This will never happen in mens BB. The next Ricky Davis will play 1 year and bounce for greener pastures.
"They don't have the resources here. Watch what you wish for."--Tom Izzo
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No doubt. I don’t watch a ton of women’s hoops, but I was impressed by Iowa last night. That is a very well coached team on both ends
Izzo may be correct regarding resources, but I simply don't believe the program under its current leadership is using what it has to its fullest capacity. The lack of a modern and demanding strength program is the most glaring example. In addition, it doesn't take any resources to teach defense. It's one thing if the opposing team is just so much better athletically that your guys can't stay in front of them. Sometimes that happens to Iowa, but many times there appears to be a complete lack of understanding as to where they want to try to force the ball or which shooters they cannot leave to provide help. Couple that with random double teams that don't appear to be part of any defensive plan and you have no chance of competing. Lastly, I don't care what type of system a coach wants to run, he has to play to his team's abilities. Trying to get into track meets every game with this group is just plain stupid. None of these things require any additional resources to fix, and they would easily result in at least a few more wins and an occasional upset.
Bottom line for me is that I was rooting for Fran and wanted to see him make the necessary adjustments on the things he can control, but he has simply refused to do so. What choice is left at this point if the man in charge basically refuses to fix the issues under his control?
Bottom line for me is that I was rooting for Fran and wanted to see him make the necessary adjustments on the things he can control, but he has simply refused to do so. What choice is left at this point if the man in charge basically refuses to fix the issues under his control?
He also has ready access to “more athletic” (wink, wink, we all know what that means) players.
Do any of the teams from the last 6 weeks have the #3 ranked scorer from last year playing for them? I KNOW they didn't.
What a joke, why do they ask Izzo about another coaching job and program anyway. Lose more respect for Izzo each season
Guy's team puts up 61 points in a half against other guy's team and shockingly would love for that guy to be around to do it again to him next year. Really compelling stuff.
In 2023, Iowa and Michigan State had the same amount of revenue, Iowa chooses to waste their revenue on Fran.
Revenue sharing is coming, no more excuses, Iowa has the recourses
Revenue sharing is coming, no more excuses, Iowa has the recourses
Why is Iowa at the bottom of the B1G in Men's Basketball NIL? I understand Iowa is a small state but so is Nebraska, Iowa State seems to be doing fine. Iowa has a tradition of filling the seats if the product is worthy. There is a reason for the low NIL bank because other programs are doing better, why?
His name is Fran McCaffrey. He's as unlikable as he is incompetent with coaching defense.
Gawd, I hate the "game day experience" crap. Who the hell cares about a half time show. If you're not enjoying THE game, don't go.
Sucks for Fran that NIL started 15 years ago and not within the past 2 years.
Iowa has correctly prioritized Football over Basketball. The women seem to be doing okay with Carver
Exactly. Every halftime show in the big ten is either red panda or some shooting contest
The women's team is what it is because they're winning and the men aren't. They're still selling out Carver after the departure of CC.
Great post - my thoughts exactly.
Izzo and Dantonio are two pees in a pod - the only difference being that Dantonio’s arrogance and dirty ways caught up to him in the end. The fact that the MSU admin. recently welcomed Dantonio ‘home’ was mind boggling. MSU’s encore to Dantonio was Mel Tucker….you can’t make this sh@& up!!
Sorry Izzo, you can bully BT refs all you want, but trying to strong arm Iowa admins and media to keep your Buddy is a little much….😎
For sure, but they’ve improved all year long and are playing their best in March. It’s a really well coached team.
The only game day experience that people really want is a crowd.
And, Carver Cones.
It’s been a while, so do they have just vanilla, chocolate, and twist? Can you get sprinkles? 😉
Regardless whether that stat is accurate, Basketball's proportion of revenue sharing money will dwarf the proportion of NIL money.
So, there will be a substantial amount of money to work with.
The schools that will have the largest monetary advantage will be those that can afford most or all of the revenue sharing limit, and are "basketball schools". Schools that will devote most of that money to basketball such as, possibly Duke.
$15 - $20 million a year could buy you a nice team.
If Clark is now gone, would think that Carver and the lack of resources will lead to the downfall of the women's program eventually.
Fran is certainly a victim in this case. Why would players and fans want to go to Carver for the women's program, it is terrible, correct?
Izzo is spot on.
Let me first say that I want a change and want Fran out. Product is totally stale and predictable. But the biggest issue is where Izzo is pointing: Aside from a few very fortunate "hits" (Murrays, Garza) the recruiting has and will continue to be only at a certain level- a level just good enough to compete but with a limited ceiling.
