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    Tony Perkins Initial Interest List

    TP should just invite a silent auction. "Everyone who wants me send me a text by noon tomorrow with your best offer. I will go with the highest bidder. Wire to be sent within 24 hours of acceptance." F' it. Might as well have some fun.
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    Patrick McCaffery Enters Transfer Portal

    What signs beyond the three players we have been discussing, one of which declared long ago he was not going to Iowa? The two McCaffreys and TP both have legitimate reasons for looking at schools other than Iowa. Jack had his legal issues in IC that will hang around him if he stays here, and...
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    Patrick McCaffery Enters Transfer Portal

    No one here knows the dynamics in the McCaffrey household or the Iowa locker room. Both of the McCaffrey boys decisions are understandable under the totality of the circumstances and I don't see any evidence that the three personnel decisions (PM, JM, or TP) are likely to have any snowball...
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    Tony Perkins to the Portal

    Are you actually comparing PM with McDermott and Devries??? I burst out laughing at that. Doug was one of the Top 10 statistical players in MBB in our lifetime. Devries has been the best player is his league for two years straight. PM has been a part time starter for his Dad, barely...
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    Tony Perkins to the Portal

    That's the capitalism of this whole deal. Fan and booster money is telling us what we already know, college fans give a shit about their teams and winning. Generally speaking, when capitalism has no guard rails it leads to unsavory results The term "all the market will bear" was a celebration...
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    Tony Perkins to the Portal

    He does sort of remind me of Nick Nolte's character from Blue Chips. I think he truly enjoys coaching and probably would prefer to avoid the money BS side of this whole deal. I suppose he could just play out the string and hope for the best. He is a good spotter and developer of talent, but...
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    Tony Perkins to the Portal

    Spot on. I hope TP brings his best offer to Fran and asks if he can match or get close. Maybe Fran nudges some boosters. That would be the best for everyone to at least give Iowa a shot to retain him. If the money is not there, we should all wish TP well with his next team. He has been a...
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    Tony Perkins to the Portal

    If Fran wants to retire ala Saban, I would be happy for him. But, if he is staying in the game then I would think he would want a shot to go out strong. He has the ability to influence his success given his wealth. Indeed, if he has been reasonably investing his earnings during his career, he...
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    Tony Perkins to the Portal

    Fran hit the nail on the head in his comments. Its not about NIL. These kids should be getting a piece of the pie. Its NIL coupled with unfettered portal transfers that is creating the chaos. As Fran noted, and as I have being saying forever, the only solution to the chaos is contracts. The...
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    Iowa Season Ends with Loss at Utah

    Like a 1 and done BB player, or a hot young OC in football, I would rather someone be so successful in my organization that they are hired away by a bigger player, than have someone just be average and keep their job long term. If Beth can provide a framework to keep WBB, Baseball, and...
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    Tony Perkins to the Portal

    This is not going to be popular, but if I were Fran, I would do two things. First, I would go to his boss and ask for a raise. He is 9th in the conference. Iowa has the money. Plus, he would not be asking for greed, but for a bigger cause. Second, I would then donate appreciable money to...
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    Tony Perkins to the Portal

    I have comfort money, but not F U money. Even if I had F U money it doesn't mean that I would not encourage my son to blaze his own path and maximize his value. If Iowa is offering 50k and another school offers 250k, its a no brainer. Who among us wouldn't leave their job for 5 times the...
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    Iowa Season Ends with Loss at Utah

    Could happen, but I doubt it will happen that quickly. Then again, Washington's AD lasted 6 months before Nebbie poached him. Who knows. If she wants to be an AD, you have to be in the SEC or Big 10, and half of those gigs are the same or worse than Iowa, so there is only so much upward...
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    Iowa Season Ends with Loss at Utah

    +1 x100 I went to Creighton and they are my second team in MBB. Everything you said is accurate. Rass was a very visionary AD and has hired two damn good coaches in 30 years and built the program into a formidable opponent. They also built a premere downtown soccer stadium for one of the...
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    Iowa Season Ends with Loss at Utah

    Spot on. If we are being honest with ourselves, Iowa has the MBB it deserves. Attendance is low and NIL support is soft. Well, there is only so much the coach can do these days to attract talent the old fashion way. It takes money now. Ask Nick Saban. As you noted, Creighton is all in on...
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    Iowa Season Ends with Loss at Utah

    I would say the biggest difference between Fran and McDermott over the past 5 years is that Creighton has bought better players, even before it was legal to do so. There is a reason that Creighton is again in the Sweet 16 and Iowa bounced out of the NIT---Creighton has better players. The...
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    Iowa Season Ends with Loss at Utah

    I don't think any of us know how much Fran practices and works on D. Unlike football, its a fluid game with the same guys who are scoring having to defend. I do not disagree that Iowa is not a good defensive team, but that is a product of the up and down style of play. If you are chucking...
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    Iowa Season Ends with Loss at Utah

    This team started out slow and so fan excitement waned early. The team went on a bit of a heater towards the end of conference season and that brought some interest back into the mix. But, if we are being honest with ourselves, losing in the second round of the NIT is about what this team was...
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    Better next year???

    I don't see Fran moving Dix out of the PG position and he does nothing to lose his starting role to Harding. Both are contributors and both should get 20-25 minutes, but IMHO, Dix is the starting PG next season. Now if Perk does leave, then maybe you start Harding and Dix at the guards...
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    Rumor floating around on Devries

    Agree on Tucker choking down the stretch, and the FT shooting was painful. Drake deserved to win that game, but.....
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