Probably should have made a move last year when Devries was available. It appears he wanted the job. Now we have another Drake coach that is getting a lot of attention. It would make zero sense to give McCaffrey another year and lose the chance of getting McCullom. OK he has 1 year of success at Drake and is a risky pick but Iowa needs a coach like him. Worked with Lute in another era. It will be a real challenge for a coach like McCullom with no Power 5 experience and other things will need to change but he is worth a shot and it’s time
Beth needs to pull the trigger
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Fryowa
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She can pull the trigger on whoever she wants, but it's not going to mean dick if Iowa doesn't get a bunch of NIL coming in. Like 6 times the amount of NIL than they currently have. Darian DeVries isn't going to come in here and all the sudden double NIL and even if he did it's not enough to get us in the top half of the B1G ten salary-wise. The consensus is that most (if not all) of our current roster is heading to the portal here in a couple weeks, who would he all the sudden convince (and be able to pay) to come here.
You need to just finally go be an ISU fan. You love that team and how they operate as you've said here ad nauseum...just follow your gut and go bed down with them. You'll be happier in the short term and long term. They're better than Iowa in football and basketball and they spend more money on both. What's keeping you here?
My guess is it'll happen within a week of Iowa playing their last game. At least that's my hope. I don't want Beth to drag that out into the off season long either.
What other coaching gigs are currently open? Indiana is but would we be competing against them for the same names? I don't think so. It feels like our search will be narrow. However that's just a guess. Only big hire Beth has made so far was internally for Jan and there was no messing that up.
This will be different. She could throw a hell of a curveball at us if she wanted to. I'm sure we'll all be on pins and needles to see both when/how they announce Frans leaving and the search for a new one.
What other coaching gigs are currently open? Indiana is but would we be competing against them for the same names? I don't think so. It feels like our search will be narrow. However that's just a guess. Only big hire Beth has made so far was internally for Jan and there was no messing that up.
This will be different. She could throw a hell of a curveball at us if she wanted to. I'm sure we'll all be on pins and needles to see both when/how they announce Frans leaving and the search for a new one.
99topdawg
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Does the buyout go down after April 1st? That would make a difference on timing. It could be done whenever she wants but not make it official until then. I doubt it will be a public firing, just an announce retirement. I would be shocked if it's not.
Assuming he's done, Beth and her people are already talking with agents of other coaches, regardless of the timing.
Assuming he's done, Beth and her people are already talking with agents of other coaches, regardless of the timing.
Scott Dochterman would probably know that's a good question. Those contracts all revolve around dates and such too.