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Mass Exodus

Actually wonder who is going to get the Crean treatment in this situation.

Apparently We paid $1.5 million in NIL for a roster of little boys that were no match for Illiniois on the boards or defending. I give the Iowa Player's a ton of credit for playing hard/shooting so well vs Illini, but at some point you need enough muscle, athleticism, toughness, to go out and get a rebound.

There is little doubt that the supposed uptick in recent FRan recruiting was NIL based and the guys he got were only signable because Revenue sharing will increase Iowa's NILL budget by 2.5 million or so per the B1G agreement.

The new coach will be able to retain any of Fran's guys he wants that are driven by NIL---I would say that is all of Fran's class.

I agree, it will be wildly exciting to see who stays, goes, and what new guys the new coach finds. Fran was clearly going to botch next year---almost zero guard talent on the squad assuming Dix is gone.

Freeman shutting down for a pinky---if he was getting NIL, the Swarm should be canceling payment on any checks in the mail.

I would love to see some of the Hawks back. Some of them need to play for their schollie though, because their open market NIL value is not much. Work harder if you want more money. Good lesson for life.
 
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I have got some pretty good intel that Harding, Freeman, Dix, Dembele, and Trajore are all entering the portal ASAP! Again this is coming from someone that has good intel. I’ll take heat if it doesn’t happen but it’s looking like a completely different team regardless if Fran stays or not!
Freeman check!
 
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Freeman check!

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That is correct, Iowa came back in that one and won in overtime....Izzo was a assistant to Jud Heathcoat.
MSU's guards Eric Snow who was a good NBA player and Jon Zulauf kept missing free throws helping Iowa win a pretty incredible comeback. Was a youngster but that game always stuck with me.
 
I have got some pretty good intel that Harding, Freeman, Dix, Dembele, and Trajore are all entering the portal ASAP! Again this is coming from someone that has good intel. I’ll take heat if it doesn’t happen but it’s looking like a completely different team regardless if Fran stays or not!
Harding Check!
 
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Also hearing that there is a lot of tension between some of the players. Owen Freeman is at the center of it! Sounds like some of the players thought he could’ve played with his finger injury. It’s a perfect storm for a new staff to come in clean house and start building culture of winning at Iowa!
Thanks again for this Intel nosok 23 - keep it coming! 👍
 
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