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When you say Fran is done, what do you think the details are? Like the family made the decision before the season that this would be his last year? And now he's seeing if he can get the full contract on the way out the door? Or he even discussed a potential agreement with Goetz already? I kind...

I don't know if Iowa is McCollom's dream job, but he definitely seems like a very cerebral guy. He had opportunities to leave D2 in earlier years. He stayed - and for several years desperately wanted the Drake job. I think this is a cat who knows who he is, knows what he values, and makes his...

They seem like good kids who play hard. They've stayed together. And they won't quit on their coach. I think there is something admiral about the struggle in sports. This team has faced its struggles but keep coming. They've shown some resilience through their effort and attitude. They are...

Loved the play to Syd at the end. Tough, smart player who can play through contact when driving to the hole. Clutch free throw shooter. Needed the whistle on that one.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I was also thinking that maybe she should ask him to come prepared with a list of changes he thinks are needed to improve the program for next season, whether they are in his control or not. And see what he comes up with. At the meeting, if I'm Beth, I'd...

I've been a huge Iowa men's basketball fan for years. I'm in PST and had a work happy hour I needed to attend yesterday afternoon, so when I got home I could watch a recording of either game (didn't know the outcome of either game). Two things that struck me later. It never even entered my...

I recall reading the same thing about Davis at the time. Probably in a Marc Hansen column. But that both parties benefited from the relationship - don't recall specifics, but likely along the lines that Davis was great for Iowa, gave the program some stability, continued a fun style of...

By my Iowa math skills (back when the state cared about that shit), I have the Hawks as 18-2 in BTT games and NCAA tournament games since 2023. That's a hell of a run. Let's get on another heater....

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One day down, four to go?! Time for a 5 day heater!

What's the cat and mouse game for him? He has a contract and will continue coaching until told otherwise.

Yep, if Fran isn't coaching at Iowa next year, the only real discussion next week will be Goetz saying we'd like to call it a retirement and have an amicable final press conference together. And Fran responding with either a screw you, here's the keys to my office and my university phone....or...

So just gotta find a Hall of Fame coach who wants to come to Iowa for $2M a year (i.e. like a third of market value)?

I haven't read that much on him yet, but I think I saw that McCollum describes his style as playing to what he has available on the roster and trying to maximize it from there. The little I've read, I am intrigued. I think there are some elements with him that can be found in outstanding...

Seems like Iowa is considered a solid 6 seed right now. If the BT tourney goes chalk, other than Iowa, and Iowa wins out, it would include wins against Michigan State (NET 21), Ohio State (18), UCLA (6) and USC (5). That would seem to easily make them a 5 seed. Does it even put a #4 seed in...

...and again, my point isn't that one coach is vastly superior to the other, or that I am putting Davis on some kind of pedestal. But there also seems to be some kind of narrative that Davis was just dialing it in during a relatively easy period of Big Ten basketball. And I'll stress again that...

It also wasn't a level playing field in terms of who Davis could get into Iowa compared to other Big Ten schools. Davis had to deal with Hunter Rawlings and a challenging era at Iowa, which had stricter requirements than the teams Davis was competing against. Fran never had to lose players to...

The point I was making was pushing back on the posts that said Fran was clearly the better coach. And also the factually inaccurate post that said Davis only won 6 first round games at Iowa.

Fran is 4-3 in the opening round of NCAA tournament games at Iowa. Davis was 9-0 in the first round at Iowa.

Tom Davis isn't getting quite the respect he deserves on here. It's starting to piss me off a little. I think you can make an argument that both he and Fran have been very good coaches. Iowa has been lucky to have both of them. Since not all of us remember Davis' career that well, let's recall...