What is Goetz gonna do? Fire coaches after how long for not winning titles? What do you give them? 1 year? 3years? 6 games? Hire coaches “week to week”? Cone in… what is your criteria? Be specific! Tell me what your plan is…. Quit your bitching and let’s see it!
Well I'd say if you haven't made a Sweet 16 in any of the 14 years you've been HC, yeah, your time is up.
There’s a reason for that though. Iowa had 2 decades of losing shitty football teams…and 4 football coaches. You find one that works and stay with them. Iowans gave an inferiority complex and feel they always haveto prove something… with coaches ur seems we gave tk prove we will hang on to them if they are successful and keep their nose clean. When coaches leave, it’s always so damn messy…
So we should be happy with mediocre teams out of fear that a coaching change might bring worse results?
No…. Don’t be a chicken shit…. What is your criteria to keep your job? What expectations do you require to be met? You’re the man…. Make a damned decision!
What are your requirements to be tge coach? What expectations before you fire the coach?
I think Dr. Tom ended in the Sweet Sixteen same as incoming flop Steve Alford that season.
Lol, you don't want to fire a mediocre coach because you're afraid it might be "so damn messy," yet I'm the chicken sh*t.
No…. You want to fire a coach who you think is @mediocre”? Set up the criteria for mediocrity…do it here! How many years dies he/she get? Or is it games? How many titles are required? How many Sweet 16s and how often must they be met? How much do you pay this coach? Lemme know.
Going 14 years with no Sweet 16 is mediocre. Why are you so willing to accept mediocrity for Iowa athletics?
In your mind if may be a perfect time, but President Wilson and A.D. Guetz are not going to fire Fran. If Fran leaves on his own that may be your only hope. If Iowa somehow recovers and has a great season next year and makes the NCAA tournament with the core freshmen leading the way, you and the many critical of Fran may be out of luck for the reminder of his contract. How are you and the many going to deal with that scenario?
If that was every fan’s criteria for keeping a coach there would be a lot of unemployed head coaches.
I guess the distinction for me between programs like Iowa and Princeton/Brown is that Iowa's program has gobs more athletic resources and money, plays in a premier conference, and has had 6 NBA draft picks including 2 first-rounders since FM took over, not to mention an AP POY/Wooden Award finalist/Naismith Award winner.
If I win mega millions Tuesday, I’ll buy him out and demand DeVries gets first crack at an interview
Michigan just fired a legendary player from their program. Hiring Fran isn't a move their fan base will approve of. One of their three conference wins this year was over Iowa, that isn't a sterling quality for Howard's replacement.
Also FM has finished in the top half of a “premier conference” 13 straight seasons. How many coaches can make that claim?
No sweet sixteens with all that talent. Gross
if you enjoy always finishing in 5th to 8th place, nothing is wrong with this at all. Ok sorry, one of those might be 4th place? Maybe a tie for 4th place? There have been so many finishes below third place I can’t keep track. But yeah, congratulations for never finishing at least second place.
Absolutely no doubt, as I said… “No way MI will hire Fran but might accentuate Fran wants out of IA.”
Do you want Steve Alford back? After basically being ran out of Iowa City. He coached 5 years at UCLA leading them to 4 NCAA tournaments and 3 Sweet Sixteen’s. That was good enough to land him at powerhouse Nevada!
Only a perpetual bottom feeder would even talk to McCaffery IMO.
What is YOUR requirements?
Would be willing to take the risk if it means Fran goes. And Beth did not hire Alfraud.
So the bar is Sweet Sixteen and 2nd place? Got it! Also…google is a great source for information. You might check it out.
You dont think Fran “overachieved” with this team this season? I think he did. For them to be .500 in conference this season was a plus. Ans they lost 2 or e3 games againsat lesser opponents, too.
