Fran McCaffery and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Transfer Portal
- Thread starter CoKane
- Start date
Not being able to pay a bill has never stopped them before.
In fairness who doesn't love a winning team? Some posters made a big deal about the ISU tennis team though not as many as Iowa fans popping wood over their baseball team.
They can easily afford that but I don't see Beth canning him.
Where are you getting that figure? I'm not saying you're wrong but I was under the impression the buyout was closer to $8 or $9 million.
They can’t even afford to give MBB any NIL money apparently, they’re not going to have funds for that buyout.
It was reported by multiple people on Hawkeye message board, but I've not verified it's accuracy.
Can they afford a Carver arena that's 80% empty for all home games?
- Mar 27, 2006
- 41,170
- 29,474
- 113
Not to mention that they missed their window. If Fran getting the boot was being discussed, I guarantee Devries would have been contacted. The fact that he took the WVU job is an indicator that A) Iowa is not getting rid of Fran or B) Devries didn't care that the job might be open (which would be an absolutely damning commentary on how the Iowa job is viewed)
Fran McCaffery signs contract extension with Iowa through 2027-28 season
McCaffery will be 68 years old when his latest contract extension expires.
www.hawkcentral.com
I calculate the total to be $8.52M. That would be 60% of his remaining years (2024-2025 season through 2027-2028 season)
I am also assuming the information provided is his current contract
I have heard through the grapevine Devries was not that interested in the job since they don't give any NIL.
- Mar 27, 2006
- 41,170
- 29,474
- 113
If that's the book on Iowa in coaching circles, they're going to have a very hard time getting anyone with a proven track record to replace Fran
Maybe transformational wonder woman Caitlin Clark can coach the men's team in her spare time? More fans would likely attend, and she can easily out-fran Fran when it comes to blowing her top.
Maybe Connor McCaffery-Clark could be her assistant...
This is just a guess but I am guessing the problem with their NIL is more about their coach than not wanting to support basketball. I imagine with the right guy to sell the program they would get money coming in. And I also think a lot of the "we don't have enough money to get transfers" crowd are Fran apologists who make excuses on why he doesn't land guys in the portal. I have tried to bring up before to people that say they don't have money to get top transfers that that excuse is BS because you don't need top transfers. You can find solid players to add to your roster to fill it out and add depth without paying a ton.
Kind of like not watering a plant that you don't like
If the Swarm could afford the rumored prices for Mclemara and Proctor I would assume they could do the same for Basketball if Fran pushed for support.
Pretty clear Fran doesn't want to dip his toes in the high level recruiting in HS or the portal thus there isn't an ask to generate the money for Basketball. Major reason he commitments are local and legacy players who have inherent push to Iowa City and not compete against real programs and NIL.
The apathy for Fran and the program as whole also contributes to donors not wanting to provide the NIL money to the program.
