You mean other than a team that we have to compete with head to head every year getting a really good coach out of our own backyard?
DeVries NOT a candidate for Iowa job. Ben McCollum the next Iowa Head Coach?
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If that’s the case, shame on Iowa fan, 100%. This guy has done a pretty solid job in Peoria.
It's going to be hilarious when we don't hire DD or BMcC
McCollum has made it known he wants the Iowa job
The Indiana thing was real last night. Now it’s just getting more national attention today. Devries has to decide if he wants to come home, take the big Indiana pay day, or stay at WVU and get a big time extension. All 3 are very much possibilities, Dont expect this to take much longer.
I think DD has a good agent.
Would be a big slap in the face to Iowa if he goes to Indiana since he has said before Iowa is his "dream" job.
There are a lot of very well qualified candidates out there for the UIowa job……the AD’s job is to find the right one.
Honestly, who ever heard of “Lute Olson” before he arrived in Iowa City?
Don’t think he factors in just how desperate IU is and how much money they’d be willing to throw around.
That might be true, but he is ever wants the Iowa job this is his chance and If he takes the Indiana job it will be his last chance to,,,,,
Did you not read the rest of my post?
It seems like there is a strong possibility that either DD or BM end up at Indiana. So - whoever we hire - Indiana may end up with a “really good coach out of our own backyard”
However, if DD goes to Indiana, I imagine it assures we get BM.
If DD stays at WVU, then there is a world where we have to battle Indiana for BM and end up with neither coach.
The IU job is a bit of a curse at the moment. It’s Nebraska football with mediocre results over the past 30 years but delusions of still being a top program. Don’t think Mark Cuban and NIL will change that.
The boosters are not talent evaluators. She is not going to ask their opinions about who she should go after, nor should she care. She is going to do everything she can to see that we get the best coach possible. The two aforementioned coaches may not be available. I personally don't think Iowa is an attractive opening for an established coach. Whoever comes in will be starting from scratch with a lot of unknowns; NIL $, fan support, no roster...
McCollum absolutely wants the job. DeVries has some level of interest but hard to compete with Indiana if it comes down to that and he's got a pretty good situation already
Not me personally, this from knowing people who are around that world but it's also been reported by Leistikow and I think Kakert after they talked to people who were on it.
Devries now top Indiana candidate says SI. Announcement could come soon. WV would backfill with Mc
I assume DD has made up his mind and the agent is using either Iowa or Indiana (or both) to drive up his salary
i assume, but who knows, the NIL is obviously a huge deal. if that is the case, then it is a no brainer. Indiana has a lot more than iowa obviously.
Don't think that last sentence is true. He wants Iowa
But the boosters are the ones who write NIL checks... we want them excited and making it rain so we can get players.
I think it's better if Devries goes to Indiana. Listen to McCollum talk for 5 minutes and look at his record. He's easily the better candidate.
i do not disagree, however, DD would infuse more excitement with the fanbase.
If they can't get excited about winning that's their problem. If Devries' brother didn't play football at Iowa this would be a different conversation.
No one can really argue this. Concern is that like DD his dream job doesn’t become so dreamy when compared to much more lucrative alternatives. WVU would be the biggest threat in this scenario.,
Yes and no. I'm not excited about Devries track record in the post season. If they can't get behind a coach that wins all the time then more power to them.
at this point I say throw integrity out the window and go after Will Wade
Devries is probably using Indiana to make sure Iowa is fully invested in basketball. Smart move on his part and his agent
Let them overpay and then been disappointed in 5 years when they haven't been to the Final 4.
Tell me you don’t understand NIL without saying you don’t understand NIL.
Indiana just seems like a place where coaches go to die. Not what they used to be. They get talent, arena sellouts but something has gone south since the General was fired. Maybe that can be said of Iowa too but at least we give our coaches 15 years.
| Bob Knight | 1971–2000 | 662–239 | .735 | 11 | 24 | 3 |
| Mike Davis | 2000–2006 | 115–79 | .592 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Kelvin Sampson | 2006–2008 | 43–15 | .741 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dan Dakich | 2008 | 3–4 | .429 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Crean | 2008–2017 | 166–135 | .552 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Archie Miller | 2017–2021 | 67–58 | .536 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Woodson | 2021–Current | 63-40 | .612 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
If Beth comes up empty handed between DD and BM, she will quickly lose the fan base. She has to get one of those two.
If you don't think there's backdoor ways of getting funds into NIL then you're oblivious.
