**2025 Iowa Offseason & Coaching Search Thread***

[Creed]

I want some Juco slimes that barely qualify. The new head coach should bring in an assistant connected to that world.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Not necessarily if he has only shown the ability to recruit mid major limited white guys as Mikey is discussing. Is that the Iowa basketball the new coach wants to continue to project.

Is that the narrative now? How do we know he wasn’t going after who Fran wanted?

 

[douglasbader]

Good grief. Wade is as bad as Clete. Just shut the fuck up already.

I saw this thread grew 3 pages this morning and was excited to read thinking something had happened. Nope, just Captain Retard with endless fucking nonsense.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

I would like to point out that I still love each and every one of you, despite your varying levels of retardation.

Missing the tournament and going through a coaching search is almost as exciting as actually being in the tournament.

 

[HiawathaHawk]

This board needs Wade. Asses in seats.

 

[IzaHawkeye]

If firing Fran was all it took to bring Iza back, Lwade shoulda fired Fran long ago...

Hope all is well, sir! You still in Des Moines area?

 

[Fair and Balanced]

Even if you hate his upside, the idea that our roster is not going to have some meh players the next couple years is irrationally optimistic.

I sure wish everyone would stop denying that the rosters will have some meh players, because that is a real thing that is actually happening.

 

[IzaHawkeye]

How do you pronounce your username? Is it “eye-zah” or “izz-uhh?”

Please and thank you.

I always said eye-zah in my head.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Knew it

 

[Wanderer]

Wade either needs to be banned from the basketball board or from watching/attending Iowa high school basketball games.

 

[cloudhawk]

Is that the narrative now? How do we know he wasn’t going after who Fran wanted?

I said if....and yeah the narrative now seems to be exciting whites/LATFG. But I could be wrong

 

[Hawkstrat]

Kakert says Dix will be in the portal today, and McCollum might be the first choice due to DeVries' buyout.

 

[Talkin' Goat]

I always said eye-zah in my head.

 

[The Dad]

I always said eye-zah in my head.

So did anyone without Down Syndrome.

 

[CamelTones]

Kakert says Dix will be in the portal today, and McCollum might be the first choice due to DeVries' buyout.

Likely destination is Creighton but Iowa State is doing everything they can to convince him to go to Ames.

 

[CamelTones]

Also, if Iowa can’t come up with the money to buyout DeVries then they may just be fucked.

 

[tallperson54]

Wade I find your misguided confidence absolutely fascinating. Please don't ever change.

 

[HiawathaHawk]

Also, if Iowa can’t come up with the money to buyout DeVries then they may just be fucked.

This could also be a leak to rally some donors.

 

[douglasbader]

Also, if Iowa can’t come up with the money to buyout DeVries then they may just be fucked.

It's fucking incredible. 10 years ago the TV money was like $20m. Now they are flush with $100m+ and can't fund a tiny buyout for what should be the #2 sport and a revenue generator at the school.

All so we can pay shit assistants like Kirk’s son, Brian Ferentz $1m per year and fund idiotic vanity projects.

 

[Hawkstrat]

Evidently Beth is on record saying that with the house settlement allowing Iowa to pay players directly, they don't have much to pay for a buyout.

 

[maxinquaye]

I mean settle down its human wet blanket kakert.

 

[Hawkstrat]

I mean settle down its human wet blanket kakert.

Pete Thamel as well.

 

[CurdMan]

McCollum might end up really good but I’ll be pretty disappointed if it isn’t Devries. People are running with the idea that McCollum is a basketball savant and forgetting that even more important in this day and age is fundraising.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

This board needs Wade. Asses in seats.

This is where my contrarian self gets super confused and shuts down.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

McCollum might end up really good but I’ll be pretty disappointed if it isn’t Devries. People are running with the idea that McCollum is a basketball savant and forgetting that even more important in this day and age is fundraising.

he hurt his *current* teams chances of making the tournament so that his son could play a year for him with his *future* team.

this is the exact type of shadiness that I’ve been asking for in the basketball program for decades.

 

[Hawkstrat]

McCollum might end up really good but I’ll be pretty disappointed if it isn’t Devries. People are running with the idea that McCollum is a basketball savant and forgetting that even more important in this day and age is fundraising.

McCollum at Iowa wouldn't be a disappointment despite his question marks.

But, if Iowa ends up with McCollum simply because they couldn't afford the buyout on DeVries, there might be some bigger problems.

 

[HiawathaHawk]

Pete Thamel as well.

Pete Thamel isn’t digging into anything on Iowa finances. He’s reporting what he gets fed like the NFL insiders.

This feels like Beth leaking this to get people to pony up.

 

[MikeyJoe]

I’m not sold that Iowa has to hire Devries, but if they don’t hire him because they don’t want to pay his buyout, that should be program level expectation setting for everyone.