Why? The resources. Iowa does not have the financial resources to take that "next-step" that they've been trying to attain since canning Davis years ago.
Izzo is just reminding people that a coaching change won't solve that problem. The program may see an uptick since there's always excitement with a new regime initially. And, maybe that's a good reason to do it - to get fan interest back high, at least for awhile. But would things be much better - any better - 10 years from now? Likely not, unless that resources improve dramatically.
Let me first say that I want a change and want Fran out. Product is totally stale and predictable. But the biggest issue is where Izzo is pointing: Aside from a few very fortunate "hits" (Murrays, Garza) the recruiting has and will continue to be only at a certain level- a level just good enough to compete but with a limited ceiling.
Why? The resources. Iowa does not have the financial resources to take that "next-step" that they've been trying to attain since canning Davis years ago.
Izzo is just reminding people that a coaching change won't solve that problem. The program may see an uptick since there's always excitement with a new regime initially. And, maybe that's a good reason to do it - to get fan interest back high, at least for awhile. But would things be much better - any better - 10 years from now? Likely not, unless that resources improve dramatically.
Resources dry up when fans aren't entertained.
Fans aren't entertained because the team doesn't win enough.
The team doesn't win enough because they don't play a winning style of basketball (in the postseason).
The team doesn't play a winning style of basketball due to coaching philosophy.
Ergo...coaching change, hopefully leading to a different philosophy, more postseason wins and more interest.
Just like Creighton or Villanova or Houston or Iowa State....wait a minute.
Except they do have the financial resources.
Why will recruiting continue to only be at a certain level?
Most fans took this advise very literally this year.
The program is dead and the resources not being there IS A DIRECT RESULT OF WHO IS THE HEAD COACH!!!!
15 years of listless leadership where Fran hasn't connected with a single person in the community. The fans, the media, the athletic department, the officiating.
He has killed every single thing slightly unique about the program (UNI and Drake games, pre-football scrimmages, all the other stuff). We play a trash home schedule while Fran goes to neutral sites to search (and mostly fail) for a precious Quad-2 win and avoid interacting with the home crowd.
The firing cannot happen soon enough. Just fax it out. HE GONE. THE END.
15 years of listless leadership where Fran hasn't connected with a single person in the community. The fans, the media, the athletic department, the officiating.
He has killed every single thing slightly unique about the program (UNI and Drake games, pre-football scrimmages, all the other stuff). We play a trash home schedule while Fran goes to neutral sites to search (and mostly fail) for a precious Quad-2 win and avoid interacting with the home crowd.
The firing cannot happen soon enough. Just fax it out. HE GONE. THE END.
Lack of NIL support is more than just a belief. We're #18 out of 18 B1G teams in NIL payments to players. Unfortunately, this is well known; hell, Izzo even knows it.
You want good players? You're gonna have to pay them in NIL.
Fran must be doing something right on the PR side you mention because look at the recent commits he's received.
Do I think a coaching change is going to happen? It seems likely.
However, I think Izzo is right when it comes to "resources."
If there is coaching change, coaching prospects will be interested in:
* NIL funding. How much is available to acquire and retain talent? Iowa does not have a SUGAR DADDY and Iowa boosters are funding Iowa football and NOT Iowa basketball. Will that change? You all hope so but the coaching prospect will want more than that.
* The Carver renovation--when will that happen?
Check this out & watch:
However, I think Izzo is right when it comes to "resources."
If there is coaching change, coaching prospects will be interested in:
* NIL funding. How much is available to acquire and retain talent? Iowa does not have a SUGAR DADDY and Iowa boosters are funding Iowa football and NOT Iowa basketball. Will that change? You all hope so but the coaching prospect will want more than that.
* The Carver renovation--when will that happen?
Check this out & watch:
You can use that as an excuse for the last few years but it's been mostly the same for 15 years. Even if they were #1 he still wouldn't be able to teach defense or require any toughness. There's plenty of coaches that could have taken them deeper in the tournament and accomplished more with the same talent.
College football's top 50 programs ranked by NIL efforts
Separating the haves and have nots across college football.
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If this is remotely accurate, it seems that the basketball program is simply being ignored, if they truly are dead last in the Big Ten. Not so much that there are no resources.
Is everything going to football?
If he thinks Pockets has a lot left in the tank, he certainly hasn't been watching any Iowa games this year.
