He done pretty good where he is now and for God sakes we have always been a much better program than them well since.......................... the cavemen picked up a round boulder and threw it against a crater wall. Yeah you guessed it ........... no Iowa players were there to get the rebound.
I guess a serious question would be, how many players were leaving even if Fran was coming back next year? It was just talk but just about everyone expected to lose some of our guys from a team that barely made the big ten tournament. Has any of the post season tournaments invited Iowa? That's a serious question and a serious problem all in one.
Iowa would have definitely been in the NIT or Crown. Before the Big Ten Tourney they had Iowa projected as a 5 seed in the NIT. With winning vs nebby and Ohio State we would have probably gotten a Crown or better seed in NIT.
Fran got a fair shake at Iowa. 15 years is loyal for both sides. Only time will tell what becomes of this hire.
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 HS kids doesn’t matter and Iowa needs someone who embraces the challenges Iowa hoops is beyond X’s and O’s. Iowa needs a fundraiser, a coach, and a face of the program.
Yep.
Brad Heinrichs and the donors. They don’t want to give any money for basketball.
Looks in wallet, "I got $8, does that get a PG to replace Harding?"
I will argue that there was decent enough talent on the roster to be a top 25 team. But the lack of coaching to consistently play defense and rebound killed their chances.
Its Fry's voodoo. He has changed the setting on the system so that every time you type in what you did, it changes doctor to Mr. Fry doesn't like Davis and thinks Fran was better, so this is his cute little way of jabbing those of us who recognized Davis went to a couple Elite 8s, Sweet 16s and never lost in the first round of the tourney in his career.
100% and it isn't going to be an overnight resurrection either. Whomever the new coach is will have to prove it before fans start coming back and opening their wallets. I'll be pleasantly surprised if Iowa has any sellouts next yr before the team looks worth a darn. I just don't see that happening..
Yep, and half empty is generous. It was worse than that.
I agree with this. But I think that would have been more due to the lack of NIL funds than not wanting to be on the team any longer. Players liked playing for Fran.
Good question. They are aways off from that though I'd think. I'd bet we'll have a coach before the final 4 gets here. And that's what 3 weeks out or so? I'd say that's worse case scenario... If it takes longer then that just make Matt Gatens the coach
Wonder what the reaction would be if it ends up being Gatens?? It ain't going to happen, but it would be hilarious to read the message boards.
Yeah that'd sure be wild. He's not even close to 40 yet is he? Wouldn't be the craziest thing ever but it probably wouldn't be ideal for awhile that's for sure.
