Who should Iowa hire?

[JoeyLabasForPresident]

Either one of those two guys sounds interesting. The question is whether or not McCollum is just riding the coat tails and benefits of his predecessors recruiting. Hmmmmm, why does Butler come to mind right now.

We don't want that to happen again.

McCollum had one dude from the previous year's starting five. The other 4 starters (Including Stirtz) are from D2.

 

[PCHawk]

I am sure McCullom would have taken the Iowa job last year as that is a big step up over Drake. But now? He can do better than Iowa.

Whether Devries wanted or wants the Iowa gig seems to be fueled by a lot of internet speculation. We should know more in a couple weeks what Beth wants to do.

It's not internet speculation for me. But since I'm on the internet and telling you, it's definitely internet speculation for you.

 

[#1DieHardHawk]

It probably will end up being a total surprise.

I feel pretty confident that DeVries and McCollum both will at least be contacted for interviews. If Indiana actually does make a hard push for McCollum, my guess is that he would at least hear Iowa out and see if the offer is in the same ballpark.

My personal preference would be either Jerrod Calhoun, Utah State, or Mark Byington, Vanderbilt.

I can see some blue-blood going after Calhoun at some point. He's a solid, solid coach.

FWIW, there also have been early rumblings about Chris Collins.

 

[HawkIowa44]

I don’t think a Chris Collins hire would excite many Iowa fans.

 

[rschneider]

His team won the MVC with a new roster of players, with 5 of them being his former players at NW Mo. St. That tells me that he a) won more with less, b) developed the shit out of these guys so they could go from D2 recruits to D1 conference champs, and/or c) recruited D1 kids to a D2 school, which means he's a helluva recruiter.

I like that as well. Although, I'm not sure he will have enough kids to bring with him this time.