What The F Is Wrong With Connor McCaffery?

[ssckelley]

I don't. You can show support for where you came from and the fans that made you what you were and have a different viewpoint than your partner at the same time. If he doesn't understand it it's his deal. She ain't a kept woman and while he's living off daddy's money (that came from Iowa) she's making bazillions that will also support him.

That's the thing, Connor got everything he has and ever will have from his dad and his girlfriend. He's a literal nothing burger. And if it's a deal where she truly does hate Iowa now because of how her future father in law got treated, well...CC can suck a fart out of my ass. Iowa sports don't belong to the McCaffery's or the Clarks. It was here before they got here...it'll be here when they're gone.

Face of women's basketball or not, if she's the Hawkeye she claims to be to not even say a simple congrats to Iowa after the best season in Hawks history tells me all I need to know. Her boyfriend would get mad? Well that also tells me what I need to know if she picks an Iowa hating douche bag to cohabitate with.

No harm, no foul though, everyone has their opinion. I can also choose to like someone or not. She doesn't care what I or any of us think, though, she's got Prada commercials to film.

I see the personal side of this, maybe she truly loves Connor and her showing any kind of support to the program that fired his dad could hurt that relationship she has with her boyfriend, his siblings, and his parents. At this point she's simply staying out of it, which I think is the right move. She's not obligated to say or do anything to support Iowa outside the women's program and even that's not really an obligation.

I get being a fan we want to over react but there is a human side to this as well and I feel like you are completely ignoring that. To go as far to say she can eat crap just because she's being silent is an over reaction IMO. CC put Iowa women's basketball on the map, I think we (as fans) owe her the benefit of the doubt.

 

[Hawkfnntn]

I'm going to go a step farther and say the CC can eat shit too if that's how she rolls.

There. I said that about you Iowa WBB fans' golden girl.

Just because she's a really good basketball player at a school I've cheered for way longer than she's been alive doesn't mean I have to like or appreciate her if she's gonna be all douchey like her boyfriend. Looks like she got too big city for the Hawks now. That's ok though, I don't expect a silver spoon Dowling product to be real down-to-earth anyway.

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Yeah she's hanging out with Magic Johnson why's she care about Iowa anymore? Not surprising to me that fans are letting her hear it. That's good maybe she'll figure it out. Or maybe she won't. Either way she doesn't need Iowa fans anymore. So I guess we'll find out if she even wants them or not. Cause she can lose em. I went most of my life not paying any attention to womens hoops. I can go back to that really easily.

 

[Fryowa]

I see the personal side of this, maybe she truly loves Connor and her showing any kind of support to the program that fired his dad could hurt that relationship she has with her boyfriend, his siblings, and his parents. At this point she's simply staying out of it, which I think is the right move. She's not obligated to say or do anything to support Iowa outside the women's program and even that's not really an obligation.

I get being a fan we want to over react but there is a human side to this as well and I feel like you are completely ignoring that. To go as far to say she can eat crap just because she's being silent is an over reaction IMO. CC put Iowa women's basketball on the map, I think we (as fans) owe her the benefit of the doubt.

As far as college sports goes, my allegiance is to the Iowa programs, not individuals. If someone later chooses to shit on the program (I'm sorry but in my opinion this silence is a really loud statement), they're going to get no love from me. Same goes for the Fant family, others. I don't think she should literally eat shit, she can metaphorically eat shit. It's my way of showing that I don't have to be a fan just because she scored a whole bunch of points and made a ton of assists and sold out Carver. Like I said, the athletic dept is bigger than any player and the wave she created in WBB isn't going to last if the past couple years are any indication. She owes me nothing and I owe her nothing.

You can interpret as her "staying out of it," I interpret it as her choosing the entitled douchey boyfriend over Iowa sports. I care way more about Iowa sports than I do about CM, so that's all it is. She's free to choose anything she wants and if it makes her happier, then good on her. But I ain't gonna choose be a fan of hers. No hard feelings, just indifference. I know my post didn't sound indifferent, I'll give you that. That's a sports board for you.

CC situation is a little like Fredo when Michael tells him never to go against the family or he's going to be out of said family. Without all the dead strippers and blackmail, of course.

Bottom line, I'm a guy who thinks if you ain't for us you're against us. And I don't hate Caitlin Clark. I'm just a dude on the internet who likes the Hawkeyes and I'd shit talk anyone who did the same thing. Caitlin Clark will be just fine for life no matter what I think about her.

 

[HawkeyeBK]

I see the personal side of this, maybe she truly loves Connor and her showing any kind of support to the program that fired his dad could hurt that relationship she has with her boyfriend, his siblings, and his parents. At this point she's simply staying out of it, which I think is the right move. She's not obligated to say or do anything to support Iowa outside the women's program and even that's not really an obligation.

