Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

[str8baller]

8 minutes ago, Trish said:

WVU D1 Rankings and Numbers from this year. Not great, but I understand first year and a lot of injuries.

Stuff to like in that profile. Given previous conversations on the board I’m guessing half the posters will be put off by the pace. His Drake teams played a little faster tho

[JustWinBaby]

I still want to know, who was the "mystery candidate"???

[Jeff Flabjohns]

Appropriate!! 

[IndianaSconnie90]

1 minute ago, Home Jersey said:

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

Someone has a case of the Cignettis

[IU Prof]

Anyone have a feel for who, if anyone, on the current roster might fit DeVries' system?

[go iu bb]

I've seen a few people mention Goode and Small for next year. I'd be shocked if Goode gets a waiver since it's very unlikely. His chances look good compared to those for Small to get another year.

So I wouldn't count on either of those 2. 

Tucker DeVries will get another year. 

[schoosier]

7 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

 

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


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Obviously our AD isn’t much a metrics fan. Should have consulted our white whale for the best coach since he played him again.

[tyappleg]

[Home Jersey]

Just now, IndianaSconnie90 said:

Someone has a case of the Cignettis

I'm drinking crimson colored kool-aid on the day we announce our new coach, sue me for not being upset it isn't Brad Stevens or Ben McCollum lol  

[PartyintheVillas]

2 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

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. 

Archie wanted to, including a PG recruit, but the admin and maybe APR scores made it a nogo. It was much more difficult before the open transfer portal.

[Trish]

1 minute ago, JustWinBaby said:

I still want to know, who was the "mystery candidate"???

Brad ******** Stevens! 
 

We’ll get him next time, that is, if Butler doesn’t get to him next year. 

[HoosierHuddle]

Very pleased with Darian DeVries as the hire. The next month or so should be exciting to see his staff get built and assemble a roster. Establishing the culture he wants to build starts immediately and will be absolutely to his success (or failure).

[JPCIVOP]

27 minutes ago, iubb said:

Link an article to Mark Pope hiring 

Everyone keeps talking about Mark Pope like he didn't just tie for UK's second worst SEC record since Billy Gillespie. He did fine. But I'm rooting for this to go better than Pope's first year went.

[BehindTheBench]

3 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

And?

Analytics don’t win ball games. This is now, what, 4 hires in a row we’ve had to talk ourselves into. Scott just hung himself, which is unfortunate, because I like the guy. Oh well, even more money to funnel towards the football program. Basketball has been irrelevant and an embarrassment for far too long to care this much.

[RaceToTheTop]

4 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

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

So no tattoo, Home Jersey?

[Silat Player]

It seems that many of the folks who are not thrilled with this hire thought we were going to get a whale. 

Those of us who had ... uh ... different expectations are pretty happy. 

There are exceptions, of course, but that seems to be pretty true. 

I hope that Devries is like Cig and has a solid plan for next year, but, unlike Woody, really starts establishing recruiting relationships with high school kids. That's massively missing right now in the program. Woody's model wasn't going to allow any kind of consistency in the program (except BAD consistency).

[AZ Hoosier]

42 minutes ago, IUCane said:

Yeah curious.  Who first had this name??

I was on him about 6 or 7 weeks ago... if we fell through the Stevens/OTZ/Drew level, DeVries was my guy... Let's go, baby!

 

[tyappleg]

New era, new profile pic.  Hopefully I don't have to go back to the old one. 

[AH1971]

3 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

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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His best player got hurt 9 games into the season lol. They were nationally ranked when it happened. 

[LIHoosier]

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

New Indiana basketball coach Darian DeVries will be introduced at 11:30 a.m, Wednesday, in the press room inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

You mean we're not gonna turn the Assembly Hall floor into a giant wedding reception? Ugh, freaking Cool Dad...