General Coach Candidate News

[AH1971 2,609]

4 minutes ago, lillurk said:

What are you hoping to get out of being here?

Information on IU’s new coach, not to be told told how to think or act.

You?

[HoosierHuddle 430]

6 minutes ago, SlammySammy said:

So, without his son, he's ****? If thats the case, we are putting too much stock in the dude other than what he did at Drake....and I will say McCollum much more impressive run at Drake...and he does not have to worry about his son being on the team

I just don't agree with you. I'm not saying DeVries is the best coach in the country but he's really quite good. He was an assistant at Creighton for a long time (both Altman and McDermott). West Virginia was dreadful before DeVries arrived and then went 10-10 in the very tough Big 12 this season and that was without Tucker DeVries playing a conference game. Without his son, WVU still beat Kansas at Phog Allen and Iowa State (when they were #2). With Tucker DeVries, they beat Gonzaga and Arizona in Atlantis and took Louisville to overtime. That's pretty darn good for a first-year in a power conference and a first year of a major rebuild. In addition, he landed three four-star recruits at West Virginia...not bad at all.

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1 minute ago, mdiu28 said:

If we're batting IOWA baskeball for someone who hasn't made it out of the first round of the tournament....IU basketball is lower than any of us would like to admit. Just deflating. 

So UK and UL must be at a all time low since they just did the same thing

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Just now, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I wouldn't consider Pat Kelsey to be very far down a list.

He was far down the list Lville started with.

[mdn82 26,344]

And since we know the Sisleys are paying attention, welcome!  We have had some great parents/family members join our boards.  Some not so good lol.  We look forward to Trent and watching him grow with whomever that coach is.  At any point if you guys want to put your final vote in for anyone, we will keep it to ourselves. 

[mdiu28 2,887]

Just now, Scotty R said:

So UK and UL must be at a all time low since they just did the same thing

Both of them were pretty freaking low - at least by their standards. IU doesn't seem to have those. 

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Just now, Uspshoosier said:

Not a HR for some but where IU is at as a program now and as someone who has watched him close for a very long time and have mentioned him multiple times throughout the years in the college basketball thread he would definitely be a HR for me. Fantastic young college basketball coach 

Fair enough! 

[Stuhoo 87,503]

13 minutes ago, mdiu28 said:

So we're battling for coaches with Iowa? That's where IU basketball is at these days, huh. Yikes. 

Yes, I know DeVries and McCollum are Iowa natives but still. A harsh reality check. 

Not saying that Devries is the guy, but if he is?

1. We didn't battle Iowa for Devries, we beat out Iowa in a battle for Devries. Kinda like if there's a high-level recruit from Iowa that we won.
2. Not trying to be a Debbie Downer, but Iowa has been a slightly better basketball program than Indiana over the last decade.

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32 minutes ago, SlammySammy said:

No way I would pick Devries over McCollum unless MCCollum said he was not interested

If McCollum says he's not interested, picking DeVries would not be picking him "over" McCollum.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 88,707]

Barring an absolute miracle, there is no big fish coming to Bloomington and it's clear that not everyone will be happy with whoever the next coach is.  But this is where we're at.  You can cite all you want about our tradition, our resources, our facilities, our NIL, but this is who we are and who we've been for far too many years.   

                                            Overall                            B1G

Tom Crean                      166-135 (55%)                71-91 (44%)

Archie Miller                     67-58 (54%                    33-44 (43%)

Mike Woodson                  82-53 (61%)                  41-39 (52%)

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1 minute ago, HoosierHuddle said:

I just don't agree with you. I'm not saying DeVries is the best coach in the country but he's really quite good. He was an assistant at Creighton for a long time (both Altman and McDermott). West Virginia was dreadful before DeVries arrived and then went 10-10 in the very tough Big 12 this season and that was without Tucker DeVries playing a conference game. Without his son, WVU still beat Kansas at Phog Allen and Iowa State (when they were #2). With Tucker DeVries, they beat Gonzaga and Arizona in Atlantis and took Louisville to overtime. That's pretty darn good for a first-year in a power conference and a first year of a major rebuild. In addition, he landed three four-star recruits at West Virginia...not bad at all.

I'm more impressed with his WVU season than his time at Drake, I'll say that. 

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1 minute ago, AZ Hoosier said:

If McCollum says he's not interested, picking DeVries would not be picking him "over" McCollum.

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1 minute ago, mdn82 said:

And since we know the Sisleys are paying attention, welcome!  We have had some great parents/family members join our boards.  Some not so good lol.  We look forward to Trent and watching him grow with whomever that coach is.  At any point if you guys want to put your final vote in for anyone, we will keep it to ourselves. 

Everyone is playing for 2nd in the great family members on BTB game. My queen Lydia Ferrell can not be topped.

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Just now, Hovadipo said:

Everyone is playing for 2nd in the great family members on BTB game. My queen Lydia Ferrell can not be topped.

But what about Troy’s mom :)

[AZ Hoosier 10,357]

33 minutes ago, Rusty Shackleford said:

This is true but Goodman putting this out makes me think it's more agent peddled stuff. We know DeVries is closely linked to Iowa. The clock is ticking now. Could very well be leverage to get higher salary and/or better NIL guarantees from Iowa.

Could definitely be wrong. DeVries wouldn't be a terrible hire for IU.

I'm more of the thought that Goodman doesn't know d!ck and is just throwing stuff at the wall hoping for a winner. The dude is somewhat connected, but he's pretty troll-ish.

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1 minute ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

I'm more impressed with his WVU season than his time at Drake, I'll say that. 

He turned around a terrible WVU in one year and they got hosed from a tourney bid without their best player

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14 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

This guy doesn’t know anything lol

I believe you still owe a $100 donation to Mayo Clinic.

[go iu bb 8,586]

Rabby says he's hearing that DeVries will be meeting with his AD today. 

That is interesting but it doesn't really mean anything. It could be to inform the AD that he's taking another job (either IU or Iowa) or that he's staying at WV.

[AH1971 2,609]

Just now, Juwan Moye said:

I believe you still owe a $100 donation to Mayo Clinic.

Done