nationalchamps
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Only the Jelly Man would sniff around the Mizzoo job while the head man at Iowa.
Fran's name getting thrown out
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Adam
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I assume this is a joke since your dotting T's and crossing "eyes". If it is a joke it was funny, but you may want to spice up the sarcasm. I wasn't 100% sure lol.
99topdawg
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Boy Wonder has UCLA looking better.
Maybe, it's time that Indiana welcomes their Golden Boy, back.
If we are talking SEC schools, I might be more worried about Georgia. Their coach is on the hot seat. Although it's a "football school", there is a ridiculous amount of talent in the state. If they got the right guy in there, Georgia could become very good, very quickly.
MelroseHawkins
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Wouldn't Mizzou be a lateral move at this point. It isn't exactly Kansas, NC or UCLA for that matter? I suppose $$$$$ always talks.
MelroseHawkins
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Agree on both parts. What the hell is the point of building teams or programs to never reap the benefits. Doesn't make sense. Add into the fact the stud recruits coming in to play alongside his sons in the future. He's not going to take a rebuilding job to have his sons a part of chitty teams. He's not going anywhere for the next several years while his boys are still in school. Not the best time to yank them out and move them and start over.
Iowa will prob up his contract and $$$$ though, which is fine.
Joshbrown
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I agree. He needs a lifetime contract. 5 million/yr. And all of his staff should have his last name.
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MelroseHawkins
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Also, for krist's sake, Connor and Patrick aren't even old enough to coach here yet!
Adam
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Sounds familiar and comfortable. I like it.
Pure speculation but my guess his dream job could be Villanova but again Jay Wright isn't going anywhere anytime soon and I don't see him going to Mizzou.
InGoodCo
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You're a big if.
Motigerhawk
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Mizzou admin leaked to players parents that they are offering Crean a 7 yr 2.5 mil/year deal
ibahawkeye
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Interesting... Wonder how this type of rumor is affecting Indiana's prep for tomorrow.
Have you seen them the last 3 yrs? In no way would it be a lateral move. They lost 13 in a row at one point this yr and lost 6 in a row to finish the season. They got swept by Bama, Aub, Texas A&M and Ole Miss. That is awful in football but basketball? They also lost to Eastern IL, North Carolina Central and Lipscombe....Unacceptable.
1977Hawkeye
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How did Missouri hoops get so bad so quickly? They've always been solid to very good most of my lifetime. Those Iowa/Missouri border war games in the late 90's and 2000's were always pretty hotly contested - kinda miss the series.
That said, I'm not real worried about Fran leaving Iowa for another total rebuild job.. If I was his age, making pretty good money, and had a program that appears primed to be pretty darned good the next few years, I don't think I'd leave to take THAT job. But, that's just me.
If he does, well.. At least this program is in pretty good shape and I'd have to think it'd be an easier sell to the next coach than it was in 2010, and that we could land someone. Not sure if I trust Barta to do it - he did find Fran, but he's also the guy that hired Todd Lickliter.
That said, I'm not real worried about Fran leaving Iowa for another total rebuild job.. If I was his age, making pretty good money, and had a program that appears primed to be pretty darned good the next few years, I don't think I'd leave to take THAT job. But, that's just me.
If he does, well.. At least this program is in pretty good shape and I'd have to think it'd be an easier sell to the next coach than it was in 2010, and that we could land someone. Not sure if I trust Barta to do it - he did find Fran, but he's also the guy that hired Todd Lickliter.
ThunderHawk
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Frosty the Snowman has better odds against the infernos of hell than Mizzou has of taking Mad Fran from Iowa.
Kennyfromminne
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That cut to the bone
MelroseHawkins
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Yea, I'm not sure. They did kind of fall off the face of the earth. Since going to the SEC, you never really hear of them. Weird when thinking about it. They had a good run when Norm Stewert coached them. They are not even relevant now.
Motigerhawk
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Mizzou basketball wasnt a quick drop off. It has been coming for awhile. They did win games, but they had hoodlums in the lockerroom. Esp. under the last coach.
Anderson I thought would be a great hire. But it turns out he is clueless coaching offense and his practices are a mind numbing waste of time. Also, he got stuck when the racial strife hit. He had a group of players that only wanted to smoke weed and play xbox. But Anderson could not get rid of them until the offseason.
Anderson won at the D2 level because he was able to get D1 castoffs and out athlete everyone.
But he is a not a good coach.
Crean will be successful because he will be able to hang in the top 5 in the SEC for as long he is at Mizzou. And that will be sufficient.
Anderson I thought would be a great hire. But it turns out he is clueless coaching offense and his practices are a mind numbing waste of time. Also, he got stuck when the racial strife hit. He had a group of players that only wanted to smoke weed and play xbox. But Anderson could not get rid of them until the offseason.
Anderson won at the D2 level because he was able to get D1 castoffs and out athlete everyone.
But he is a not a good coach.
Crean will be successful because he will be able to hang in the top 5 in the SEC for as long he is at Mizzou. And that will be sufficient.