Ben McCollum >>> Darian DeVries

[J.Hawkeye]

DeVries's son was a well know partier at West Virgina. He got a lot of NIL money and was know to like cocaine as well. He got hurt and was not himself this season and part of that is because of his off the court antics. Tells you something if the coach can't even control his own son.

Something tells me the family is all about money first.

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[OnlyTheObscure]

Not so insane, 8th in the B10 - $4.5M

Looks like 21 million guaranteed. I think his grandkids will be fine.

I call that insane for coaching a game. It’s a great time to coach big time athletics.

 

[BunchofAholes]

DD will have several years to prove his coaching chops but IU had a high player payroll this season and it has to be a failure not making the postseason.
The decision to pass on any postseason tourny speaks volumes to
1. total disappointment in hoosier-land ( karma for fb?)
2. The pay to play vet laden team DD put together to make a splash immediately...to make the dance....failing that, no there,there.

DD has a top 15 class coming in so they will be back.

How exactly would that be "karma" for football. You clearly don't understand the concept of karma.

 

[LetsGoHawks83]

Idk what he has, but IIRC it’s better. Regardless, he’s had 6 years to build.

And his results were absolute dogsh*t until this year. And Nebraska faded at the end of the season (Fran fade).

The success of the Nebraska season will be determined in the next few days. If they fail to reach the sweet 16, then they simply have a Fran level season.

 

[Palmerhawk]

How exactly would that be "karma" for football. You clearly don't understand the concept of karma.

Tongue in cheek reference to sporting gods having a sense of humor allowing one of worst fb programs to the top while then taking same schools historically strong bb program to flame out.

 

[Franisdaman]

And his results were absolute dogsh*t until this year. And Nebraska faded at the end of the season (Fran fade). The success of the Nebraska season will be determined in the next few days. If they fail to reach the sweet 16, then they simply have a Fran level season.

 

[Wobmam Rulez!]

I want success for both. Indiana had 3 NCAA titles under Knight. I'd take one under Ben. And be happy to see Devries return Indiana back to prominence. Just would rather see Iowa be more prominent.

 

[iahawkeyes17]

I want success for both. Indiana had 3 NCAA titles under Knight. I'd take one under Ben. And be happy to see Devries return Indiana back to prominence. Just would rather see Iowa be more prominent.

Honestly I hope IU b-ball like Nebby football continues to suck for the foreseeable future. It’s been 30+ years since their title days (with more success sprinkled in for IU b-ball) but their fans act holier than thou because of that and I wish them nothing but the worst because of it.

At Iowa football game in Bloomington a decade ago. Fans were great tailgating with. One even said we like Iowa a lot because we aren’t a threat in b-ball. Which I get but then more you talk about bball with their fans the arrogance and hubris comes out and just reeks of the same stuff with Husker football.

I can’t stand when announcers or analyst make the claim it’s better for the game when school “x, y or z” or in this case Indiana is better. Honestly no it doesn’t really matter and we’ve been getting by fine with out them last decade plus and as mentioned for Husker football this century with them being irrelevant.

 

[Ozzie89]

 

[TrojanHawkeye]

And his results were absolute dogsh*t until this year. And Nebraska faded at the end of the season (Fran fade).

The success of the Nebraska season will be determined in the next few days. If they fail to reach the sweet 16, then they simply have a Fran level season.

The NCAA tourney has not been kind to Fran. Will laugh out loud if Penn beats Illinoys

 

[TruthSerium]

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[Franisdaman]

THANK YOU BETH!!!

 

[Franisdaman]

It's funny that some actually think DD was her top choice over Ben. Lol.

Beth making the haters look stupid.

she's a quiet assassin!

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[trfhawk]

This is just plain dumb. Judging a long-term coaching hire by how their team did in season 1? I guess 1-10 Kirk Ferentz was a much worse hire than the hundreds of coaches at other programs who have come and gone since him and started with better records.

Indiana will be fine. They had FOUR different scholarship guys out for the season with injuries. Josh Harris is a 4 star guy who averaged 13 points and 7 rebounds last year and didn't play a game this year. They brought in a point guard transfer who averaged 11 pts last year who also never played at all. Even the crown jewel of their portal class, Tucker DeVries, was a shell of himself averaging just 13 pts and 5 rbs after off season shoulder surgery. He was a 47% shooter from 3 last year at West Virginia and was expected to be a star this year. Things happen.

McCullum was fortunate enough to bring over an in-state all-American senior point guard who single handedly carried the rest of the portal transfers, a group of mediocre role players. Had he been injured this year, I'm not sure Iowa would have been a .500 program. That would have been ZERO reflection on the coaching hire. And even with Stirtz, Iowa is a #9 seed and Indiana was one of the first 4 out. That's a very small gap.

I hope for Iowa's sake they can rebuild next year after the loss of Stirtz. But it's not easy to catch that kind of lightening in a bottle twice. If Combs is running the offense next year, we're in trouble. Meanwhile, Indiana is already reloading. They've got commits from three Top 100 high school kids and we'll see what they do in the portal. Ben has struggled to get commits thus far, but it's too soon to tell how he is as a recruiter.

Elite 8 for McCullum. and a turn down to the NIT for Devries That is a huge gap. McCullum has done more with less talent than ANY coach in the history of Iowa basketball. Iowa has proved they can beat the best with Stirtz having bad games, The man (McCullum) can coach. I think it is more than fair to compare the two after one year and it ain't close. It seems that you are not happy unless you are denigrating anything Hawkeye.

 

[IowaLaw]

Elite 8 for McCullum. and a turn down to the NIT for Devries That is a huge gap. McCullum has done more with less talent than ANY coach in the history of Iowa basketball. Iowa has proved they can beat the best with Stirtz having bad games, The man (McCullum) can coach. I think it is more than fair to compare the two after one year and it ain't close. It seems that you are not happy unless you are denigrating anything Hawkeye.

You are also not very bright. Just sayin.