Fire Darian DeVries? Lol

[FortWayneHoosier]

6 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

I think they were more worried about parting with Woodson and not as concerned about building the future. I also think the NIL transfer portal shocked them. I hear we put 10 million into the team.  I think they expected that to put themselves in a more advantageous position than it did.  With Kentucky at 22 and a few other schools going high, we goofed up too, by paying 13 when we should have focused primarily on 8.  And gone heavier in spots 1-5 than we did.  This is all stuff I’ve been talking about all offseason.  Not sure we can or want to do more with football taking the lions share now.  Getting a “superstar” would help fan engagement though.  We had one with TJD.  Homegrown.  
 

As always it boils down to winning basketball games. No matter how you do it.  Fans will flock.  

the first part I have highlighted would be my best guess as well. I think (totally speculating) they had a hard time getting him out of there. I think we as fans have every right to be concerned at this point, but again this team is what it is. If next year we are losing the same games, and have not addressed the concerns ie: no big man, then we need to start to raise some eyebrows here. I know we have been playing the waiting game but unfortunately gonna have to wait again.  

[AH1971]

On 1/17/2026 at 8:38 PM, str8baller said:

Otoh, the UNC alums including their most famous alum didn’t think Doherty should be fired after 3 years. But they did it anyways and the result was 3 national titles. Kentucky fired Gillespie after two years and the result….again, a national title.  So please explain to me how two of the biggest names in coaching, Calipari and Williams, were lured away by big ol’ meanie schools with the reputation of firing coaches too quickly?

Cool.

Gillespie was a drunk who was fired for misconduct. It also helped that he didn't have an official contract with UK or a $20 million buyout attached to his name. UNC fired Doherty because they had Roy Williams on line 1 who didn't initially want to take over right away for Dean Smith. Does IU have anyone with Roy Williams pedigree lined up? 

IU is just another basketball program these days, has been for a while. Plenty of coaches who can make the same coin with similar resources at other schools where they don't start "Fire the coach thread" 20 games into their tenure.

It's comical at this point. 

[AH1971]

On 1/18/2026 at 7:45 AM, Kentuckysucks said:

Definitely getting a lot of Archie vibes with DeVries.  The concern when hired from pundits like the Field of 68 was did he have the right personality for a pressure cooker gig.  I think we're learning that the answer is no.  Amazing that the administration keeps making the same mistakes.  And yes, almost everyone wanted McCollum. 

McCollum didn't want IU. That was pretty evident. 

[HoosierDevils]

2 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Cool.

Gillespie was a drunk who was fired for misconduct. It also helped that he didn't have an official contract with UK or a $20 million buyout attached to his name. UNC fired Doherty because they had Roy Williams on line 1 who didn't initially want to take over right away for Dean Smith. Does IU have anyone with Roy Williams pedigree lined up? 

IU is just another basketball program these days, has been for a while. Plenty of coaches who can make the same coin with similar resources at other schools where they don't start "Fire the coach thread" 20 games into their tenure.

It's comical at this point. 

Exactly. Makes me think maybe some people on here are really pining for Brad Brownell? Cause that's literally who's on line 1  

[AH1971]

On 1/18/2026 at 8:21 AM, WayneFleekHoosier said:

From a basketball standpoint, the only players from that team I would have talked to, were Reneau, Goode, Mgbako, and Tucker.  
 

Rice lost his mojo at Indiana.  Kinda odd. I don’t understand how he was so effective at Washington State. 
 

wilkerson was a 2 to 2.5 million dollar player.  If we had a PG equivalent of him and a center equivalent of him we wouldn’t have this thread going.  

Baba Miller was available late. We didn’t want to spend for him.  He’s not exactly what we need, but he was an option very late we didn’t have the resources for.  
 

Finanically the biggest issues were Bailey and the 5 contracts that ride the bench that offer us nothing that may not even be back next year.  So much waste.  
 

 

Stephon Payne was arguably our biggest miss. Ended up at Seton Hall of all places and they are having a decent year and he was interested in IU. 

Bailey is terrible and I think most people saw his physical limitations from a mile away except for one poster. 

[AH1971]

3 minutes ago, HoosierDevils said:

Exactly. Makes me think maybe some people on here are really pining for Brad Brownell? Cause that's literally who's on line 1  

Brad Brownell would have done better here than most people think. He's really turned a corner in his career in the portal era. But yes, that's likely the type of candidate IU is relegated to these days. 

[Kentuckysucks]

1 hour ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

DeVries just seems like a dude.  Will work with what he has. Nonchalant type guy. 
 

But Seriously, Dolson and DeVries need to have a lengthy meeting and come up with a plan and finances to resurrect a program on life support.  They HAVE to have a tournament quality team next year.  Should have happened this year, but they all dropped the ball for X number of reasons. My most diehard basketball friends don’t even talk basketball anymore. They do talk football though. lol. Anyway, I’m nervous for DeVries and me as an IUBB fan because I used to have hope.  Now that’s mostly gone. 

