I have had a couple of conversations with him and I agree, he is a great person. You can see how much he genuinely loves the game and cares about kids, by watching him interact with young boys. He is approachable too. But this isn't a popularity contest. It's high Division 1 competitive basketball. The goal is to win Conference titles and occasionally make deep runs into the NCAA tournament. To do that, you have to be a good coach and a great recruiter, at a place like Iowa. I'm sorry, as much as I like him, he gets NO breaks for being a nice guy. Year 5 or 6 should be a top 3 finish in the BIG conference.
Keep in mind. A certain nameless football coach won a BIG title in years 4 and 6 of his tenure.
How can you say we should be top 3 team just because of what year Fran is in? There are a lot of schools with 5 year head coaches.