Maybe we can grab a couple gals from the end of Jan's bench to fill out the roster.
Not a Fran hater, but am definitely an it's-time-for-Fran-to-go guy and am not going to lose sleep over this kid decommitting. Happens everywhere every time there's a HC change. Are we supposed to hang on to a HC forever just because we might lose a good recruit?
Such a silly comment. So what Fran gets a lifetime contract because we might lose a recruit? Wake up.....
Are you going to post this in every thread?
Was he going to be the at least the National Player of the Year, or a 1st round pick? We saw what Fran was able to do with those weapons. Give me a break lol.
Just wanted to see what all the Fran haters had to say about blowing up the program....it might work out just fine, but anyone who didn't expect the program to get blown up was fooling themselves...
A recruit??....add in 3 more recruits, the freshman of the year in the Big Ten and at least three potential starters off the current team...just state the obvious- people wanted to blow up the program and that's what they got...
You do realize Lewis never signed with Iowa, only commited to Fran. That doesn’t sound like a guy that was truly committed to being a Hawk. If so, he would if signed an LOI. Not that it matters anymore if anything happens with a program.
So in your world we should never fire a coach no matter the results because it would cause players/recruits to leave?
AND. Whats you plan? I already asked. Does Fran get a lifetime contract of mediocrity, so that we don't risk starting over? Here's the deal. 15 years at Iowa, and the other three teams he took to the dance. No trips to the second weekend. NONE. We've seen Frans best shot, when he had Garza and the Murray twins and it was more of the same come March. Time to take a shot and someone else.....
Blowing up a below-average Iowa basketball program was exactly what we wanted. Time to bring in a winner and rebuild.
I can't tell if you're trolling or not. The program getting nuked was talked about, expected, and most everyone was/is okay with it. The portal will "Crean" the program and allow the new coach a jump start on getting guys who will fit his program, and most importantly, eliminate guys who will carry any sort of bad blood over the ordeal. Will we miss the guys on the roster? Absolutely. Do we wish some would stay? Yes. That's not realistic. They came to play for Fran, and deserve a chance to go where they're happy--just as the new coach deserves to insert pieces he feels are the best fit for his team.
I'm not sure they even sign an actual LOI anymore. I think theres a different process now. Even so it's not worth the paper its printed on anyway, given the current set up.
You’re right we should’ve just hung around the mediocre level forever without trying to change anything. The guy coached for over 30 years and had zero sweet 16s but hey, I’m sure this one recruit would’ve put us over the top and into the promised land.
