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Let me take you to the intersection of hypocrisy and absurdity, where the house of cards has finally, officially crumbled.
Darian DeVries left as basketball coach at Drake after last season, taking the West Virginia job not long after leading Drake to the NCAA tournament. Late Tuesday afternoon, Indiana announced that it had hired away DeVries from West Virginia.
That’s three schools in less than one calendar year.
That’s Indiana paying DeVries’ buyout at WVU, and by proxy, the 2024 buyout WVU paid to Drake.
That’s DeVries trading up from a mid-major job, to a power-conference job, to a super conference blue blood. Each time, receiving a significant increase in salary.
But wait, there’s more: before DeVries agreed to the deal with Indiana, he was negotiating with Iowa.
Playing schools and salaries against the other, trying to find the best deal possible.
Gee, who does that sound like?
Maybe, I don’t know, Dillon Gabriel playing for then-Group of Five UCF, for Oklahoma and finally for Oregon. Or any other multiple-transfer scenario from any other player.
The same transfers and free player movement coaches and administrators say is killing college sports.
Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Doom and Gloom? Hypocrisy, Line 1.
Why are we to believe anything university presidents, coaches and athletic directors say? Why would anyone watch what plays out year after year, sport after sport (including job-jumping athletic directors), and feel any semblance of structural and financial empathy?
DeVries is just another…
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