clicheusername3
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This is basketball not football. Rarely, in basketball do you get a "lifer". You get the splash, then the splash leaves, then you get the next splash...finding a "lifer" is tough.
One last thing on Keno
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This is basketball not football. Rarely, in basketball do you get a "lifer". You get the splash, then the splash leaves, then you get the next splash...finding a "lifer" is tough.
hawkeye12345
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Name me 10 relevant basketball programs. I'm talking programs that without a doubt could go out and hire anybody they wanted.
We are no more or less relevant than any names you can come up with, I guarantee it. We pay top salaries for coaches. Sure some coach may not want to come to Iowa and rebuild our program but few are going to shy away because of the paycheck they will receive.
We are no more or less relevant than any names you can come up with, I guarantee it. We pay top salaries for coaches. Sure some coach may not want to come to Iowa and rebuild our program but few are going to shy away because of the paycheck they will receive.
clicheusername3
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Duke, North Carolina, Florida, Michigan St., Ohio St., Arizona, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Syracuse, Pitt, Nova, Georgetown, Kentucky, Indiana etc. etc. etc....I would say Iowa basketball is less relevant than these programs right now.
SteveGarvey
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What if Keno was brought back and sucked? What if any coach was brought in and sucked? Really, to one extent or another it'll be a crap shoot and we'll be taking a chance.
Any hire has a risk of failing, it's a chance our program, or any program will take. That's why I don't blame Barta for Lickliter. It looked like a great hire at the time and I don't blame him at all for hiring him. It didn't work out. He took a chance hiring the national COY and it didn't work out.
Really, anyone outside of Bruce Almighty is going to come with some risk that he'll fail here. In fact, even BA could fail though it's less likely.
Thing is, they all have some kind of wart on their resumes. And, sure as the sun will rise tomorrow, there will be a segment of Hawkeye Nation who will whine about the hire and focus on some negative aspect about his record, no matter how minor.
I'd love to have Keno here, bring an up-tempo style, improve the recruiting connections we have now and undo the curse of letting Mr. Davis go.
clicheusername3
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Unless the BA ur talking about is BA Barackus. The A-team never fails. Bring in Hannibal as the head coach/leader, Faceman as the assoc. head/recruiting coordinator, BA as the Strength and conditioning coach and Murdock as your scouting coordinator. Boom. NCAA tourney next year.
knighthawk13
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Keno to ISU is a joke. Not going to happen unless he was desperate....which he isn't.
83Hawk
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There is no such thing, and bringing a coach in to remove a "curse" is a ridiculous reason.
People need to let go of the Mr. Davis era. It's ancient history.
Rawkhawk73
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How in the name of all that is decent and holy can we let go of an era that continues to curse us to this day!?!?!? I'll let go of that era when it lets go of us!!
TritonHawkeye
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I think a few are a stretch. Florida, Arizona, Oklahoma, Pitt, Nova, Georgetown...really and yet you leave off UCLA.
clicheusername3
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Dude. Give me a break. I etc.'ed that post. And I may be wrong but I think all of the programs you quoted above have been to the final four in the last 10 years.
hawkeye12345
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Coaches salaries of those on your list:
Kentucky: $4 million
Florida: $3.5 million
Kansas: $3 million
Ohio St: $2.5 million
NC: $2.1 million
Texas: $2 million
Mich ST: $1.75 million
Indiana: $1.48 million
Duke: $1.2 million
Syracuse: $1 million
Funny thing is you named 9 teams that are in the top 13 of coaches salaries in the country. Do you remember what we were paying Lick? I sure do.
clicheusername3
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I'm not sure what your point is. You asked for 10 programs more relevant than Iowa.
GhostofBTT
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I don't get his point either.
He asked for programs who could hire any coach they wanted. I would say with 100% certainty, that each school you listed would be more attractive to an established coach than Iowa.
