I think there's a lot of neigh-sayers out here that think they're D-1 coaches and think Iowa's basketball program has always been this almighty program. Fran McCaffery has had two losing seasons and those two season are the only seasons he has had under 18 wins. I understand NCAA tournaments are a different story, and those are the expectation at the end of the day. There were also a couple seasons where Iowa undoubtedly should've been in the tournament (i.e. 2 years ago) with these "same players" besides Peter Jok (I know that's a big loss, not arguing that at all). I trust Fran McCaffery with this basketball program and everybody who wants to sit behind a keyboard on here, twitter, facebook, other message boards, etc. and criticize everything that he does and feels is best for the program is really making this fan base look like the worst and ugliest fanbase I've ever seen. For anyone who says, "oh Fran's such a whimp when Dochterman asked him about the hot seat", I fully disagree, and think you're only looking at the NCAA tournament number and not the all the things he has done for this program.
https://athlonsports.com/college-basketball/ranking-top-50-college-basketball-coaches-2015-16
#39th best coach ('15-'16) news article but just would like to put into perspective how respected he is outside of this little community who thinks they're D-1 head coaches.
That is all. Off my soap box.