Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

[MemphisHoosier]

23 minutes ago, Hoosier DaDa said:

 

If coke makes you shoot like that, then lines for everyone!  

Sampson was clearly ahead of his time.

[Hoosier DaDa]

1 minute ago, MemphisHoosier said:

Sampson was clearly ahead of his time.

Actually '85 Villanova was snorting their way to NCAA title. 

[OGIUAndy]

17 minutes ago, Hoosier DaDa said:

Actually '85 Villanova was snorting their way to NCAA title. 

Some IU players were not afraid to play in the snow in the 80s. 

[Hoosier82]

https://x.com/chasebran3/status/1905728596087603267?s=46

Is this the first offer with the new coach?

247 has him as a 3 star ranked 62. Class of 2027.

[rcbowla]

10 minutes ago, Hoosier82 said:

https://x.com/chasebran3/status/1905728596087603267?s=46

Is this the first offer with the new coach?

247 has him as a 3 star ranked 62. Class of 2027.

Kansas St, Missouri and Austin Peay are his other offers as of now. Looks like he could position himself to gain more attention over the summer. Sounds like he's got a good handle and can shoot. Like the profile.

[HoosierTrav]

Man…… I promise you all that I’m trying….. but I do not feel an ounce of excitement towards IUBB. Not even a little bit. 
 

I can’t tell if it was the apathy from the last 2 years, or whether I’m just missing something with CDD. 
 

I’ve read, watched, and listened to all things CDD lately and it’s not moving me at all. 
 

I hope everyone adjusts their expectations and realizes that this is going to be a much longer build than what we were wanting. 
 

[SlamaJamaSisley]

1 minute ago, HoosierTrav said:

Man…… I promise you all that I’m trying….. but I do not feel an ounce of excitement towards IUBB. Not even a little bit. 
 

I can’t tell if it was the apathy from the last 2 years, or whether I’m just missing something with CDD. 
 

I’ve read, watched, and listened to all things CDD lately and it’s not moving me at all. 
 

I hope everyone adjusts their expectations and realizes that this is going to be a much longer build than what we were wanting. 
 

Have any of the last few hires excited you?

[tyappleg]

3 minutes ago, HoosierTrav said:

Man…… I promise you all that I’m trying….. but I do not feel an ounce of excitement towards IUBB. Not even a little bit. 
 

I can’t tell if it was the apathy from the last 2 years, or whether I’m just missing something with CDD. 
 

I’ve read, watched, and listened to all things CDD lately and it’s not moving me at all. 
 

I hope everyone adjusts their expectations and realizes that this is going to be a much longer build than what we were wanting. 
 

See you when we win 23+ games next year. 

[Hoosier82]

3 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

See you when we win 23+ games next year. 

I could care less if we win the offseason. We have done that many times over this last decade and it has resulted in very little success.  Maybe I am overly optimistic, but I feel he will put a really competitive team out there next year.  We may just not have the 5 star types.  

[IUGRAD06]

3 minutes ago, Hoosier82 said:

I could care less if we win the offseason. We have done that many times over this last decade and it has resulted in very little success.  Maybe I am overly optimistic, but I feel he will put a really competitive team out there next year.  We may just not have the 5 star types.  

Too many people in this fanbase that only care about optics.  Nothing matters as long as we win on the court.  People not getting excited or worried about not getting recruits yet need to take a chill pill.  

[go iu bb]

17 minutes ago, HoosierTrav said:

Man…… I promise you all that I’m trying….. but I do not feel an ounce of excitement towards IUBB. Not even a little bit. 
 

I can’t tell if it was the apathy from the last 2 years, or whether I’m just missing something with CDD. 
 

I’ve read, watched, and listened to all things CDD lately and it’s not moving me at all. 
 

I hope everyone adjusts their expectations and realizes that this is going to be a much longer build than what we were wanting. 
 

Well, so far these isn't really anything to be excited about apart from speculation. There haven't been any announcements since he's been hired. So no reason to be excited yet but also no reason to be writing him off, in my opinion. But you're free to feel however you want to feel.

[go iu bb]

Have any of the insiders heard about how the player meetings went? Obviously not well since none are coming back but I'm just curious if anything interesting happened. Thrown plants and the like. A poster on peegs is saying he heard Mgbako's went horribly.