IMO he's gonna need $15-20M this spring to have a prayer to turn it around. I don't know where that money comes from.  Gonna have to over pay to get some real dudes.  

[HoosierDevils]

1 minute ago, AH1971 said:

Brad Brownell would have done better here than most people think. He's really turned a corner in his career in the portal era. But yes, that's likely the type of candidate IU is relegated to these days. 

Oh I totally agree!

[AH1971]

On 1/18/2026 at 10:40 AM, realTomCrean said:

I agree on the Jimmy & joes. But the X & Os also stink. Not having an effort level standard also is a problem. Nepotism is also a major problem

I think the Jimmy's and Joe's have really affected the X's and O's. We're a chuck and prayer team because we literally have zero inside presence or a post to play through. 

[Kentuckysucks]

1 minute ago, HoosierDevils said:

Oh I totally agree!

Disagree bigly.  I'd say he's another Buzz Williams and we know how Maryland is doing.

[HoosierDevils]

7 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

Disagree bigly.  I'd say he's another Buzz Williams and we know how Maryland is doing.

BW did well at VT and A&M. Who knows what's happened in year 1 at Maryland but he has put together the #4 recruiting class for 2026. But, in general, my point and what I think @AH1971 was saying is that the tier of coach we would get is Brad Brownell, not Roy Williams

[Golfman25]

26 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Cool.

Gillespie was a drunk who was fired for misconduct. It also helped that he didn't have an official contract with UK or a $20 million buyout attached to his name. UNC fired Doherty because they had Roy Williams on line 1 who didn't initially want to take over right away for Dean Smith. Does IU have anyone with Roy Williams pedigree lined up? 

IU is just another basketball program these days, has been for a while. Plenty of coaches who can make the same coin with similar resources at other schools where they don't start "Fire the coach thread" 20 games into their tenure.

It's comical at this point. 

Yeah because A+ coaches are worried about "fire the coach" threads on Btownbanners.  :)  

[AH1971]

14 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

Disagree bigly.  I'd say he's another Buzz Williams and we know how Maryland is doing.

BW is a job hopper who likes to build programs up but has a clear ceiling. He won't be at Maryland long, whether by choice or not. Brad Brownell is 100-34 on his last 3.5 years winning at a 75% clip despite being a career .600 coach. He clearly understands the portal, they lost everyone from a 28 win team last year and it looks like they haven't missed a beat.

[str8baller]

23 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Cool.

Yea, I thought so. Brought UK another title and UNC 3 more titles bringing them even with Indiana historically.  
 

Wait…that last part isn’t so cool. 
 

But Indiana could’ve had Dusty May if they would’ve fired Woody after year 3. But I understand why you don’t like the “Fire xxx” threads, because if we pulled up the “Fire Woody” thread we would find thousands of posts from you defending giving Woody his fourth year and about how awesome he was going to be with his new transfers. 

[AH1971]

2 minutes ago, Golfman25 said:

Yeah because A+ coaches are worried about "fire the coach" threads on Btownbanners.  :)  

IU is an after thought to A+ coaches these days...if the last 25 years weren't evident enough. 

[AH1971]

1 minute ago, str8baller said:

Yea, I thought so. Brought UK another title and UNC 3 more titles bringing them even with Indiana historically.  
 

Wait…that last part isn’t so cool. 
 

But Indiana could’ve had Dusty May if they would’ve fired Woody after year 3. But I understand why you don’t like the “Fire xxx” threads, because if we pulled up the “Fire Woody” thread we would find thousands of posts from you defending giving Woody his fourth year and about how awesome he was going to be with his new transfers. 

Woody deserved a 4th year. It didn't work out. 

If IU was May's dream job, he'd be here today. He's not. 

[TheWatShot]

IU WAS Dusty May's dream job. That changed after Michigan gave him the chance we were too stupid and scared to give him. 

[AH1971]

2 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

IU WAS Dusty May's dream job. That changed after Michigan gave him the chance we were too stupid and scared to give him. 

A dream job is a dream job lol. It's funny how so many people claim IU is the dream job of Stevens, Pearl, Drew, and Dusty and yet none of them actually want to coach at Indiana when push comes to shove.

Amazing how that works.  

[HoosierDevils]

Revealed preferences suggests IU was not May’s dream job

[Kentuckysucks]

2 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

A dream job is a dream job lol. It's funny how so many people claim IU is the dream job of Stevens, Pearl, Drew, and Dusty and yet none of them actually want to coach at Indiana when push comes to shove.

Amazing how that works.  

Because they already had great gigs when we pursued them.  The time to get Dusty was when he was at FAU.  Same for Matta at Xavier or Brad at Butler.  Or all the other schools wanting Cignetti.   The time to strike was when he was at JMU not when he has IU on top of the world.