Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

[TheWatShot 15,303]

3 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Anyone who doesn't like the hire want to make a friendly wager? 

O/U 22.5 wins in year 1? 23.5?

He was with Creighton from 2001-2018. That's when Dana Altman got it rolling through McDermott's first 6 seasons. 

He knows how to build a winning culture. He's got a talented son and players coming with him. Head start on portal. 

We got ourselves a weapon and gave him all the ammo he could ask for. 

Under on 22.5. This program has to fight, scratch and claw its way to 20 wins every year now. No reason to think next year will be any different. 

[Magnanimous 5,306]

6 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Anyone who doesn't like the hire want to make a friendly wager? 

O/U 22.5 wins in year 1? 23.5?

He was with Creighton from 2001-2018. That's when Dana Altman got it rolling through McDermott's first 6 seasons. 

He knows how to build a winning culture. He's got a talented son and players coming with him. Head start on portal. 

We got ourselves a weapon and gave him all the ammo he could ask for. 

He’ll be fine. But I wanted McCollum for no other reason than I found him four years  ago and wanted to see it happen. The dream is dead. Back to the balcony for dear old Magnanimous.

Btw, I made up the whole big wink bullsh!t because my flight was delayed four hours Saturday night. Thanks for entertaining me these last few days. I’ll ban myself now.

[PartyintheVillas 833]

Well Btown Banners is more than just one post. Who knew?!

[schoosier 3,690]

1 minute ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Portal szn now.  Would obviously Tucker DeVries is coming.  Jonathan Powell would make sense to come over from West Virginia as well.

Get the portal big kid from Iowa and take every player Wisconsin ever wanted. Got to join em to beat em.

[HoosierInParadise 1,512]

Alright....I'm over it. Let's see what he can do. Might be fun to watch him build it into something again.

[Uspshoosier 52,848]

https://x.com/john_fanta/status/1902121542638825564?s=46

[Class of '66 Old Fart 88,707]

1 minute ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Small does not have eligibility left.

Question just asked on 247 and Andershock said Small is done.

[RaceToTheTop 29,809]

1 minute ago, AH1971 said:

He’d have to apply for a hardship waiver, same thing Goode is doing. He played in his first 16 games as a freshman before getting hurt. Doesn’t qualify for a medical redshirt. 

It actually wasn't the first 16.  He had a stop and start year with injuries.  SOme of the games were in the second half of the year.

[AH1971 2,609]

4 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

 

And not a single good Kenpom number in there despite outdoing poor projections. Laughable.


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He coached at Drake lol

[mdn82 26,344]

Just now, TheWatShot said:

Under on 22.5. This program has to fight, scratch and claw its way to 20 wins every year now. No reason to think next year will be any different. 

Dude we have won 23+ games 7 times in 32 years.  I am sorry, but Brad Stevens doesn’t instantly have me saying things like this at IU.  

[BehindTheBench 1,548]

Just now, Uspshoosier said:

https://x.com/john_fanta/status/1902121542638825564?s=46

Yeah, can tell that guy played a lot of ball lmao. 

[TTT 1,251]

This hire is about as exciting as missing the March Madness Tournament.

Solid coaching experience.  Knowledgeable and son is successful player…..Ok hire.  All this mystery for the last month for this.

By the way Brad Stevens knows what he’s got with Boston.  No dummy.

Most IU fans will talk themselves into this is a home run.  Lol…..It has potential (and should have considering NIL)

 

[TheWatShot 15,303]

I'm underwhelmed with this hire, so here's a positive thought: maybe he can bring some dudes with him. I can't remember hiring a coach who ever did that. Archie should have, but he's a moron. 

[JustWinBaby 1,404]

4 minutes ago, bobknightsghost said:

No we don’t need to hear the bs

I miss that week when you weren't on this site

[Papacap 1,833]

18 minutes ago, BehindTheBench said:

I’m talking UK. They went 10-8 in conference this year…..I was told to link an article to Pope hiring. That does nothing as UK had a pretty **** year overall. If yall are good with mediocre, which it appears many of you are, let’s do it. 

Silly. UK is 14th in NET this year. If you think that’s bad, that’s a you problem.

[JPCIVOP 658]

27 minutes ago, BehindTheBench said:

In a group text with guys from several other BigTen schools, some who played at IL and Purdue. Getting absolutely cooked for this hire. Anybody got a comeback for me? What a kick in the nuts man….

It seems to me like when West Virginia hired Beilein years ago. Not an immediately apparent winner. But was able to turn into that. About the same age as when WVU hired Beilein; IU has top-level resources. But I think we'll have to get cooked for a bit, PR-wise...

[Home Jersey 14,822]

1 minute ago, TheWatShot said:

Under on 22.5. This program has to fight, scratch and claw its way to 20 wins every year now. No reason to think next year will be any different. 

Cool. If you really want to wager we can hash out details by PM, lol 

[WayneFleekHoosier 50,467]

Comparing a A-10 team to a Big 12 team.  Bold strategy I would think the competition might be a little stronger in a league that got 8 teams in the field and most will argue should have got 9.   WV was in 100 percent of the brackets submitted 

Not a single good season. Finished 53 this year. .500 in conference. Has above average Nil to spend on this years team.

Nothing matters until he wins or loses. You love it. I don’t. I’m getting a slew of negative reaction texts from my Indiana peeps.

Indiana had a chance to once again prove they mean business and didn’t do it. Wins will build it if he can’t be he’s never had a season to prove he can make Indiana fans happy.

Will he recruit the state better than the next guy? Nil only goes so far. Baffling move. Let it ride on gut instincts. Even Dolson’s opening statement is mild.


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3 minutes ago, BehindTheBench said:

Scott’s @$$ is solidly on the hook for this. In 3 years we will likely have a fire Devries AND a fire Scott thread running concurrently. Time to hit the gym and get some of this anger out. Just a total cluster **** yet again from our administration. 

I wouldn’t go that far but definitely not getting too excited about this. But look at the bright side WV was the first team out this year we were the second moving on up one step at a time. 

[bobknightsghost 639]

1 minute ago, JustWinBaby said:

I missed that week when you weren't on this site

I miss talking about Brad Stevens getting a new contract to sign digitally with dochub after the board approved the last minute changes

we can’t always get what we want