*****It’s official! Welcome Coach McCollum, Stirtz is coming to Iowa!!!!*****
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I did $200 to Swarm last spring hoping they'd sign Perkins---they didn't.
I'll probably do $200 again with McCollum. I wasn't going to give anything with Fran in charge.
I'm on West coast, not easy to see games in person.
Finally got home for the day, so sorry for the extreme lateness of this .... but as promised from a couple of days ago;
^This was me when I saw the news on my phone this morning.
Not only did we get a good hire, but we actually landed my 1A choice!
^This was me when I saw the news on my phone this morning.
Not only did we get a good hire, but we actually landed my 1A choice!
We already have one of the best football coaches in the Nation. If you aren’t smart enough to see that, I am concerned about you.
My first big project success I had was with a major food company in the Chicago area. The Manufacturing VP loved me and after start up introduced me to the CEO and we had a great talk re: future business, etc. Talked college and I mentioned Iowa - CEO was a ND fan (shocker). Couple weeks later I'm on the project site and the CEO invites me to a dinner that was after a golf outing at Chicago golf in Wheaton the following day. As soon as I get there, he grabs me and introduces me to Bump and Pete Elliott. Great guys and had a great time talking over a few beers. Other names there were Mike Ditka, Mike White (IL coach), Digger Phelps.
Why can’t everyone just be happy with the McCollum hire. It’s not about who donated and who didn’t. If you can afford to donate to the basketball team do it. I will say don’t bitch about the results if you don’t.
Fans are going to have to adjust to a slow ball, defense-oriented game. For wins what the hell. I loved watching Drake's deliberate style. It frustrated opponents and look forward to McCollum pissing off B1G teams.
I’m not sure he’ll play slow if he doesn’t have to
Besides that. Would you rather win by slowing the game down by playing defense and rebounding….or lose 90-110?
Have you watched any Drake games? His offense goes deep into the shot clock. He may change his philosophy, but coaches seldom do.
He routinely averaged 75-80 points in D2 when he wasn’t physically disadvantaged
Well hell, I didn't realize that unless we donate to SWARM then our 1st Amendment rights were getting revoked.
He adjusts to his personnel more than anything. Drake had no depth.
Yep. While it won't be Fran ball on O it will be based on our strengths and personnel at the time. Refreshing
Great. Let's go for it. If he has that coaching dynamic and can recruit, which if he can bring enthusiasm early, we have good times ahead.
I wonder how many players who entered the portal will decide to come back.
Those who were on the roster last season, and entered the portal after Fran was dismissed, will only be back if BM wants them back.
They can desire to return all they want, but its up to him & his staff if they will or not.
They can desire to return all they want, but its up to him & his staff if they will or not.
He coaches to his roster. He had several high scoring teams at NWMS
It seems so many don't understand that just because one has a right to do something, doesn't make it the right thing to do.
Instead, they act like somehow their life is being threatened
Inept offense is still inept. Be great to have good defense or good offense, to go along with a great counter part
The difference being in basketball you might have a trade-off with a guy like Luka who can’t really defend but brings a lot offensively. Unlike the constant gaslighting we got from Brian and Kirk about “complimentary football” when our offense was literally just abysmal in parts of 2021, and all of 2022 and 2023.
The same is also true for those players who were on the roster last season, and have not entered the portal after Fran was dismissed.
He's changed it every year depending on personnel. Apparently, he really does that. He only played as slow as he did at Drake because he needed to for wins. I read an article about how he played more up tempo in D2. Mind you, it wasn't exactly "up tempo" as we know it but he will change it according to what he has available. The one consistent here...he always wins with whatever scheme he plays.
The only downside this upcoming year is that his streak of conference championships will end at a measly 12 in a row. Unless of course, it doesn't. He's not like every other coach according to his peers. He's been called a savant, a dynamo, and a genius by some of the better coaches in the country.
To boot, he'll do all of this at a discounted financial rate akin to moneyball.
Sign me up!
Not exactly the same. Any scholarship player currently on the roster can stay on scholarship for their full 4 years as long as they stay in good standing. BMac could certainly encourage someone to move on who isn’t part of the plan, but they can’t get booted because he says so.
For players in the portal - yeah, they can only return if BMac wants them back.
Any negative nellies need to gtfo.
The BM movement has just started. (pun)
The BM movement has just started. (pun)
Thats what happens when You use stool softeners recreationally after swilling down a full frying pan of greasy eggs washed down by a fifth of cheap gin , not that I would know Personally
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Lick was national coach of the year, just had his second Sweet 16 team, and had set school records for wins. That said, the "trying to be optimistic" comment is spot on. Lick seemed like an odd hire despite his success at Butler. I feel much better about McCollum.
Exactly. Brian Ferentz cost Iowa multiple Big Ten championships wasting generational type defenses. Those non-Ws will be a stain on the Ferentz brand.
He had to with the player he had on Drake.....that wasn't what he ran at Northwest Missouri State...
I'll take an "ugly" W over an "entertaining" L any day of the week. Sign me up for more W's..
I was dead set against supporting the NIL and said I never would. I lied … joined this morning!
