Indiana hires Darian DeVries as head coach.

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Darian DeVries named 31st head coach of Indiana basketball

Indiana confirmed the hiring of Darian DeVries as the program's 31st head coach just after 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

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Looks like it's official.

 

[Seth53]

It's now Drake or bust

 

[JoeyLabasForPresident]

You know you wanna come to Iowa, Ben.

 

[Bigtenchamp]

I laugh some - Indiana to me in basketball is like Nebraska in football. I get why Devries would go where the money for players is.

However, Indiana has made the NCAA tourney only 2 times in the last 9 years - think about that.

Their last final four was 23 years ago.

Program is washed. I'm sure people think NIL money can bring them back, but I have my doubts.

 

[Seth53]

Somewhere, Alfraud is shedding a tear

 

[thedukeofearl]

So it goes

There are certainly other coaches who Might work out

But the Drake coach is a proven commodity

At least this season

DD certainly seemed like a promising one

Kinda CutThroat dealings

Apparently we are beggers not choosers at this point in time

Drastic rebuilding from the bottom up now

 

[hawkrr]

Chris Jans, Chris Mack, Ryan Odom, Jerod Calhoun,

 

[Hawkboys]

I thought Iowa was the only job that he'd leave WV for. Guess money talks louder than family.

 

[HawkeyeFever]

Ben has been my first choice all along, but I would have been happy with DeVries.

Until McCollum is off the table, I am still optimistic. Regardless, the new coach will give me hope for the program, which has been gone for a while.

 

[BeerZaux]

Silver lining is we don't have to deal with the "it's pronounced Darren" crap. Good luck DDV and GFY!

 

[BigD]

How would you like to be these guys???

BREAKING: Darian DeVries OUT at West Virginia

WVU men's basketball coach, Darian DeVries, will be leaving the Mountaineer program after only one year on the job to coach the Indiana Hoosiers. In this liv...

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[BigD]

Why am I not broken up over a coach whose team never made the tournament this year. The culture will need to change at Iowa as far as NIL money and fan attendance or it won't matter anyway. Let's give Beth a chance before throwing the towel in.

 

[InGoodCo]

Why am I not broken up over a coach whose team never made the tournament this year. The culture will need to change at Iowa as far as NIL money and fan attendance or it won't matter anyway. Let's give Beth a chance before throwing the towel in.

From my other post but belongs here

Starting to think about it, Indiana just went out and snagged the WVU coach, who just missed the tournament, despite a robust NIL, rabid fan base and money to pay top dollar for a coach. This is their guy, again, who missed the tournament. Does he have a tourney win? how many NCAA wins? And Indiana went and bought him out? He took the WV job immediately after signing an 8 year deal with Drake and now is on his 3rd job in 3 years?

Surely this dude has ton of tournament success to bring this kind of juice? Hell Alford had a S16 at a mid major right?

What has Devries done really I guess and that’s what Indiana fans are now asking. I’m not having any buyers remorse, at least yet.

I’m gonna talk myself into whoever we end up with lol, but this wasn’t like, Shaka Smart or Hurley or some sure shot shit…. Indiana reached and for what??? To beat out Iowa ????lol. Soft, I think they just over spent on a coach who’s on a roller coaster ride of emotions.

Devries is their what, 4th or 5th pick if you believe what you read ??))and the fan base is having a meltdown already with hiring a guy who has no tournament success & who just missed it with a big budget.

Shits a game of chess. Only time will tell.

 

[BigD]

From my other post but belongs here

Starting to think about it, Indiana just went out and snagged the WVU coach, who just missed the tournament, despite a robust NIL, rabid fan base and money to pay top dollar for a coach. This is their guy, again, who missed the tournament. Does he have a tourney win? how many NCAA wins? And Indiana went and bought him out? He took the WV job immediately after signing an 8 year deal with Drake and now is on his 3rd job in 3 years?

Surely this dude has ton of tournament success to bring this kind of juice? Hell Alford had a S16 at a mid major right?

What has Devries done really I guess and that’s what Indiana fans are now asking. I’m not having any buyers remorse, at least yet.

I’m gonna talk myself into whoever we end up with lol, but this wasn’t like, Shaka Smart or Hurley or some sure shot shit…. Indiana reached and for what??? To beat out Iowa ????lol. Soft, I think they just over spent on a coach who’s on a roller coaster ride of emotions.

Devries is their what, 4th or 5th pick if you believe what you read ??))and the fan base is having a meltdown already with hiring a guy who has no tournament success & who just missed it with a big budget.

Shits a game of chess. Only time will tell.

NAILED IT!!!!!!!!

 

[BigD]

From my other post but belongs here

Starting to think about it, Indiana just went out and snagged the WVU coach, who just missed the tournament, despite a robust NIL, rabid fan base and money to pay top dollar for a coach. This is their guy, again, who missed the tournament. Does he have a tourney win? how many NCAA wins? And Indiana went and bought him out? He took the WV job immediately after signing an 8 year deal with Drake and now is on his 3rd job in 3 years?

