1. Good for you for having good kids. Not relevant to the convo.1. I am the dad of the "snow flake" generation or as you called it. I have a son about to be deployed and a son in law who just got back.
2. Salary has little to do with it, but you'd think a coach could be grown up since he's set in life.
3. Bobby Knight created his own situation. The guy was abusive. There is a difference between pushing for results and abuse. Where is that line drawn? PSU? IU? Baylor? MN?
The younger generation was led to degrees by parents. It is not easy for younger crowds today, but not a lot different than the early/mid 80s.
Having played sports and having kids who played high school against some of the best in the nation including a current Big Leader and several starters, they are so much above where previous generations where on conditioning and game intelligence. I just don't see it.
It's not accurate to blame Fran's issues on the players. This team has fought hard in the past. Iowa doesn't have snowflake players as much as a flake coach.
In defense of Fran, we all have issues. We really do. His plays out in front of everyone and he hasn't dealt well with them personally or professionally, the latter meaning NO POINT GUARD and his son isn't going to fix that.
2. Trump is a billionaire and how does he behave/act? Money doesn't matter at all.
3. How many kids complained about Knight to the degree your talking about? 2? Out of how many did he coach over the years? Most of his former kids revere him from what I've heard. I'm sure KF has kids that aren't his biggest fans either (DJK for one) but if your going to coach hundreds and hundreds of kids with different personalities you'll NEVER make everyone happy and some will feel scorned/screwed over. Not everyone can start/play a lot/live up to expectations. It's also called life
I'm not sure where your going with the rest of your rant. I'd say the younger generation now has it way easier in most ways. Which is fine if they'd be taught to just realize that. A lot of them now (not all) think they are owed a cell phone at 12 a car at 16 college paid for and a 100k a yr job at 22 with having no experience at anything.
I don't think Frans kids now are snowflakes either. They know ahead of time what they are getting into playing for him I would think. Players today do more homework on where they are going/who they are playing for more than ever. If they don't that'd surprise me.