Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

[HoosierHoopster]

17 minutes ago, Artie86 said:

…..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.

exactly what he should be doing, bring in players who play positional, modern ball, wings, shooters, on-ball guards, guys who can step outside.... So so ready to watch real basketball again with a coach running actual wing actions, backdoor cuts, P&R and P&P, SHOOTING!

[Artie86]

4 minutes ago, newcastle12 said:

I thought he was D Rock?  If that's not it, D-Vry would be better in my opinon.  

….D-Vry reminds me too much of this college in Illinois!…. Lol

 

[OliviaPope40]

So I followed Ben McCollum last night for nothing.

[OliviaPope40]

1 minute ago, Artie86 said:

….D-Vry reminds me too much of this college in Illinois!…. Lol

 

Was wondering when someone was going to bring that reference up. 

[skhoosier2]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

I’m sure it could be but Calbert is loyal to IU. I just think he wanted to do the best job possible to send Mike out. But his main thing is working with players one on one in the off season.

I hope he’s retained. It appeared his work with Ballo (and I’m sure others) was valuable. 

[beaver56]

I probably would stay away from DBag even though he got a bag coming here. 

Edited March 20, 2025 by beaver56

[HoosierHoopster]

14 minutes ago, Ryno6284 said:

We, as a board, really need to come to a consensus on what we are going to call coach!  DD is Dan Dakich, so no.  I've seen D3, CDD, DDV.

My vote would be for CD3. What say you, BTB?

DRock

[Chris007]

14 minutes ago, Ryno6284 said:

We, as a board, really need to come to a consensus on what we are going to call coach!  DD is Dan Dakich, so no.  I've seen D3, CDD, DDV.

My vote would be for CD3. What say you, BTB?

I’m a D square or DRock

[Asha’man]

DRock

[newcastle12]

Something that's out in the world at the moment:  

 

"Fun fact, the plane used to bring Devries to Bloomington is registered to a Bloomington LLC but delisted from websites like FlightAware so you can’t track it."

[cthomas]

1 hour ago, JustWinBaby said:

 

Gotta love Leal. Always looking for a positive outcome.

[OKHOOSIER]

5 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I’m a D square or DRock

If somebody in Bloomington doesn’t offer a free large Defries every time an opponent misses two free throws in assembly it will be the greatest marketing miss in the history of advertising. 

[iu2win]

Held off on posting again to take this all in. The press conference and Darian’s interview on the Big Ten Network sold me. When he said he and Scott agreed “throughout the entire process” that the focus had to remain on his current team (WV) indicated to me that Scott was working to land Darian long before the selection show; not a knee jerk or last minute decision as some nay sayers would like us to believe. Scott got his guy and I trust him. This board has been very entertaining throughout and helped pass the time as we all waited to find out who the new coach would be. Let’s all get behind our new coach and the team he assembles. As always I am always for IU2WIN !!!

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

59 minutes ago, JustWinBaby said:

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

Why do you think he sucks? Genuinely curious I know ZERO about him

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

15 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I’m a D square or DRock

I’m a coach D or Coach DR or Coach D-Rock

[IU5355]

41 minutes ago, IUHAHN81 said:

I just gotta chime in and say, I'm actually diggin' this hire. He seems like a legit, good dude. Gotta good feeling we gon' win some games! Profile pic updated....let's go DRock! 

I was big time skeptical at first. 

But he wants to be here and wants to work his a$% off. 

Also has a vision for a system. Talked in depth about locker room culture. 

I think he is going to be here a long time. Just a gut feeling. 

[HoosierInParadise]

Many say that Woodson thinks he did a good job. I was thinking that maybe he thinks this because he was actually running things like he ran his NBA teams. Maybe he has always delegated tasks to everyone else and he just ran the team for games. Obviously this is not the way to run a college program, but maybe he was less lazy and more just stubborn to run it his way....or maybe both. I'm just glad we have a new coach that seems like he's going to work his tail off to make each season a success.

[iu eyedoc]

I'm a traditionalist so it will be CDDV or DDV for me.

 

What are the 3 D's in D3?

Force nicknames a cringy to me.

[Geometry Hoosier]

23 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I’m a D square or DRock

How about CDeez…never mind that won’t work. 

[OKHOOSIER]

8 minutes ago, IU5355 said:

I was big time skeptical at first. 

But he wants to be here and wants to work his a$% off. 

Also has a vision for a system. Talked in depth about locker room culture. 

I think he is going to be here a long time. Just a gut feeling. 

He better be, I’m not trying to go through another AI driven coaching search in here until I’m retired.