I like the staff that Fran has put together and I do truly believe he will get Iowa back to being a consistent 20 game winning team, but for the short term I think some reachable goals to shoot for in the next 2 seasons would be something along the lines of:
2010-11: 7 total Big 10 wins, 16 wins overall - On the cusp of an NIT invite
2011-12: 9 total Big 10 wins, 19 wins overall - At least in the conversation for NCAA Bubble Team
Everyone knows the key to future success will be the result of how well Coach can recruit, and the 2012 recruiting class has at least 3 studs in the State of Iowa alone that should be prime targets for the Hawks (specifically the point guard Paige).
I definitely see better times ahead for the program, but it just might take another couple of years to get re-established as an upper division Big 10 program.
2010-11: 7 total Big 10 wins, 16 wins overall - On the cusp of an NIT invite
2011-12: 9 total Big 10 wins, 19 wins overall - At least in the conversation for NCAA Bubble Team
Everyone knows the key to future success will be the result of how well Coach can recruit, and the 2012 recruiting class has at least 3 studs in the State of Iowa alone that should be prime targets for the Hawks (specifically the point guard Paige).
I definitely see better times ahead for the program, but it just might take another couple of years to get re-established as an upper division Big 10 program.