Unironically you could do a hell of a lot worse than McCaffery. I can see the case of saying things have plateaued and you want to aim a little higher but there are far worse results competitive teams with NCAA tournament chances most years.
Should Iowa Move On from Mad Fran?
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Case closed, end discussion. Man deserves another and another and another shot. Sweet molasses, get that guy a lifetime contract. I love his enthusiasm on the court each game and I am always ready for that chair toss, LETS GOOOOOO FRAAAAANNNN!!!
Dang, I did not see literally 1 more comment below already stating the lifetime contract hahaha....
It's an interesting debate. Garza and Keegan Murray, and to a lesser extent Kris, were two great college basketball players. On some level, he deserves credit for finding these guys that were pretty lightly recruited, and for developing them. On the other hand, you are seeing this year what happens when you don't have an AA to bail you out. They are horrible. You also realize how Fran's style, coaching and full roster management held them back having had a several year long run of having an AA star player.
$16.6M buyout, no chance they fire him..... We are blessed with him for at least two more seasons.
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This brings back memories of high school. Getting an "extension" under the bleachers was risky and fun!
He's not owed the full buyout if they fire him. 60 percent I believe. I think the buyout is something near 8Million.
That's kind of a stupid buyout, I guess it only helps prevent him from leaving for another job, but very one sided. Iowa will have plenty of money being in the B1G that they could make a move if they wanted to, but I think they genuinely know that they will never pull in a consistent crowd of 9,000+. Even with the best of times, they've trended downward for a long time. Even having All-American players in Garza and Murray couldn't give them a minor chubby.
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What's the big deal about just firing him? When has Iowa ever really honored a contract and paid anyone they don't want to pay?
I don't think money is a valid excuse or reason not to either. I just don't think this is a good era for Fran. He was already a bad recruiter but now throw in a transfer portal that he's missing on and I think it's best if Iowa goes another direction. Could certainly hire someone worse than Fran though so there's some risk.
Depends how good the team is as far as attendance. Iowa basketball is much more fair weather than other sports. Probably not only school in that regard. I think they'd have to be a top 15 type team to see consistent 12-15k seats filled
The towel guy looked to have some pretty good wheels on him. Hand motion could use some work though.
I'm sure Cooper DeJean would be willing to give him some pointers.
I didn't play basketball in HS, but I think I would've had a shot at a scholarship if Fran was the Iowa HC when I was. Also, this hits close to home.
At least having a good coach at Iowa wouldn't fee so annoying when Iowa won the Cyhawk bball game.
Recruiting might take a hit (no idea how much they compete for recruits) but Fran's been getting most of the in-state kids anyway and TJ's got a head start on the inner workings of that.
Harding-Fr'
Freeman-Fr
Dix(verdict still out)-SO
P Sandfor(FR)
Freeman is the star out of all of them and will only get better from year 1 to year 2. That core could be solid going forward.