One doesn't lose and the other can recruit and beat Iowa State and won at Kansas.....
DeVries NOT a candidate for Iowa job. Ben McCollum the next Iowa Head Coach?
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It's not the 90s Drake is a good program that has had really good coaches. Their last two to get hired away have both had good results at their next stop, their AD knows what he's doing.
Lute was like a year removed from coaching JuCo when we hired him and that worked out fine. If a guy can coach he can coach.
really surprised IU is interested in DD. Not sure how their fan base would feel about that hire.
they have the NIL and revenue sharing to buy a very talented roster.
Devries would coach that incredible talent well, correct?
How about lute Olson from Long Beach state?
supposedly Beth really likes McCollom.
So there are people saying Devries expected to take the Iowa job, and others saying he's taking the Indiana job. So... somebody doesn't know what they're talking about. Got to love social media lol.
McCollum is still my personal pick.. Just really hoping we can get either him or DD, though.
McCollum is still my personal pick.. Just really hoping we can get either him or DD, though.
If neither DeVries nor McCollum are available, maybe Bob Huggins would take the job.
The team WOULD be tough minded!
The team WOULD be tough minded!
Could be. But I'm wondering, if DD has accepted Beth's offer, if he wants to hold off a day or two more out of respect to his players' and their fans' disappointment regarding being snubbed by the NCAA. Not sure; just wondering.
My sense from people who were on the big booster call is that she seemed to have a slight preference for McCollum and boosters seemed to want DeVries.
This whole thing is so dumb that I don’t know where to start.
I don’t know which take is the worst - the obvious misogynist attitude towards BG, referring to MBB as not producing a lot of revenue, or suggesting that the Univ can choose to put $ towards coaching or NIL.
You should just sit this one out.
You're not the first poster to state that we should pay less for a coach and use the savings for NIL.
By what mechanism do these savings get "laundered" to create the NIL funds?
Assuming Devries goes to Indiana, is McCollum a lock?
I mean the big risk for Mc was that he would go to Indiana, but that job would be off the table.
Minnesota might be enticing to him, but it looks like they’re going with Medved.
Sounded like Virginia wants him, but would he really take that job over Iowa?
Seems to me DeVries taking the Indiana job is a heck of a lot better for us than DeVries deciding to stay at WVU
I mean the big risk for Mc was that he would go to Indiana, but that job would be off the table.
Minnesota might be enticing to him, but it looks like they’re going with Medved.
Sounded like Virginia wants him, but would he really take that job over Iowa?
Seems to me DeVries taking the Indiana job is a heck of a lot better for us than DeVries deciding to stay at WVU
I think it all has yet to play out. Attractive candidates connected to these jobs are still coached in the NCAA. Medved, Odom, Wade, Jans, McCollum. Etc.
No inside of my info but I’m starting to think Ben McCollum is our guy.
I mean all these other schools have yet to fill their openings. Not just Iowa. So no one is gonna panic. Feels like 5-6 programs are waiting on coaches who are in the NCaa
Agree with your last point because it takes IU off the table for McCollum which I would still be worried about if DeVries stayed at WVU. Also DeVries taking Indiana is less concerning as far as our NIL situation going forward goes than him staying would be. I can live with getting outbid by Indiana.
I do think if DeVries takes IU McCollum would be a near lock. From what's being reported he really wants the job and is pushing for it behind the scenes and some have suggested he's Beth's favorite candidate
The only way that works is if some of the funds come from a booster. They could channel the money either direction.
just a fyi, the AD at WV is the AD that was at NWMS with McCollom.......................
I thought I would be completely unproductive on just Thursday/Friday this week, but here we are
Lick beat Izzo in what had to be his finest Iowa moment, I’m sure. Don’t think either team got out of the 40’s.
Honestly, if DD goes to Indiana that almost assuredly gets us McCollum.
Personally, I think he either stays at WVU if not then Iowa. I would be surprised if he went to IU.
Ok, Mr Big Booster, where were your big bucks when I needed you to acquire talent???
I just remember we did not have a good pool of candidates to choose from and guys like Brian Gregory and Kevin Stallings were saying not interested. Fran was the best choice out of the few interested.
