Search results

Echo!

These last games have been as bad as I’ve seen as a fan at Iowa. Makes me want to stop watching. But it’s hard, it’s in my DNA. I saw the Utah St game in person and I remember telling my wife, “this is one Fran’s worst teams”. … so I kind of knew early on. But maybe they figure it out down the...

Yeah, maybe, I just feel like we’re short a couple of players this year. We’re thin. We had no NIL. Fran publicly complained about it. Maybe the plan forward is that is going to change? I don’t know. It’s just weird the recruits he’s getting when he’s supposedly got one foot out the door. Maybe...

He just signed basically Tyler Smith FWIW, ranked almost the exact same.

Admittedly I only know these new recruits on the surface

Yeah, it's like the totality of it all. Fran is a good coach. Does he do anything as far as promoting the Iowa brand? Not really. He's not a fund raiser, he's not a cheerleader. There's nothing engaging from a fan stand point with Fran. Which I don't give a shit about, I am just talking in...

IMO, Iowa needs to get out of the 6'5'' - 6'8" guys and bring in a couple of actual bigs. This guy isn't a center.

Also, something to chew on here right? Who knows what the conversation is in the background. Maybe Beth has been like, "Fran we need you to compete, win games and bring people back to the stadium, or are you close to retiring?" and Fran has pushed back with "I think I could coach another 5 years...

We just have no idea what Fran is planning to do, or what Beth thinks. But he's selling these guys something and maybe our NIL isn't in the shape we all think? His recruiting over the last few years have been an uptick IMO, at least from a star standpoint and we're landing recruits from FL and...

The coaching staff doesn't seem to be recruiting like Fran is hanging it up and there has to some sort of assurance given to these kids that Fran plans to be here next year. Or.... would Sherman Dillard be a potential HC for Iowa, as I know he's the lead recruiter on a lot of these guys.

This is not a black and white thing, but Fran's recruiting seems to have taken a sharp turn recently - athletes vs shooters.

Iowa can't compete in the NIL world. Fran: Hold my beer. This kid is highly ranked. Has to be one of the best prospects the program has landed in the modern recruiting era. Joshua Lewis has a composite rating of 0.9814 on @247Sports This makes Lewis the 2nd highest-rated prospect EVER in...

Like, if I'm Dix, my mom is sick, I thought about it last season but was told I was going to be the man this year....so he stuck it out. Sometimes he gives off body language out there like "Are you kidding me, I'm the only one trying" a whole F ton. I think we could lose him whether Fran...

Josh Dix is going to be pretty good at Creighton next year tho and I'll probably at least watch.

Yeah, I'll just find better ways to spend my winter nights, it's not like I'm gonna start cheering for Creighton (even tho they are 3 minutes from my house).... still nah

All good 99TD - not looking to argue either. I appreciate your insight on all of this as well. I wouldn't trust those attendance #'s at all. Like, I think they announced attendance for Wednesday game was 8k and I was told it was closer to 2500. I think Iowa has the money ISU has, I just don't...

And Fran’s going to tell them all to go get the best deal for you. That’s what he did, that’s what we all do

The players love Fran, he runs and has run a great program. His retention even before NIL was pretty fricking good. I bet Isaiah Moss in hindsight got a bag, but yeah, most of them stayed loyal to Fran. That landscape is changing it’s time for a change regardless. I think all of the guys are...

It's also a little scary and also, kind of telling, that we don't all have a list of names here.

So, IMO - instead of talking about Devries and Forbes and whatever big fish we think we might get, I think our focus should be on people making a jump to get into the HC slot. Like Devries is likely more in line with being the next Creighton coach and I see that happening way more likely than...