Lexi Donarski entering transfer portal

[undersized_post]

Donarski is not going to Iowa.
a. Iowa already has 15 scholarship players on the roster for next year. Would be no space unless someone transfers out.
b. Even so, there would not be any backcourt minutes available. Clark will obvoiusly play as much as possible, plus Marshall and Martin coming back for their COVID years, plus competent backups at the 1/2/3 in Davis, McCabe, Affolter, and Wetering, plus Feuerbach coming back from her ACL, plus an incoming freshman PG.

 

[trevn]

Maybe she's transferring because we offered her too much NIL money.

 

[bozclone]

Don’t forget the dreaded ’has her degree and is looking for a school with a MS program not offered by ISU’ take.

For the record, I too think this is a way too easy way to justify why some players have been leaving recently.

 

[allfourcy]

Just saw on the recruiting thread that her sister was on the recruiting board. Any possibility that they're wanting to play together?

Then just come out and say that! That brings absolutely no harm to give that info. Then we can be a little happier about things.

 

[SolarGarlic]

This absolutely sucks but not that surprising. I feel like Bill never utilized her enough on offense and she always seemed frustrated with certain players taking all the shots. Also, I won’t say her name but I just played basketball with a now former player who said a lot of the players do not like Bill and if you aren’t the best player on the team he barely even cares about you. I’d say there’s definitely problems within the program. For Lexi to leave when she was going to potentially be the teams leading scorer next year is ALARMING to say the least.

She had the green light on every possession. Her reputation as an elite outside shooter has never materialized. There are definitely issues with BF, but I can't imagine Donarski going to a better situation as far as her role on the team.

 

[Acylum]

At this point I will be shocked if Ryan stays.

She was the one I was actually expecting to leave.

 

[Marcelason78]

No way to Iowa. They don't need her position.

No way to Iowa. Assuming she can’t stand the program.

 

[Drew0311]

What if Billy is just as good of a coach, but has less of a temper and a good recruiter? Isn’t that a recipe to solve all of the problems everyone has right now?

 

[tsirnickesqcy]

I don’t know why, but this doesn’t shock me.

I got the sense there was some frustration later in the year with her body language on the court. Stinks for sure.

Agreed. Don’t have any inside info but definitely noticed that with her.

 

[acoustimac]

lol oops....sarcasm is hard to detect on the internet haha

Yeah…you almost have to insert <sarcasm> since emojis don’t work so well

 

[wxman1]

If you don’t think Fenn is going to try to pull a Bill Snyder and try to insert his son as his replacement. I want whatever you’re on.

Bill doesn't get any say in that and do you really think JP would follow through on that? All Jamie has to do is look East and see how well Iowa football is doing with their nepotism

From what I have been told he has wanted to retire but won't until JP agrees to hire Billy.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

I'd take the Creighton coach. Gets them in the NCAA, and beat both us and Iowa w/Clark last year.

He's in his late 50s and a Creighton grad. He's a lifer there.

 

[CloneJD]

Then just come out and say that! That brings absolutely no harm to give that info. Then we can be a little happier about things.

Lexi doesn’t owe you a ******* comment dude. Get a grip.

 

[tman24]

That's surprising. Primed for a huge role next year

we keep saying this every year for players and they never pan out.

 

[WastedTalent]

If you don’t think Fenn is going to try to pull a Bill Snyder and try to insert his son as his replacement. I want whatever you’re on.

What? Fennelly is no where near a Bill Snyder. And Sean Snyder never coached more than special teams after Bill retired.

 

[trevn]

From what I have been told he has wanted to retire but won't until JP agrees to hire Billy.

Woof. The old Ferentz plan. Hope that's not true.

 

[Thompsonclone]

She had the green light on every possession. Her reputation as an elite outside shooter has never materialized. There are definitely issues with BF, but I can't imagine Donarski going to a better situation as far as her role on the team.

She had the green light but they never really ran any offense to her and she never really got to play with the ball in her hands so I think she struggled to ever find her rhythm. Most of the offense was Ashley and Emily dribbling it around too much.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Then just come out and say that! That brings absolutely no harm to give that info. Then we can be a little happier about things.

Has she made a statement at all?

 

[loyalsons4evertrue]

From what I have been told he has wanted to retire but won't until JP agrees to hire Billy.

lol if that's true, and a big IF, that may be the dumbest logic ever.....so Bill resurrected a program from nothing and wants to turn it over to his son? Honestly, if I'm Billy, I wouldn't even want the pressure of living up to what my own dad accomplished

 

[SolarGarlic]

She had the green light but they never really ran any offense to her and she never really got to play with the ball in her hands so I think she struggled to ever find her rhythm. Most of the offense was Ashley and Emily dribbling it around too much.

Lol what? She had the ball in her hands a lot. One of our go-to sets was getting it to her at the top of the key and letting her drive.

I thought we developed her for the wrong role. She has the skills to be an offensive star, but instead we made her into a defender and slasher. Whether that was her choice or the staff's, it always felt like the wrong direction. She should've been a tall shooting guard, not a small forward.