I legitimately don’t think many of the McCollum supporters have watched Drake this year, either. It’s an ugly product. Additionally, McCollum had all kinds of advantages at NWMS. I’m fine with him getting a shot but I really don’t understand arguing that he’s as qualified as Devries
One returning player, right?
i get that, but he may be the smarter hire at this point
Vanderbilt was a good Top 50 win for them. Kansas State not bad either. Legit early season wins. Miami and FGCU were both shit down near #200, so nothing other than name to brag about.
It’s not your fault.
It’s a hell of a coaching job. My point is McCollum was recruiting guys he wanted to a program that Devries had at 20+ wins/yr for 6 straight seasons. Prior to that, only the keno season hit 20 wins over the past 50+ years. There was also program support and momentum that was absolutely not there prior to Devries. I’m just saying…McCollum took over a much healthier program than Devries
Only if they coached for Drake, as that seems to be some sort of prerequisite.
Aren’t they a mid major being in the Valley?
Those of us who really follow Iowa MBB should be hoping Iowa goes with Devries. Iowa needs a coach who is going to force the Iowa AD to heavily commit. Refusing to meet Devries demands would feel like Iowa is ok with being bottom of the league in basketball going forward in order to spend heavily on MBB and go all in on WBB
no shit . 3 of the candidates reported for most of the major jobs are the last 3 Drake coaches.
Let’s hire his assistant!
And this is one of the main reasons that I cherry picked through some of the commentary in this and other threads as to why I would be concerned as a casual fan. If that comment is true, he would need to be a consistent winner out the gate or enthusiasm would tank even from its' current level.
Yes, he just wins at low and mid-levels so far. On a relative level, so did Fran and so did Lick and so did Alford. So has nearly every coach that levels up from lower to higher conferences. So what?
FIFY
Quit making shit up. Is this a joke?
You are both sort of wrong. You have to give him 2020 because Iowa was a 100% lock to make it. L. Wade is talking about the 10 years leading up to this year, and Fran made it or would have made it 7/10 years.
Gotta cover my bases, brah.
No they weren't.
Does he have kids who play or have played for Waukee? Has he ever been in Waukee?
Milwaukee
Would have made no sense to fire Fran if you couldn’t afford a $4 million buyout.
He probably thinks "waukee" is some shitty cheese-infested Midwest hot dish and wants nothing to do with it. That's why he's the man we need.
Learn how to count dipshits. Its 6/10 if you count 2020. This is literally counting to ten. I know its a liberal arts school but dam guys.
*damn
No, you fucking idiot, it's SEVEN if you count 2020 in the 10 years leading up to the 2025 season. Here is your own fucking list.....
you are right. My bad. But at one point he had made 8 of 10. That doesn’t really change my point though. His contract was favorable to iowa.
No, he's black.
Don't blame me because you have zero reading comprehension and can't count.
I think a big part of it was that he was on a lot of people‘s radars before leaving Northwest.
Well, that would be stupid. Why don’t we just find a great coach who is willing to sign rolling one year contracts?
That's honestly not a bad plan!!
Depends on start times.
And his decision to take the West Virginia job was almost entirely due to administrative commitment to the program. And Oklahoma State has way more hoops money than we did this past year.
