Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

[HoosierFan1994]

I don't think Small has elgibility left. I could be wrong but he was in the 2021 class. This is it for them right? Can't ever keep track. 

[Ryno6284]

2 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

That's what I had in my head, or something very close to that. 

How stupid do we look for not recruiting Small? 

Hopefully those days are behind us now! Missing guys like that who are in state!

[EasyEJay]

1 minute ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

and then convince Robinson to dump Butler 

He could also pop over to Southport and watch Attucks and wrap up Briscoe since he de-committed from Iowa 

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

Is it 11:30 ET or CT?

[CSP]

Just now, EasyEJay said:

He could also pop over to Southport and watch Attucks and wrap up Briscoe since he de-committed from Iowa 

He can sit by me, I'll be there, I'll buy him a popcorn. 

[EasyEJay]

4 minutes ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

I don't think Small has elgibility left. I could be wrong but he was in the 2021 class. This is it for them right? Can't ever keep track. 

Thought I saw something that he was in a Goode situation where we has hurt after about 8-9 games one year and is seeking a medical hardship wavier. Might be a long shot but he had a great year for WVU, would love to see him the candy stripes for a year 

[Ryno6284]

3 minutes ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

I don't think Small has elgibility left. I could be wrong but he was in the 2021 class. This is it for them right? Can't ever keep track. 

Did that auto fifth year crap ever pass?

[CSP]

1 minute ago, IvanRenkosillegitimatechild said:

Is it 11:30 ET or CT?

we don't operate in CT lol 

[CSP]

1 minute ago, EasyEJay said:

Thought I saw something that he was in a Goode situation where we has hurt after about 8-9 games one year and is seeking a medical hardship wavier. Might be a long **** but he had a great year for WVU, would love to see him the candy stripes for a year 

played 19 games as a FR, so it's possible. 

[Hoosier DaDa]

Don’t know if this was posted or not, but I like what he has to say. He’s going to work hard.

[skhoosier2]

9 hours ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Why is Indiana "Outdated. Old. Forgotten. Irrelevant" when we hire an up and coming younger coach like DeVries, but Kentucky and Louisville get a pass for hiring Pope and Kelsey, respectively, just last year? 

Stevens, Donovan, Few, Drew, Pearl, Otzelberger et al were not coming... get over that.

After the last 8 years, I get the "woe is me" schtick... but DeVries is a good hire who will work hard and make us proud... at the very least, he deserves a chance... damn...

Excellent post. 

I don't really understand how anybody that watched the UK/UL hires last year thought IU was any different.  Those are both great jobs and none of the top coaches were going there either.  Why?  Not because those are bad jobs but because they don't have to in the world of NIL anymore.  If Oats/Pearl/Drew et al are happy where they are at, have an established program that is rolling, they do not need UK or IU.  They have money and can get top recruits.  Dolson isn't a failure for hiring DeVries.  He swung for the fences like he should have and as expected he ended up with a young, hungry coach (like Pope and Kelsey) from a P5 program.  The sky is not falling and IU basketball isn't doomed.  This is exactly what the landscape of college basketball coaching hires are today, and we could have done far, far worse than we did.

[Ryno6284]

I can’t wait to start seeing pics of cdd in high school gyms recruiting!  LETS GO!

[Demo]

8 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

and then convince Robinson to dump Butler 

God, have already  thought more about HS recruiting in the last 12 hours than in the last 18 months.
How awesome is that? 

[Home Jersey]

My takeaway from the Cignetti and DeVries hirings? Use the word “relentless” strategically in my next job interview. Lol 

[Hoosier DaDa]

14 hours ago, BehindTheBench said:

Literally sit second row behind the bench / scorers table every home game. If you ever wanna use my tickets, let me know big guy 

Can I use your tickets?

[Chris007]

2 minutes ago, Hoosier DaDa said:

Can I use your tickets?

The only other person who has anywhere close to those seats on here is Eddy. Both have poured more money into IU than I could ever imagine

[HoosierAccipiter]

Why does Behindthebench suddenly  make me think of this guy..

[Silat Player]

14 minutes ago, skhoosier2 said:

Excellent post. 

I don't really understand how anybody that watched the UK/UL hires last year thought IU was any different.  Those are both great jobs and none of the top coaches were going there either.  Why?  Not because those are bad jobs but because they don't have to in the world of NIL anymore.  If Oats/Pearl/Drew et al are happy where they are at, have an established program that is rolling, they do not need UK or IU.  They have money and can get top recruits.  Dolson isn't a failure for hiring DeVries.  He swung for the fences like he should have and as expected he ended up with a young, hungry coach (like Pope and Kelsey) from a P5 program.  The sky is not falling and IU basketball isn't doomed.  This is exactly what the landscape of college basketball coaching hires are today, and we could have done far, far worse than we did.

I, for the life of me, can't figure out why Devries would be considered a worse hire than, say, someone like Otz. 

Why does Otz get so much more love? What DD did at Drake was nothing short of amazing. 

[IU5355]

After listening Doug Mcdermott talk about Devries, I'm sold on him as a basketball coach. 

Let's hope he can handle the pressure of IU.

 

[Home Jersey]

1 minute ago, Silat Player said:

I, for the life of me, can't figure out why Devries would be considered a worse hire than, say, someone like Otz. 

Why does he get so much love? What he did at Drake was nothing short of amazing. 

I think Otz’s teams have much better metrics at ISU recently. That’s probably the main reason. 

Doesn’t take anything away from what he did at Drake. And the one year turnaround at WVU bodes well for our chances here with more resources. This guy chose Bloomington over another viable P5 program. He was Scott’s guy for the past month at least. WVU being egregiously snubbed just makes the timing more advantageous for the portal. That said, optics slightly worse being that he just missed the tournament and what not. All that said… cannot wait for his intro press conference at 11:30am ET on BTN.