a huge step up from the previous year and they should have made the tournament. Had a top 15 defense.

Should be able to bring his son and some other good players with him. Had 3 4* incoming freshmen for WVU so he shows he can recruit.

I look at the conference tournament wins and the 1 First Four game as having some postseason success.

[Unexpectedflash]

Also comparing Devries to Woodson this year doesn’t really make sense to me since his best player was out. They were ranked before Tucker went out. Take woodys best player away from him and we may not win a game

[Pagoda]

I’m still waiting for a legit source to confirm this hire…

[Teter02]

4 minutes ago, EasyEJay said:

Heard if the hire had been Dusty or Brad Stevens then probably would happen but can’t see it happening unfortunately 

I don’t know. UConn slipped this year, never know.

[Josh]

Yuck. I guess mediocrity is better than Woody but...meh.

I think I'll go mow the lawn :(

[AZ Hoosier]

Gotta admit... I'm pretty pumped with DeVries... great things are on the horizon! 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

1 minute ago, Magnanimous said:

A big wink is still coming and this isn’t the big wink.

Does Cody Zeller approve of this hire?

[iubb]

Just now, Pagoda said:

I’m still waiting for a legit source to confirm this hire…

And you can bet your life savings that the local guys are working their hieny off trying to confirm or deny

[Hoosierfanyuh]

7 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

I want our next coach to do what Oats did at Alabama.  They are a top 10 team over and over and over again.  Do I think Devries can do this at Indiana.  Nope. Oh well. I guess we will be better than with Woodson.  Maybe.  Not even convinced of that.  
 

3 million at WV vs 5 million for Woody.  Basically had an equivalent year.  I don’t see the extra 2 million being the difference at all.  

No one thought oats would do it either til he did, 0 reason to think he can’t. 

[Mr. Hoosier Pride]

1 minute ago, Magnanimous said:

A big wink is still coming and this isn’t the big wink.

if you KNOW, give us a little more than "a big wink" .... i'm not against you, but i'd like to know you're not just blowing smoke for the fun of it

[Teter02]

2 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

A big wink is still coming and this isn’t the big wink.

In the form of a GM or HC?

[ClarkCoHoosier]

5 minutes ago, iubb said:

That sounds like a surprise is coming. 

[Hoosier987]

22 minutes ago, Unexpectedflash said:

Compare this to the pope and kelsey hires from last year and it feels similar. Devries probably has had more success than Kelsey and maybe less than Pope by a smidge. It's hard to pull successful coaches away from their teams. That is just the nature of college basketball. I would love to have gotten Lloyd or Drew or someone of that nature but it just isn't the name of the game anymore. I would wager to guess the people that thought we had no shot at Stevens will be lauding this as a great hire 

Except we got a guy from a Power Conference :)

[RoadToZion]

Again, fake news from Trilly.

[darB s'tI]

Just now, RoadToZion said:

Again, fake news from Trilly.

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