Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

[Chris007]

1 minute ago, Demo said:

I have no idea who this guy is, but he’s really good and I like this a lot.. The only thing I would quibble with, and he’d have no reason to know since he’s as not invested as we are, but since DeVries made it clear in the presser that Dolson was communicating during the season I doubt there were many guys at all that Scott would have burned through before landing on DeVries. Stevens and Drew, sure, probably Otzelberger, but I sort of think DeVries was the next name and if he expressed real interest anybody else subsequently was a contingency. I know we had pages and pages of “Scott loves McCollum” stuff, but I would think if that were really, really a thing he would have waited a week. He had the time to do that. I really think once you eliminate the no hopers this was the Guy. 

I think we found out through back channels before the season started that Drew and Otz were not interested. That’s why the list was so short.

[IU_FanClub]

Feels pretty weird not checking this board every 5 minutes trying to find out who the coach is lol. Absolutely love this hire

[MyDRockHard]

Since we moved off Woody, had to update my screen name. Excited for the future under our new coach!

[hoosierbannerd]

2 minutes ago, MyDRockHard said:

Since we moved off Woody, had to update my screen name. Excited for the future under our new coach!

Sounds like something Long Duc Dong would say...

[MyDRockHard]

Just now, hoosierbannerd said:

that's an interesting username my friend...

My last username was IGotMeAWoody, so it was time for a new one

[Hoosierfanyuh]

4 minutes ago, IU_FanClub said:

Feels pretty weird not checking this board every 5 minutes trying to find out who the coach is lol. Absolutely love this hire

Starting Monday it’ll be for portal purposes… hoping we have our assistants wrapped up by then

[TadQueasy]

Watched the Parrish video.  Some good stuff.  Interesting comp of Lane Kiffen going to USC after 1 year at Tenn.  Hopefully this goes better than that situation.  

[TadQueasy]

7 minutes ago, MyDRockHard said:

Since we moved off Woody, had to update my screen name. Excited for the future under our new coach!

Now see this man has it right.  This is how you do it!  

DRock!  

Hopefully DRock never makes me a TadQueasy! 

[hper50]

Does anyone know what the D-Rock nickname derives from? (Or better, devries from… *chokes self*) 

[fwgreenway]

12 minutes ago, Demo said:

I have no idea who this guy is, but he’s really good and I like this a lot.. The only thing I would quibble with, and he’d have no reason to know since he’s as not invested as we are, but since DeVries made it clear in the presser that Dolson was communicating during the season I doubt there were many guys at all that Scott would have burned through before landing on DeVries. Stevens and Drew, sure, probably Otzelberger, but I sort of think DeVries was the next name and if he expressed real interest anybody else subsequently was a contingency. I know we had pages and pages of “Scott loves McCollum” stuff, but I would think if that were really, really a thing he would have waited a week. He had the time to do that. I really think once you eliminate the no hopers this was his Guy. 

 

10 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I think we found out through back channels before the season started that Drew and Otz were not interested. That’s why the list was so short.

Just has this feeling of the timing was right. That's been an issue for IU since RMK was fired. The timing is always off when it comes to hiring a coach. Could it just be that THIS time the timing is spot on? I think we're all hoping so much that finally IU got it right!

[OKHOOSIER]

5 minutes ago, TadQueasy said:

Watched the Parrish video.  Some good stuff.  Interesting comp of Lane Kiffen going to USC after 1 year at Tenn.  Hopefully this goes better than that situation.  

Luckily Tennessee football and WV basketball aren’t really comparable. And USC football was in a completely different position at that time than IUBB is now. Also he was quite a bit younger and had already flamed out in the NfL. Pretty awful comparison honestly. 

[Chris007]

5 minutes ago, fwgreenway said:

 

Just has this feeling of the timing was right. That's been an issue for IU since RMK was fired. The timing is always off when it comes to hiring a coach. Could it just be that THIS time the timing is spot on? I think we're all hoping so much that finally IU got it right!

It just feels different this time doesn’t it. 

[HoosierInParadise]

It just feels different this time doesn’t it. 

It sure does. It's weird too, because, at the very least, it feels like CDV will bring us back to the basics with regard to the fundamentals of the game. It's almost like the past 2-3 coaches made the game and the job too complicated...

[OKHOOSIER]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

It just feels different this time doesn’t it. 

I thought Archie would be good, but him looking like he’d seen a ghost from the jump should have been a sign. I always questioned Crean due to DWade. Obvious he was a good talent evaluator, but how much can be drawn from a final four with a guy who had a top-20 all time NBA player on his roster. Woody I hated from the jump but tried to see the positives.
 

This feels completely different. He’s a coach, a recruiter, and someone who embraces NIL. I also like that he pointed out we and he respected his current team. Also Iowa and WV people are melting down over it, so that’s a bonus.

[hoosierbannerd]

4 minutes ago, HoosierInParadise said:

11 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

It just feels different this time doesn’t it. 

It sure does. It's weird too, because, at the very least, it feels like CDV will bring us back to the basics with regard to the fundamentals of the game. It's almost like the past 2-3 coaches made the game and the job too complicated...

Gee, it's almost like nailing down the fundamentals = winning basketball.

Seems we once had a coach that preached that...

[12345Brad]

19 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

It just feels different this time doesn’t it. 

Definitely.  I also probably underestimated the work Stephen Harper did in regards to analytics.   Dolson highlighted it today and it’s probably easy to look over.  If the analytics were off the chart, then this could very well be a grand slam!  
 

i also understand analytics aren’t everything.    
 

anyway, it definitely feels different than Archie and Woodson. 

[Golfman25]

One of the things mentioned in the analysis video a few pages back was CDD ability to adapt and adjust.  Back in the Drake days Tucker was good enough to create his own shots.  When they moved to WVU, the talent was better, so they ran him off a series of screens to get him looks.   That’s what I like.  Will adjust to personal in order just win baby.   Can’t wait to see how this roster comes together in the next month.   

[theriverpilot]

39 minutes ago, OKHOOSIER said:

Luckily Tennessee football and WV basketball aren’t really comparable. And USC football was in a completely different position at that time than IUBB is now. Also he was quite a bit younger and had already flamed out in the NfL. Pretty awful comparison honestly. 

Totally agree. I loved the point Parrish was trying to make but the Tenn-USC example wasn’t really the same. 

[Magnanimous]

Saying this terrible pun over and over is the only way I’ll learn to pronounce his name correctly by next season.

[TTT]

Great example of weaving by elites Pam Whitten and Scott Dolson in the introduction of the new coach.