I get being a fan we want to over react but there is a human side to this as well and I feel like you are completely ignoring that. To go as far to say she can eat crap just because she's being silent is an over reaction IMO. CC put Iowa women's basketball on the map, I think we (as fans) owe her the benefit of the doubt.

Totally agree. A lot of people assuming an awful lot of bad things.

 

[CP87]

I will give CC the benefit of the doubt this one time...but it is a bad look for her. All of the Hawk pros pump up pretty much all Hawk sports on social media, whether FB, either of the BB teams, wrestling, soccer, field hockey, what have you. When 99.9% of Hawk Nation is going nuts over a March Madness run, and you are AWOL, people are going to notice. I am going to cheer for her regardless of whether or not she is a huge Hawk booster because she is the most compelling BB player I have ever watched in person. But I would be disappointed nonetheless.

 

[guffus]

I am starting to wonder if Caitlin and Conner are good for each other. If he wants to be a college head coach one day, he will have to move around a lot as an assistant. Now he is asking her to not support Iowa publicly? That would be a deal breaker for me.

 

[eyekwah]

Am I wrong, but isn't Connor unemployed now that Butler hired a new coach? I think it is more than likely Connor will be somewhere else than Indianapolis. Separation would be good for all involved.

 

[JoeyLabasForPresident]

Am I wrong, but isn't Connor unemployed now that Butler hired a new coach? I think it is more than likely Connor will be somewhere else than Indianapolis. Separation would be good for all involved.

One would have to imagine his social media antics put a damper on his job prospects. It's not hard to just act professional when you are looking to do fairly visible work and have a public profile. I suppose he can always go work for his dad.

 

[hawkdrummer1]

The friends you choose often bring out certain parts of your personality. CC has her good and bad (like anyone). Connor would seem to be the kind of person who will bring out her less desirable qualities.

Alford was an arrogant puke. But let's be honest, Fran and his whole family aren't far behind.

 

[Fryowa]

Am I wrong, but isn't Connor unemployed now that Butler hired a new coach? I think it is more than likely Connor will be somewhere else than Indianapolis. Separation would be good for all involved.

CM has never been employed in his whole life other than a little token stint as an assistant basketball coach. His whole life has been riding off coattails of his dad and girlfriend. Entitled trust fund baby who has absolutely no connection or understanding of reality. And he acts like it. I know silver spooners personally who you'd never know were rich let alone assholes. Growing up bottle-fed and your butt wiped for you doesn't excuse the way you act as an adult.

If that puke wasn't dating Caitlin Clark no one would ever hear his name again.

 

[Fryowa]

Alford was an arrogant puke. But let's be honest, Fran and his whole family aren't far behind.

Fran was (is) a good coach that just rubbed people the wrong way. He did things right without cheating and found NBA players as high schoolers that literally no one paid attention to. His players loved him. Alford did none of that.

Fran's family are the pukes, not him.

No comparison IMO.

 

[Hawkfnntn]

One would have to imagine his social media antics put a damper on his job prospects. It's not hard to just act professional when you are looking to do fairly visible work and have a public profile. I suppose he can always go work for his dad.

I really hope he starts running into that being a problem for him... I've NEVER heard of an assistant coach making waves like he has. That's because programs don't tolerate it. They have no need to at all. You gotta mind your Ps and Qs be a good example and do your job with no complaints to be able to climb the ladder. He thinks just clocking in with his last name does all that for him.

Working for his dad would be a short term thing and I'm not sure it'd help advance him if he keeps being like this. My guess is he'll end up being arm candy for his woman and living off her coattails. Just how he likes it.

 

[BigD]

lol. I used to hear supportive crap for Connor when I commented on his lack of skills during his playing days.

What’s all the fuss about. You are feeding the PIG by this very thread.

I say “Connor who???”

The guy has lived off his daddy’s purse strings and now He is living off of his girlfriend’s purse strings.

Maybe one day he will get his own purse.

 

[guffus]

CM has never been employed in his whole life other than a little token stint as an assistant basketball coach. His whole life has been riding off coattails of his dad and girlfriend. Entitled trust fund baby who has absolutely no connection or understanding of reality. And he acts like it. I know silver spooners personally who you'd never know were rich let alone assholes. Growing up bottle-fed and your butt wiped for you doesn't excuse the way you act as an adult.

If that puke wasn't dating Caitlin Clark no one would ever hear his name again.

Now that's a little unfair. Conner is still under 30 years old and spent a year as a pacers employee and a year as a Butler assistant coach. What do really expect somebody his age to have accomplished? Its not like he has been sitting at home all day doing nothing.

