Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

[Pagoda]

7 minutes ago, Trish said:

Exactly. Did Dolson promise them a better suite for football games in exchange for 6 million dollars? 

He got folks to pay $15M for Allen’s buyout, which as much as I like Scott, was a buyout Scott was responsible for.  That must have been a tough sell lol.

Honestly I don’t know how much of Devries is covered by donations vs other revenue sources like media rights increases that are coming.  It’s a good question, the athletic dept is always a bit opaque to outsiders like me.

[JustWinBaby]

6 hours ago, str8baller said:

I mean…ol’ Double D doors need a new home in the area.

 

[Hoosier DaDa]

I posted this in the transfer portal, but I don’t know if it’s been seen yet or not.

[str8baller]

29 minutes ago, Trish said:

This is the largest buy-out in men’s basketball history. I wonder who Scott called for that..

 

Let’s hope the buyout terms for Darian are reasonable. Lastly, no more one year extensions have two years, Dolson. 

Doubt IU would fire a guy before year 4–even in this modern environment—so you just really need to see what years 5 and 6 are in terms of guaranteed money.  

[AZ Hoosier]

7 minutes ago, JustWinBaby said:

 

ABP (always be pimpin')

[JustWinBaby]

3 hours ago, BA47591 said:

Bullsh7t. This was a Monday night panic move. These are typical after the fact comments ro take this yawner of hire and splash some AD speak on it. Soccer Mom Pam mentioned ethics and other "no way in he'll Beard or Wade" crap. 

He was repeating his 2021 performance and the search firm list was in front of him and he fn panicked. Can he go out and knock on the doors he needs to and make the right friends in the state......? We'll see. 

Dude, DeVries himself said in the press conference that IU was respectful of him during the process as he was still coaching. He openly stated that IU courted him while he was coaching at WVU. This was in the works for weeks. WVU insiders confirmed that he had given IU a "hard yes" sometime last week, and that IU had been in touch with him going back at least a month, maybe longer.

This wasn't a panic move. This was many weeks, maybe months, in the works. This was who Scott targeted, for a variety of reasons. Just go listen to the introductory press conference.

[Hoosierfan2017]

6 minutes ago, Hoosier DaDa said:

I posted this in the transfer portal, but I don’t know if it’s been seen yet or not.

No offense to him, but committing to Woodson when he did suggests that it was purely a financial decision for him. We had enough of those guys last year.

[Brass Cannon]

3 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

ABP (always be pimpin')

Gatorade is for pimps the modern day take 

[AZ Hoosier]

3 hours ago, BA47591 said:

Bullsh7t. This was a Monday night panic move. These are typical after the fact comments ro take this yawner of hire and splash some AD speak on it. Soccer Mom Pam mentioned ethics and other "no way in he'll Beard or Wade" crap. 

He was repeating his 2021 performance and the search firm list was in front of him and he fn panicked. Can he go out and knock on the doors he needs to and make the right friends in the state......? We'll see. 

[schoosier]

2 hours ago, akumanina said:

For your off-season viewing pleasure

 

Good stuff thank you!

[Artie86]

2 hours ago, akumanina said:

For your off-season viewing pleasure

 

Super, super excited after watching this breakdown of what Coach D is going to bring and instill here at IU. I know this is just a snippet, but MAN, it will be so refreshing seeing a team that plays hard and looks well coached!!!

If you’re wanting to see what it could and most likely, will look like, ….it’s a must watch! 

[Motley's]

9 minutes ago, JustWinBaby said:

Dude, DeVries himself said in the press conference that IU was respectful of him during the process as he was still coaching. He openly stated that IU courted him while he was coaching at WVU. This was in the works for weeks. WVU insiders confirmed that he had given IU a "hard yes" sometime last week, and that IU had been in touch with him going back at least a month, maybe longer.

This wasn't a panic move. This was many weeks, maybe months, in the works. This was who Scott targeted, for a variety of reasons. Just go listen to the introductory press conference.

He was on Dolson’s list last season when still at Drake

[IUCane]

Love the hire or hate it probably 50/50 at best it works out. 

[rayl456]

3 hours ago, BA47591 said:

In 2021, Scott was about to poop the bed. He tried the same hail Mary for Stevens, then Matta was physically incapable. Then he was a deer in the headlights. Buckner jumped in and pulled Woody out of his butt. This hire was another panicked Scott Dolson pulling a late Monday night move that Pam wouldn't say no to. If DeVries doesn't win the hs coaches over in S. Indiana he'll lose the state and you can start the clock. 

Your opinion.  Good for you.  :)

[JustWinBaby]

8 minutes ago, IUCane said:

Love the hire or hate it probably 50/50 at best it works out. 

Raw W/L is kind of pointless. Knight coached at Army which was extremely difficult to recruit to. Painter had a bunch of top Indiana recruits land in his lap while Indiana was dealing with the Sampson fallout.

Also I question some of these stats. I questioned Greg Gard's win % and just checked and it was 62% through his first 7 seasons. So don't take this list as gospel.

[go iu bb]

Try to contain your surprise at this next news:

Rabby is saying that Zrno's agent told them that Zrno will not end up at IU.

[JustWinBaby]

1 minute ago, go iu bb said:

Try to contain your surprise at this next news:

Rabby is saying that Zrno's agent told them that Zrno will not end up at IU.

Good. Woodson never should've offered him. He sucks.

Funny thing is that now he's getting lots of interest from other programs. Woody played 900 IQ chess on that one lol

[Pagoda]

4 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Try to contain your surprise at this next news:

Rabby is saying that Zrno's agent told them that Zrno will not end up at IU.

He’ll always be part of the IU family.

[JustWinBaby]

23 minutes ago, Motley's said:

He was on Dolson’s list last season when still at Drake

His coaching job in Albany against Miami in the first round of the tourney in 2023 was very impressive. One or two missed shots away from winning that game.

Miami would go on to beat IU to a pulp en route to the Final Four that year. Drake gave them their toughest game of the tourney until UConn.

[Artie86]

…..I think we all need to get used to Coach DeVries seeking out and landing the type of players that fit and work well in HIS system and HIS locker room. 
That was emphasized several times in his press conference.

He will have a TON of NIL money to spend, but it HAS to be the right fit and a cohesive group to work. (Sound familiar, Coach Cig?)

I hope he guts the roster and keeps Sisley and Goode.