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This is a home run hire at least on the surface.

Huge for Iowa Men's basketball. Probably the most positive thing we've had happen since we hired Fran if I can be honest. When that happened, we got who we could get, this time around we got who we wanted. Iowa basketball is in a better spot now and I feel pretty confident of that. IMO, Iowa...

He’s a good player, of course he is.

In the memo I wrote, BB Coach lol

I just donated $100 to the Swarm, I've never felt compelled to until today. I think there's an underestimated fan base for Iowa basketball and with the right hire this could all turn around close to over night, so I am going to disagree with some of the takes here.

If Iowa had more fans, it would have more donors. More fans, fan interest and buy in would solve a lot for Iowa. Maybe not the big dollar guys, but the joe schmo doner and that adds up. There are also NIL generating events that our new coach could do that would also help. Fran wasn't doing...

And I am ok with it. I do consume pretty much everything scott does, and had not heard this though

He was chasing the $$ and prestige and IMO, he's not worth it with his resume. He's not worth buying out for sure IMO - like, pay 5 million just to get him worthy? Not IMO. Alford had a S16, Lick had 2. McCollum already has more post season success then Devries ever had and he doesn't cost $5...

I think it's fair to question a guy who's taken 3 jobs in 3 years. It's suspect, even when you are chasing millions and the job you want. As someone who hires 10+ people a week, I can assure you I judge everyone by how many jobs they have a take and more isn't better. Also, think about this...

It's not sustainable without the revenue sharing. It will destroy the sport....but things will even out and settle. It's no use complaining about it, or not embracing it. Embrace it. Iowa needs to. They haven't. Now we're WAY behind. We can all not like it or piss and moan about it, but that's...

Everyone needs to chill out. She missed on her top pick to Indiana. Iowa is always going to lose out to a blue blood and ya can't really blame her for that. Every decent coach is currently occupied in the tournament. If Iowa has to wait for McCollum, that's fine by me. He isn't engaging with...

They could make the right hire, McCollum could still be that, so could someone else. But chances and out look is cloudy at the moment. Let’s see what Beth can do.

Right, but I am pretty sure that Beth has a pitch there right? The NIL was lacking because they had an entrenched old school coach who didn't embrace the portal, who didn't do any sort of fundraising or connecting with fans, that had petty disputes with the local and national media, who had...

Yeah, this is why I don't blame Beth.... DD was probably her guy and she probably had good intel that he was leaving Morgantown regardless. She probably had more than 2 or even 3 million and higher to offer for NIL, she probably had the money to buy him out, to pay him 3.5 to 3.6 a year, which...

He had an eye for talent and also the ability to developed players. I don’t know that Steve had either.

From my other post but belongs here Starting to think about it, Indiana just went out and snagged the WVU coach, who just missed the tournament, despite a robust NIL, rabid fan base and money to pay top dollar for a coach. This is their guy, again, who missed the tournament. Does he have a...

Starting to think about it, Indiana just went out and snagged the WVU coach, who just missed the tournament, despite a robust NIL, rabid fan base and money to pay top dollar for a coach. This is their guy, again, who missed the tournament. Does he have a tourney win? how many NCAA wins? And...

Iowa’s current roster wasn’t good enough to make a top 64 tournament 2 years in a row, next years would have been just as unproven and likely short some guys who were miserable this year when Iowa was clearly outmatched and boat raced. The game has changed, loyalty doesn’t matter, building with...

Fran got a fair shake at Iowa. 15 years is loyal for both sides. Only time will tell what becomes of this hire.

Iowa has the money but doesn’t want to invest it in MBB. In what world does Indiana have more money than Iowa’s athletic department? Football tips the scale to iowa and Iowa will continue to put their lions share into FB. But they have the money to invest. They have the money to buy a coach...