I love Fran, he brought Iowa back from the darkness of Lick. He's gotten unlucky multiple times as well in March. The even mention of him being fired is stupid, you don't fire a coach at a school like Iowa with his run of success.
Starting today, Fran is going to be in a position he hasn't been in since he came to Iowa, and that is being tasked with a major and almost complete rebuild. He used to get a couple years or so to do it, but it's 2023 and the NIL era and needs to be done overnight.
The guy is 64 and has been outspoken forever about doing it the right way and fought against corruption in the NCAA, so I don't know if he's built to handle the era of highest bidder is not only legal but encouraged. He's a development coach overall.
Fartman / Lil' Fartman / Dix / Feeman / Other White Moline Kid PG is the start of a nice young core, but that's a bottom rung Big Ten team without serious help as well as super fucking white. Pat is a total mess at this point. Perkins is going to get offers from all over to transfer. Ulis / Jelly / Mulva are all MAC level players at best. Bowen might get tempted to go closer to home in a conference that better fits him.
The best case scenario is you have that young core, pick up the Braun kid as a backup goon, and you land an impact big man plus a wing and a PG.
It's not going to be a boring offseason and likely shapes the end of Fran's career at Iowa.