Living in Cedar Rapids, I interact with Hawk fans on a regular basis. the "I don't give a $#it about MBB" factor has never been higher.
If Sandfart does not come back there is not enough free pizza and bobbleheads in Iowa to get a decent crowd into Carver next season. Their best bet is to...
As a recruiter I talk to people who have non competes on a weekly basis. My experience has been that in commercial (sales or marketing) roles they are almost impossible to enforce and will almost always get tossed out in court. That said, companies bank on the fact that most people won't want to...
Probably because 95% of horses in the Midwest generate no income but generate expense every day they are alive. Feed, vet, farrier, tack, boarding, truck and trailer, etc. It is a never ending negative cash flow.
Living in Cedar Rapids I'm already looking forward to the 30 minute drive to Carver next December. Given the overall apathy towards Iowa's MBB team tickets will be cheap and the crowd will probably be over half State fans. Suck it Fran.
This will probably step on some toes but I sold feed for 15 years and have known several individuals who have run boarding stables. When dealing with horses the biggest issue is Accounts Receivables. Most horses do not cash flow very well and this can be a constant struggle.
The other piece...
Wow, this gets crazier by the day. FedEx pledged $5M per year for 5 years to Memphis . https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/39974973/fedex-pledges-25m-5-years-nil-program-memphis
So...... at what point do sponsors like this start meddling in the firing and hiring of coaches and ADs?
Man, If Sandfort does not return I'm not even sure the Hawks are a NIT bubble team. Maybe they can play in the proposed Fox tournament to determine the 101st best team in the country.
I've found if you are talking to a group of Hawk fans they tend to be tolerant of Fran but if you ask them on an individual basis there's very little support for Franny.