**2025-2026 Iowa Basketball Season Thread**

[douglasbader]

Reading the cesspool that is twitter and apparently most hok fans absolutely hate Manyow and Combs. Also near unanimity that Banks is definitely not wanted back. Unbelievable

I heard on Hawkeye lounge that some retard thought Cooper Koch wasn’t going to play this year

 

[BBK]

Koch might be better than Stirtz by his Junior year

 

[shoot-the-three]

If we can get a PG who can get to the rim, look the fuck out. And according to Waukee NW Fanatic.com, that player is already on the roster.

A PG who can get to the rim and a culture changing coach and they will be fine.

 

[The Dad]

A PG who can get to the rim and a culture changing coach and they will be fine.

*recruiter

 

[Jim Tebow]

I heard on Hawkeye lounge that some retard thought Cooper Koch wasn’t going to play this year

You are such an incessantly queer little shithead it's really astounding. Boggles my mind to imagine the lack of personal fulfillment it must require to be such a gay twit megapoaster. But ya i didnt think koch would start. Let it go dude. Its gonna be ok. The bullies cant hurt you anymore.

 

[shoot-the-three]

Or when recruiting is overwhelmingly your program’s biggest deficiency, and has been for going on 40 fucking years, you don’t keep going out and trying to find the best X and O guy for every hire?

Maybe try something different? Try to change the culture?

But no, I’m sure it’ll be different this time, you fucking idiots.

Yes, we are all the fucking idiots.

 

[The Dad]

Yes, we are all the fucking idiots.

*recruiter

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Shhhh….the Dad is quietly trying to move the goalposts.

 

[shoot-the-three]

If we don’t hire a black HC we’ll continue to be the Waukee all-stars. Hire the modern day equivalent of George Raveling, whoever that is.

Break the wheel!

Again, we are all the fucking idiots.

 

[Geese]

Shhhh….the Dad is quietly trying to move the goalposts.

We won't forget

 

[shoot-the-three]

Looks like a team that would make some noise in the Missouri Valley.

The usual faggots are triggered. Weird. Are they capable of learning at all?

THE DAD WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING.

Everyone except The Dad are fucking idiots.

 

[The Dad]

Shhhh….the Dad is quietly trying to move the goalposts.

No matter how many posts of mine @shoot-the-three reposts, the goalpost was always recruiting.

If McCollum proves me wrong there, we’ll all be happy.

 

[The Dad]

Everyone except The Dad are fucking idiots.

 

[douglasbader]

You are such an incessantly queer little shithead it's really astounding. Boggles my mind to imagine the lack of personal fulfillment it must require to be such a gay twit megapoaster. But ya i didnt think koch would start. Let it go dude. Its gonna be ok. The bullies cant hurt you anymore.

Hahahaha fuck you!

 

[Geese]

No matter how many posts of mine @shoot-the-three reposts, the goalpost was always recruiting.

If McCollum proves me wrong there, we’ll all be happy.

Lol k

 

[The Dad]

Lol k

Feel free to find a single post where that’s not the case. Team up with st3 if you need to.

 

[Debit One]

He was literally a starting pg on an elite 8 team 1 day ago. He's great as complimentary to a lead guard. Frankly he showed great potential as a scorer in the last bit of the season. He shot over 40% from 3. Would have been probably the best all around guard of the franmac era, sans devyn marble. Pretty similar to Clemons.

All the retards shitting on combs, manuyow and/or to a lesser extent banks need to reassess their lives.

And I would have said the same about Clemons.

McCollum runs a guard-centric offense, or at least did this year. The bar for the guy who will have the ball in his hands more than anyone else should be higher than “similar to Clemons.”

I am not saying that Combs should be run off, or that he isn’t a valuable member of the team.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

No matter how many posts of mine @shoot-the-three reposts, the goalpost was always recruiting.

If McCollum proves me wrong there, we’ll all be happy.

Well your issue was that until he proves it, it will be more of the same. They had the lead at the under 8 in the elite 8.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Nothing I posted wasn’t true or indicative of my mental capacities!!!

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

And I would have said the same about Clemons.

McCollum runs a guard-centric offense, or at least did this year. The bar for the guy who will have the ball in his hands more than anyone else should be higher than “similar to Clemons.”

I am not saying that Combs should be run off, or that he isn’t a valuable member of the team.

They need a gravitational guard. Combs gives them a little flexibility in who it has to be.

 

[The Dad]

Well your issue was that until he proves it, it will be more of the same. They had the lead at the under 8 in the elite 8.

Sunshine Boi!!!

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Koch cannot guard the 2

 

[Hawkstrat]

McCollum likes having a couple of ball handlers on the court at the same time. Combs is a perfectly fine second starting PG, if you can land a high-end transfer PG for him to play alongside.

 

[Nobody]

 

[L. Wade Childress]

About time for the off-season thread, isn’t it?

 

[shoot-the-three]

Feel free to find a single post where that’s not the case. Team up with st3 if you need to.

It's not that @The Dad thought that Mccollum was a bad hire, he just thought that if they didn't hire a black coach the program and culture were screwed. We're all fucking idiots, not him.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

It's not that @The Dad thought that Mccollum was a bad hire, he just thought that if they didn't hire a black coach the program and culture were screwed. We're all fucking idiots, not him.

no one thought McCollum was a bad hire. There were justifiable concerns about his offense, his recruiting and his love for whites and family members.

I was one of them and still am. But I’m not going bitch after what we just experienced. I’m thankful.

 

[douglasbader]

no one thought McCollum was a bad hire. There were justifiable concerns about his offense, his recruiting and his love for whites and family members.

I was one of them and still am. But I’m not going bitch after what we just experienced. I’m thankful.

