I think they can AFFORD to...they have just decided it's not a great use of their money
Fran McCaffery and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Transfer Portal
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This! kid beat cancer, he has had other challenges. I hope he goes somewhere and has a great final year
They can't afford not to. Even modest excitement or hope, let alone actual success would let Iowa recover that buyout easily in attendance, donations, merch, etc.
The way the interest in that program has tanked, that's a pretty easy ROI to hit.
Lol! Ringing endorsement for recruits. Hey, remember the wall in Game of Thrones and how they send criminals and bastards to serve the Knights Watch because it's so awful no one else will do it? They serve for life, and then when you die at the funeral they say "His watch has ended." like it's a good thing they no longer have to live this miserable existence? Yeah, finishing your time with Iowa basketball is basically the same.
It's a different era. The NIL situation of any P5 school is going to be near the top of the list for questions asked by any potential hire for any job now.
And you can't say, "it will improve if we hire you."
Iowa's collective needs to start putting big money now into Fran's program or they are hurting their options with the next one.
And you can't say, "it will improve if we hire you."
Iowa's collective needs to start putting big money now into Fran's program or they are hurting their options with the next one.
Would Fran even know what to do with the allocated funds? It is already public information that the Men's Basketball recruiting budget outdoes even Kaptain Kirk and the football program. And the results are Brock Harding from 50 miles down I80. I think Fran is just in over his head in the recruiting aspect of the game and has been for several years, maybe the entire time he's been at Iowa honestly.
It honestly doesn't matter how he uses it. Everyone understands Fran has about run out of runway. Maybe they get lucky and hit on somebody but just shelling out $$$. The real deal is anybody looking at that job prospectively sees a place where fans don't show up and donors haven't stepped up to get NIL help to players. You really want to try and sell any hot shot coach with options on Iowa City when that's the way things are?
Option B is a hire that Goetz suspects isn't the guy but can build the foundation and you make a play on a better coach when the support starts to return. MLB does this all the time, but it's not that easy to do with the way coaches salaries are funded now. Can she tell Fran he won't be getting any more extensions, but they will work with Swarm to get him $4m to go out with the best team he can build? I'm not sure that works. They're kinda stuck.
It's never been easier to rebuild quickly, but anyone capable of doing that isn't going to even look at Iowa the way it currently is.
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I know nothing about GOT but it’s very similar to the “last radio call” used for LEOs killed in the line of duty.
How can they possibly get by on a measly $70+ million annual media payout??
Actually, when you compare Ath Dept budgets, Iowa should be embarrassed every time they get beat by Iowa State in any sport.
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I'm sure it is. I'm just saying that the context that the kid in his early twenties is using it in while discussing transferring, is probably referencing Game of Thrones and not dead policemen.
Honestly, that is probably a result of Kirk playing a shell game with his budget.
Fran defenders are convinced ISU has one of the biggest NIL in the country and they just buy any player they want. It's both sad and hilarious.
And then turn around and claim we are poor because of Blum's fundraising techniques lol
TJ's shadow network of billionaire donors is also legendary with the Gopher fan base too.
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The reality of what their program is, and the smoke and mirrors that Fran was able to subsist on for the last few years, is really smacking them in the face.
It's even better than that -- they'll become a coaching tryout mill similar to a low or mid major, then if they do find somebody actually good, they'll get poached from Iowa to go coach at a real school that tries.