[Parakeet Jones]

1 minute ago, go iu bb said:

Have any of the insiders heard about how the player meetings went? Obviously not well since none are coming back but I'm just curious if anything interesting happened. Thrown plants and the like. A poster on peegs is saying he heard Mgbako's went horribly.

Any details on how it went horribly, or just a general statement?

[go iu bb]

2 minutes ago, Parakeet Jones said:

Any details on how it went horribly, or just a general statement?

No, he just said that's what he heard and he was asking Rabby about it, who dodged answering. That's why I'm curious if anyone here has heard about the meetings. To be clear, he said that it was horrible on the part of Mgbako, not CDD.

[Pagoda]

13 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Well, so far these isn't really anything to be excited about apart from speculation. There haven't been any announcements since he's been hired. So no reason to be excited yet but also no reason to be writing him off, in my opinion. But you're free to feel however you want to feel.

Quiet search.  Low key hire announcement with no fans.  Now quiet on staff hires and recruiting targets.  Seems to be a theme.  I kinda like it vs the hype approach.

As far as I can tell they’re hard at work and we just have to wait and see what happens.  Fingers crossed.

[Uspshoosier]

https://x.com/musehoosier/status/1904138450594312372?s=46

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Man…… I promise you all that I’m trying….. but I do not feel an ounce of excitement towards IUBB. Not even a little bit. 

 

I can’t tell if it was the apathy from the last 2 years, or whether I’m just missing something with CDD. 

 

I’ve read, watched, and listened to all things CDD lately and it’s not moving me at all. 

 

I hope everyone adjusts their expectations and realizes that this is going to be a much longer build than what we were wanting. 

 

 

Man, I might feel this way with you when we trot Connor Enright on the court for starter minutes.

 

Seriously though, I’m holding off judgement until we build the roster. Then I’m holding off judgement again until he shows what he can do.

 

Basketball heads love it. I’m not sure it has a lot of juice. My fandom isn’t going anywhere else, so I’ll be here until it fails or not. However, I’m not sure we can handle another failed 4 year stretch. Brand is damaged right now, 4 years of mediocre basketball might cement us as a Football or Soccer school.

 

 

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[Parakeet Jones]

19 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

No, he just said that's what he heard and he was asking Rabby about it, who dodged answering. That's why I'm curious if anyone here has heard about the meetings. To be clear, he said that it was horrible on the part of Mgbako, not CDD.

Thanks. I assumed it was on Mgbako, not CDV. 
 

As I’m typing this I looked up at the TV and, no lie, a Taco Bell commercial was on. 

[Scotty R]

1 hour ago, HoosierTrav said:

Man…… I promise you all that I’m trying….. but I do not feel an ounce of excitement towards IUBB. Not even a little bit. 
 

I can’t tell if it was the apathy from the last 2 years, or whether I’m just missing something with CDD. 
 

I’ve read, watched, and listened to all things CDD lately and it’s not moving me at all. 
 

I hope everyone adjusts their expectations and realizes that this is going to be a much longer build than what we were wanting. 
 

Just look at what the programs were before Devries got there and then see where he took them once he got there. Drake has like 9 20 win seasons and Devries had 6 of them. WVU win 9 games the year before and he won 19 in his first year.

From what I have read or heard I am more excited now than I was the day of the hire. He runs a modern offense and he actually runs an offense to get shooters good looks. He actually runs an offense with player movement and off ball screens. I am more excited for next year than I have been since 2016

[str8baller]

1 hour ago, HoosierTrav said:

Man…… I promise you all that I’m trying….. but I do not feel an ounce of excitement towards IUBB. Not even a little bit. 
 

I can’t tell if it was the apathy from the last 2 years, or whether I’m just missing something with CDD. 
 

I’ve read, watched, and listened to all things CDD lately and it’s not moving me at all. 
 

I hope everyone adjusts their expectations and realizes that this is going to be a much longer build than what we were wanting. 
 

No such thing as a long rebuild today. We’ll know a lot in the next year or two. 
 

If we crap out then get depressed because we’ll have a couple years of misery. But as far as next year we should compete.