New Basketball Staff Thread

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

It was my impression Brian, Kenya and Ya did their jobs on the recruiting trail but just didn't have the support from the self proclaimed King to close the recruitments.

[Trish]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

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Part 2!

I'll be in Bloomington soon.. perhaps I should pick up some items?

[Pagoda]

29 minutes ago, Trish said:

Part 2!

I'll be in Bloomington soon.. perhaps I should pick up some items?

Careful.  Items probably have bad juju.

[sirhoosierlot]

Found this podcast with the new strength coach. Love what he’s doing with the athlete’s feet. He’s a good one. 

 

[sirhoosierlot]

1 minute ago, sirhoosierlot said:

Found this podcast with the new strength coach. Love what he’s doing with the athlete’s feet. He’s a good one. 

 

What I also love is he’s not a gadget/gimmick guy!

[BtownStrength]

2 hours ago, sirhoosierlot said:

Found this podcast with the new strength coach. Love what he’s doing with the athlete’s feet. He’s a good one. 

 

Chad Wesley Smith is a fantastic strength training science guy, and this interview was incredible. I am excited to see what Coach Horn can do with our guys! 

[sirhoosierlot]

1 hour ago, BtownStrength said:

Chad Wesley Smith is a fantastic strength training science guy, and this interview was incredible. I am excited to see what Coach Horn can do with our guys! 

I need to dive into his channel. I watch a ton of Dane Miller's stuff on Garage Strength and have really gotten into sports science. I wish I had these resources online when I played like kids do now. (I probably did, but it was probably all text based lol)

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

What does everyone think the holdup is for not hiring the rest of our staff yet? 

[Uspshoosier]

24 minutes ago, IvanRenkosillegitimatechild said:

What does everyone think the holdup is for not hiring the rest of our staff yet? 

I think these are big time decisions that affect years not just next season for DeVries and he is taking his time to fill the rest out.   He is willing to hold out if that’s what it takes.  Ostrum wasn’t hired until months after DeVries got the job at West Virginia.  Ostrum took another job before he ultimately decided to follow him to West Virginia from Drake 

[LamarCheeks]

On 4/17/2025 at 5:16 PM, sirhoosierlot said:

Found this podcast with the new strength coach. Love what he’s doing with the athlete’s feet. He’s a good one. 

 

A big negative -- he looks like the Amish kid at Purdue!

LOL.  

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

22 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

I think these are big time decisions that affect years not just next season for DeVries and he is taking his time to fill the rest out.   He is willing to hold out if that’s what it takes.  Ostrum wasn’t hired until months after DeVries got the job at West Virginia.  Ostrum took another job before he ultimately decided to follow him to West Virginia from Drake 

Great point and ultimately agree just thought in this boring times could be good discussion and well Chris should be getting us the info from KJ anyways

[Ryno6284]

11 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

A big negative -- he looks like the Amish kid at Purdue!

LOL.  

Amish only have neck beards! Lol no mustache!

[Pagoda]

Through random circumstance last week I spoke with two people who have interacted quite a bit with Darian.  They aren't really IU fans, but their jobs cause them to cross paths quite a bit with IU.  They couldn't have been more positive and they were highly impressed with him.  Very good stuff.

The more I hear the more confidence I get in what he's doing, including on things like the staff.

 

[Pagoda]

On 4/10/2025 at 3:36 PM, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Peegs rumor that CDD met with Preston in person today 

A funny little story I heard related to this:  I guess this meeting was down in Tuscaloosa.  Apparently Nate Oats caught wind of it and tried to catch CDD at the airport lol.  But, he was too late and just missed him.  

Nate was lucky, I think CDD would kick his butt if it came down to it.

[8bucks]

18 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

A funny little story I heard related to this:  I guess this meeting was down in Tuscaloosa.  Apparently Nate Oats caught wind of it and tried to catch CDD at the airport lol.  But, he was too late and just missed him.  

Nate was lucky, I think CDD would kick his butt if it came down to it.

Would Oats be mad that we asked for permission to speak to him and got a no? Or we did not ask?  

[Pagoda]

46 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

Would Oats be mad that we asked for permission to speak to him and got a no? Or we did not ask?  

I don't know.  My guess is Oats just runs hot.  I don't think any of this is a big deal, just an amusing little story.

[Hoosierfan2017]

What spots do we have left to fill on the staff?

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

46 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

What spots do we have left to fill on the staff?

Two assistants and a GM I believe but only 19.27% confident!

[Magisterium]

1 hour ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

What spots do we have left to fill on the staff?

If Bargen is slated to be a “front-office” guy like Sturtz, that would leave 2 more “bench coach” spots open for guys who can recruit off-campus, etc. if 1spot goes to Justin Bailey (Sam Houston assistant coach) then 1 unfilled spot would be left, perhaps for someone like Mike Ekanem of Oklahoma State.

[SlamaJamaSisley]

Coach taking in an IU baseball game.