I don't understand the reasoning. Either McCollum or DeVries is the better coach for Iowa. I want whichever one that is. Not whichever one makes me least jealous of having success at another program.
Devries Rumors Getting Louder
- Thread starter Mohawkeye
- Start date
Bingo.
Rick Pitino is even 'dirtier', but both guys have their teams ready to win their conferences and make some major noise in the Big Dance.
Everything is above board. Being 'dirty' no longer even raises any eyebrows or blips any radars, nor should it with the "Wild West" territory that is collegiate sports now what with pretty much no restrictions on NIL and an always open transfer portal.
I have multiple reasons. Just didn’t wanna list them all out at the time.
From my observation:
-McC’s team has finished tough games better than DeVries. They’ve lost a few but more often than not, they’ve been able to close the door more consistently than DeVries’
-I appreciate that McC’s offense is very disciplined with few turnovers, especially live ball
-I’m impressed with McC’s roster construction, having been able to seamlessly fill the gaps with transfers that his D2 guys couldn’t.
-Great usage of timeouts in games
-Great “special” plays. The one at the end of the Bradley game was excellent - just missed the layup
-Far more affordable
I'm prepared for Iowa to miss the boat on both these coaches.... Our administration is too slow to change. Not forward thinking at all.
Embrace their mediocrity until they prove otherwise.
Embrace their mediocrity until they prove otherwise.
Agreed.
Dirty back then is the new "legalized" norm now. All NIL has done is redact all the BS some schools had been getting away with for decades. $$$$$$ recruits. That is the only competitive edge anymore. Pretty sad really.
Niko Medved wasn't great, but he wasn't terrible either.
The other two have obviously been pretty good.
So, maybe a bit of a stretch, but not loss-of-credibility bad.
Nah. I think McCollum is more realistic (and probably the better basketball coach) but we'll likely get one of them.
Well, at UIowa it does. They have learned their lessons in the past. The school really took steps to clean up the AD back in the 50’s and have made a substantial effort to have the school’s administration maintain a lot of control of AD policy.
Medved is a good coach he just inherited a bad situation and left before he could get it going. He's doing pretty well at CSU. It was a good hire. Drake has been very good at hiring coaches in all their major sports recently it's just hard to hang onto people there
This article totally seems like a feeler. I'd think the odds DeVries gets a contract extension in the next month are pretty high.
As for McCollum it is probably up to the donors/insiders to decide if they want him more than someone like Gatens.
Articles about plummeting attendance are not the type of thing you read if a 65 year old head coach is about to return and get an extension, so I think that's just not really in the equation anymore.
If so, could Iowa’s AD at least “force” Fran to hire a new defensive minded assistant coach?
This is sadly true and is one of the reasons my interest in college sports has waned.
lmao Gatens? They're not going to push out Fran just to hire a first time head coach from his staff (and who has only been on staff for the decline phase) just because he happened to play here please be serious.
There were stories about DeVries getting offered an extension like a month ago and he still hasn't signed it. If he wants to weigh his options elsewhere (not just Iowa, he will be a candidate for a lot of jobs) it doesn't make sense to do it now. WVU has no leverage there.
Now is not Gaten’s time. If Iowa is gonna “force out” a well regarded coach, they better be ready to bring in one who has “proven” himself somewhere else…has anyone mentioned Medved from CSU? (Another Drake connection)
I've seen him on some long lists but I don't see much reason to hire him over DeVries or McCollum. I don't think the search really goes much beyond McCollum unless he unexpectedly gets the Indiana job or something.
Gatens would probably be a candidate to stay on staff (especially if they hire DeVries) or to replace McCollum at Drake but he's absolutely not going to be head coach at Iowa without a successful head coaching run somewhere else first
It would be refreshing to hear Bobby Knight speak about tge current state of college sports….if anything Bobby Knight could be refreshing.
