@iugradman Pretty much no one, that has actually worked with, played against, and/or knows, DeVries would categorize him as "timid". None of us know what he's like in the locker room, in practices, in huddles, in meetings with Dolson. As far as visual animation, which are things "you all" have used to support your "doorknob" claims... he's quite a lot more animated than Cig normally is on the sidelines. I don't think comparing the two is overly productive. Cignetti is one of a kind. He's a unicorn. But since people keep making the comparison, at least get the facts straight on it. I seriously wonder if you guys even watch him. Every single game, as in EVERY SINGLE GAME, he's had multiple red faced, get in a players face, moments. He rarely sits down. He works officials. I've met him as well, and he had plenty of "aura" or charisma about him. Nice firm handshake. Eye contact. Remembered the group I was with later in the day. For sure he isn't a livewire. He definitely isn't a guy that's going to have people surrounding him telling funny, loud stories. Neither is Cig. Neither is Coach K. Neither is Todd Golden. None of those guys are like Bruce Pearl or John Calipari, or even Dan Hurley.
How someone is viewed is subjective, so your views on CDD are no less valid than mine. Just always like to point out that I see it differently, and so does really anyone I've ever heard describe him, that has worked with him... and with some of the words, and characterizations... like "timid"... it also doesn't jive with how people have described him for years. And then other characterizations about him not being animated enough... and using Cig as a counter example... its just not factual.
In the end, I would counter all this with repeating a question someone just had... "why would Dolson hire someone so different, a year after hiring Cignetti, and seeing his results?" Great question. Maybe the answer is you all are wrong... and he didn't see the guy you're all describing?
Cignetti does get animated though. He went ballistic at the ref in the Oregon game.
As for DeVries, he was quiet as a mouse on the sideline this year, even when his team was getting blown out by a bad Northwestern team.
@iugradman Cig picks his spots well. He also went off against Ohio State
why does “nba minds” have to do w Carr? He was a talent evaluator- that should translate- he isn’t running the offense or defense. He is here to hopefully use his nba agent connections and help identify talent and the worth of said talent- pretty much string the value on guys and identifying fits for this staff.
And he isn't here to sleep on the bench like Armond did.
There is something seriously wrong with the coach evaluation process at IU. The coaches they hire are just dogshit. Mike Davis, Tom Crean, and Archie Miller all sucked after leaving IU. In fact, they were even less successful at their next head coaching stops.
There is nothing about IU that makes coaches fail.
Josh Schertz was also available in 2024. But IU just had to keep Bigfoot around for another year. Dumbest athletics department in the country.
Somebody put up an aluminum Festivus pole!
We've all offered our perspectives regarding why DD was hired, who else was considered, et cetera. But no one has opined that DD's name was blindly picked out of a hat. Seems as plausible as anything else.
Did Dolson never look at Bucky McMillan? He’s done a great job at Texas A&M.
I don’t understand how all of these non-basketball schools can hire good coaches but not IU.
We've all offered our perspectives regarding why DD was hired, who else was considered, et cetera. But no one has opined that DD's name was blindly picked out of a hat. Seems as plausible as anything else.
Dolson fell in love with Doorknob during the Bahamas tournament in 2024.
The "love affair" with DD might have actually begun in 2023.We've all offered our perspectives regarding why DD was hired, who else was considered, et cetera. But no one has opined that DD's name was blindly picked out of a hat. Seems as plausible as anything else.
Dolson fell in love with Doorknob during the Bahamas tournament in 2024.
From a Herald-Times article published exactly one year ago (my apologies for the length)...
"On the evening of March 17, 2023, anxiously awaiting tipoff of Indiana basketball’s nightcap NCAA tournament game against Kent State, IU Athletics Director Scott Dolson and his deputy, Stephen Harper, walked out onto the floor of the MVP Arena in Albany, N.Y.
"Dolson and Harper had decided to watch the final minutes of a closely contested 5-vs-12 game between Miami and Drake. Despite the talent gap — Miami would eventually reach the Final Four — and despite Drake’s leading scorer shooting just 1 of 13, the Bulldogs gave Miami hell.
"That night in Albany, Dolson turned to Harper and remarked at how impressed he was by how hard Drake played. Some 20 months later, Dolson found himself saying the same thing to the same person, this time watching West Virginia defeat Gonzaga in overtime in the opening round of last season’s Battle 4 Atlantis."
Schertz was always my choice after Beard - still on the show me stage with DD. But, how would we have felt had Schertz came in here and had a yr 1 like he did at St Louis? We would have wanted him gone, but look at yr, 2! Just saying, next season will be the test for DD.
Josh Schertz was also available in 2024. But IU just had to keep Bigfoot around for another year. Dumbest athletics department in the country.
I watched them last night and they were very impressive. We will see how they do against Michigan but I liked what I saw.
@ge-off Let's hope he is successful.
While I regarded God as a tyrant I thought my sin a trifle; But when I knew Him to be my Father, then I mourned that I could ever have kicked against Him. When I thought God was hard, I found it easy to sin; but when I found God so kind, so good, so overflowing with compassion, I smote upon my breast to think that I could ever have rebelled against One who loved me so, and sought my good.” C. H. Spurgeon