Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

[Artie86 3,342]

.....just finished watching the presser.

2 major things that stood out to me.

1. Coach has very a similar mindset, work ethic and expected "end game" as Coach Cignetti.

2. I LOVED his approach to the players, the team, the program, his assistants and the fan base as "WE"!

There was no power hungry " I " as in, "I gotta do this","I gotta get them better", "I gotta get this team going"....... He truly values his staff and what they have to offer and contribute. This will be very welcoming and refreshing!!!!

 

 

[PartyintheVillas 871]

13 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. 

 

[Lebowski 3,210]

Just now, HoosierFan1994 said:

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

It worked for me too! His hire still has me on cloud nine and he would have to really mess up things for me to take him off the pedestal. He made the dream hire I've been wanting since Mallory was let go. And to have Whitten support the football program? Oh man, I've been dreaming for this for a very very long time. 

[Gameface01 178]

Lol, what do you have in mind?

[Alford Bailey 13,171]

19 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. 

Seek help

[HoosierInParadise 1,567]

I thought we needed a big name coach for this hire. I thought for IU to be relevant again we NEEDED someone to wow the general public. Stevens, Donovan, Wright, Peral, any of them would have done. I was disappointed when I found out who it was. I started to do research on CDD, listened to him in the press conference, and found out...I was wrong.

[ronzo4IU 348]

30 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. 

I have a good idea he will….this guy is a COACH..:)

[akumanina 400]

For your off-season viewing pleasure

 

[Hoosier DaDa 3,662]

1 hour ago, Motley's said:

Possibly, but the old Pac12 was so different than the B1G. Look at all the awards that Rice, Ballo and Carlyle won last year and didn't sniff a B1G award. Pac12 wasn't nearly as physical. Not much emphasis on defense. I was just really disappointed in Rice's ball handling and decision making. Couldn't believe how often he played in the half court with his back to a defender so he wouldn't get the ball stolen. You just can't play PG that way.

Mr. Jackson will disagree with you.

[PartyintheVillas 871]

Just now, Hoosier DaDa said:

Mr. Jackson will disagree with you.

And often he did because the offense took a long time to develop. He was waiting for a screen, cut, or both.

[BA47591 679]

5 minutes ago, Papacap said:

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.

Last week when he was romancing Iowa? My list may not be your list but where does D-Rock from the legendary tree off McDermott slot in at. 

Izzo, Painter, Altman, May, Mussleman, Underwood, Collins,,,,, maybe here. 

I guess if he's Crean and doesn't alienate the people that can shut down the state and can get us in the tournament,  and maybe get a team to the second weekend once, D-Rock will be ok. 

 

[Uspshoosier 53,051]

1 minute ago, BA47591 said:

My list may not be your list but where does D-Rock from the legendary tree off McDermott slot in at. 

Imagine being an IU fan during a legendary run of seeing 1 winning conference record season in 9 years and trying to dunk on a coach like McDermotts coaching tree.  

[BA47591 679]

I apologize for the offensive nature of my input today. I do enjoy this forum and many of the contributions made. They are thought provoking and often times encouraging.  It's been my intention to not be insulting to anyone. I am a 50+ year fan and times have changed. Let's all hope for a Mullins flip. That would bring excitement to all. 

[Ron Mexico 261]

7 minutes ago, BA47591 said:

Last week when he was romancing Iowa? My list may not be your list but where does D-Rock from the legendary tree off McDermott slot in at. 

Izzo, Painter, Altman, May, Mussleman, Underwood, Collins,,,,, maybe here. 

I guess if he's Crean and doesn't alienate the people that can shut down the state and can get us in the tournament,  and maybe get a team to the second weekend once, D-Rock will be ok. 

 

Any relation to BehindTheBench?  I had a similar overreaction when the last Chi-Chi's shut down for good.  

[Alford Bailey 13,171]

There is a new DUDE in town. His name is Ron Mexico!

[BA47591 679]

4 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Imagine being an IU fan during a legendary run of seeing 1 winning conference record season in 9 years and trying to dunk on a coach like McDermotts coaching tree.  

I've seen over 25 in my life and McDermott ran out of Iowa State. Just because this is going to be better than the last 10 years doesn't make it great. Massive NIL is a cross to carry and hopefully this is the guy that won't crumble under the weight of it. We get nastier each failure. 

 

[Uspshoosier 53,051]

2 minutes ago, Ron Mexico said:

Any relation to BehindTheBench?  I had a similar overreaction when the last Chi-Chi's shut down for good.  

Chi chis is opening back up I heard and DeVries is a solid hire.   Top 4 on my board that I posted a while ago 

[IUCrazy2 2,812]

19 minutes ago, HoosierInParadise said:

I thought we needed a big name coach for this hire. I thought for IU to be relevant again we NEEDED someone to wow the general public. Stevens, Donovan, Wright, Peral, any of them would have done. I was disappointed when I found out who it was. I started to do research on CDD, listened to him in the press conference, and found out...I was wrong.

We just need a coach.  This program has tried to get by on BS "flash" without substance for the better part of twenty years and that hasn't helped. 

18-15, 25-5, 21-10, 19-10, 22-11, 3 NCAA appearances and 1 Sweet 16.  That was Wade's first 5 years at a P5.  LSU was 10-21 the year before he got there.  People fall in love with names.  With Beard, all Dolson has to do is go to Pat Knight and say, "Hey what about this guy?"  We aren't the only school that sniffed that and saud "No Thanks" and he had 2 really good years in P5 and every other season was between 18 an 22 wins.  It isn't like he is winning 25+ games a year and that whole thing with his girlfriend is a MASSIVE red flag.

Anybody complaining before the ball has been tipped in the first game is just a professional pessimist.

[Uspshoosier 53,051]

2 minutes ago, BA47591 said:

I've seen over 25 in my life and McDermott ran out of Iowa State. Just because this is going to be better than the last 10 years doesn't make it great. Massive NIL is a cross to carry and hopefully this is the guy that won't crumble under the weight of it. We get nastier each failure. 

 

Ran right to Creighton where he has won over 70 conference games in 5 years in a power 5 conference at a school that averages more fans then IU does

[Golfman25 6,467]

13 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Imagine being an IU fan during a legendary run of seeing 1 winning conference record season in 9 years and trying to dunk on a coach like McDermotts coaching tree.  

I bet these guys are a blast at parties.  :)