Any chance of a shake up on Fran's staff? Dean Oliver request

[TheHawkeyeDudeAbides]

Sherman Dillard , at near 61, is tied to Fran so that is not going to happen unless he were retiring but that's probably another 5 years down the road and Kirk Speraw is up there in age( 59 going on 60 in mid August). If Andrew Francis (early 40s) were to eventually leave the program, could or would Fran bring Dean Oliver back at Iowa?

Dean is doing well at Illinois State and could really help with Illinois and Missouri HS recruiting as well working with Iowa's guards skill sets. Iowa needs to step up on its recruiting and do a better job of developing its guards. Dean knows what the pro game is about and he seems to be climbing the ladder to a NCAA HC job in the next 6 to 10 years. Dean can sell the Iowa program and connect with young recruits. Things seem stale in the program right now. Maybe, its the letdown of the game speaking but the last 6 weeks of the season seemed like a bursted balloon. The party is over. Time to sober up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Oliver_(basketball)

 

[Herkuleez]

I don't think Fran even knows who Dean Oliver is. He'll stick with his east coast clique should he do a shake up and bring on someone new.

My hope is that a guy like Oliver gets the necessary coaching experience and success to some day replace Fran. We need to bring in someone with strong ties to the program and who also understands that Iowa should be nobody's punching bag. That just showing up isn't going to cut it. Someone who believes that Iowa is at least as good as Iowa State or Wisconsin and will demand the same type of success they've had the past 10-15 years.

 

[MTHawkeyes43]

Sherman Dillard , at near 61, is tied to Fran so that is not going to happen unless he were retiring but that's probably another 5 years down the road and Kirk Speraw is up there in age( 59 going on 60 in mid August). If Andrew Francis (early 40s) were to eventually leave the program, could or would Fran bring Dean Oliver back at Iowa?

Dean is doing well at Illinois State and could really help with Illinois and Missouri HS recruiting as well working with Iowa's guards skill sets. Iowa needs to step up on its recruiting and do a better job of developing its guards. Dean knows what the pro game is about and he seems to be climbing the ladder to a NCAA HC job in the next 6 to 10 years. Dean can sell the Iowa program and connect with young recruits. Things seem stale in the program right now. Maybe, its the letdown of the game speaking but the last 6 weeks of the season seemed like a bursted balloon. The party is over. Time to sober up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Oliver_(basketball)

I am all in with that plan, definitely need to shake things up if Iowa wants to take the next step. The only problem I see, will Fran ego let someone else have input with the PGs? After all, Fran was "White Magic" from Pennsylvania University the East Coast sensation.

 

[TheHawkeyeDudeAbides]

I am all in with that plan, definitely need to shake things up if Iowa wants to take the next step. The only problem I see, will Fran ego let someone else have input with the PGs? After all, Fran was "White Magic" from Pennsylvania University the East Coast sensation.

Fran has to be a bigger man than that kind of ego. Fran should be able to coach any position as most coaches seem to have been guards, especially point guards based on coaches's average height. Fran, at 6'4" is among the the taller HC in D-1. The BB skills a SGs and SFs need today are probably more similar to a PG during his playing days, especially with the 3 point shot and shot clock in play.

Nevertheless, some new recruiting blood with ties to your school's more local recruiting hotbeds (Detroit, Chicago, St.Louis, Twin Cities) would be better time spent than beating the bushes of Jersey and New York. Iowa is not a prime recruiting visit destination for top East Coast talent. Illinois, Minnesota and Missouri are down programs and Iowa needs to exploit their state talent pools. Reaching into Wisconsin and Nebraska for BB players is not doing Iowa much good at advancing the program to the next level.

 

[TheHawkeyeDudeAbides]

I cannot believe with all this talk about Fran and Pitt, why no one suggested Ben Jacobsen? Ben at Iowa .