Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[Home Jersey 15,425]

10 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

Ius pitch I know you are on your 4th coach in 4 years but we can give you a lot of money in your last year of college but as of now we have 2 kids on the roster.  I can show you how we like to play and you got to have faith we can build you a roster good enough in your last year 

Louisville pitch.  You have last year as proof of how you will play in your last year of college and who is on the roster currently.    Got a stud guard coming in and another stud portal guard.   We are going to shoot a ton of threes regardless.  You will get your shots and we have a lot of money.  

Have a feeling this is going to be the case with a decent number of top transfer prospects. Money won’t be enough to compensate for the unknown. It’s not as much of an advantage for us as even last year. After he shows his system here can win, he’ll have momentum to add some star power. He showed at WVU he doesn’t need a bunch of studs to win. We should be able to get a better roster than WVU even if it doesn’t include Conwell or Dix

[Juwan Moye 1,115]

Anyone panicking this early into the offseason should probably find something better to do with their time. We’re gonna be fine.

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,096]

Just now, Juwan Moye said:

Anyone panicking this early into the offseason should probably find something better to do with their time. We’re gonna be fine.

Fair, besides it hasn't been fine for 30 plus years.  But yeah, too many unknowns.  We've got cash and a lot of roster spots.  We will field a team.  Seems fair to worry like many of the coaches before him, we don't carry a recruiting edge besides money and we don't even have that edge for everyone, that this job is obviously a tough sell.  Every coach wanted the "elite" blue blood status but we just aren't that.  Gonna have to blue collar this thing all the way back I'm afraid.  

[HoosierSadaseci 2,992]

17 minutes ago, GP711 said:

Would expect dix to be heading to Illinois. Not money related i do believe iu was at least matching other schools if not more, so not sure what the driving force is, but its portal anything can happen

If it's not money, then it's likely the coach that players aren't interested in...thrown in with some of the IU dysfunction from recent years...

[HoosierSadaseci 2,992]

46 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

To me, that means we have some other options we're excited about. 

I hope so...but why aren't we hearing many other names tied to IU...

[IUCane 222]

16 minutes ago, jbeaman9 said:

Was told late last night that IU was trying to up their offer to get him to pick IU but NIL is not the factor. Being closer to home where his mother is very sick may have won it over in the end. 

If close to mom wins out, I would expect Creighton and not IL then.  

[GP711 1,993]

2 minutes ago, HoosierSadaseci said:

If it's not money, then it's likely the coach that players aren't interested in...thrown in with some of the IU dysfunction from recent years...

Yeah just not true. There are so many other factors that can be in play before you start throwing your new coach under the bus

[Scotty R 3,506]

1 hour ago, str8baller said:

Lville fans didn’t expect it because they had no frame of reference. Last season was nearly uncharted territory. But now we have 3 good data points from local rivals(ish). I guess it took 72yr old Pitino at St John’s 2 years.  
 

But so far the early returns are in and there doesn’t seem to be any excuses for good coaches at elite programs needing time. Everyone starts over and recruits their whole roster every year.
 

Woody did it last year and we put expectations of top of the conf and S16 on him. Why would CDDs expectations be lower than Mike freaking Woodson?? That’s crazy to me. 

Everybody points to Dusty at UM and how he built his roster in one year which is true. The thing is that he didn't get his first commit until mid April and it didn't hurt their season. Also how many of the transfers at IL were considered a 5 star portal player. This fan base can be great but it is also very exhausting.

[Chris007 61,797]

3 minutes ago, HoosierSadaseci said:

I hope so...but why aren't we hearing many other names tied to IU...

I don't know the answer to that, but I will say I'm hearing less info right now with DDV than with previous coaches. That might be because he doesn't have a full staff, or it might be that he just keeps things quiet. 

[HoosierSadaseci 2,992]

Just now, GP711 said:

Yeah just not true. There are so many other factors that can be in play before you start throwing your new coach under the bus

I mostly put it on the IU dysfunction...but you can't rule out that maybe CDD isn't appealing to some of these top portal guys...

[jbeaman9 1,256]

3 minutes ago, IUCane said:

If close to mom wins out, I would expect Creighton and not IL then.  

More factors pushing him away from Creighton. Its a two horse race, ILL and IU

[Chris007 61,797]

3 minutes ago, IUCane said:

If close to mom wins out, I would expect Creighton and not IL then.  

I think he doesn't want to play with Freeman again. 

[GP711 1,993]

2 minutes ago, HoosierSadaseci said:

I mostly put it on the IU dysfunction...but you can't rule out that maybe CDD isn't appealing to some of these top portal guys...

I mean sure it is a possibility but saying if its not money then its the coach just isn't realistic.

[Scotty R 3,506]

43 minutes ago, mark1981 said:

Hope so....Im six feet from the edge...

Why? It is early

[Jeff Flabjohns 2,710]

Get ready to blow $2M on Nijel Pack! He knows we have money to spend that nobody, to this point, wants. 

DDv had the sixth ranked transfer class last year at WVU. That needs to be replicated this cycle given the money we have

 

[Jeff Flabjohns 2,710]

8 minutes ago, HoosierSadaseci said:

I mostly put it on the IU dysfunction...but you can't rule out that maybe CDD isn't appealing to some of these top portal guys...

Remove his kid and he still brought in a really good class to WVU last year. That was centered around Javon Small though. 

[Scotty R 3,506]

10 minutes ago, GP711 said:

Yeah just not true. There are so many other factors that can be in play before you start throwing your new coach under the bus

All of these players know each other and talk so maybe some of these players didn't like how the fans treated the players last year. Like it or not this can be a factor in these guys minds.

[GP711 1,993]

1 minute ago, Scotty R said:

All of these players know each other and talk so maybe some of these players didn't like how the fans treated the players last year. Like it or not this can be a factor in these guys minds.

Its not

[Home Jersey 15,425]

2 minutes ago, Jeff Flabjohns said:

Get ready to blow $2M on Nijel Pack! He knows we have money to spend that nobody, to this point, wants. 

DDv had the sixth ranked transfer class last year at WVU. That needs to be replicated this cycle given the money we have

 

This is a fair take. If it does not come to fruition sort of begs the question… why could he do that at WVU and not IU. Is this portal less talented? Or is IU just not that attractive right now? Hmm

[Chris007 61,797]

2 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

This is a fair take. If it does not come to fruition sort of begs the question… why could he do that at WVU and not IU. Is this portal less talented? Or is IU just not that attractive right now? Hmm

From what I have been told, if DDV doesn't think the player fits like Pack, he will not even go after him let alone overpay.