Fran-con Gone at Iowa

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Current rumor:

Beth Goetz, the Athletic Director at Iowa, has sent an email to high-level university staff that a change in leadership will occur in men's basketball - likely announced with a press release late this afternoon.
 


I wonder if my FiL, a Hawkeye booster and Ben Johnson admirer, is going to push the hire of CBJ in Iowa City?

Maybe he only admired beating CBJ-coached teams?
 












Well I'm sure everyone else saw it, but it's now official. Not a stretch to say either McCollum or DeVries next up for Iowa?
 







cheeseheadgophfan said:
Charles Hallman weighing in on firing a guy who averaged 20 wins per season over 15 seasons? The Gophers would erect a statue for that.....
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Iowa hasn't had a black head coach since George Raveling (1983-86). 4 white coaches have been hired in the last 39 years. I'm sure Mr.Hallman is headed to Iowa City. After all... "you can't fire the coach, until you hire the coach"
 
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My wife and I were talking at lunch. Fran is 65, and now might be a good time for him to retire from coaching, but of course it's up to him. She and I agreed he would be good in broadcasting. He's articulate and, I'm sure, insightful.
 

Given Fran's temper history, I'm surprised that he got fired before he had a seizure on the sideline.
 

I'd be shocked if it wasn't Devries or McCollum here.

It might work out for them, and Fran is interesting, but they had a lot of really good players and seasons worth Fran. I wouldn't be upset if they went backwards as a program for the next 40 years or so 😁
 

Bad Gopher said:
My wife and I were talking at lunch. Fran is 65, and now might be a good time for him to retire from coaching, but of course it's up to him. She and I agreed he would be good in broadcasting. He's articulate and, I'm sure, insightful.
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As an Irishman he probably has a wicked gallows humor that would play well in some circles.
 




As a fellow Irishman, I have been bombarding twitter with passive aggressive non-accusations that point out that he is Irish, he had a winning Big 10 record, and he was fired on a Friday in lent and therefore his fish fry was ruined. I am not saying the firing was anti-Irish and/or anti-Catholic, I just wanted to passive aggressively point those things out.
 


Bob_Loblaw said:
As a fellow Irishman, I have been bombarding twitter with passive aggressive non-accusations that point out that he is Irish, he had a winning Big 10 record, and he was fired on a Friday in lent and therefore his fish fry was ruined. I am not saying the firing was anti-Irish and/or anti-Catholic, I just wanted to passive aggressively point those things out.
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Well played. 🍀
 



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