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Fans are partly to blame...

If "quitting on the team" means choosing not to spend time and money on a shitty product, then...yeah...many fans finally "quit" wasting time and money on a product that brought them nothing but frustration.

Fran walks away tens of millions of dollars richer. Players walk away hundreds of thousands of dollars richer. Fans walk away poorer but they're the bad guys. lol

Fan blaming is what happens when organizations lose the plot. I'm sad to see Mac start out on a bad foot.
Well, Ben has said the best fanbases show up no matter what.

He expects fans to help build this BEFORE seeing results.

So I'm guessing he would characterize the fans as "quitting" last season as well.

What about when Iowa football was ranked #2 in the country, and fans flooded out of Kinnick early in the 4th quarter vs Purdue? Did they quit that day?

Fans are partly to blame...

Good point.
I think it seems worse cause Iowa doesn’t have a pro sports team to vent about.
College is all we have and the only chance to see a winner. Years of underachieving takes its toll, and now you add in players making coin it’s not going to go away. It’s going to get worse.
Players wanted to get paid well they better expect fans to demand they get a return for their investment.
Yeah, I get it. Everyone everywhere wants to do better.

Still don't think "underachieving" fits Iowa's performance. Iowa was last in the conference in NIL funding. Literally have been outbid on talent since the inception of NIL

The reason the Idiot Felon reversed course on the disastrous tariffs was the economy was about to collapse

I know exactly how they work, its my industry. Collateral debt with inverse relationship. Prices go down yields increase. You realize 2022 was worse? We’ve only seen that 3x in history. Bond market was never going to collapse yesterday. So you understand why China buys up treasuries and what effect that has? I’ll give you a hint, it’s not to crash the market.. your turn.

You “know exactly how they work” and yet don’t understand at all what the dynamics were leading up to Trump capitulating.

There was a massive sell off of bonds by foreign holders, which 1) drove down their price and 2) increased yields. China is one of the largest holders of Treasuries and certainly led the charge in the sell-off. So if - as you say - China’s goal is not to crash the market, what other signal could they have been sending to the Orange Turd by dramatic sell-off of bonds? And how was Jamie Dimon smart enough to see it for what it was and not one person in the White House?

Sounds like you’re not very good at your job.
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Trump caved on tariffs. It took a scary bond market freakout.

The Maga morons actually seem to be trying to do a victory lap now that Trump has reversed course and stocks skyrocketed today.

Prior to 2015 and the rise of Trump I was just not aware that up to 50% of the population of this country are complete idiots. It's still jarring.
They aren’t trying. They’re 100% calling it a win. This is them being anointed by trump himself.

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Kingsbury gone

I said mad at any player, like dix, freeman, anyone. If we’re ok with kicking a team member off the team then the players need to look out for themselves. We had players stay last year out of loyalty, if in the future there is no loyalty then we won’t be able to compete because the good players will leave.
So, how do you know that He and Ben didn't sit down and talk and decide it was mutually beneficial for him to look elsewhere for playing time?

Rocky Elam to Iowa State

AJ was MUCH bigger MUCH earlier. You gotta remember there was talk initially that Angelo could have gone 165 early on and was likely at 174 if he went somewhere else.

I am all for making the best possible lineup, but that in no way should have anything to do with pushing that much talent out of his best weight class. This is especially true when you already used his redshirt. He has a real chance to win 184 and I wouldn’t mess with that one bit…
Amen! I don't like reading about ideas with playing with Caliendo's and Angelo's weights. They are absolute studs who will likely make it to the finals and perhaps win it all. I wouldn't risk that...I would want them at their best weight for them. Just my opinion.

Trump caved on tariffs. It took a scary bond market freakout.

C'mon man, not time to brag about the gain yet, when it's just recouping what was lost the last couple of weeks.

Days bro. Days. Today, We literally recouped what we lost the last 2 days. Thats it.

We will need a 5% gain tomorrow to get back to breaking even from thursdays losses. That’s right, we are still about 5% lower

Kingsbury gone

Perhaps it’s a bit more complicated than I made it seem, as it sounds like the value of any new scholarships added above the original 13 would be deducted from the amount of money each school can allocate toward revenue sharing.

Here’s a good article I found from Sports Illustrated on the topic: Link
I didn’t read the entire article, but for basketball it doesn’t seem like it would change the revenue sharing that much.

The 14th and 15th guys could each get a half scholarship and a few thousand in cash thrown their way and it still would be less than 100k. That wouldn’t be much impact on the roster as a whole, especially with outside NIL funds.

Trump caved on tariffs. It took a scary bond market freakout.

C'mon man, not time to brag about the gain yet, when it's just recouping what was lost the last couple of weeks.
And it’s not really a gain. It was a total setup of insider trading.
The billionaires bought today to push things up.
After all, what’s a few million to them. It’s like pennies on the hundreds.

Some people just are not good at math once things go over 1000. Too many zeros for their brains.

Iowa WBB Class of 2026 Recruiting Thread

Some thoughts on Woliczko's recruitment by team. I put the teams I see as less likely higher up.

Florida State- No visit yet. I'd be stunned if she went there. The program doesn't have much going for it at the moment.

North Carolina- Visited well over a year ago. Have been good but not great in Banghart's time there. Just graduated their three leading scorers, so their future at the moment doesn't exactly scream potential contender. I'd be surprised if she ends up there.

Vanderbilt- Visiting soon. Blakes and Pierre are an exciting duo, but they really haven't accomplished much yet. Ralph has two first round exits in her four years. No top recruits in the 2025 class. I'd be surprised if they have a ton of money for players. Or at least a ton of money that isn't invested in keeping Blakes and Pierre. I think they are unlikely.

Stanford- The close to home option. No Instagram pictures of time spent at the school seems relevant. Just had the program's worst season in decades. I do think being stuck in the ACC is a disadvantage. Also, Stanford has three Top 100 recruits in its 2025 class standing 6'2' or taller, so playing time could be an issue. Her top 10 also doesn't scream I want to stay close to home.

Texas- No visit yet. Would overlap for a year with Madison Booker at a similar position, so she probably wouldn't start right away. I don't think you can rule them out yet. If Bjorn goes there you might be able to, though.

USC- Visited almost three years ago. LA really isn't that close to her home, so going there wouldn't be a Clark situation where every home game is an easy drive away for family. If she were really interested, I would've expected her to make it down for a game at some point this year. The program's future is also up in the air with JuJu's injury and the recent transfers out.

Ohio State- I don't really have a ton here for or against. They take a big hit with graduations and McMahon leaving. Cambridge is a nice building block, but the future is murky. That said, they always seem to reload and land big recruits.

Notre Dame- No visit yet. A Notre Dame board seems to think her dad is a Notre Dame fan, but I don't know what that's based on. UConn's main board seems to link her to ND, but again I don't see what the basis of that is. Notre Dame's only 2025 commit ranked #19 in the class and likely plays Woliczko's position. It's also an awkward time for the program with so many transfers out.

South Carolina- Obviously a serious contender when she's wishing them well in the title game. That said, does she want to spend the first year or two of her career coming off the bench? They have Joyce Edwards in a similar position. Staley doesn't start freshman very often, at least recently.

Fans are partly to blame...

If "quitting on the team" means choosing not to spend time and money on a shitty product, then...yeah...many fans finally "quit" wasting time and money on a product that brought them nothing but frustration.

Fran walks away tens of millions of dollars richer. Players walk away hundreds of thousands of dollars richer. Fans walk away poorer but they're the bad guys. lol

Fan blaming is what happens when organizations lose the plot. I'm sad to see Mac start out on a bad foot.
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