Sources: Iowa set to dismiss coach McCaffery
Iowa's men's basketball program is set to dismiss head coach Fran McCaffery after 15 seasons, sources told ESPN on Friday.
McCaffery Out at Iowa
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Iowa turns to McCollum, and IU turns to Brownell. Tradition is very important at Indiana.
Who honestly even knows if McCollum wants to leave Drake after one year but I am sure Iowa will go after him hard.
They will......and they will get him too. McCollum would be Iowa's first choice, and they will court him that way. We at IU have to kick the tires on a free car.....and would approach him like he's the fifth or sixth option....thereby sufficiently insulting his intelligence. The guy can flat out coach. When IU has Brownell, and Iowa has McCollum, and the team's play....this board will be ammonia and bleach.....shaken, not stirred.
I’d bet money the McCollum talk was mostly agent driven. Got Iowa to move now. I bet he goes to Iowa.
Scotty better move fast.Sources: Iowa set to dismiss coach McCaffery
Iowa's men's basketball program is set to dismiss head coach Fran McCaffery after 15 seasons, sources told ESPN on Friday.www.espn.com
I think Iowa goes after Darian Devries at WVU before they go after McCollum. Devries was at Drake prior to BM.
it may play out that way, but this board gets way too excited about staying in state or "home". That is just not a factor for many professionals, especially not in sports. McCollum may love Iowa and may end up there, but if he's like most professionals he's going to go where he can earn the most and win the most and at the highest level. Our star has certainly dimmed, but not below Iowa. If we both were to target McCollum, chances are that we'd get him.
Nobody wants bronwell but I am not convinced mccollum is just going to kill it either. He did well at lower levels but its a big jump so who knows how he will end up doing.
He has like a 4 million dollar buyout and unlike IU Iowa is not flush with cash or booster that will donate millions for the buyout.
Iowa and Minnesota are likely the two toughest jobs in the league based upon expectations. That should help IU.
Not every mid major hire is going to be the next cig in fact most end up failing. There is no guarantee Mccollum is going to succeed at a high level. People just seemed convinced he is the next sure thing just like archie was the next big thing.
Did you forget that IU didn't have a football tradition before Cig? More losses than any program, anywhere. Basketball is our specialty....
Think it was on CrimsonCast (Galen Clavio) but a buddy showed me a graphic they had, and it's an amazing # of past NCAA champions who had won the most games ever in a season at their previous school. I'd guess McCollum's done it twice.
I agree, it's a risk, but I still think this route is our best chance at landing a program elevating coach. Swing for the fences if you're SD and convinced he's the guy.
oh I agree. Challenging in either scenario.
Can't buy a team in Minny, but fan base isn't expecting S16s or F4 visits and conf championships every year.
The difference is buy out. Devries has a multi year contract in the Big12. McCollum is a much cheaper hire.
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