There are about 3-4 threads over on Hawkeye Report right now that are ripping their basketball team / Fran McCaffery. Lot of people going back and forth on how the season is going to play out for them. Pretty funny to see lol.
They better hope their top recruit doesn't read those. Here's a quote from him from yesterday after committing:There are about 3-4 threads over on Hawkeye Report right now that are ripping their basketball team / Fran McCaffery. Lot of people going back and forth on how the season is going to play out for them. Pretty funny to see lol.
And here's the first thing you see:
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A calm, measured, instructive developer of young men.
They better hope their top recruit doesn't read those. Here's a quote from him from yesterday after committing:
"It was very together. I love how the fans are together and everybody supports the Hawkeyes." Yikes.
Yeah there are quite a few people over there that share your same opinion. They're saying that the fans that are unwilling to call Fran what he is are the people that are helping him keep his job.I mean, it’s better to not be happy with Fran no matter what a recruit with 1 other power 5 offer thinks. The ones thinking Fran is doing a good job are the ones hurting the program.
There are about 3-4 threads over on Hawkeye Report right now that are ripping their basketball team / Fran McCaffery. Lot of people going back and forth on how the season is going to play out for them. Pretty funny to see lol.
It is funny but we've had the same stuff happen here, there were CPR loyalist who would never turn on him (some are still here but don't pop their head up anymore) despite the writing on the wall, hell you can go back to the Gmac days and there were people blindly defending the steaming pile of a program he created. It resulted in the same "you're not a real fan" type of pissing matches that are going on over there.
I will say there is a difference though, we were upset about our programs struggling and rightfully so. I think they have that too but they also have more and more of them coming to the realization that its not just ISU fans that see Iowa as the inferior program in the state. Losing Carton stung but they are used to playing second fiddle to Ohio State, Foster was a reality check for a lot of them and he definitely didn't sugar coat his reasons for picking ISU. Throw in the fact that they have no shot with the next big in state recruit and things are looking grim.
Yeah I was pretty young when McDermott was a coach and never got to truly experience them with a knowledgable mind. Looking back at records and such, man those were terrible years. I think with the success our football and basketball teams have had in the recent past, I don't think this fan base will allow mediocrity again. We may argue on some things the coaches do and maybe not be overly happy with how a season turns out, but if we start getting throttled again and seeing kids just not want to play at our school, I don't think our fan base will have a problem with calling things out.It is funny but we've had the same stuff happen here, there were CPR loyalist who would never turn on him (some are still here but don't pop their head up anymore) despite the writing on the wall, hell you can go back to the Gmac days and there were people blindly defending the steaming pile of a program he created. It resulted in the same "you're not a real fan" type of pissing matches that are going on over there.
I will say there is a difference though, we were upset about our programs struggling and rightfully so. I think they have that too but they also have more and more of them coming to the realization that its not just ISU fans that see Iowa as the inferior program in the state. Losing Carton stung but they are used to playing second fiddle to Ohio State, Foster was a reality check for a lot of them and he definitely didn't sugar coat his reasons for picking ISU. Throw in the fact that they have no shot with the next big in state recruit and things are looking grim.
Who's that?Throw in the fact that they have no shot with the next big in state recruit and things are looking grim.
I was telling this to one of my buddies the day Xavier signed. This could change the landscape for the recruiting aspect of the state of Iowa.What should bother Iowa fans is that if Foster shines at Iowa State it is going to make future high level Iowa kids who were born and raised hawks take a closer look at Iowa state.
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What should bother Iowa fans is that if Foster shines at Iowa State it is going to make future high level Iowa kids who were born and raised hawks take a closer look at Iowa state.
What should bother Iowa fans is that if Foster shines at Iowa State it is going to make future high level Iowa kids who were born and raised hawks take a closer look at Iowa state.
Yeah I was pretty young when McDermott was a coach and never got to truly experience them with a knowledgable mind. Looking back at records and such, man those were terrible years. I think with the success our football and basketball teams have had in the recent past, I don't think this fan base will allow mediocrity again. We may argue on some things the coaches do and maybe not be overly happy with how a season turns out, but if we start getting throttled again and seeing kids just not want to play at our school, I don't think our fan base will have a problem with calling things out.
I think it also helps that a large majority of our fanbase trusts Jamie Pollard. We know that at the end of the day, Jamie is going to make a decision that greatly benefits the school.
And he should end up in the NBA, Prohm will have the greatest recruiting pitch against Fran imaginable...
Yeah I was pretty young when McDermott was a coach and never got to truly experience them with a knowledgable mind. Looking back at records and such, man those were terrible years. I think with the success our football and basketball teams have had in the recent past, I don't think this fan base will allow mediocrity again. We may argue on some things the coaches do and maybe not be overly happy with how a season turns out, but if we start getting throttled again and seeing kids just not want to play at our school, I don't think our fan base will have a problem with calling things out.
I think it also helps that a large majority of our fanbase trusts Jamie Pollard. We know that at the end of the day, Jamie is going to make a decision that greatly benefits the school.
They better hope their top recruit doesn't read those. Here's a quote from him from yesterday after committing:
"It was very together. I love how the fans are together and everybody supports the Hawkeyes." Yikes.
They better hope their top recruit doesn't read those. Here's a quote from him from yesterday after committing:
"It was very together. I love how the fans are together and everybody supports the Hawkeyes." Yikes.