It seems like everyone, the McCaffreys included, needs a fresh start.
Why prolong the inevitable?
I don’t get it.
Why prolong the inevitable?
I don’t get it.
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It seems like everyone, the McCaffreys included, needs a fresh start.
Why prolong the inevitable?
I don’t get it.
Because Gary Barta has bad choppers Iowa is stuck with Fran?
Because of this gem
Because no one else wants a mediocre coach.It seems like everyone, the McCaffreys included, needs a fresh start.
Why prolong the inevitable?
I don’t get it.
Why is that Iowa’s problem?Because no one else wants a mediocre coach.
It seems like everyone, the McCaffreys included, needs a fresh start.
Why prolong the inevitable?
I don’t get it.
Ummm a thing called a contract? Money doesn’t grow on trees. He has a sizable buyout still. No way Iowa is going to pay to part ways with Fran after one bad season. Even if plenty are tired of the lack of tournament success.Why is that Iowa’s problem?
I hear that argument a lot, but I have a hard time believing the financial support wouldn’t be there if fan interest was piqued. It seems to me after Fran’s failure to do anything of note with guys like Garza, the Murray twins, and Joe Weiskamp on the same roster, that fans recognize the program ceiling has been reached with Fran, which sadly is still a first-weekend ouster in the tournament. Who is going to want to invest money and time into a floundering product that has the same issues every year?Iowa mens bball wont change because we have no NIL money to buy players. We'll scrape up the leftover players who aren't good enough to receive NIL money and play with them.
What coach would want to come into this scenario?
You’re telling me Iowa couldn’t afford the buyout? I don’t buy it.Ummm a thing called a contract? Money doesn’t grow on trees. He has a sizable buyout still. No way Iowa is going to pay to part ways with Fran after one bad season. Even if plenty are tired of the lack of tournament success.
$$$$$$$$$It seems like everyone, the McCaffreys included, needs a fresh start.
Why prolong the inevitable?
I don’t get it.
Just because you have it, doesn't mean you need to piss it away.Right.
The university is getting plenty of it.
How do we know donors aren’t waiting for a coach that gives them hope of a payback?Iowa mens bball wont change because we have no NIL money to buy players. We'll scrape up the leftover players who aren't good enough to receive NIL money and play with them.
What coach would want to come into this scenario?
Iowa will never hire a coach for $300k, not in this day and agehire a no name coach on the cheap for 300k
Not to mention the coaches salary and NIL come out of completely different buckets. Barta didn't do us any favors but Iowa has the money...every B1G team does.Iowa will never hire a coach for $300k, not in this day and age
I have always wondered if contracts with coaches say their buyout has to be paid all at once by their former school or if it is doled out by when the fired coach is due to make that year's salary.You’re telling me Iowa couldn’t afford the buyout? I don’t buy it.
So, the plan is to continue to see fan apathy and low attendance numbers increase because it’s too expensive to get rid of Fran? When is the buyout number suitable? After one more year? Two or three more years? When?
If that really is the answer, then it seems clear Iowa is throwing in the towel on the men’s basketball program. Maybe that is what’s happening.
Well the school itself cant give NIL money to players so if the school saves a bunch on paying a newbie coach the school could pay other bills and ask the fans to give to NIL Swarm rather than donate to the athl dept/This might be a dumb question, but given the NIL landscape and us not having the money to pay both a coach and elite players, would it be a viable strategy to just hire a no name coach on the cheap for 300k and use the 3 million saved from coach salary to buy players instead? I feel like the talent on the court is responsible for 80% of the outcome and that a cheap coach won't necessarily be any worse than Fran. This would have to be done after Fran's contract expiration of course.
All the coaches at mid majors making $250K/yr with no NIL would jump for chance to make $3.2 million/yr at Iowa.Iowa mens bball wont change because we have no NIL money to buy players. We'll scrape up the leftover players who aren't good enough to receive NIL money and play with them.
