CJHawkeye
Well-Known Member
I don't understand the general mentally capping a team's success and I don't understand stuff like ranking Iowa 9th among Big Ten basketball jobs and basically saying that's all you get. You get a coach that is willing to take the 9th best job in the Big Ten.
Any program's history of success has to start somewhere. Florida won back to back NCs in 06-07. Did no one tell them that's not allowed because they weren't a historical basketball power? If you control for the Billy Donovan era, Iowa has more NCAA tournament success than Florida. But that didn't prevent them from hiring a championship level coach.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Iowa should just hire a different coach and win an NC. But conversely I think the idea that there is a cap on how good of a coach you can get is fundamentally flawed. If that were the case how did these teams that won multiple championships get their FIRST championship coach?
Any program's history of success has to start somewhere. Florida won back to back NCs in 06-07. Did no one tell them that's not allowed because they weren't a historical basketball power? If you control for the Billy Donovan era, Iowa has more NCAA tournament success than Florida. But that didn't prevent them from hiring a championship level coach.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Iowa should just hire a different coach and win an NC. But conversely I think the idea that there is a cap on how good of a coach you can get is fundamentally flawed. If that were the case how did these teams that won multiple championships get their FIRST championship coach?
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