An offense 30 spots lower than Woodson's worst season.
IU is a f*cking Clown show..
Indiana will hire DeVries……
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An offense 30 spots lower than Woodson's worst season.
IU is a f*cking Clown show..
Great another team approach that worked so well with Woodson. Not sold.
That jerk face Brad Stevens needs to stop playing with us fans. The next time he turns us down, I’m done with him. Forever. Maybe.
They must have gotten turned down by 37 coaches.
Dolson didn't even wait until the NCAA was over, lol. I guess he went with somebody who couldn't make it.
Pope had his team put together in two weeks.
Had three major injuries and still made the tournament...
So you have that ...
Read this and tell me you're not even a little bit hyped up.... We may have gotten a good one.
https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2025/3/...31st-head-coach-of-iu-mens-basketball-program
https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2025/3/...31st-head-coach-of-iu-mens-basketball-program
You know…..at the end of the day, after looking at this guys resume, seeing his career at Drake and some of the guys he coached under, I’m on board with this and will get behind him.
You don’t get a .732 winning % by accident. He continued the success there. He followed Dana Altman and McDermott.
He’s down to earth. He’s a farm boy who knows the value of work ethic. Younger brother was an All-American DE at Iowa.
Lives and breathes his job. He is personable and his teams play hard.
He wasn’t my first choice but could have done a helluva lot worse (Brownell).
I had him as one of my top 3 after all the pipe dream coaches went up in smoke.
You don’t get a .732 winning % by accident. He continued the success there. He followed Dana Altman and McDermott.
He’s down to earth. He’s a farm boy who knows the value of work ethic. Younger brother was an All-American DE at Iowa.
Lives and breathes his job. He is personable and his teams play hard.
He wasn’t my first choice but could have done a helluva lot worse (Brownell).
I had him as one of my top 3 after all the pipe dream coaches went up in smoke.
Dusty May inherited 8 wins and actually made the GD tourney. And took a mid major to a FF. This dude is DM lite.
The positive is he turned around a terrible program in Drake and improved West Virginia in one season. I’m trying to look on the bright side. But he has no NCAA tournament runs.
Man, the cynicism is rampant. Let’s be positive and supportive here. We’re due. Hell, we’re overdue. We’ve been punished enough.
I need this to be the real deal. I don’t have that many years left and I want that sixth banner.
I'm much more bullish on this than the rest here but I guess I didn't have my heart dead set on McCollum or a wife beater. He turned WVU around in one year and should have made the tournament. Season looked worse than it was because their best player, Tucker Devries, went down early but he beat Gonzaga and Arizona with Tucker and then Kansas and Iowa State without him. Had the #6 transfer class last year and will be bringing over Tucker for next season. He was a name I mentioned early and so I had some expectations feelers would be put out to him. Not sure if he's bringing us championships but I'd be surprised if IU doesn't reach a Sweet 16 in the time period we gave Archie and Woodson
You’re livin that Georgia lake life. You’ve got more years than you know.
There’s something wrong with this program. Too many resources. Too much money. Too much tradition. A state that loves basketball. Too many advantages. To hire a guy who should be looking at northwestern or minny. After seven years at wvu and a 75 percent winning percentage a final four and an elite 8 THEN on iu’s radar.
He isn’t young and just got a job at a high major and missed the tourney. Same record as the guy we fired. He has one ncaa tourney win.
Something is off
I think it’s fair to wonder how many games WVU would have won if their best player had played more than 8 games this season.
It is fair to wonder how IU would look with a coach worth a damn.
This guy better be the GD second coming, Dolson. If not, GTFO. I'll give you 2 years
I’d rather be positive about this. I’d bet there were many similar reactions when Cignetti was hired, mainly along the lines of WTF, who the hell is this? James Madison?
Now that Dolson has been able to do this without the interference of Buckner and the BOT, I’m looking for Dolson to have struck the goldmine again. No Glass/Archie and no Buckner/Woodson. That’s winning.
Took over a team that was 9-23 last year and WV does not have our NIL. Some of you guys are intellectually dishonest in your compares.
Cig went 11-2 at the big boy level. DD went 19-13 and missed the NCAAT in a watered down Big 12. I Googled it.
Was anybody really hiring this guy before the NCAAT ended? Why not wait and see how other coaches do?
Appreciate the optimism. The difference in the hire is that it feels the same but iu football is at the bottom of the football world and iu out of 300 schools the top. The targets should be markedly different
Really like the hire. Didn't really see WVU play this year, but watched a decent amount of his Drake teams, some in person. His teams play hard. Maybe not a slam dunk hire, but really solid.
And FWIW, I'm not a sunshine pumper. Hated the Woodson hire from Day 1, got called dumb on this board for questioning it at the time.
And FWIW, I'm not a sunshine pumper. Hated the Woodson hire from Day 1, got called dumb on this board for questioning it at the time.
Could be but…..
Devries inherited a team that was 9-23 last year and improved them by 10 wins. He also beat Gonzaga in the Bahamas (any IU fans stick around to watch that game personally?). Lost to Louisville in OT by
9. The same team and tourney we got smoked by a gazillion. Beat Arizona by 7. Beat Kansas at Kansas. Beat #2 Iowa State at the time by 7. Lost very close games to both BYU and on the road in OT at Baylor (in OT).
That’s closer to competitive than anything Woody touched in 4 years. We would have gotten smoked in every single contest.
I'm 75-80% with you. Not as bad as most feel he will be. Better than what IU could have done. That's for sure.
I'm incredibly surprised you picked out one part of my response so that you could whine harder. You are under no obligation to support DeVries, Dolson, or Indiana basketball. Feel free to throw on some gold and black
