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This is looking to be a fantastic staff on paper. I'm very excited for the future of Iowa basketball.
Iowa completes basketball coaching staff
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unkydave
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Feeling a little insecure are we? Can't wait to see the results of both staffs! I like our chances.
I guess the Clones are a little concerned.
RocketHawk
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"Let's get mad again" The slogan is starting to make a lot sense.
imported_ankle23
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or drink your clown koolaid - you know the kind you guys have been drinking after your head coach hire. you know, the guy with...hmmm.....yeah, that's right NO coaching experience.......
franstheman
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This is it guys!!! We're coming back. and as for the clowns haaaaa we'll wipe you off the face of the map.
HawkeyeShane
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We'll keep drinking ours and you can go back to shotgunning yours and we'll see who's still standing at the end of the party...
It's going to be fun times for this rivalry again.
tweeterhawk
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I predict there'll be a "mayor" leaving office in 2-3 years.
BALDIES7980
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Agreed.IMO it was a ridiculous move and did nothing but put Hoiberg in a position to do nohing but fail.
hawkeyescott
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No need to drink the Kool-aid, you can't tell me you would honestly rather have a staff that has 4 years D1 coaching experience as of now since we don't know Hoiberg's last hire yet compared to an Iowa staff that now has over 40 years of D1 coaching experience and over 30 years of that experience as head coaches.
Sure will. Good thing I can handle my kool-aid. Both fan bases are drinking it up right now that is for sure.
No different than when Mcd or Lickliter were hired. Cyclones thought were getting a great basketball mind and Iowa touted hiring the 2006 Coach of the Year.
Everyone likes to think there is a system to hiring the next successful coach for your team. In the end it comes down to randomness in the situation working out. Sometimes it doesn't and sometimes it does.
If you ever get a chance read the The Drunkards Walk: How Randomness Rules our Lives.
With ISU and Iowa having 2 previous bad hires the probabilities are coming our way now and think that both Freddie and Frannie will be successes.
TritonHawkeye
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I actually hope that both are successful. With Coach Fran being a bit more successful than the Mayor!
BuiltLikeWilt
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I would think that most people would have a hard time wishing Fred bad luck he's an Iowa kid that had a good NBA career and was fun to watch during his years at IS. The thing is, all we can do till november IS on paper and there's no denying that what the hawks have done(on paper) is about as good as it can be done(especially if we pick up Salter and Ware or the new coach brings in a guy under the radar).
HawkeyeShane
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Exactly...I think both will be successful even though they're coming at it from different angles. And while we may all be drinking our respective schools' Kool-Aids, it's nice to have it tasting so good again.
HawkeyeShane
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Your last thought has me wondering at which point in the season, after a loss, will the doubters start showing up for either side, saying things like "I'm starting to doubt this hire"...just a few games into season 1...it won't be anywhere near the majority, but those types ARE out there...lurking...waiting...
tiberius
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To a high school kid is 40 years of coaching experience a positive or a negative? To them it could easily mean old school and out of touch.
jsmhawk
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No to the out of touch comment. If you play uptempo, fun basketball and tell kids they will have a shot at playing pro ball(NBA or overseas) then it does not matter how old you are. As long as you are physically and mentally fit. Look at Lute Olson, Bo Ryan, Jim Calhoun, etc. There are plenty of examples of older coaches- late 50's and sixties who can still recruit and get it done.
Heck, Bo Ryan even plays slow down, grind it out, boring ball. Fran has a great mix of younger staff (francis and Bowen) to go along with his experienced guys in Speraw and Dillard.
This staff is primed to get the hawks back to a top 20 program within the next 4 years.
hawkeyescott
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So how does Coach K, Roy Williams, etc... do it then? I'm not saying McCaffery is going to be successful like these guys, but your comment about experience meaning the coaches could be "out of touch" is just ignorant.
