Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

[Alford Bailey]

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]

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]

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]

For your off-season viewing pleasure

 

[Hoosier DaDa]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[BA47591]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.  :) 

[HoosierInParadise]

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.

Yeah, I'm in....I'm excited to see where he goes with his staff and the portal. I've had such a "blah" feeling about everything surrounding IU basketball, that I had forgotten what it felt like to anticipate good times ahead.

[Magnanimous]

2 hours 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

 

[jermhoosierfan]

12 minutes ago, Ron Mexico said:

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

I was Peeved when the Chi-Chi's here in Evansville closed down because I loved their pineapple margaritas.  I am ready for some portal szn.

[go iu bb]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

Bloomington South just went to the semi-state and returned a lot of players including Fife's daughter. They add her and that is a pretty good squad. 

Cougars > Panthers