Darian DeVries - New IUBB Head Coach

[RoadRage]

Just now, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Tooooooooooooo   Loooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggg

If only there was any easy keyboard stroke to make it      D²       or D³

Good point!

[Motley's]

9 minutes ago, soindianahoosierfan said:

On a staff related note, it would at least be nice if someone would remove the old regime from the website and get the new HC bio up there. I know, they just introduced him yesterday, but they could at least have been ready to do that immediately. 

Can't offend The King

[CSP]

DDv will be my method of choice 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

@Hovadipo got anything in your bag of filter tricks to create     D²       or D³  

[iu eyedoc]

14 minutes ago, soindianahoosierfan said:

On a staff related note, it would at least be nice if someone would remove the old regime from the website and get the new HC bio up there. I know, they just introduced him yesterday, but they could at least have been ready to do that immediately. 

Until official updated please accept my version:

 

[RoadRage]

5 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

DDv will be my method of choice 

Sounds like a veterinarian, but it's not bad.....

[CSP]

1 minute ago, RoadRage said:

Sounds like a veterinarian, but it's not bad.....

it's also easy and discernable

[Demo]

7 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

DDv will be my method of choice 

I got nothin’ but I’m already sick of typing DeVries, how lazy is that, so something needs to stick. 

[Silat Player]

13 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Ha, IU moves very slow on these sort of things.  I've helped out as an alum on some projects with depts I used to be a student in and IU's IT, tech, approval for anything... yikes.

You have to follow the process. That's why it's s-l-o-w.

[Chris007]

8 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

DDv will be my method of choice 

Almost sounds like something you catch on spring break in Panama City. That girl last night gave me the DDv. HAHA but I like it

[HoosierMoore]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

Almost sounds like something you catch on spring break in Panama City. That girl last night gave me the DDv. HAHA but I like it

So what’s the cure for DDv…winning or Valtrex?

[iu eyedoc]

11 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

DDv will be my method of choice 

He capitalizes the V, why wouldn't you?

[Chris007]

1 minute ago, HoosierMoore said:

So what’s the cure for DDv…winning or Valtrex?

Winning cures everything

[Hoosier Guy]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Almost sounds like something you catch on spring break in Panama City. That girl last night gave me the DDv. HAHA but I like it

You get DD’s and the V.  What’s wrong with that?  Just make sure the V doesn’t stand for venereal.

[theriverpilot]

5 minutes ago, HoosierMoore said:

So what’s the cure for DDv…winning or Valtrex?

I've had shingles before and they prescribe Valtrex to quicken the recovery.  You get some odd looks in the CVS drive thru window when picking it up!

[Hovadipo]

15 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

@Hovadipo got anything in your bag of filter tricks to create     D²       or D³  

Selection Sunday and therefore Mod of the Year voting has passed so, NO.

 

(jk, if someone wants a keyboard shortcut thrown in there I'll take suggestions)

[RoadRage]

I'll throw CDV out there......

[AZ Hoosier]

2 hours ago, str8baller said:

The portal date is absurd. A more cynical person might think it was done intentionally so by the NCAA because they obviously hate the whole thing and want public opinion to shift against it.  It’s literally about the dumbest possible time they could pick on the calendar. 

I was thinking about the portal and the timing... what if it's about parity? The better schools are still playing in the tournament, and the coaching staffs will be more focused on the tournament games ahead of them... but the coaches at the schools who didn't make the dance or that are already eliminated will be able to more fully focus on the portal... this would make more sense for the pro level, though, as their players would be able to play as long as they were able, as opposed to the limited 4-5 year playing period for college kids.

Or, maybe it's a push towards the GM model - coaches be coaching, and the GMs can be working the portal and making contact with players.

Or, maybe you're right. :D 

[AZ Hoosier]

2 hours ago, RoadRage said:

I've seen a couple of Coach DeVries interviews since being named. He always says something that I think most of us know and have been saying for years. You build a team, not just a collection of talent. I really think that has been the problem with IU basketball for awhile now, we get/have talented players, they just don't mesh together as a team so well. Another thing he stresses is the locker room. He says sometimes it is tempting to get a player with talent even though he doesn't really fit and might be bad for the locker room. He is willing to pass on certain guys no matter how talented if they pose a threat to the locker room....I love that!

The collection of players vs a team is a by-product of Woodson's laissez-faire approach to recruiting. Just get a pile of money and go rent the 4- and 5-stars regardless of how the pieces fit. He may have gotten the positions covered (guards, forwards, centers), but no clue if they would mesh... thus the "still getting to know one another" comments throughout the past 4 years.

[Hoosier82]

Has there been any concrete info of a GM role being established?