Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

[IU5355]

Maybe behind the bench is Jeff Goodman. Would explain why he hates all of us. 

[Uspshoosier]

4 minutes ago, BehindTheBench said:

Clown 

 

[JaybobHoosier]

5 minutes ago, BehindTheBench said:

Clown 

 

[Hoosierfan1901]

Just saying, Dolson should have used my idea and hire like 7 head coaches 

[Stuhoo]

14 minutes ago, Demo said:

I wasn’t. So, since those strike me as pretty reasonable questions given the vitriol with which you’re expressing your disappointment , how about taking me through it?
Being new to the game of basketball, I’d love to learn.  

[Alford Bailey]

17 minutes ago, Jeff Flabjohns said:

Yeah I’m with you on a lot of this. Appreciate you posting, we all want the same thing here. 

A few were outright trolls, including RTZ as evidenced by his stuff today as the DeVries news was breaking. Funny enough Chris repeatedly went to bat for him and chastised me for “crapping on” RTZ a few days ago. 

I think some are associated in some capacity with the University and get a lot of value from peddling that connection here. All well and good. But they are so so soooo far removed from actual decision-makers that the information they bring can be suspect. We can question it and shouldn’t be deemed trolls  

Nobody with real information is coming here to post daily about what Dolson is thinking or which way the search is leaning. That’s why I’ll put more stock into someone sharing an isolated snippet where they run into someone in the know as opposed to daily musings that end up being just their opinion. 

Just responding since you asked. It’s pretty clear after this cycle and the last one how to filter the information on this free message board. 

Summed it up pretty well. 

[str8baller]

2 minutes ago, IU5355 said:

Maybe behind the bench is Jeff Goodman. Would explain why he hates all of us. 

Can we at least find out who the mystery candidate is before they ban him???

[Demo]

3 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Just because someone had info that ended up being incorrect doesn’t mean their intention was to troll lol

Of course that’s true. And if someone provides content that proves correct they deserve the respect they receive and to take a victory lap. If, however, they get it wrong while being obnoxious in the certainty of their conclusions they need  to be willing to take accountability. We are in real time watching the opposite of that right now. 

[NashvilleHoosier]

7 minutes ago, BehindTheBench said:

Clown 

So Stuhoo can’t get in on those neato tickets? 

[Ghost of Rick Majerus]

I really don't know much about him, but I love the Hoosiers, so he has my support. 

Let's right this ship.  

[Hovadipo]

Just now, Demo said:

Of course that’s true. And if someone provides content that proves correct they deserve the respect they receive and to take a victory lap. If, however, they get it wrong while being obnoxious in the certainty of their conclusions they need  to be willing to take accountability. We are in real time watching the opposite of that right now. 

Grandpa, we call that “crashing out” now. 

[cleeter]

Sorry for the long post. But just want to give my two cents for anyone who cares. And you probably shouldn’t.

Everyone can be disappointed, but Dolson couldn’t just say “hey (insert coach name here) come coach IU” and they just come here. Some people don’t want to leave cushy jobs. Some people don’t want the lights. NIL has changed everything. I’m not thrilled with the hire though. But I think it’s just the fact that NIL plays a big part. Used to be easy to get people to come to a big name school. But with NIL, coaching making boat loads of money, it’s hard to get big coaches to leave their cushy jobs. Like look at UL and UK last year. Pope and Kelsey were not their first options? Just a different world than it was 10 years ago.
But We got a guy from a P5 conference guy that WANTS IU, that’s WANTS the pressure. Like him or not, you can do whatever. I just say we rally behind him and the team and give them a chance.

Every coach started somewhere small and had to make a name for themselves. Let’s hope Darian is the next one to do that.


Kentucky - BYU coach
Louisville - Charleston coach
Duke - Assistant
UNC - assistant
Villanova - assistant
UCLA - Cincinnati coach
Alabama - Buffalo Coach (oats)
Tennessee - Milwaukee Coach (Pearl)
Florida - San Francisco Coach
Texas Texh - North Texas
Iowa St - UNLV coach

Not every school just get a proven P5 guy. Sometimes people do their job and hire the right guy. Let’s hope Dolson just did that.


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[AH1971]

22 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

All I read is your conclusions, but no basis for those conclusions. What particular aspects of Devries’ resume are so terrible to you?

Is it:

Mentored extensively by McDermott & Altman?

Wasn’t successful at turning around a Drake team that had one tourney appearance in 47 years before he did three of his last four?

Turning a 9-23 WVU team into a 19-13 team his first year in P5 disappointing?

Too old? Too young?

Or is it “not famous enough brag to my Purdump friends and family about?”

Tell me what it is so that I can understand.

You’re way overthinking this. He was told by somebody who knows somebody who plays golf with some high end donor that he was willing to put up money to get Brad Stevens and never latched off that. It has nothing to do with DeVries and everything to do with Dolson not being able to close a deal that was never on the table.

Thats why much of this board is upset tonight. They were conditioned to believe something that wasn’t real.

[DSUMMITT]

To quote a classic: 'Love the one your with... and she said 'you ain't seen nothing yet''...

 

Honestly I'm just excited to see what he gets as a team. If 10% of what I hear about CW is true and coach D work ethic is close to what some have said - it'll just be nice to have an engaged coach.

 

My wife's family are 50+ years of U of E season ticket holders and i remember watching Drake in his first years - it was pretty darn amazing the turn around. That's with Drakes budget and reputation- the sell job to get those kids there and believing was nuts. Do I think we brought in a ringer? Nah but I think the possible ceiling is real high. He's hungry- be nice to have a coach that is... (my father in law already texted me 'we got a damn good coach' and he doesn't cuss)

[Demo]

Just now, Hovadipo said:

Grandpa, we call that “crashing out” now. 

Is THAT what that means? That’s way more concise. 

[Dhop]

Spoke to some friends that are big WV die hards. Season ticket holder, don’t miss games.  Really liked DD. “Big competitor. Good coach”. Were some of their remarks.

time to support the new guy

[FrenchConnection]

6 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Oh good-you’re not banned.

Why don’t you like the Devries hire?

Because he’s catching strays from his bros. He’s admitted that. FWIW, I don’t know anything about college basketball coaches but I think it’s always better to hire someone on the rise instead of a “retread.” Just because that route failed with Archie doesn’t mean that it’s not the right move.

[steubenhoosier]

1 minute ago, Demo said:

Is THAT what that means? That’s way more concise. 

I thought it was what Armond Hill had been doing for the last few seasons 

[AZ Hoosier]

1 hour ago, JustWinBaby said:

I've seen more than one place that Dolson had been in conversations with DeVries for over a month. I don't believe this was a spur-of-the-moment hiring but rather one of fortuitous timing thanks to both teams getting snubbed by the selection committee.

Some people won't believe the truth, regardless of facts.

[Alford Bailey]

3 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

You’re way overthinking this. He was told by somebody who knows somebody who plays golf with some high end donor that he was willing to put up money to get Brad Stevens and never latched off that. It has nothing to do with DeVries and everything to do with Dolson not being able to close a deal that was never on the table.

Thats why much of this board is upset tonight. They were conditioned to believe something that wasn’t real.

The Stevens stuff was always pure fantasy