Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

[RaceToTheTop]

37 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Hopefully not our best player. When all the dust settles.  
 

On a tangent wasn’t their a Hey Arnold episode where the coaches kid was named Tucker. 

DeVries is really, really good.  MVC player of the year as both a sophomore and junior.

[HoosierFan1994]

1 minute ago, RaceToTheTop said:

DeVries is really, really good.  MVC player of the year as both a sophomore and junior.

What is exciting about him is his 3 point % went up big time at West Virginia. Small sample size but still. I'm guessing he is a 3/4? 

[Golfman25]

28 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Oh Luke Goode fits if it's an option. Fits like a glove.

I assume he's done.  

[CSP]

Just now, RaceToTheTop said:

DeVries is really, really good.  MVC player of the year as both a sophomore and junior.

Would be pretty surprised for him not to be an All-League guy next year. Pretty big pick up lol 

[Hoosier DaDa]

46 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

ok guys...... He's winning the press conference......  That man is motivated to win.  I'm quickly warming up.  Getting pumped up to see what his recruiting chops will look like.  

Well that didn't take long...yesterday I thought you might needed a wellness check. LOL

[hoosierpatriot22]

7 minutes ago, Hoosier DaDa said:

They needed to be dusted off so I think it was Martha the Mop Lady's brother former IU manager Dusty May Dusts Banners.

At least they didn’t get burnt up like the Bulls’ banners

[Golfman25]

24 minutes ago, Napleshoosier said:

Ya think Leal was sent by the team to check him out?

nah, he's looking to sell a house.  :)  

[CSP]

WVU, for not sending anyone to the offensive glass, only avged 1.9 ORs less than us a game. 

[HoosierFan1994]

1 minute ago, Golfman25 said:

I assume he's done.  

It sounds like it's likely he gets the waiver and is back next year. Might be a fight. 

[TheWatShot]

40 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Hopefully not our best player. When all the dust settles.  
 

On a tangent wasn’t their a Hey Arnold episode where the coaches kid was named Tucker. 

Lol, a rec league basketball team where Coach Wittenberg benches Arnold for making a shot instead of passing the ball to his son. Good stuff. 

[CSP]

Just now, HoosierFan1994 said:

It sounds like it's likely he gets the waiver and is back next year. Might be a fight. 

from what? 

[JPCIVOP]

4 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Well, their starting big man avged 2.2 Orebs a game.

I'll concede that point; the 5 is around the basket, and is the lone opportunity at second chance points. The other guys vacate immediately, but you're right.

[Chris007]

1 minute ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

It sounds like it's likely he gets the waiver and is back next year. Might be a fight. 

Goode back? I haven't found a single person who thought he would win his appeal. I hope your right but since he finished the season that year they usually don't approve those

[Ron Mexico]

7 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

he was trying to read without looking like he was reading.  He really needed Biden's teleprompter.  Cuban should have hooked him up in the back of the media room.  lol

He's likely had very little sleep if any and is operating on pure adrenaline and multiple Bang Energy drinks.  I also think he's a bit uncomfortable talking about himself and discussing fluff with the media.  He was in his element talking ball.  

[JustWinBaby]

Just now, Chris007 said:

Goode back? I haven't found a single person who thought he would win his appeal. I hope your right but since he finished the season that year they usually don't approve those

I don't expect Goode to win his appeal frankly. Hoping for the best though.

[JPCIVOP]

2 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

WVU, for not sending anyone to the offensive glass, only avged 1.9 ORs less than us a game. 

This is also true, which is awful for a team so attracted to 2-big lineups, and which had Oumar Ballo...

[Hoosier DaDa]

42 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

I didn't hear the hump mentioned one time... I think we're over it!

It would have been great if DDV said "I'm here to get IU BBALL over the huge hump." 

[hoosierpatriot22]

Here’s a dumb question that one of you dummies, being far less dumb than I, can probably answer.

 

How much influence do coaches have on uniforms? Obviously the cream and crimson will remain unchanged, but will determine the alternates? Or is that an adidas thing? I’d love to see the black unis again next year

[wirenuts]

I think the more we see devries the happier we are going to be with how he shapes the team, and i dont think we will ever have to worry about seeing a team not playing hard enough. If the coach is relentless, then the team will probably be relentless. If the players dont buy in, they wont be there. I definitely like what I heard. 

With that said, even if it was low percentage, a person that wants to coach again will take a call to maybe coach the team he rooted for when he was a kid. Throughout I really had doubts because being a president of one the best nba teams would be a tough job to leave, no matter where he would be going to. But that doesn't mean he didn't have interest. 

Dolson had to try. And I'm betting he kept trying even after hearing things he may not have wanted to hear. Anyways, I'm always appreciative of posters who share what they hear, whether it ends up being right or wrong, because they really dont have to share anything if they dont want to. 

Also, it made the search thread so much fun this go around, hell I miss it already. 

I'm excited about this hire, and I havent been since crean. Let's go

[TheWatShot]

I typically try not to read too much into press conferences but this is reassuring. Archie sounded like a socially awkward middle schooler who was asked to read a half-baked essay to the class, and Woodson sounded like he had a date with a La-Z-Boy recliner when the questions were through.