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Recruit Indiana coach! And find some players who can shoot!
His son is one of the best shooters in the country and will be coming along. So there’s a start for you.
We need shooters. And young men that respect the Candy Stripes in the form of – hustle.
Ode’ to DeVries
There once was a coach named DeVries,
Who dreamed of the Hoosiers with ease.
From Hawkeye-land he came,
To revive IU’s game,
And get fans off their knees, if you please.
The banners hang high in the Hall,
Where Knight used to rage and enthrall.
The chairs used to fly,
Now fans just sigh,
“Dear Darian, just win us them all!”
With Drake and WVU tamed,
Now Bloomington’s beast must be claimed.
The fans? They’re insane,
One loss and they rain,
Fire tweets that would make Knight ashamed!
So Darian, best buckle in,
At IU, there’s no second spin.
If you cut down the nets,
They’ll build you a fence—
Lose twice? You’ll be coaching in Flint!
Best IBJ comment of the year! Thank you!
Bravo!! 🙂
I’d say that poem pretty much nails it!
If Dolson’s choice carries this off, quickly….added to the football home run….he’ll be AD of the Century. He just MAY have the ability to recognize lightning in a bottle.
Only if he has a starting lineup ready to follow him here like Cignetti did, and I’m okay with that!
If not for his son getting injured, they likely are a 6-8 seed in the current tournament. They had a good class coming in, some of those guys will follow in addition to a huge NIL commitment.
Nothing is guaranteed, but I think there is a good chance we look back and see that IU got it right.
Assuming, of course, that the poem posted above doesn’t come true, and IU’s fan base blows it with their usual antics. Nonsense like showing up at high school games and creeping out recruits, or booing players during games.
The sooner that IU’s fan base realizes that times have changed and it’s never going to be like the Bob Knight heyday, the better. They can’t continue giving head coaches a two year window to get something done or start agitating for the immediate firing.
Expecting immediate results isn’t unique to IU fans, its the world we live in and its been proven possible from coaches like Cignetti, Rick Pitino at St. John’s and Iona, among several others. There’s no reason it can’t be like the Bob Knight heyday, especially with the NIL resources IU has, the appeal of the Bloomington campus and the depth of talent each year around the State. Great hire, excited for the new era of IU Hoops, and great Ode Don B!