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

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Another Fran special. Like the 3rd in that class who ended up at a mid major.
 

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3 Star high school recruits don't really have that many options since most schools don't care about high school recruiting anymore. Especially this late in the game. It makes more sense for those guys to go to a lower school and play and then transfer up for lots of money.
 

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3 Star high school recruits don't really have that many options since most schools don't care about high school recruiting anymore. Especially this late in the game. It makes more sense for those guys to go to a lower school and play and then transfer up for lots of money.
seems to be the new dynamic. why take a flyer on a mid-low rated freshmen when you can get a junior or senior already-developed player from a mid-major. going forward only the most talented freshmen will go to power conferences. it won't surprsie me at all if we get teams taking no freshmen.

why bother?
 

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I mean in that case there’s like 40 minutes more of stupid floating around the world
 

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seems to be the new dynamic. why take a flyer on a mid-low rated freshmen when you can get a junior or senior already-developed player from a mid-major. going forward only the most talented freshmen will go to power conferences. it won't surprsie me at all if we get teams taking no freshmen.

why bother?
This is way overblown, mostly because the regional / local nature of college programs. Schools like Iowa and pretty much every program are still going to have good local or legacy high school kids that grew up following the program and are going to want to commit and play there for their whole career.

Sure, maybe a school with a hired gun and special circumstances like St. John's isn't going to bother with high school kids, but the vast majority of schools are still going to recruit, sign and develop high school players.
 

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basketball has way more movement than football, but the best players at power 4 schools in football are mostly high school recruits. I think it will level out in basketball too.
 

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The coralville Costco parking arrangement is a death trap
I always park against the west wall far removed from the store entrance, but make sure to leave out the middle entrance so I can turn right before left while all of the suckers wait for all of the traffic to clear at the gas entrance.
 

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I always park against the west wall far removed from the store entrance, but make sure to leave out the middle entrance so I can turn right before left while all of the suckers wait for all of the traffic to clear at the gas entrance.
I always park in whatever spot I can find bc I’m not weird abt parking or crowds.
 
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This is way overblown, mostly because the regional / local nature of college programs. Schools like Iowa and pretty much every program are still going to have good local or legacy high school kids that grew up following the program and are going to want to commit and play there for their whole career.

Sure, maybe a school with a hired gun and special circumstances like St. John's isn't going to bother with high school kids, but the vast majority of schools are still going to recruit, sign and develop high school players.
Moe says spot on here, Pitino by nature is an NBA coach lately so he is accustomed to the here today gone tomorrow. Iowa hoops in this new NIL/House cluster fuck especially with a coach like Ben, who comes from a Drake/NW Missouri will always looks at Highschool talent, (e. g. the kid from Des Moines he snatched from UNI) mix that in with the money money guys may have a competitive team on the floor for some time. Franny Boy last three years has been stroking his one incher as far as recruiting, Beth looked down, and said "I need something larger", please.
 
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I always park in whatever spot I can find bc I’m not weird abt parking or crowds.
AZ must be subscribing to Don Lapre’s “The Road To Self-Improvement” by shortening words to save time in his day.
 

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Moe says spot on here, Pitino by nature is an NBA coach lately so he is accustomed to the here today gone tomorrow. Iowa hoops in this new NIL/House cluster fuck especially with a coach like Ben, who comes from a Drake/NW Missouri will always looks at Highschool talent, (e. g. the kid from Des Moines he snatched from UNI) mix that in with the money money guys may have a competitive team on the floor for some time. Franny Boy last three years has been stroking his one incher as far as recruiting, Beth looked down, and said "I need something larger", please.
She's a lesbian, dipshit.
 

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In true white suburban fashion, i took my daughter for froyo at the same time as Big Trev last night. Holy shit, he is a massive human being.

took some pics of his torso and lower body and sent to Gus directly for analysis.
 

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Moe says spot on here, Pitino by nature is an NBA coach lately so he is accustomed to the here today gone tomorrow. Iowa hoops in this new NIL/House cluster fuck especially with a coach like Ben, who comes from a Drake/NW Missouri will always looks at Highschool talent, (e. g. the kid from Des Moines he snatched from UNI) mix that in with the money money guys may have a competitive team on the floor for some time. Franny Boy last three years has been stroking his one incher as far as recruiting, Beth looked down, and said "I need something larger", please.
This isn't going to work.
 

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I park in handicap spots because those entitled motherfuckers shouldn't be driving anyway.
They don't even park in those spots. They would prefer to be treated just like everybody else.
 

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Time to start saving some money, because we are already in.

 
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Typical L Wade. Has the twitter link, but still can't embed.
 

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@SondyRules we meeting up before the UW/Iowa game this winter???? Buckleys????
 
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