The Indiana Hoosiers will look completely different this season at the head coaching position after moving on from Mike Woodson. The Hoosiers were able to pry away first-year West Virginia head coach Darian DeVries. This was a good hire, as he is one of the up-and-coming coaches in all of college basketball. When describing why he came to Indiana, he called it a dream job.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, my intention was to continue down that path and build on the progress we made during this first year. However, the opportunity to possibly be the head coach at Indiana came along\u2014a dream job for anyone, but especially for someone who grew up in the Midwest watching the old Big 8 and Big 10 basketball,\u201d DeVries said.<\/a><\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n DeVries decided to make the move in silence, as voiceofmotown.com\u2019s Brad Smith reported that he didn\u2019t let players or coaches know he was leaving.<\/p>\n \u201cCoach DeVries didn\u2019t tell any of the players or coaches that he was leaving. We all found out by a notification on ESPN.\u201d When asked if there was a team meeting before he left, the anonymous player said, \u201cNo.\u201d Brad Smith wrote.<\/a> \u201cDeVries simply left without explanation and did not tell his players goodbye.\u201d<\/p>\n The non-conference schedule for Indiana was released, and college basketball analyst Jeff Goodman called the Hoosiers out for their buy games.<\/p>\n \u201c7 of 11 are buy games. That\u2019s too many,\u201d Goodman wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n