The Final Word On Ryan Bowen's Role (Thanks, Readers!)
by Adam Jacobi on May 8, 2010 9:00 AM CDT
in Iowa Hawkeyes Basketball
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PrintFriend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a however many of these you need to hear to convince you that our source is anonymous and untraceable tells us this about Ryan Bowen's role with the program:
He can watch practice and take notes. He cannot participate in any coaching or scrimmaging. He passes on his observations to the staff who take it from there.
What sucks is that there is a borderline-NBA physical talent on the staff who is not allowed to directly demonstrate that talent because of, well, whatever reasons. But with one coaching staff position still open, McCaffery must have had a reason to save the opening. The question of whom it is Fran's saving the spot, however, lingers.
Our money's on Lute Olson. Nobody would see it coming, and dude's clearly looking to wind down. Also, our money is on Sandy Koufax to win the 2010 Cy Young.
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That open spot is there for an obvious reason:
Bruce Pearl only wants to “come home” to Iowa if he can come back in the exact same capacity as under Davis.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
Illinois recruits beware...
Pearl still owns a tape recorder.
LOL
I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them.
-- Judge Smails
by WaterlooChazz on May 8, 2010 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions
And it won't look out of place
because it’s orange.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 8, 2010 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Excellent.
I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them.
-- Judge Smails
by WaterlooChazz on May 8, 2010 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions
After six Final Fours in the last 12 years
Tom Izzo is sick of always winning and wants a new challenge. It’s the only reason he didn’t take the Oregon job.
by HeroPatriotStanzi on May 8, 2010 12:42 PM CDT reply actions
I am sure that the last coaching spot will go to...
the creation that will be coming from the UIHC later this month:
John Wooden’s conscience,
Adolph Rupp’s visciousness,
Lefty Driesell’s sense of humor,
Pete Newell’s ability to teach,
Gene Keady’s hair/scalp,
and Eddie Sutton’s liver.
Why didn’t everyone expect Fran to hire
FRANKENCOACH!
I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them.
-- Judge Smails
Rupp would make sense
we pretty much already have a white-only team the way it is
by HeroPatriotStanzi on May 8, 2010 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
another Fran
this looks more like Al Franken thank Frankenstein
by two_niner_was_old_school on May 8, 2010 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions
That is where I got the picture.
It is supposed to be Al Franken
I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them.
-- Judge Smails
by WaterlooChazz on May 9, 2010 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions
I have to assume that the plan is for him to become a coach
just not for a year or two. He’ll get some experience watching, then be able to jump in.
It never gets to be easy
This may be better
I’m not sure that Iowa basketball has enough margin of error right now to take on a true rookie coach.
Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable. - Werner Herzog
Jess Settles is Fran's BFF
I was just walking to The Den to grab my usual 44 oz. of Cherry Coke when I noticed a happy couple sharing lunch in the front window of The Brown Bottle. As I walked past I thought to myself, hey I know those guys. Sure as shit, it was Jess Settles and Fran McCaffery eating lunch together. I am not saying that I saw them signing contracts or shaking hands, but my guess it that this will be the final hire for Fran’s staff. This was less than an hour ago so if you want to go down there and share some mozzarella sticks with them you might be able to catch them.
by EddiePodolak'sLiver on May 10, 2010 1:55 PM CDT reply actions
Everyone is falling all over themselves praising McCaffery for...
the hire of an ex-Iowa player (Bowen) but he also just fired and ex-Iowa player, Justin Wieck, who was doing the same job for the past 4 years. Doesn’t that negate the hire from an ex-Iowa player love perspective? Or does an ex-Iowa player from the Tom Davis era have a greater fan-love quotient than an ex-Iowa player from the Nameless One’s era? I am having difficulty figuring out the math.
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