What coach would want to come into this scenario?
There's a hundred different ways to make it work but they aren't going to spend or redirect their money unless pressure is applied in some form.Well the school itself cant give NIL money to players so if the school saves a bunch on paying a newbie coach the school could pay other bills and ask the fans to give to NIL Swarm rather than donate to the athl dept/
If this is the honest truth, that will kill me.You’re telling me Iowa couldn’t afford the buyout? I don’t buy it.
So, the plan is to continue to see fan apathy and low attendance numbers increase because it’s too expensive to get rid of Fran? When is the buyout number suitable? After one more year? Two or three more years? When?
If that really is the answer, then it seems clear Iowa is throwing in the towel on the men’s basketball program. Maybe that is what’s happening.
NIL comes from the fans. It wouldn't matter if the coach was making $20/hr. with no dental.This might be a dumb question, but given the NIL landscape and us not having the money to pay both a coach and elite players, would it be a viable strategy to just hire a no name coach on the cheap for 300k and use the 3 million saved from coach salary to buy players instead? I feel like the talent on the court is responsible for 80% of the outcome and that a cheap coach won't necessarily be any worse than Fran. This would have to be done after Fran's contract expiration of course.
Too much of it has been pissed away on Fran as it is.Just because you have it, doesn't mean you need to piss it away.
The short answer is that’s not how NIL works.This might be a dumb question, but given the NIL landscape and us not having the money to pay both a coach and elite players, would it be a viable strategy to just hire a no name coach on the cheap for 300k and use the 3 million saved from coach salary to buy players instead? I feel like the talent on the court is responsible for 80% of the outcome and that a cheap coach won't necessarily be any worse than Fran. This would have to be done after Fran's contract expiration of course.
And maybe Jennifer Lopez will suddenly call you up and ask you to keep her warm in bed.Maybe he'll suddenly do something great.
Maybe there is little NIL money due to Fran?Iowa mens bball wont change because we have no NIL money to buy players. We'll scrape up the leftover players who aren't good enough to receive NIL money and play with them.
What coach would want to come into this scenario?
Because no one else wants a mediocre coach.
You believe he leaves before next season?will Fran's departure from IC be far behind?
Maybe there is little NIL money due to Fran?
That would be the definition of insanityAll the coaches at mid majors making $250K/yr with no NIL would jump for chance to make $3.2 million/yr at Iowa.
Maybe some of them would also do better job raising NIL.
At the juncture we are 1-2-3 years away from replacing Fran. Maybe he'll suddenly do something great.
NIL comes from the fans. It wouldn't matter if the coach was making $20/hr. with no dental.
Next season may or may not see fan apathy and low attendance. I'll bet not one person on here has any idea how next season will turn out....just expecting the worst without any knowledge. Typical Iowa fans in assuming Iowa will be bad because no one knows how it will turn out. Cry me a river.....You’re telling me Iowa couldn’t afford the buyout? I don’t buy it.
So, the plan is to continue to see fan apathy and low attendance numbers increase because it’s too expensive to get rid of Fran? When is the buyout number suitable? After one more year? Two or three more years? When?
If that really is the answer, then it seems clear Iowa is throwing in the towel on the men’s basketball program. Maybe that is what’s happening.
Does it even matter anymore what next season is like. You all know that Fran is not the future of Iowa basketball, so why keep him? Your AD would be a fool to extend Frans contract, period.Next season may or may not see fan apathy and low attendance. I'll bet not one person on here has any idea how next season will turn out....just expecting the worst without any knowledge. Typical Iowa fans in assuming Iowa will be bad because no one knows how it will turn out. Cry me a river.....
My god, what a stupid response.Next season may or may not see fan apathy and low attendance. I'll bet not one person on here has any idea how next season will turn out....just expecting the worst without any knowledge. Typical Iowa fans in assuming Iowa will be bad because no one knows how it will turn out. Cry me a river.....