Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

[68Hoosier]

Welcome, CDD!!  Just Win baby and the rest will work itself out.

 

 

[Silat Player]

3 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

this thread sucks 

You've just got to change your name, man. LOL

[IU5355]

6 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

https://twitter.com/indianambb/status/1902367784266310000?s=46&t=0mbJ_TT4MQ8KZKv29ZqhSg

Not to rip on Woody too much. But Devries wears a proper fitting suit. Lol

[IU Prof]

10 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I take offense. There have been 3 people since January. @IUGRAD06 has said many times that McCollum started talking to Dolson in January. Which was true, and so did DeVries. The date to find the new coach was always March 17. 

Sorry you took offense, because I think you were just passing along what you heard. It's not a criticism of you, just an objective analysis of the information people are passing along. 

Again, though, I don't find this plausible. No one mentioned McCollum as being on the short list back in January. The Intel was always Brad 1, Dusty 2. And then literally DeVries wasn't mentioned until a few days ago.

Any source claiming that Brad backed out again at the last minute, and now claiming they knew it was him, McCollum, and DeVries all along, is clearly not reliable. This search was buttoned up tighter than Ft Knox.

Edit: You were always transparent during the search that the info you were getting could be wrong. I'm not sure why you are getting angry now that someone is observing that the info you said may be unreliable was, in fact, unreliable.

[Jet812]

12 minutes ago, Hoosier DaDa said:

Has it been discussed on here (I'm not going to scour all the post...to lazy) are we going to hire a BBALL GM as well?  If so who is that rumored to be?  

This is important imo, wonder if DeVries gets to “select” or Dolson gets to make this hire.  Surprised it’s not talked about more, but I’m a little more concerned about DeVries’s ability to pull players than if we’d hired a big name.  Yes, we have resources, but this year was another great example of having a poorly constructed roster, even if we did outspend to get some highly sought after guys…

[Chris007]

1 minute ago, IU Prof said:

Sorry you took offense, because I think you were just passing along what you heard. It's not a criticism of you, just an objective analysis of the information people are passing along.

Again I don't find this plausible. No one mentioned McCollum as being on the short list back in January. The Intel was always Brad 1, Dusty 2. And then literally DeVries wasn't mentioned until a few days ago.

Any source claiming that Brad backed out again at the last minute, and now claiming they knew it was him, McCollum,  and DeVries all along, is clearly not reliable. This search was buttoned up tighter than Ft Knox.

I'm tired of talking about but he never backed out. He never said yes. He was undecided until we needed an answer and he said no. 

We got our third choice and he very well could be a home run. 

[Pagoda]

2 minutes ago, IU5355 said:

Not to rip on Woody too much. But Devries wears a proper fitting suit. Lol

Not sure if that’s his wife, but if so she has the colors right.

[GP711]

12 minutes ago, IU Prof said:

No offense to any insiders, but I don't find this remotely plausible. It goes against everything we've ever heard of Brad's character. Anyone feeding that line is not a credible source, IMO.

We are hearing from non-IU sources that Dolson has been in communication with DeVries for weeks, if not since the Battle for Atlantis. That strikes me as much more credible than the idea that Brad was in the bag until Sunday. 

I don't see how anyone at this point wouldn't be questioning their sources re Brad, after the way the last two searches turned out. Whatever info people were getting clearly wasn't reliable.

You are well within your right to push back but just because the search firm has him on a list doesn't mean he was choice number one. on march 6th DeVries didnt think he was getting the job, wonder why that was. You have backups. You assuming brad's character from what you see in public doesn't change the fact that on Sunday night brad told scott he wouldn't in fact be taking the job

Its what happened. :)

[Rusty Shackleford]

8 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

this thread sucks 

Yeah man. It does.

Take the personal stuff to DMs. 

Relitigate the search elsewhere.

Time to talk about the future.

[iu eyedoc]

25 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I believe you have it backward. DeVries said yes first and McCollum needed time to think about it. 

Apparently they were 2 and 2b if he wan't waiting a day or 2 for McCollum.

 

SD be like:

 

[Home Jersey]

1 minute ago, Pagoda said:

Not sure if that’s his wife, but if so she has the colors right.

If so, I'd say he passes James Franklin's recruiting test. 

[iubb]

https://iuhoosiers.com/watch?Live=4782&type=Live

[IU Prof]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I'm tired of talking about but he never backed out. He never said yes. He was undecided until we needed an answer and he said no. 

We got our third choice and he very well could be a home run. 

I was responding to GP, who said he did back out.

[PartyintheVillas]

31 minutes ago, GloryDays said:

You're wasting your energy Jersey.

 We have a group of people who are insatiable.In fact I knew what several reactions would be before they posted. I don't know how this will turn out but I'm glad the search is over and will back the coach and hope for great results.

 

 

There are some people throwing a fit because it wasn't their preferred guy or they believe Scott Dolson should be able to pull the jedi mind trick on coaches and get them to accept the Indiana job. There are a couple folks who wanted Chris Beard so bad because they view it as a part of the culture war. They need to be on the winning side or else. These are not people that will discuss and argue in good faith. They are taking the whole situation very personally. 

I have my doubts on Coach Devries, but you bet as an Indiana alum and fan I'll back him. We don't have a coach with no experience (Mike Davis), or who will repeatedly break rules (Sampson), or who has strange personality quirks and swings (Tom Crean), or one without a personality that can't handle the big stage (Archie Miller) or one who was given the job because he played for Bob Knight (Mike Woodson.) We have a normal, heavily experienced, grinder of a college basketball coach with a son who can shoot the lights out. That sounds like the start of something good related to Indiana basketball to me. Let the man cook before we decide if the meal is any good.

[Hovadipo]

2 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Not sure if that’s his wife, but if so she has the colors right.

Katie Bates from Varsity Club.

[PartyintheVillas]

2 minutes ago, Rusty Shackleford said:

Yeah man. It does.

Take the personal stuff to DMs. 

Relitigate the search elsewhere.

Time to talk about the future.

If me and CSP agree, Indiana basketball is heading in the right direction.

[BBTB]

2 minutes ago, iubb said:

https://iuhoosiers.com/watch?Live=4782&type=Live

Thanks was looking for it but every article I saw said it wasn't till 11:30 Pm   which I figured was wrong 

[IU Prof]

2 minutes ago, GP711 said:

You are well within your right to push back but just because the search firm has him on a list doesn't mean he was choice number one. on march 6th DeVries didnt think he was getting the job, wonder why that was. You have backups. You assuming brad's character from what you see in public doesn't change the fact that on Sunday night brad told scott he wouldn't in fact be taking the job

Its what happened. :)

I'm not assuming things about Brad's character simply from what I've seen in public. 

I have no reason to believe you know what DeVries was thinking on March 6th, because your sources are clearly not reliable.

[AZ Hoosier]

2 hours ago, Silat Player said:

I don't begrudge anyone on the WVU for being upset that Devries is leaving. It's a natural reaction, even for someone from Indiana like Small. We'd be upset on our side if IU lost a really good coach. 

In fact, it's just further verification that Dolson made a good selection. 

Fortunately, we've not been in a position to lose a "really good" coach (or even a "good coach") in 30 years...

[Alford Bailey]

Ready to hear what the new coach has to say