So are the 70's-80's, but Iowa fans still idolize Lute and look at what he accomplished as a standard. Iowa doesn't routinely hire Hall of Fame coaches, nor do many B1G schools. Look at how many coaches many of the B1G schools have had just since McCaffery was hired.
But for BOTH UIowa and Drake, they contain some of their best basketball.
They could but again, 50 years ago. Drake literally had the 1 year under Keno Davis before DeVries got there. So basically 50 years of losing with maybe 6/7 seasons worth talking about.
lol yourself. You said "historically" and there some other times when things were not THAT bad.
For Christ sake please don't stoop so low as to bring up Lickliter. Thats a ridiculous argument. Yes he was NCOTY, but obviously Stevens was the man at Butler and Barta screwed the pooch by not vetting him thoroughly. That doesn't mean if. Fran moves on we have to stoop back down to that level. No one here believes that....
He's already said he's done here after this year. Time to move on for him and Iowa..
Valley had four teams in 2006 tournament and Creighton wasn't even one of them.
That’s not wat I’m saying kc….
Iowa hasn't been to a Sweet 16 in 24 years. There have been something like 120-130 teams that have made a Sweet 16 in that time period, which means it isn't an impossible task.
Greed, It's time, he needs to go. Is it not obvious at this point he can't get it done? Lol
Uhhh, he needs to be fired. It's time.
I agree I would like to see someone new as head coach. But that decision isn't up to me.
The only splash around here is someone washing their hands.
Mentioning Lickliter does bring some reality into this discussion, though. If you want to consider what might really happen.
I believe you. I remember you had one other scoop that materialized. Does your source indicate any preferred candidates or too early to tell?
Me too… if he can recruit athletic players and not streaky outside shooters who can’t play defense…I’d definitely listen!😎
A new coaching hire could potentially excite the fanbase to donate too.
With all due respect, if you aren't donating, you really aren't trying, nor going to donate because of a coaching change. I want my team to be good no matter who the coach is, so I donate.
He was making 500K in 2021 before the extension. Believe he got a raise as well so he's probably closer to about 700K right now. So probably around 4 million. Not huge but since we basically give all of our money to football it's something. I'm going to say DeVries wants to stay and see his son graduate from Drake. He's built a winner at a program that was once almost thought impossible.
KState is a good comparative. Do our academic standards hurt the level he’s brought in there? Tired of hearing this excuse relative to IState recruiting success over ours in hoops.
Let’s talk criteria;
I don't think Iowa has been lame. I think above average is a better description.
Completely disagree.
Why? Lickliter was supposed to be an upgrade over the Hoosier…that is part of history.
Lute was an upgrade over Schultz, Davis an upgrade over Raveling....that is part of history.