 

[Fryowa]

Now that's a little unfair. Conner is still under 30 years old and spent a year as a pacers employee and a year as a Butler assistant coach. What do really expect somebody his age to have accomplished? Its not like he has been sitting at home all day doing nothing.

Be different if he wasn't such a salty asshole. And do you really think he's getting that job with the Pacers and Butler if Fran isn't his dad? Come on.

What do really expect somebody his age to have accomplished? Its not like he has been sitting at home all day doing nothing.

I'm no shining star by anyone's measure, but I've had a job since two months after I turned 14 and I'm 45. Never not been employed that entire time. My last two years of college I worked 40 hours a week as a welder (learn a trade in high school, smartest thing I ever did). I'm a low talent dork and even I could do that so let's not go that route. He's an above average basketball player, but what else has the guy done that wasn't handed to him? Go to college? People do that every year and have to work to pay for it. Are we acting like he sacrificed 5 years of his life to play basketball here? He got paid for that. Everything he has and the only reason people hear his name is because of his millionaire dad and millionaire girlfriend and he still acts like an asshole.

Just don't be a dickhead, it's simple. Cooper DeJean is one of the nicest and most humble kids I've ever met and grew up just like most rural kids. Still texts in a Snapchat group to this day that my kid is in (we're in the same area of the state as OABCIG and they played sports against each other). Connor had things easy and he's still a douche canoe. Maybe Marge and Fran should've pulled the tit away a little more when he was a kid, I don't know.

Nah. I ain't giving any credit.

You can, I'm not.

 

[Fryowa]

lol. I used to hear supportive crap for Connor when I commented on his lack of skills during his playing days.

What’s all the fuss about. You are feeding the PIG by this very thread.

I say “Connor who???”

The guy has lived off his daddy’s purse strings and now He is living off of his girlfriend’s purse strings.

Maybe one day he will get his own purse.

Back then he wasn't shitting on Iowa sports.

 

[Dadman]

Ya know, I actually liked the dude when he played for Iowa, thought he was an asset that was willing to do the hard work to support the team. Fine. He is butthurt. But in the great scheme of things, this has the overall effect of a gnats fart in a windstorm.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

As far as college sports goes, my allegiance is to the Iowa programs, not individuals. If someone later chooses to shit on the program (I'm sorry but in my opinion this silence is a really loud statement), they're going to get no love from me. Same goes for the Fant family, others. I don't think she should literally eat shit, she can metaphorically eat shit. It's my way of showing that I don't have to be a fan just because she scored a whole bunch of points and made a ton of assists and sold out Carver. Like I said, the athletic dept is bigger than any player and the wave she created in WBB isn't going to last if the past couple years are any indication. She owes me nothing and I owe her nothing.

You can interpret as her "staying out of it," I interpret it as her choosing the entitled douchey boyfriend over Iowa sports. I care way more about Iowa sports than I do about CM, so that's all it is. She's free to choose anything she wants and if it makes her happier, then good on her. But I ain't gonna choose be a fan of hers. No hard feelings, just indifference. I know my post didn't sound indifferent, I'll give you that. That's a sports board for you.

CC situation is a little like Fredo when Michael tells him never to go against the family or he's going to be out of said family. Without all the dead strippers and blackmail, of course.

Bottom line, I'm a guy who thinks if you ain't for us you're against us. And I don't hate Caitlin Clark. I'm just a dude on the internet who likes the Hawkeyes and I'd shit talk anyone who did the same thing. Caitlin Clark will be just fine for life no matter what I think about her.

It all does come down to the entitlement.

In Fran's career he's always moved on to a new school by his choice to step up the ladder. I think he took Greensboro to the NCAA then moved on to Sienna and did the same. Then on to Iowa. Iowa was the first place that he was let go. I'm sure that plays a part in their actions. Connor apparently has an issue accepting that it is pretty normal for most coaches.

 

[Northside Hawk]

Insiders have told me Connor made his biggest mistake by not sticking with baseball.

Perhaps this is consistent with posters claiming he wants to ride off the success of others. In baseball he would have started at the bottom and been forced to prove himself on his own.

 

[Seth53]

Neither of them owes Iowa anything and CC is in an awkward position dating Connor. I get why Connor is butthurt, that's his dad they are talking about and he feels like he needs to defend his honor.

From AI Google search...

"In the last 15 years, the percentage of head coaches at major basketball programs who were eventually fired or forced to resign is significantly high, with nearly 75% of coaching tenures in men's college basketball ending in a dismissal or forced exit."

The KF's of major college sports are rare indeed.
So STFU Connor/McCaffery clan....getting let go/moving on is the very nature of the business you're in.
Invest your millions and enjoy life. Cripes.