So can Big East schools. They are basketball only, and they are basically the tops with the SEC in the NIL game.
Supposedly a school like Georgetown, who has absolutely sucked lately, is going to have major NIL dollars to throw around this year.
Where there’s smoke…..
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So can Big East schools. They are basketball only, and they are basically the tops with the SEC in the NIL game.
Supposedly a school like Georgetown, who has absolutely sucked lately, is going to have major NIL dollars to throw around this year.
Except Greg McDermott would never take a huge step back to come to Iowa. Especially with the new monster extension he just signed with Creighton when OSU fired Holtmann towards the end of the year.
Most of the big east schools are better jobs than Iowa. Marquette, Georgetown (even though they are down), Creighton, UConn, Villanova, St. John’s, Xavier all better jobs. All the above schools have much nicer basketball facilities, better NIL, and better fan support (for men’s bball). Iowa is a better job than DePaul, though. So we can press that advantage!
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While we contemplate replacements for Fran.
The open question is where will he go?
I don’t see Beth making a change at this point.
The open question is where will he go?
I don’t see Beth making a change at this point.
52 y/o former coach of the year......KENO DAVIS.
"Davis currently serves as a college men’s basketball color commentator with ESPN+, but he will undoubtedly be back on the sidelines in the near future". Just kidding ...that would be wild though.
"Davis currently serves as a college men’s basketball color commentator with ESPN+, but he will undoubtedly be back on the sidelines in the near future". Just kidding ...that would be wild though.
What? What networks is Marquette on? Probably get paid more and the Big 10 is turning out weak again this year in the Ncaas so Smart could get into the top 3 or 4 every year.
Nope. Someone I know however knows a former Iowa football player from the mid 00s who is in real estate in the area though.
The same one that this school called Connecticut plays on. I hear they aren’t bad. Fran and Shaka probably make the same amount of money. He has much better NIL and facilities and fan following at Marquette too.
Hmmm, OK.
Perfect time for Fran to move on?
A perfect storm of considerations may get Fran thinking it’s time to move on: - If he’s honest, he has to see the relationship between his family and Iowa fan base has cooled considerably (if it ever was that warm to begin with.) - His coaching at Iowa has plateaued. He picked up the pieces...
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Fran is one of those coaches who will be more beloved with the fan base as a former coach than as the current coach. His teams and his records can be looked with with grace and achievement, once he’s gone.
Money at Iowa is not an issue. Money going towards the basketball program is an issue.
You don't usually sell your house unless you know where you're headed.
I don’t think so. He lost any goodwill with how he’s handled playing time the last six or seven seasons with certain players. And whether you like Fran or not, “grace” is the absolute last word in the dictionary for describing his tenure.
If he accepts a new coaching position, Fran would actually owe the U of Iowa $500,000.
Maybe he is sick of mowing and shoveling snow and moving to a condo in Iowa City
And where did you hear this from exactly, your work place breakroom? I just don’t know what you expect to have a conversation about here with a vague post like this. To me if Patrick thought or knew his dad was leaving, he would try to let him announce that before jumping in the portal.
I would imagine something could be worked out, especially since the contract was negotiated by the previous AD. I guess it would depend on if it were to be a mutual departure. Maybe Beth enjoys Fran's sideline antics and is happy with him!
Would be sickening to have missed on DeVries. Get Tucker for a year as well.
Man, don't do this to me ....
No shit.
If people think Iowa is going to lure Smart ir McDermott they just have no clue of the landscape today.
This isn't 1995.
As a basketball coach you want to be in the big east.
I would imagine something could be worked out, especially since the contract was negotiated by the previous AD. I guess it would depend on if it were to be a mutual departure. Maybe Beth enjoys Fran's sideline antics and is happy with him!
Yeah, I doubt $500k would be much of a deal breaker for either party when they’re discussing multimillion contracts, but it is in there. That $500k falls off at the end of next season I believe. It was one million for the first two years of the contract extension 2022&23 and $500k for years 2024&25.
You'd think that if Beth knew this was in the works, she would have had DeVries on her short list...maybe even have been in touch with him.
8,000 more butts in CHA isn't gonna happen overnight. It's gonna take one hell of a bump in the product. Before someone says "Yeah, but look at the women this year". Exactly. It takes something that generational and unique to fill the place for hoops.
JBo was also one of the first big school hoops players to publicly support Pay for Play.
It's absolutely ruined college sports.
F Him and F Pay for Play.
I know the OP. He heard this rumor from Gabe Utsechs. Greg is big doner and friends with former football player Mike Oxlong who works in real eastate and heard Fran is selling his house and taking the Drake job.
I don't spend a lot of time going back and beloving former coaches. If I did, Lute would be #1 because he gave us a Final 4, Raveling #2 because he recruited the guys that Davis took to Elite8. Davis is next---last sweet16, Fran is a little better than Alford and their accomplishments are kind of similar. LIckliter i of course was terrible but he was a relatively short 3 year blip vs say 14 years of okay with little exceptionalism. Fran and his boys is sore point.
I’m gonna be checking this thread about every five minutes now
Maybe Shaka Khan….better chance there.
I’d love to get him tho.
Would John Beilein contemplate coming out of retirement?
Really have to look no further than this thread for a new coach…. seems to be a lot of prospects here who know a lot more about coaching than…. well, anyone
Fran is sticking it to her for his BFF Kirk. Tenured, mediocre coaches need to have each other’s back.
