Brian Jones or Greg Lansing?

[I'm in Uncle Ray's trunk]

If Coach Mac does take the Iowa job, who would you rather have replace him? Rumor has it that Lansing is a leading canidate for the Drake and Indiana St jobs.

[AmesPanther]

I think most Iowa fans want Alford fired, but they did last year also. Steve has a big buyout and I haven't seen anything from Iowa that would make me think they are willing to pay it to get rid of him.

[Mac's Maniac]

Rumors are floating that Bowlsby made a call to Creigton to gauge Altman intrest. Purely just rumors right now.

I see Turgeon and Altman's names to be floating around alot this offseason.

[panther2317]

Well...

If Mac were to leave (which I don't think he will...I don't have any inside info, just a gut feeling), I think I would want another UNI guy to be the replacement. I just think it takes a special person to coach at UNI. Someone who knows a lot about the Cedar Valley. A person who has a good relationship with both high school coaches and players in the state. A person who is passionate about Panther Athletics. I don't know who I just described, I'm sure there is more than one person who matches this description in coaching today...but that's who I would want to be coach at UNI if Mac ever left. (which again, I don't think he will)

PS: Brian Jones would be a great coach in Cedar Falls. So would Greg Lansing, he did tremendous things while at Indiana State as an assistant. He recruited Nate Green from Des Moines if I remember correctly. So I would assume that either of these guys would be great in CF. I will posse this question though...say for arguements sake Alford was to leave Iowa to go to another Big Ten school...would these guys go with him? Once again...don't know...just curious about your thoughts.

[B.True]

from what i remember, neither were real candidates when Mac got the UNI job....what's the story there? were they just happy at Iowa? didn't see our job as the right move? the thing i liked the most about Mac coming in was his head coaching experience....i don't see that with these 2 individuals....also, jones is a grad and lansing isn't, correct?

just wondering because, of course, the UNI job will be a very good one if Mac were to leave and would those 2 want the job now?

[Randy_Blocker]

Brian Jones would be a great coach in Cedar Falls.

I'm looking for the laughing emoticon but can't find it.

[UNIpanther99]

there is no way uni hires an assistant from a mediocre program at best.

[JCPanthers]

If Mac ever leaves, I hope Ben Jacobson is given the opportunity. He's been Mac's assistant for almost the entire time he's been a head coach and receives alot of credit from Mac on putting game plans together. Watch him closely during the game and he's always up coaching the players, talking to Mac about matchups, etc. He knows what he is doing!

I just think he is going to be a great coach.

[Born-a-Panther]

If Mac ever leaves, I hope Ben Jacobson is given the opportunity. He's been Mac's assistant for almost the entire time he's been a head coach and receives alot of credit from Mac on putting game plans together. Watch him closely during the game and he's always up coaching the players, talking to Mac about matchups, etc. He knows what he is doing!

I just think he is going to be a great coach.

Agreed -- strongly agreed