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DeVries NOT a candidate for Iowa job. Ben McCollum the next Iowa Head Coach?

Everyone is picking up David Eickholdt's story. Meanwhile, Tom Kakert must be hiding in a corner crying.

Kakert can't stand David. David is young & energetic and is "the competition" and Tom, the petty person that he is, didn't like him from the start.
I like Kakert, but this is true.
 
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Everyone is picking up David Eickholdt's story. Meanwhile, Tom Kakert must be hiding in a corner crying.

Kakert can't stand David. David is young & energetic and is "the competition" and Tom, the petty person that he is, didn't like him from the start.

Bleeds over into the rest of the beat too, though they aren't overt about it as Kakert is. They're all drinking buddies with Tom and are seemingly always quick to jump in to discredit a scoop from David however they can, which you're seeing now.
 
Yeah it’s a done deal, guys. They aren’t going to announce it the day after Drake’s loss. McCollum is a class act. Let them mourn as a team one last time. Expect an announcement tomorrow.

Iowa will be getting somewhere between 2-4 players from Drake. Also the UNI kid is in talks as well.

Sandfort and Koch would be the most obvious candidates to return from the portal. Somebody tried to report that Sandfort was offered 1 mil. Lol, no. Dix, imo, is a likely no unless Iowa pays him a very large chunk.

Regarding the Iowa beat writers…..not a fan. David is the best of the bunch. The only scoops the rest can get are of the chocolate and vanilla variety. Kind of worthless imo
 
Yeah it’s a done deal, guys. They aren’t going to announce it the day after Drake’s loss. McCollum is a class act. Let them mourn as a team one last time. Expect an announcement tomorrow.

Iowa will be getting somewhere between 2-4 players from Drake. Also the UNI kid is in talks as well.

Sandfort and Koch would be the most obvious candidates to return from the portal. Somebody tried to report that Sandfort was offered 1 mil. Lol, no. Dix, imo, is a likely no unless Iowa pays him a very large chunk.

Regarding the Iowa beat writers…..not a fan. David is the best of the bunch. The only scoops the rest can get are of the chocolate and vanilla variety. Kind of worthless imo

It appears that Beth only had 2 candidates (including DeVries) in mind and maybe it was just one (McCollum).

Who are the 4 players from Drake and the one from UNI? What would Ben need to add to be competitive in the B1G? And I agree, that Koch and Pryce likely will return.
 
Mark Cuban (and not sure who else) as alumni helps
Mark Cuban has not given a dime to IU basketball in any form. Yes, they have the media center by him but as far as NIL, salaries it is not and never has been Mark Cuban. I cannot remember (im old) who the big donors are but you can find that out on the IU forums.

You don't pay Tom Allen $15M in TWO payments to leave, then hire a new coach for more money, increase the assistant salaries without other big donors. That was just for football.

In basketball they pay WV $6M buyout and then $5M per year for 7 years for DeVries plus guarantee him more NIL money than this year which was somewhere between $5M and $6M depending who you talk to.

Anyway I am writing this this morning more about Cuban NOT being the "bank" ... and before the official announcement of your new coach. I have a feeling the IU/Iowa games are going to be a few notches higher in the future with our new coaches. Look forward to it.
 
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