 

[Stu Beagle]

What has Iowa paid in buyout money over the last 20 years? Now compare that to about any other school

 

[Hawk&Balls]

What has Iowa paid in buyout money over the last 20 years? Now compare that to about any other school

Probably paid more in settlement money

 

[Czarcasm]

And the athletic department still owes what's left of the $50 million COVID loan from the university.

 

[snips]

mccollum has higher upside imho
but devries has higher floor at this level

i personally feel like we should go with mccollum as devries still could be a viable option 5 years down the road
maybe not so much with mccollum

 

[Kerky]

I would classify myself as a casual bball fan. If they want to regenerate interest and excitement in the program, McCollum doesn't do that as far as I am concerned. It barely moves the needle only to the degree that it is a change from Fran.

 

[douglasbader]

Gary Barta managed the finances of the University of Iowa like a fucking moron.

 

[nolookpass]

Hope all is well, sir! You still in Des Moines area?

Yes Bro. Hit me up next time u r in the Metro

 

[HiawathaHawk]

I would classify myself as a casual bball fan. If they want to regenerate interest and excitement in the program, McCollum doesn't do that as far as I am concerned. It barely moves the needle only to the degree that it is a change from Fran.

And this is our problem. The guy is universally considered one of the top candidates for any job, won 30 games at Drake with a bunch of D2 dudes and our dumbass average fan says “meh, don’t care”.

Everything has to be perfect to get interest. A large chunk of our fan base and students hate most things about Iowa and are too cool to invest any time. Meanwhile, ISU fans are completely on the other end, defending everything about their program to the death and we wonder why we can’t just win like them.

 

[MikeyJoe]

I always said eye-zah in my head.

Sorry, wrong.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

And the athletic department still owes what's left of the $50 million COVID loan from the university.

Which, of course, the university could choose to write off like so many of the schools we compete against do.

This self imposed “break even“ mandate is completely retarded.

 

[CurdMan]

mccollum has higher upside imho
but devries has higher floor at this level

i personally feel like we should go with mccollum as devries still could be a viable option 5 years down the road
maybe not so much with mccollum

See I disagree that McCollum has higher upside. Devries is a damn good coach, seemingly good recruiter, and has big $ connections at Iowa, including a bunch of people who are currently more interested in football. It doesn’t matter if McCollum is smarter. Devries is going to raise more money.

 

[Uli Kunkel]

I would find it hard to believe the money wasn't already in place before firing Fran. Also, if they think Devries is their guy, passing on him to save $4 million would be very penny-wise and pound foolish.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Gary Barta managed the finances of the University of Iowa like a fucking moron.

We had a coach that made the tournament eight times in the past 10 years that we fired within 24 hours of the season ending.

The same athletic director gave him an extension that likely kept him from getting fired in 2018, which then produced one of the most successful runs in school history.

You might be retarded.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

See I disagree that McCollum has higher upside. Devries is a damn good coach, seemingly good recruiter, and has big $ connections at Iowa, including a bunch of people who are currently more interested in football. It doesn’t matter if McCollum is smarter. Devries is going to raise more money.

Then the buyout shouldn't be a problem

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Then the buyout shouldn't be a problem

It’s not. Why do we think the buyout is a problem?

If Beth truly goes through this process and thinks that McCollum is the better choice, she is in way over her head. She probably already is.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

It’s not. Why do we think the buyout is a problem?

If Beth truly goes through this process and thinks that McCollum is the better choice, she is in way over her head. She probably already is.

Did @StinkyMcFadden steal your log in?

 

[snips]

See I disagree that McCollum has higher upside.

McCollum - in his first year at the same school Devries just vacated - already had a better season than Devries ever did there.
that was with his D2 guys.

that is impressive as hell

 

[douglasbader]

Yeah, I don't buy the buyout thing at all. You don't do this and go "oh gee, just realized DeVries has a buyout we can't afford!"

It's bullshit to raise more money.

 

[snips]

winning his conference with D2 guys is an awfully apt analogy to what he might have to do in the I am a giant douche at IOWA
all we hear about is how IOWA lacks $$$, lacks NIL, etc

even if we get more $$$ , we will still lag behind the big boyz.
hiring a guy that can do more with less makes a ton of sense to me

 

[douglasbader]

McCollum - in his first year at the same school Devries just vacated - already had a better season than Devries ever did there.
that was with his D2 guys.

that is impressive as hell

I'm fine with McCollum, but would rather have DeVries.

It's great that McCollum won 30 games with D2 guys, but that's the Valley. it's not going to work in the Big Ten. Going to have to recruit far beyond that.

 

[CurdMan]

McCollum - in his first year at the same school Devries just vacated - already had a better season than Devries ever did there.
that was with his D2 guys.

that is impressive as hell

Yea McCollum didn’t benefit at all from what devries built there

 

[L. Wade Childress]

The valley gets worse every year.