Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

[CSP]

1 minute ago, IU Prof said:

Be that as it may, strength coaches can also have a big impact on the overall culture of the program. So for those that thought we needed to clean house, then -- fairly or not -- that would include Cliff.

Sure.. but I'm not being critical of DeVries hiring his own dude. I encourage that. 

Clif*

[hper50]

37 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Anyone else notice JBJ guarding him on one of those shots?

And the trainer is Taylor Wayer, former IU walk-on under Crean. Hope he's in his ear.....

[HoosierMatty]

1 hour ago, Hoosier987 said:

Why would we assume MCollum is a better X's and O's coach that DeVries? From all accounts, DeVries is an excellent X's and O's coach. BTW - I strongly agree, that DeVries is the better fit. 

Maybe is or maybe he isn't. But I think DeVries regardless is very good coach. I think Drock also brings other elements that make him a better fit than McCollum. I am 100 percent behind the hire. I was for McCollum before I knew anything about DeVries. I think Dolson made a smart well reasoned decision. For once this feels like a well thought out hire instead of all the stupid ones we made before it.

[Ryno6284]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

Sounds like people are going to get what they want. Cliff Marshall is not expected back. 

I say clean it all out and let cdd bring in who HE wants! Lets roll!

[Chris007]

1 minute ago, Ryno6284 said:

I say clean it all out and let cdd bring in who HE wants! Lets roll!

For personal reasons I want Calbert to stay. 

[Ryno6284]

Just now, Chris007 said:

For personal reasons I want Calbert to stay. 

If CDD wants him I’m cool with that! I’m just tired of meddling in the hierarchy with coaching staffs. 

[go iu bb]

39 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

Some of the comments out there are insane

 

This confirms Tucker faked injury, DeVries threw games, the inbound plays where bad, offense non-existent, and Colorado wasn’t as goood as Small

So he  threw games and still ended up 19-13, sounds great!  And Tucker DeVries underwent shoulder surgery for a fake injury so his dad could take another job that he was the backup plan for.

 

They all be drinking cases of this in WV.

 

Those (unsurprisingly) aren't even consistent. Tucker faked an injury to maintain eligibility when dad took a new job yet DeVries was also throwing games?  Do they really think losing would make him more likely for someone to hire him away? Was DeVries coaching for a new job or was he throwing games? Can't have it both ways.

[Ryno6284]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

For personal reasons I want Calbert to stay. 

Personally, Calbert is my favorite Hoosier of all time! I was born in 80 so I missed some, lol!

[Hovadipo]

Seeing a handful of tweets about DDV making his rounds at the major Bloomington establishments yesterday. Love it. Being a genuine man of the people will serve him well. It earned Crean a LOT of leash.

[CSP]

Just now, Hovadipo said:

Seeing a handful of tweets about DDV making his rounds at the major Bloomington establishments yesterday. Love it. Being a genuine man of the people will serve him well. It earned Crean a LOT of leash.

Like where? Just curious. 

[JustWinBaby]

2 hours ago, Hoosier DaDa said:

I haven’t looked at this thread for over 24 hours and I’m sure it has already been discussed. Them WVU fans are fing butthurt. 
 

They think coach DD and Tucker ran as good as grift on WVU as Woody and Buckner did on IU. I went down a wormhole on a Reels comment section showing DD’s announcement presser. If half of what they say is true we got ourselves a slimy coach…and they say IU fans are crazy.

To me, it's a great sign that WVU fans are angry about this. It means they really wanted DeVries to stay, and they're forced to come up with QAnon conspiracy theories to explain why he'd leave. Their pride is obviously hurt -- especially considering the fact that we didn't give him that big of a pay raise from what he was getting at WVU, and apparently they were willing to pay him as much as we are. And he still left, because the resources at IU give him an opportunity to coach at a higher level, and that's something he clearly values and desires.

WVU fans are this year's JMU fans. Bitter over losing a coach who jumped to a better opportunity, and smearing his character in the process. I don't know if you guys recall, but JMU fans spread all sorts of BS about Cignetti when he took the IU job. This is hardly any different.

[Hoosierfan2017]

5 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Like where? Just curious. 

I saw Upstairs. Not sure about others

[newcastle12]

5 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Like where? Just curious. 

Upstairs tweeted he was there for sure. 

[CSP]

Just now, Hoosierfan2017 said:

I saw Upstairs. Not sure about others

 

Just now, newcastle12 said:

Upstairs tweeted he was there for sure. 

Top 1 bar. Soooooo fun, location/aura are just .... on point. 

[Hovadipo]

7 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Like where? Just curious. 

I saw one about Yogi's too just scrolling through, but can't find it now.

[Stuhoo]

16 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

For personal reasons I want Calbert to stay. 

One million percent rooting for that for you Chris.

[HoosierHoopster]

^^ All good news to here. I'm so liking this hire at this point

[RoadRage]

Last night during the Drake game, they said that Bennett Stirtz was the MVC Player of the Year.....they also said that the prior 2 years, the MVC Player of the Year was Tucker DeVries!

[JustWinBaby]

17 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Seeing a handful of tweets about DDV making his rounds at the major Bloomington establishments yesterday. Love it. Being a genuine man of the people will serve him well. It earned Crean a LOT of leash.

 

[Shooter]

1 hour ago, Golfman25 said:

My concern with McCollum is he hasn't had longer term success at the D1 level.  What he did D2 is impressive.  And this year at Drake certainly points him in the right direction.  But it's only one year.  No way is he ready to enter the chit show that has been IU basketball the past several years. 

Need a guy that can deal with rebuilding a dysfunctional roster (and can come in a recruit IU level players right away), a divided fan base, divided former players (with some "banned" from the program), the clownshow that is the Hysterics (and their fans), the politics to maintain a high level NIL, etc., etc.       

DeVries has is work cut out for him.  I'm 100% behind him.   

Agree. This is McCollum's first season ever in D1. Otherwise his entire playing, assistant, head coach career was in D2.

DeVries played D1 and was a longtime assistant under Altman and McDermott. Multiple trips to NCAA tournament as a head coach. One year experience in a big conference. I think there's less risk of the non-basketball parts of the IU job being "too big" for DeVries.