Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[BGVille Hoosierfan]

Will you guys please stop listening to RTZ now?!?! Dude knows nothing and this is further proof lol

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Bumping because I saw someone last night had a connection to N Florida on here 

Yes a good friend of mine who was in my wedding is an assistant coach there. He would be an absolute great pickup and fits what DeVries is looking for to a T. 

[Hoosierfanyuh]

Just now, IvanRenkosillegitimatechild said:

Yes a good friend of mine who was in my wedding is an assistant coach there. He would be an absolute great pickup and fits what DeVries is looking for to a T. 

Does he know if we have an in? Will he take more visits? Stuff like that. Appreciate you responding 

[HoosierTrav]

19 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Anybody still concerned about DDV as a recruiter? Don’t care if we offered more money, convincing a player like Wilkerson to be the fifth player on a brand new team instead of joining an established S16 team / coach is impressive. 

Agree. Happy to eat all the servings of crow. I wasn’t convinced he would be able to win these types of recruitments this soon. 
 

Happy to be wrong. 
 

[IUCrazy2]

48 minutes ago, iubb said:

 

L<AAOPAPAPPAPP 

Seems like he is good between the ears.  That always helps.  On the court the shooting is a Godsend for us given the past 8 years.  Be nice to have a few spots on the floor where you expect the shot to go down.  Good pickup, hopefully the start to some momentum now.

[IndyHoosier1997]

This feels like the first recruit DeVries directly went up against the big boys for and we won… entire board and take a sigh of relief and relax now. 

[Pagoda]

3 minutes ago, IUCrazy2 said:

Seems like he is good between the ears.  That always helps.  On the court the shooting is a Godsend for us given the past 8 years.  Be nice to have a few spots on the floor where you expect the shot to go down.  Good pickup, hopefully the start to some momentum now.

Yea, I really liked this interview -- clearly a sharp dude with a good attitude.  I think he will be a great fit and I am looking forward to cheering for him.

[Silat Player]

36 minutes ago, IndyHoosier1997 said:

I had a main concern with Conerway, he’s not a great athlete by Big Ten standards and seems to be at his best attacking downhill.

 

I think that’s fine and can work in college, but you HAVE to surround him with shooters. DeVries is gonna be a shooter, Reed can shoot but that’s not his main game, we needed another elite floor spacer out there. Wilkerson is that. 
 

Those two would really help open up the floor for Conerway which is something we’ve been terrible at under both Archie and Woody, opening up the floor.

Well, who cared about opening up the floor? 

We always had 2 bigs that we had to feed, clogging up the lane. Come on, man! Priorities... LOL

[moyemayhem]

13 minutes ago, BGVille Hoosierfan said:

Will you guys please stop listening to RTZ now?!?! Dude knows nothing and this is further proof lol

[Hoosierfanyuh]

Jasai Miles visit doesn’t start until tonight 

[JSHoosier]

22 minutes ago, IvanRenkosillegitimatechild said:

Woodson was our head coach? 

Just in title.

[CSP]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Jasai Miles visit doesn’t start until tonight 

Makes sense.. with our coach having to catch a flight from TX. 

[Home Jersey]

1 minute ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Makes sense.. with our coach having to catch a flight from TX. 

Sounds like he’s grinding on the recruiting trail with some long days… guess he’s not too concerned with making his tee time or ordering pizza to the fellas lounge. Lmao. So refreshing. 

[MikeRoberts]

1 hour ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

No HE didn't. They were world-famous before he showed up. 

They'd have butts in seats whether or not he was there, same with everything else you mentioend. HE did not make Duke 4.8 million and even then... a net zero return on investment? bad business. 

If the conference, other teams, ESPN were paying, Nike....... then we can get into those talks. 

Not sure I can change your perception but as someone that has done media/marketing for some of the biggest brands in the world and my wife does too I can say with 100% confidence that Duke is getting an amazing ROI. 

coca-cola, AB-InBev, McDonalds etc are massive brands that are world famous but they continue to dump money into media/marketing to ensure they stay there and also to invest in their future, fueling a pipeline of love and fandom from younger audiences that will payout for the rest of their lives. $4.8m is a drop of piss to these brands and a brand like Duke. The amount of media coverage alone via Cooper Flagg is worth 10s of millions and his presence ensures a whole new generation of fans. My 8 year old son asked me for a Cooper Flagg jersey for Easter. I’m not getting it and going to force him to be a Hoosier fan but there are kids everywhere that are becoming Duke fans because of him and the lifetime value of a fan is immeasurable. Think about every dollar you have spent related to IU over your lifetime and then multiply that by every new fan Flagg brought to Duke this year. 
just because you are a big brand doesn’t mean you will stay one, you need RTBs and there is no bigger one this year than Flagg.

[Shooter]

Big time pick up. Wilkerson, Devries, and Bailey are going to be a really fun trio on offense.

Conerway would be a great fit to bring needed toughness and defense to that group. Let's make it happen.

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

22 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Does he know if we have an in? Will he take more visits? Stuff like that. Appreciate you responding 

He didn’t really say…. All he said basically was he was looking for money but didn’t really further elaborate. Honestly he hates the portal but I don’t blame him so hard to talk to him about players leaving

[RaceToTheTop]

43 minutes ago, Soulsnipes said:

Over/Under on how many more we get this week - My guess is 2

I'm going to put it at 2.5.....so two guys and an Archie Miller sized person.

[mjeze106]

45 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I checked the flight records and didn't see anything this afternoon. I agree we're slipping a little. But in our defense we have had 4 years of our coach not flying out to see recruits

My best guess

It's actually on it's way back to Bloomington right now

[RaceToTheTop]

19 minutes ago, IndyHoosier1997 said:

This feels like the first recruit DeVries directly went up against the big boys for and we won… entire board and take a sigh of relief and relax now. 

To be fair, Reed Bailey also has some big boys wanting him.  Might not have been at the same level, but Kentucky contacted Bailey.

[Chris007]

Just now, mjeze106 said:

My best guess

It's actually on it's way back to Bloomington right now

Yeah I actually was looking for Arkansas. My mistake. Thank you but of course he was at SHS