Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

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1 minute ago, Pagoda said:

Wow, $2M.  Thinking out loud about player comp, with the rev share starting this year, I guess player values will increase something like 1.5-2x from where they were last year?  I’m not sure, just ballparking a rule of thumb.

Yeah, I'm not sure. I have seen projections of us being around $10million all in which I believe is around double this season's.

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6 minutes ago, ebridges24 said:

No Dad is popular in their own home

Speak for yourself. I'm the Taylor Swift of my household (that's good right?!)

[Chris007 60,284]

1 minute ago, jermhoosierfan said:

After being a lurker for about 6 or 7 years, I have always appreciated your outlook from someone on the inside of IU.  

If someone is taking their frustrations out on me, they're leaving someone else alone. It's going to be fun going back to AH to see what's going on and talking to people

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3 minutes ago, Unexpectedflash said:

McDermott said D-rock is what all the players called him at creighton also. I like it

Also works well with Bloomington’s whole history with rocks — limestone quarries, Cutters, The Rock (stadium), Hep’s Rock…

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21 hours ago, #1fanofafrin said:

go on . . . .

He means we just fd ourselves. 

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1 hour ago, Over 100 Games said:

What people like @Chris007 and @RoadToZion don’t realize is that “Dolson has his guy” meant DeVries some time ago. It’s fun to write fan fiction for 40 days about stuff that was never true, but it’s harmful, especially without names of sources. Personally, I DM’d Chris and he didn’t respond because he didn’t have real names and that’s when I knew it was made up. If you have a real source, attach a name to it. If you can’t, you have something to hide. “I’m trying to protect my sources” -> Go ask a real booster how much they care about sharing their name with what they’ve heard. My guess is he just heard from other people on here who were dreaming / fan girling. People like him make me want to believe, but the fanfiction is never true and it’s not rooted in reality or objectivity . 

Leading people to the dumbest possible conclusions / outcomes and setting unrealistic expectations alongside your “anonymous” board posters who want to boost the same narrative hurts what we’re trying to do as a university. It steals the joy from everyone on here when we make an objectively awesome hire like the one we just made. (No one can see how awesome it is because we did a breaking-Brad story on here.and thought if not him, it was someone like Brad). People like Jeff Goodman give it a spark by including names that were never an option because he wants clicks, then this board takes it and runs with it. 

If Brad Stevens actually wanted this job, Woody would have stepped down a while ago. There was never a “done deal” with him or anyone else besides DeVries. DeVries was the done deal. There was never a conversation had or a handshake deal with Brad. Never. Also, because it needs to be said: Chris Beard was never a serious candidate because the Knight family hates Beard. Another thing this board doesn’t seem to get. 

This was an incredible hire. Incredible. I looked at over 40 “successful” midmajor or former midmajor guys in January and he’s in a select handful that will succeed. I had no idea if we’d hire him and to me, his hire was wishful thinking. We actually poached a guy from a Power 4 school, who quite literally, transformed a 9-23 team and had the team in the tournament without his 2 best players. His 18 years under Altman and McDermott should speak for themselves. He wins no matter who his assistants are (Archie did not) and that’s also huge! 

If you actually want insider info, follow IUanon1976, Tyme, or ScottDolson’sBurner. They’re actual insiders. It may not be what you want to hear, (and I know a lot of people on here don’t like them because it isn’t what they want to hear), but it’s real information, not fanfiction. This has been my tedtalk

You're funny.  You had me until "Tyme or ScottDolson'sBurner.   LOL  :)  

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10 minutes ago, Golfman25 said:

Notice the "D."  :)   

He’s very limited 

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54 minutes ago, BtownStrength said:

This might be a dumb question, but how are we pronouncing his first name? DARE - en? DARE -- ee -- uhn? I thought it was the latter but the press conference has me second-guessing. 

I started by calling him Devin.  :)  

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16 minutes 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. 

 

3 hours ago, Ryno6284 said:

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

 

3 hours ago, iu eyedoc said:

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

Las second scramble hire...debunked.

 

 

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1 hour ago, Jeff Flabjohns said:

Yeah that Tucker conspiracy is dumb. 
But DDv did allude to Scott/IU respecting his WVU season during the process—intimating they were in contact probably a few months ago at least. 

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. 

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3 minutes 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. 

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2 hours ago, Ron Mexico said:

Can't wait to flaunt a DeVries shirt in Iowa City on 9/27

That's my BDAY so I will post my Venmo later for BDAY drinks.

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2 hours ago, JustWinBaby said:

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

Do you think if Goode gets his 20th year that he will accept us back when they start winning with DDV?  

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6 minutes 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. 

 

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I thought this stat was interesting. 
 

 

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25 minutes 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. 

I do think people are underrating what it means that Dolson hired Cignetti. Cignetti being the coach this season made them $29 million over and above what they made the previous year.

The basketball job used to be the only bellwether for the AD; opening football up as a revenue source changes the game. I really doubt he's going anywhere until he wants to leave. 

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12 minutes 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. 

Except for the people who were saying it was DeVries a week ago. But sure, make up Whatever narrative you want so you can ***** and complain. Some people are only happy when they are mad.

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1 minute ago, JPCIVOP said:

I do think people are underrating what it means that Dolson hired Cignetti. Cignetti being the coach this season made them $29 million over and above what they made the previous year.

The basketball job used to be the only bellwether for the AD; opening football up as a revenue source changes the game. I really doubt he's going anywhere until he wants to leave. 

THIS^^^^

IUFB is over 80% of the entire IUAD revenue stream. Dolson and Whitten were the first two to FINALLY get it!!!

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I'm sorry. Let's all welcome D-Rock. From the legendary coaching tree of Greg McDermott. 

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3 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

THIS^^^^

IUFB is over 80% of the entire IUAD revenue stream. Dolson and Whitten were the first two to FINALLY get it!!!

If Cignetti had been a meh hire, I personally think it would have been difficult for Woodson to have been let go given the support from Buckner and the boys. The Cignetti hire gave Scott Dolson major credibility.