General Coach Candidate News

[go iu bb]

18 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

The Advanced Placement class is already at 2519.   lol

Does that mean there are 20 pages worth of hidden posts in this thread?

[coonhounds]

Someone sell me on this devries if it has to be him. He had basically a duplicate season to woodson this year

 

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[SlammySammy]

Why not? It sounds like every other coach has done it this season. Lol

[AKHoosier]

I stated my desire for Devries before Woodson even "retired" and we had an opening. 

Caught a decent amount of WVU games this year because I thought he'd be a candidate.

Solid yes for me.

 

[HoosierFan1994]

I could be wrong...feels like with Devries it's the same level of smoke now just like the day before Cignetti was hired. 

I probably favor McCollum but Devries would be a nice hire. He rebuilt WVU in a year. They should have made the tournament. Had some nice wins. Mostly without his son. 

[Demo]

1 minute ago, EasyEJay said:

I don’t see it , Iowa is likely already limited financially and they can easily pivot to McCollum . They would likely tell him hey we understand best of luck . They know they can’t compete with IU they would call his bluff . 

Yup, neither Iowa nor WVU have the financial means or NIL potential to compete with IU if Dolson decides he’s the guy. He’d have to take a lesser deal to go elsewhere. 

[Unexpectedflash]

Just now, coonhounds said:

Someone sell me on this devries if it has to be him. He had basically a duplicate season to woodson this year

 

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Best player was out and in a better conference. He actually turned Drake around before

[coonhounds]

I am going to bed and hopefully when I wake up we won't still be stuck on these lower tier coaches

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[Hoosierfanyuh]

Just now, coonhounds said:

Someone sell me on this devries if it has to be him. He had basically a duplicate season to woodson this year

 

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Beat lots a good big 12 teams, his son is a stud and would transfer to IU, can win portal battles (Javon Small)

[skhoosier2]

1 minute ago, SlammySammy said:

No way I pick DeVries over McCollum. Zero. 

What if McCollum turned us down?  He was choosy when he left D2 for Drake. By all accounts he was approached many times before going to Drake. Just looking at another perspective. 

 

[IndyFife]

2 minutes ago, SlammySammy said:

No way I pick DeVries over McCollum. Zero. 

Agreed.  I think BM is a bball savant.  Would be nice to have a legit X and O genius coaching Indiana kids.

[tyappleg]

Just now, HoosierFan1994 said:

I could be wrong...feels like with Devries it's the same level of smoke now just like the day before Cignetti was hired. 

The difference is Iowa is feeling the same amount of smoke about DeVries as well.

[HoosierFan1994]

Just now, tyappleg said:

The difference is Iowa is feeling the same amount of smoke about DeVries as well.

Yeah I saw that earlier. I do wonder if it comes down to NIL for him. If so, Indiana wins that. 

[IUBtown]

25 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

I’m at the “anyone but Brownell” stage of the coaching search. 

I was anyone but Cronin until he showed up now as long as it's neither I'm happy.  

[IU05]

20 minutes ago, Herotime said:

Anyone still riding with Brad?

Dang right. Our hero on here is RTZ and AP (again) after the 'Taker GIF tonight. 

[Uspshoosier]

1 minute ago, coonhounds said:

Someone sell me on this devries if it has to be him. He had basically a duplicate season to woodson this year

 

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Not really he was 6-10 in Q1 with a win at Kansas without his son. Beat Iowa st at home and beat Arizona and Zags all in the same year.   IU couldn’t beat any of those teams with Woody.  Actually woody was down 20 to 3 of those teams.   His team actually got screwed more than IU in making the tourney and he did it without one of his best players.  His best player is from Indiana 

[Uspshoosier]

3 minutes ago, coonhounds said:

I am going to bed and hopefully when I wake up we won't still be stuck on these lower tier coaches

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Good luck with that 

[Hoosierfanyuh]

The smoke feels a lot more legitimate right now not going to lie.

[ap2345]

30 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

What will he do?

What WILL HE DO?!!?

 

Seriously?

[AH1971]

Just now, coonhounds said:

Someone sell me on this devries if it has to be him. He had basically a duplicate season to woodson this year

 

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Took over a bad West Virginia team. Completely gutted the roster. Was picked to finish at or near the bottom of the B12. Beat Gonzaga and Arizona in the Bahamas (lost to Louisville in OT to go to finals). Far exceeded year 1 expectations despite losing his best player early in the season and was snubbed a tourney bid this year. This all after a great run at Drake for several seasons.

DeVries is more enticing to me over someone like McCollum because I believe he’s got a roster he can bring that can win out of the gate. Imperative that whoever coaches IU next year win and ride that momentum or it’s going to be a long 3-4 years.