WVU’s Devries next IU coach

[saxonburgcat]

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And this is why the Transfer Portal should stay.

😂 "A long time?"

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

Not to mention Devries told the media on Sunday night that he has no interest in the IU job.

Monday AM- let's introduce the new coach of IU!

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[jeffky]

Not to mention Devries told the media on Sunday night that he has no interest in the IU job.

Monday AM- let's introduce the new coach of IU!

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Do you think wvu will give huggy bear another shot like they did with their football hire .

 

[Bleedin Blue in Ohio]

IU made a bad decision. Devries is an alright hire. If they would have waited Ole Miss coach Beard would have been a homerun hire for them.

 

[MakinMusic]

I’m happy with all their choices this far. The whole things with Indiana coaches has been weird for a long time. I don’t get it. The AD just doesn’t seem to care or they can’t get anyone with past success to bite.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

He's not an exciting hire but as others have pointed out, many of the big named teams recent hires weren't either.

If the NIL is true he may do well. Did the former coach not get the NIL war chest too?

I know (according to this board) Cal didn't get the level of funds Pope did this season due to Cal alienating the boosters. Didn't know if Woodson did the same. And of course money doesn't guarantee success.

 

[Edgarman]

IU made a bad decision. Devries is an alright hire. If they would have waited Ole Miss coach Beard would have been a homerun hire for them.

I would bet they talked to Beard or atleast Beard's agent. I will still say Beard will replace Barnes at Knoxville when Barnes retires.

 

[tf4fun]

I suppose. But they make millions. And often the school they are going to will buy them out. I just think if a coach can just go wherever he wants, so can a player.

Players need contracts with buyouts!

 

[saxonburgcat]

If the NIL is true he may do well. Did the former coach not get the NIL war chest too?

Woodson was simply not a good coach. He had a mediocre career coaching in the NBA and then went to IU. At least the new guy has been a college coach. Woodson was clueless.

 

[jwphelps]

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Not the home run hire IU fans thought they would get 😂

Not much of a step up for him or IU.

 

[Rockfly78]

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Better resume than Pope. Turned around Drake immediately. Turned around a garbage WVU team immediately. Lost his best player and still should've made the tournament. Good recruiter. With IUs NIL he should do fine.

Not sure what you were expecting. No one ever believed IU was landing Stevens. DeVries is probably on par with an Otzelberger or Drew. You hired Pope. UL hired Kelsey. Duke has Sheyer. UNC has Davis who will likely be fired next year.

He’s on par with Drew? Ok lol. You know he has a national championship right?

 

[dbmhoosier]

Inside the hall people don’t seem to thrilled.

So as an IU fan, what is your take on the hire?
Are you happy with it, was he on your radar? who had you wanted?
Outside of some Rival Ribbing here and there, I'll reserve judgement as I'm just not familiar with the guy.
I have to imagine Dusty May being at Michigan has a sting of what might have been.

It’s a solid hire. In general, hires by top 10ish programs historically aren’t big splash hires anymore. Mostly gone are the days of major successful coaches changing jobs to jump to a top 10 job. The last 1 was probably Cal. Take a look at this list of current coaches since Cal to UK at top 10ish jobs:

UK - Pope - no tournament wins
UNC - Hubert - no head coaching experience
Duke - Scheyer - no head coaching experience
UCLA - Cronin - 1 Sweet 16
UL - Kelsey - no tournament wins
Villanova - Neptune - no tournament bids
UConn - Hurley - 1st round tourney win
Arizona - Lloyd - no head coaching experience

The days of Roy going from Kansas to UNC, Self going from IL to Kansas, etc might be a thing of the past.

It's a very good hire. As good of a hire as any top 10 program could probably do in today's environment. It's just so hard to pull a top 10-15 coach away. They all already have good jobs. DeVries might be one of them soon though. I'm good with it. He'll have a boatload of NIL and he's a good recruiter. For comparison...

 

[dbmhoosier]

To quote YOU on TheHoosier.com, “he’s another Archie I believe.”

You had it right on Indiana’s board but thanks for coming here to spread BS.

The guy never made the tournament as the regular season champion, even in a minor league like the MVC. Only his son’s talent propped him up in his one year in a major conference and after Tucker was hurt the team pretty much collapsed. You were wrong about one thing: Archie had actually won a few NCAA tourney games. This guy has not. And his lofty win percentage? Mostly against Quad 3-4 talent.

And he’s not Mark Pope for a few reasons: Pope had played for a national champion at Kentucky so he knows the culture and what it takes to succeed here. And he had made the NCAA tournament as an at-large from a power conference, not by winning an automatic bid from a minor league tournament. Also, Pope ran an innovative offense perfect for today’s game, proven in a major conference. Devries’ offense, as measured by KenPom, is roughly at the same level as Woodson’s.

I think you were right on TheHoosier. Those of us who have enjoyed seeing Indiana only advance passed the Sweet 16 once in 32 (and counting) years and miss nine of the last 15 NCAA tournaments and only make it twice in the last nine years (and counting) are relieved by this hire.

I did a lot more research. I was wrong. He is not Archie. Doesn't mean he'll win big here but Archie was a bad comparison.

 

[fisherscatfan]

Starting to be some tampering commentary on X. Don’t know if it is just pissed off WVU fans or it is at all credible but specifics mentioned both being in the Bahamas tournament and his son getting hurt shortly thereafter. Doubt anything comes of it but some are putting it out there.