SWARM CEO Brad Heinrichs Explains why they Currently are Unable to Support the Men's Basketball Program like they Need To
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I tried to help the Swarm, but Brad put out one of the worst vodkas I've ever tasted and charges $27 for the pleasure. It's legit worse than Hawkeye.
Haven't had the vodka, but they need to change up their marketing at Riverside. They have boxes where you can donate your change or your small slot machine slips and it goes to The Swarm. The 'problem' is that they are right next to the same type of donation box that goes to disabled veterans. Call me what you want, but that's not even a pause in a decision on which one. I think if they moved the boxes to be by themselves, they'd stand a better chance of getting more.
Not a huge amount of money, but everything helps.
This discussion was on Feb 15th. You'd think that these 2 would know that all of the big NIL deals are going to the Iowa football players.
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The big donor money to get transfer portal targets is being used for football. Last year it resulted in us getting Cade, Erick, etc. This explains why Fran strikes out on the big names in the transfer portal.
The main money that basketball players get is once they are on campus (they get paid when they volunteer).
So, in other words, you can’t really fault Fran for why he can’t land better players.
And if he doesn’t have money to work with this offseason, forget about anyone transferring to Iowa who might move the needle for this program.
Sounds encouraging.
It’s too bad fans donating to NIL won’t choose to send it to basketball until Kirk actually chooses to put together a reasonable P5 offense. All the money spent on offensive transfers last year resulted in zero improvement. Even before Cade and All went out, the offense was still statistically very low. Deacon just happened to turn that low production into an absolute train wreck.
NIL is fine and all, but the blue bloods tend to have the deep pocket alumni chipping in 7-figure donations. Iowa doesn’t have that. Hell, even PSU has a million dollar sugar daddy for wrestling. And I’m sure Minny and Sconnie have big donors for hockey that Iowa doesn’t have for any of its sports.
It's NOT NIL.
It never has been.
100% Pay For Play
Which is why I, among many, will never give a penny to it.
It never has been.
100% Pay For Play
Which is why I, among many, will never give a penny to it.
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Life is not fair therefore it's not my responsibility to fund disadvantaged college athletes.
How are some of these "athletes" disadvantaged? And I would contend most don't attend a single college class!
Which is fine, but then if that’s the attitude you want to maintain you forfeit the right to bitch about the caliber (or lack thereof) of athletes Iowa is landing.
I think the whole system in its current form is garbage, but my opinion doesn’t change reality.
Just for my own edification, can you let me know how much I need to contribute in order to be able to bitch? Are there certain thresholds?
Correct.
If a basketball player in the transfer portal is looking for a big NIL deal, Iowa can't offer one.
We were lucky to land Krikke, imo.
Remember Hunter Dickinson? He wasn't happy with what he was getting paid at Michigan and entered the transfer portal. He chose Kansas over Kentucky because Kansas offered a better guaranteed deal.
Iowa is not going to get a highly sought after recruit in the portal. For next year, the need to make it a good choice for Tony to come back. They will not get a better guard. If Bowen leaves, looking for another guard who can at least be a solid bench player would be needed IMO, even if Tony returns.
Big men are even harder to get in the portal. I hope Mulvey has magically become a much better player, but if not I would at least see what they can get. I really believe Iowa will be much better off if Patrick does not return. He can't play big or guard, so he just keeps young talented players, like the incoming freshmen, from getting minutes.
Big men are even harder to get in the portal. I hope Mulvey has magically become a much better player, but if not I would at least see what they can get. I really believe Iowa will be much better off if Patrick does not return. He can't play big or guard, so he just keeps young talented players, like the incoming freshmen, from getting minutes.
Pathetic this is the current state of college sports. The NCAA clearly had no clue how to devise a plan to manage NIL when it was first approved. And obviously they still don’t.
They’re about as competent and efficient as the government.
Yep. So, when people bitch about Fran not being able to get anyone from the portal, just remember what he's up against.
Fran has a lot to offer (just not much money).
I agree. His style of play should be very attractive to a majority of kids. My only issue with him is obviously team defense and toughness.
Well, to be fair, guys like him have to get as much as possible while in school because their college game doesn't really 'transfer' well to the next level ...just ask Luka 🥺
So how do we take the recruiting the years before NIL? Fran can and has landed some really good guys, he has not been able to close the highly rated players that the fanbase is clamoring for. I think it gets better when his sons are gone and there is no family ties that can blind coaches and fans.
Things just got worse today. There are now 0 restrictions in regard to NIL.
Anything, literally, goes.
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Bingo, my thoughts exactly. There are so many places I can spend my money, and college basketball players, simply are not one of them. I'll pay to go to the games, and buy merchandise. But that's as far as I'd go. I love watching basketball, and Fran though he frustrates me with his lack of defensive coaching. He has given me a lot of fun basketball to watch since he's been here. I do think he recruits the kind of kids that are easy to pull for.
In my lifetime:
1 Final Four
1 Big Ten regular season title
2 Elite Eight
3 B1G Tourney titles
5 Sweet Sixteen
25 NCAA Tournament Appearances
I tempered my enthusiasm a long time ago.
My support never wavers. I never bitch about officiating (because I am one). I question coaching decisions, but reallze I'm not qualified to make them.
Anything else, Bucko?
You provided a non sequitur.
If your point is about not bitching about officiating because you are one, and that somehow is your idea of a rebuttal to my point about the current landscape of college sports and recruiting, I don’t know what to tell you, Bucko.
FTR, there are some pretty terrible officials who have no business officiating games. Bad people are in every profession. No one is above reproach.
The ncaa is at the end of its life span.
They've basically just stopped trying because there's nothing they can do but hang on for a while longer and keep cashing checks.
There's too much money involved for the schools to tolerate enforcement.
Recruit what? More "student athletes ?"
Come on man, everyone knows it's a joke.
That's what I'm saying. They use student athletes to brand the university and attract more students.
Students are coming to a school because of jocks? You got any actual data on this?
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