It’s official, DeV to Indiana
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Exactly. Lots of chicken littles watching the sky fall today.
So Indiana outbid Iowa in basketball.... what's new. They'll be the highest bidder again in 5 years.
Hopefully they get Ben McCollum, if not there are other young and hungry coaches to kick the tires on.
Agreed, IU overpaid IMO,
The sting of DD to IA falling through in the 11th hour will be minimized, if not totally negated, if we get BM. If not, it will be worrisome but trust there is somebody out there is a good fit.
Whelp onto the next target
That's great.
Small schools compete in basketball. It is the easier path. Iowa chooses to not try at all.
Yeah I need to step away from the board. Some people have gone insane over this.
They need to step away from the ledge
Thank you for a voice of sanity in this thread. The sun will rise tomorrow even with DeVries going to the Hoosiers. Reading between the lines I have had the sense that Beth has wanted McCollum all along as her first choice. I think we get him if we make the official offer.
People seem freaked out about NIL and to me that represents just part of the picture. The turnaround starts with coaching and and engaging with the fan base to get fans and donors excited about the program again. We have revenue sharing coming and we don't know how this crazy spending on NIL will play out over time. Let's get the right coach in here and go from there.
I've heard that part may be overblown. McCollum was not actually hired by that AD. No proof they were actually close at all?
I'll admit I'm concerned about this whole NIL thing possibly hindering the search.. But I'm not going to overreact until I see who the hire ends up being. If McCollum gets away, bad omen IMO.
All that said, I have no idea what Beth has in mind. I sure hope you're right that he is her #1 pick.
Good luck DD, it will be a nightmare
Looks like Beth isn't the Rockstar all made her out to be?
I dont think people on this board realized just what they asked for when McCaffrey was fired. Its not Beth's fault or Fran's fault. The numbers dwindled before Fran. The coming of NIL has changed the climate from amateurism to professionalism. That is what has really hurt the program. The changes that needed to be made were going to be drastic. Guy had one of his better recruiting classes coming in and we traded that for uncertainty based on our understanding of NIL. It's no reason why established coaches are walking away....things like where you are from are not as important as the type of NIL money a program has. We just dont have it.
NIL may be an issue…but did/could we really afford paying frans 4mil buyout then proceed to pay a 6mil buyout for devries? Then if that report was true he was looking for a 7mil/yr contract, that is way too steep of an asking price! Others are right, we missed the boat by not making the move last year and letting him leave the state. That said, he’s not the only option and possibly/likely not even the best option. Time will tell. But im not writing off our future NIL coffers just because the school wasn’t paying that absurd amount for DD…JMO
Fran had a better resume than devries pre iowa
Yeah!! A real rock star would have found a way to outbid a blue blood program!!
I hear ya, man. This is what happens when an Athletic Dept. hangs on to coaches way past their shelf life. I knew Barta's stupidity and spinelessness would bite us in the ass at some point. Well, here we are.
And for the record, I think we're in for another treat when Ferentz finally gets the hell out.
Do we really know that DD was the top pick if he was making those demands? Iowa couldn’t meet them and they weren’t going to bankrupt themselves to get him.
A day ago people were already throwing him under the bus. That he couldn’t even get WVa to the tournament. Now he’s John Wooden or Dean Smith? Schizophrenic fanbase can never be satisfied.
Maybe Iowa gets who many wanted a day ago. He certainly has more leverage now.
It’s reality. Agree that Barta took the easy way out and extended Fran for no good reason.
A day ago people were already throwing him under the bus. That he couldn’t even get WVa to the tournament. Now he’s John Wooden or Dean Smith? Schizophrenic fanbase can never be satisfied.
Maybe Iowa gets who many wanted a day ago. He certainly has more leverage now.
It’s reality. Agree that Barta took the easy way out and extended Fran for no good reason.
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Why because we didn't get this coach? Seriously? She has been our AD for ONE YEAR.
That’s like blaming Beth for the Brian Ferentz debacle.
Call me a crape hanger, but MBB at Iowa is dumpster fire with a meager NIL account. Tough row to hoe.
She could have fired Fran last year. Hanging on to him was very destructive. It was quite obvious he should've been gone 5 years ago.
The mind blowing that happens when Collins is named coach would be delicious
If this goes sideways, I know one clan, soon to be based in Indianapolis, that will never let us hear the end of it.
Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher and Tom Arnold. All in for $15K each. Tom Brokaw donated a very lightly used pool pump from his Martha's Vineyard vacation home.
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And if that were to happen, talk about a self-absorbed lack of perspective. As if Fran had nothing to do with the state of Iowa basketball. He and his family would be wise to count Fran’s $4.26 million and keep their collective pie hole shut.
Who gaf what that family says. He should focus on how to coach defense and rebounding instead of paying attention to what’s going on in Iowa City.
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