Surely this dude has ton of tournament success to bring this kind of juice? Hell Alford had a S16 at a mid major right?

What has Devries done really I guess and that’s what Indiana fans are now asking. I’m not having any buyers remorse, at least yet.

I’m gonna talk myself into whoever we end up with lol, but this wasn’t like, Shaka Smart or Hurley or some sure shot shit…. Indiana reached and for what??? To beat out Iowa ????lol. Soft, I think they just over spent on a coach who’s on a roller coaster ride of emotions.

Devries is their what, 4th or 5th pick if you believe what you read ??))and the fan base is having a meltdown already with hiring a guy who has no tournament success & who just missed it with a big budget.

Shits a game of chess. Only time will tell.

Also, He may find out about the DRAKEonian fan base in Indiana. They will not be as forgiving and patient as the Iowa fan base.

 

[Fryowa]

Told ya.

He met with Iowa, got told he was only going to have a couple million bucks to find players, and said, “Thanks for the plane ticket to IC, I’ll see myself out, Beth.”

 

[NorthKCHawk]

Told ya.

He met with Iowa, got told he was only going to have a couple million bucks to find players, and said, “Thanks for the plane ticket to IC, I’ll see myself out, Beth.”

I am sure NIL played into this decision, but let's not bullshit ourselves, Indiana is a better job anyway. Yes, they have not been great of late, but they are still a historic blue blood program who packs their arena and has a rabid fan base. Iowa has become a WBB school. Comparing the two, well, there is no comparison. I mean, the greatest basketball movie of all time is called Hoosiers. Nuff said.

The comparison one of the posters made to Nebraska football was apt. There are a lot of similarities. Despite the Bugeaters woes for going on two generations, its still an attractive job because you have a rabid fan bases, sold out stadium, and heavy donor support.

 

[InGoodCo]

Yeah, this is why I don't blame Beth.... DD was probably her guy and she probably had good intel that he was leaving Morgantown regardless. She probably had more than 2 or even 3 million and higher to offer for NIL, she probably had the money to buy him out, to pay him 3.5 to 3.6 a year, which would have been a raise for him. But, Indiana is a different beast. They said that they spent 5 million on THIS years team that missed the dance. They've said that they are going to see what other schools around them are going to spend and then they are going to DOUBLE it.

I don't think you can blame Beth in that, I think DD was coming to Iowa in every scenario unless, ya know, one of the biggest blue bloods came calling, threw a bunch of cash at you and gave you literally unlimited resources and funds to run your program.

That's hard to pass up. I think he'll get chewed up and spit out, and be gone in 4 years or less. At Iowa, he could have missed the dance his first 2 seasons and he'd still have a long leash. That comes with the gig and when you take that big boy money, you gotta produce.

 

[Fryowa]

Yeah, this is why I don't blame Beth.... DD was probably her guy and she probably had good intel that he was leaving Morgantown regardless. She probably had more than 2 or even 3 million and higher to offer for NIL, she probably had the money to buy him out, to pay him 3.5 to 3.6 a year, which would have been a raise for him. But, Indiana is a different beast. They said that they spent 5 million on THIS years team that missed the dance. They've said that they are going to see what other schools around them are going to spend and then they are going to DOUBLE it.

I don't think you can blame Beth in that, I think DD was coming to Iowa in every scenario unless, ya know, one of the biggest blue bloods came calling, threw a bunch of cash at you and gave you literally unlimited resources and funds to run your program.

That's hard to pass up. I think he'll get chewed up and spit out, and be gone in 4 years or less. At Iowa, he could have missed the dance his first 2 seasons and he'd still have a long leash. That comes with the gig and when you take that big boy money, you gotta produce.

I've listened to some recent pods with Brad Heinrichs and he's pretty blunt that Iowa's donors are all in on football. He doesn't feel there's enough money willing to be donated to support both at a decent level so basketball loses out. Revenue sharing might change that, but the WUW pod went into pretty good detail about how that's not necessarily the answer either.

 

[InGoodCo]

I've listened to some recent pods with Brad Heinrichs and he's pretty blunt that Iowa's donors are all in on football. He doesn't feel there's enough money willing to be donated to support both at a decent level so basketball loses out. Revenue sharing might change that, but the WUW pod went into pretty good detail about how that's not necessarily the answer either.

Right, but I am pretty sure that Beth has a pitch there right? The NIL was lacking because they had an entrenched old school coach who didn't embrace the portal, who didn't do any sort of fundraising or connecting with fans, that had petty disputes with the local and national media, who had petty disputes with officials, that had been suspended multiple times and had been ejected through games his entire career. That's an easy sell to someone coming in that, hey, the reason Iowa doesn't have NIL is glaringly obvious and if we had your vision and you as our coach, our donors have indicated that they are willing to donate to our NIL funds. She can point to Iowa's biggest donors that she's spoken to and she can also sell that Iowa will have a pretty robust bank account with B1G football money to get Iowa's basketball program back to where it should be.

Beth has a vision to sell, it could very well be a good vision, but it's not likely going to touch what Indiana basketball is committed to. Indiana is the better job, it's not even arguable.