Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

[LamarCheeks]

I hope someone asks when/if he'll meet with the current team and how long it'll take to evaluate who might stay/who might go. 

[IUCane]

Just now, Brass Cannon said:

So if this guy turn’s out to be a homerun what kind of respect does Dolson get

Equal to the heat he gets if it doesnt

[Brass Cannon]

Just now, soindianahoosierfan said:

Anybody notice that none of the questions being answered end with “I wish I knew.”? Nice to have a coach that clearly gets it and knows what he has to do to build a program and right the ship.

I just like that we didn’t have to hire a more capable candidate to teach him how to do the job. 

[iu eyedoc]

Much better answering questions than reading the prepared script.

[Brass Cannon]

Just now, IUCane said:

Equal to the heat he gets if it doesnt

Dolson got us Cig.  This hire won’t doom his legacy 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

1 minute ago, Brass Cannon said:

So if this guy turn’s out to be a homerun what kind of respect does Dolson get

New statue in Showalter Fountain.

[JustWinBaby]

"We want to score against broken sets... the best time to score is the first 12 seconds... if that doesn't work, we'll wait to get the best shot available."

I love this. Demonstrating fundamental ball knowledge. Getting his guys to think this way on offense is so crucial to scoring, and scoring aggressively. We got a ball coach.

[iubb]

[iubb]

Just now, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

New statue in Showalter Fountain.

[iubb]

[PartyintheVillas]

3 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

So if this guy turn’s out to be a homerun what kind of respect does Dolson get

He gets a statue sitting next to Herman B. Wells.

[iubb]

[Ryno6284]

7 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

"Throughout, they were respectful of me being focused on my team."

Las second scramble hire...debunked.

 

This will fall on a lot of deaf ears because that can’t be true!
Dolson scrambled and settled! /s

[go iu bb]

I was worried when it became clear early on that Stevens wasn't an option that IU would cheap out and not be willing to spend money on anyone else. This proved my fear worry was misplaced. Salary and buyout are going to be high if you hire a sitting P5 coach, which he was.

• $6+M for the buyout
• ~$5M salary
• Committing $7M for NIL
• Committing well above average revenue sharing
• Already in the top few for basketball operational spending

We saw that even a bad coach like Woodson almost made the tournament with enough money thrown his way. He had an NIL budget that was 167% that of the NIL budget DeVries had. While they both ended up missing the tournament with similar records, the circumstances were quite different and WVU should have made it in.

It'll be interesting to see what DeVries can do with IU's resources. I'm looking forward to next season.

[JustWinBaby]

Leal deserved so much better than he got, man.

[Pagoda]

Yes, he wants to schedule big games -- that's fun and like the whole point of having a bball program is winning games that matter.  Love it.

[mamasa]

Finally, someone I like asking a question lol (Mike Schumann)

[Brass Cannon]

How much was West Virginia’s NIL this past year?

[RaceToTheTop]

Just now, Brass Cannon said:

How much was West Virginia’s NIL this past year?

It was said to be about $3 million.

[JustWinBaby]

Just now, go iu bb said:

I was worried when it became clear early on that Stevens wasn't an option that IU would cheap out and not be willing to spend money on anyone else. This proved my fear worry was misplaced. Salary and buyout are going to be high if you hire a sitting P5 coach, which he was.

• $6+M for the buyout
• ~$5M salary
• Committing $7M for NIL
• Committing well above average revenue sharing
• Already in the top few for basketball operational spending

We saw that even a bad coach like Woodson almost made the tournament with enough money thrown his way. He had an NIL budget that was 167% that of the NIL budget DeVries had. While they both ended up missing the tournament with similar records, the circumstances were quite different and WVU should have made it in.

It'll be interesting to see what DeVries can do with IU's resources. I'm looking forward to next season.

Have seen from folks in the know that we're looking at around $10M total in NIL + revenue sharing, which puts us squarely in the top 10 nationally -- if not top 5. There will be no shortage of resources to build a top tier roster.