Doesn’t he recruit the team? Is that really an excuse you want to hang your hat on? It’s not like he’s had a bunch of injuries or transfers due to NIL. He’s just been really bad on the recruiting trail.
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Doesn’t he recruit the team? Is that really an excuse you want to hang your hat on? It’s not like he’s had a bunch of injuries or transfers due to NIL. He’s just been really bad on the recruiting trail.
I think in most people's eyes tOSU is better.
Me personally, I'd rather have the Creighton job.
Ummm...touch a nerve? I didn't say it should be open...said it wouldn't. And...there are a lot of Iowa fans who want it to open. I hope it doesn't open...I enjoy that situation in IC.
It's crazy Howard still has a job. Even crazier that assaulting am opposing coach probably helped him stick around longer than he should.
All I know for sure is that McD will use the OSU job to get a raise, whether that’s from Creighton or at OSU is the question.
Creighton is a better program but tOsu is one of the biggest brands in the country.
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Please let these 2 moves happen just to see the hawk meltdown.
McD is reportedly making over 2 mil (though terms aren't disclosed due to it being a private university). A school like OSU might throw 5 mil at him? Question could be how much of that gap could Creighton's donors cover to keep him there. Seems if they can close a good portion of that the better decision would be to stay there.
Better question is how much is enough? We’re not talking about $200,000 to $500,000. Making $2M a year is living a good life. Is there really a step function change to making $5M?
And, Doug’s $70M he’s made in the NBA can’t be discounted. Greg doesn’t have to think as much about passing down generational wealth (to him at least).
JFC nothing ever is at Iowa according to you and other Iowa fans. Get a clue and go read some posts on Go Iowa Awesome or other hawk sites, if you want their take on Fran.
The tOSU program has underachieved for 2 decades. There was a time (2010s) when they were getting huge talent and still only sitting middle of the pack year after year. They’re to basketball what Miami is to football. Great talent pools and rich resources but always underperform.
Fair points, the answer to that is obviously going to be different for every person. And yeah, especially given the length of his career, McD has been making over a million for nearly 15 years now, he's certainly likely to have plenty in the bank. He does have 2 other children though, if passing wealth down is a consideration.
Posted this in the Premium thread but relevant here as well.
TJ ain’t leaving for a long time, I can guarantee you that.
Beyond other reasons, you can see from the outside that he’s partly doing so well at Iowa State because of what Iowa State means to him at the core. That true passion propels him in ways he otherwise wouldn’t have (see SDSU, UNLV). Not that he’d try any less, but his genuineness and emotion for ISU truly make him successful on the court, in practice, and sitting in living rooms with recruits and their parents.
Every time TJ talks about ISU you want to run through a brick wall for him, just like Dan M did and still does for football.
TJ ain’t leaving for a long time, I can guarantee you that.
Beyond other reasons, you can see from the outside that he’s partly doing so well at Iowa State because of what Iowa State means to him at the core. That true passion propels him in ways he otherwise wouldn’t have (see SDSU, UNLV). Not that he’d try any less, but his genuineness and emotion for ISU truly make him successful on the court, in practice, and sitting in living rooms with recruits and their parents.
Every time TJ talks about ISU you want to run through a brick wall for him, just like Dan M did and still does for football.
I do read that site, it's mostly a bunch of idiots posting. How many other Big 10 coaches have been to 5 straight tournaments?
Interesting to me that Shaka Smart is not being named as a candidate for a B10 opening. If I were a coach like McD or Smart there's no way I'd leave my current job for one of them. You're at a basketball school, huge job security, established recruiting, top of conference, easy path to a 2-4 seed in the tourney most years. And you've failed miserably at the traditional P5 level already.
McD will stay with the lesser pressure job at Creighton instead of chasing the money, IMO.