What do you think of Caitlin Clark?
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Probably depends on the school. Iowa has some basketball history and I think wants to be good in it to some extent (and always had pretty solid fan and booster support but nothing like it is now). I don't think the program was like a super high priority though, especially once they stopped having a separate AD for women's sports, which I'm sure helped her. There was some grumbling but nothing like you see with Fran.
I love high level WBB and will watch and cheer for my home-state Caitlin tonight.
I am not a fan of Dochterman, at all. I think he's just another Hawk hack beat writer. I dropped the Athlete because they dropped his **** into my feed as a Cyclone fan the subscription termination came after his CyHawk game preview filled with mocking of ISU that could have just as well been replaced by a transcript of a drunk tavernhawk. Now my NY Time subscription allows we to read the Athletic so I do, maybe an article a month at the most.
With the above said, this wasn't a bad article at all and actually pretty good considering Dochterman usual boot licking garbage. Not sure why he thought adding "loyalty" into the headline was a good take but the word is not used at all in the article but I guess Dochterman is still Dochterman even while writing a human interest story that's more of a biographical piece with anecdotes. Guess you could make the "loyalty" connection (based on the content of the article) with Jensen's loyalty to her, her loyalty to the state and her players loyalty to her or something along those lines. Longevity is legit since only a handful of P5 coaches have been at the same spot as long like she and Fennelly have. And there is the longevity in the state of Iowa, played HS in Marion, played college here and has coached her entire career within state, not even been an assistant anywhere else (hell, was never an assistant at all).
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I really thought Clark was going to Notre Dame. Keeping her instate was a pretty big recruiting coup.
The history and support in comparison are better than Iowas over the last 10-15 years.
They would have to have someone out on her and she passes better than anyone else on the men's team.
You think she could get those passes or shots off against 6-2 to 6'11 male div 1 players who see passes like that every day? I don't think people realize the difference in size, speed, strength and quickness. What would be fun would be to magically put Clark's shooting touch, competitive drive, and basketball IQ into a 6'6-6'7ish male div 1 basketball player. That would be scary.
If I'm Lisa Bluder, I would be asking CC if she plans on staying for 1 or 2 more years. When I get the answer I start making retirement plans. Bluder is 61 and will be 62 or 63 when CC leaves. It's never going to be any better than what it is with CC. Sounds like a great time to ride off into the sunset when CC leaves.
Tom Kakert just compared Iowa women’s bball to the Jordan Bulls and said they are a cultural phenomenon.
Michigan State and Indiana COMBINED - 27 NCAA tourneys
Iowa - 29 NCAA tourneys
Attendance and NCAA Rank (NCAA only reports top 50)
| 2012-2013 | #10 MSU / 6352 | #19 Iowa / 4567 | NR Indiana / 2157 |
| 2013-2014 | #7 MSU / 7145 | #22 Iowa / 4395 | #44 Indiana / 2723 |
| 2014-2015 | #10 MSU / 6119 | #14 Iowa / 5301 | #46 Indiana / 2617 |
| 2015-2016 | #7 MSU / 6561 | #20 Iowa / 4668 | #38 Indiana / 2894 |
| 2016-2017 | #8 MSU / 6011 | #19 Iowa / 4395 | #37 Indiana / 2955 |
| 2017-2018 | #10 MSU / 5689 | #13 Iowa / 5452 | #23 Indiana / 4102 |
| 2018-2019 | #9 Iowa / 6797 | #15 MSU / 5496 | #25 Indiana / 3920 |
| 2019-2020 | #10 Iowa / 7102 | #16 MSU / 5341 | #23 Indiana / 4025 |
| 2020-2021 | COVID | ||
| 2021-2022 | #5 Iowa / 8224 | #13 Indiana / 4726 | #23 MSU / 3676 |
| 2022-2023 | Iowa / 11142 | Indiana / 7348 | MSU / 3691 |
| 10 year average | Iowa / 6204 | MSU / 5608 | Indiana / 3746 |
Michigan State is in a downward spiral, losing attendance five years in a row, and basically flat from 2021-2022 to 2022-2023. They lost an average of 1700 fans from 19-20 to 21-22. Indiana has only been a player for the last few years, and they are still nowhere close to Iowa's attendance.
It's because he's not drunk with stupidity about the womens program like he is about Fran ball.
I think some of y'all are missing the point. Because Iowa was "patient" with Bluder maybe he is alluding that Iowa fans should be patient with Fran.
Bluder has 850 career wins; the big question for her is, does she stick around long enough to get to 1000?
I did see an article yesterday that Clark said the 5th year is still undecided. She said if selected to participate in the Olympic trials, that would impact her decision for a 5th year.
It'll be interesting to see if they hand it off to Jensen or try to bring Baranczyk home. I would definitely go for Baranczyk but could see them feeling like the owe Jensen because she's passed up head coaching jobs to stay. Assuming she even wants to be a head coach which she might not.
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