Shut the fuck up.

 

[shoot-the-three]

Justifiable??? His love for whites and his family? You're an idiot.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

no one thought McCollum was a bad hire. There were justifiable concerns about his offense, his recruiting and his love for whites and family members.

I was one of them and still am. But I’m not going bitch after what we just experienced. I’m thankful.

A) we get it. One of your circle of friends had a kid who sat bc Peyton played.

B) @The Dad 100% thought it was a bad hire.

 

[Revolver]

no one thought McCollum was a bad hire. There were justifiable concerns about his offense, his recruiting and his love for whites and family members.

I was one of them and still am. But I’m not going bitch after what we just experienced. I’m thankful.

You were and are a fucktard about all of it. Especially the family member thing. You let McCaffery’s handling of his kids cloud your judgment of the way you viewed McCollum adding his son to the team. All whilst banging the drum for ya boy “D-Rock” who would have played his fat son more than any of the McCaffery kids ever played.

Which I don’t blame McCaffery, Devries, McCollum or any of the hundreds of coaches who have done that. If your kid being on the roster is not a detriment to the team, then it doesn’t matter.

You should just quit trying to justify this shit. It’s over. You and several others were so tremendously wrong about it.

 

[Revolver]

At this point, I’d be fine with McCollum putting his wife on scholarship.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

I couldn't pick mccollums wife out of a lineup and that makes me happy

 

[CamelTones]

His son is on the team to be the scout team point guard for 5 years since anyone else in that position would hit the portal.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

You were and are a fucktard about all of it. Especially the family member thing. You let McCaffery’s handling of his kids cloud your judgment of the way you viewed McCollum adding his son to the team. All whilst banging the drum for ya boy “D-Rock” who would have played his fat son more than any of the McCaffery kids ever played.

Which I don’t blame McCaffery, Devries, McCollum or any of the hundreds of coaches who have done that. If your kid being on the roster is not a detriment to the team, then it doesn’t matter.

You should just quit trying to justify this shit. It’s over. You and several others were so tremendously wrong about it.

kill yourself

 

[Revolver]

kill yourself

I can picture 10 years from now. Let’s imagine McCollum has a Final Four appearance under his belt. Iowa is a threat to make a run every year in the Big Dance, and all that considered you’d still be flailing around about this stupid shit.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

I can picture 10 years from now. Let’s imagine McCollum has a Final Four appearance under his belt. Iowa is a threat to make a run every year in the Big Dance, and all that considered you’d still be flailing around about this stupid shit.

nope. Hope he proves me wrong.

if he’s fired in 2030 because he couldn’t replace Stirtz, will you kill yourself? I can wait four years.

 

[gohawkeyes811]

JFC can we please ban Wade from this thread for a bit?

 

[Revolver]

If you stay on the same trajectory you’ve been on, I’m trying to imagine how bad of a poster you will be by 2030. Yikes.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

I haven’t even said anything controversial. You guys are just huge bitches.

 

[gohawkeyes811]

I haven’t even said anything controversial. You guys are just huge bitches.

JFC can we please ban Wade from this thread for a bit?

 

[TurdBurgler]

Imagine this was a .500 season where the coaches kid was the best player in the team. I am so glad we got who we got at the exact right time for the program.

Future is bright for our Hawkeyes.

 

[Revolver]

I haven’t even said anything controversial. You guys are just huge bitches.

You were just wrong about so much about the hire. Among many things, you said at one point that you didn’t think McCollum could generate enough excitement. This is the most excited the fan base has been in my memory of Iowa Basketball.

 

[BillyBob]

L Tard still angry Iowa didn’t hire D Tard.

He was seething at Iowa in the elite 8.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

You were just wrong about so much about the hire. Among many things, you said at one point that you didn’t think McCollum could generate enough excitement. This is the most excited the fan base has been in my memory of Iowa Basketball.

What was I wrong about? I was wrong when I thought DeVries was going to get the job, but that’s it. That has nothing to do with McCollum’s style.

I have a strong background in client service and I want to understand your position.

 

[Kerky]

What was I wrong about? I was wrong when I thought DeVries was going to get the job, but that’s it. That has nothing to do with McCollum’s style.

I have a strong background in client service and I want to understand your position.

Calling @Mods

 

[Hawkstrat]

People get stuff embarrassingly wrong all the time. When you find yourself in that situation, the best strategy is to shut up.

 

[Revolver]

What was I wrong about? I was wrong when I thought DeVries was going to get the job, but that’s it. That has nothing to do with McCollum’s style.

I have a strong background in client service and I want to understand your position.

If you pick McCollum over DD you are retarded.

McCollum sort of seems to be a prick. And he thinks his kid is way too good for what he is which scares me that we will end up with as a walk on if he gets the iowa job. He can obviously coach, but I am not sure he has ability to generate any fan excitement or NIL money like DeVries.

But, if we aren’t going to be able to recruit any better, there’s probably no better choice than from a pure coaching skill standpoint. I am not sure if it’s better to make a coaching change before we do the carver renovation or after.

If DeVries wants the job, hiring mccollum is a fireable offense.

Early in this thread.

We are going to suck. I’m still excited.

I think nearly everyone agreed that McCollum was a great hire.
Then he gave his kid a scholarship at a position for which we have no returning players and is now playing him double digit minutes in preseason scrimmages

Just a few.

 

[shoot-the-three]

L Tard still angry Iowa didn’t hire D Tard.

He was seething at Iowa in the elite 8.

This and the fact that with Devries it would give him one more thing to be the local yocal about.

 

[gohawkeyes811]

It's one thing to be wrong. Fine. It's another to be that wrong and say you weren't.