Lickliter Out at Iowa???

[PantherAlum05]

Being reported on 1700 the champ in Des Moines. Marty is also reporting Jacobson to Iowa - lol. That's Marty for you.

[06panther10]

Re: Lickliter Out at Iowa???

being disussed in the "depaul coach fired" thread. Duh! Who wouldn't know that?

[PantherAlum05]

Re: Lickliter Out at Iowa???

being disussed in the "depaul coach fired" thread. Duh! Who wouldn't know that?

Sorry about that. Mods - feel free to delete this thread.

[Mudrafan]

Re: Lickliter Out at Iowa???

It will be Chris Lowery to DePaul

[SteinPizza]

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It will be Chris Lowery to DePaul

Doubt it. He's probably too low profile for what they have in mind. They want to make a big splash, and have the money to do it. Altmann would be more likely, but he's probably far down the list too.

Let's assume Lick leaves Iowa, and they feel compelled to make a splash too, which puts the Hawks head to head with DePaul. No offense Hawk fans, but my money is on DePaul in that fight.

[UNIpanther99]

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So now we're discussing DePaul in the Iowa thread, and Iowa in the DePaul thread? Nice.

[SteinPizza]

Re: Lickliter Out at Iowa???

So now we're discussing DePaul in the Iowa thread, and Iowa in the DePaul thread? Nice.

Yup. I'm pretty sure that was Mudra's goal, so I thought I'd play along.

[buster69]

Re: Lickliter Out at Iowa???

Iowa raked in 85 mil from their athletic department, I doubt that depaul has that kind of funding to stick with them. Still look at 1.2 mil a year can get you compared to $300,000, it has to make you laugh a little (even though we are all still paying for it).

[UNIAlum95]

Re: Lickliter Out at Iowa???

Talk radio rumor this afternoon was that Keno Davis has said he would be interested if the job were to open up.

[9YRPLAN]

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keno LOL

kabooom

[panther2317]

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How'd Keno's season work out in the biggest little state in the union?

[achrist70]

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If we are discussing the DePaul job, both Altman and Lowery already make more than the old DePaul coach did so would they really take a cut in pay?

[SteinPizza]

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Iowa raked in 85 mil from their athletic department, I doubt that depaul has that kind of funding to stick with them. Still look at 1.2 mil a year can get you compared to $300,000, it has to make you laugh a little (even though we are all still paying for it).

Maybe not gross, but Iowa has more sports, namely football. What DePaul has going for them are some potential boosters with big $, far bigger than Bill Krauss, Dick Jacobsen, Clark McCleod, etc. Nothing against Krauss, etc., but Iowa doesn't have the currency/options/commodity trading base that DePaul and Chicago have.

DePaul's marquis sport is/should be men's basketball - so now it's time for them and their boosters to decide how serious they want to be. If they get serious, Iowa would have a hard time outbidding them for a coach, and DePaul has far more pedigree/potential in basketball than Iowa - by a mile. That's a selling point in DePaul's favor if it came down to the Blue Demons and the Hawks. Just my opinion, and it's all speculation anyway until Lick leaves. Who knows, maybe DePaul goes cheap and hires Lowery anyway? But they've got the cash to outbid SIU and Creighton by a lot. DePaul's biggest problem wouldn't be prospective funds, it would be motivating their potential donors to feel more connected to the school.

[jnutt]

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why the hell would Jake take that job? Its a friggin mess in Iowa City and smooth sailing in Cedar Falls.

[Newsbreaker]

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Maybe not gross, but Iowa has more sports, namely football. What DePaul has going for them are some potential boosters with big $, far bigger than Bill Krauss, Dick Jacobsen, Clark McCleod, etc. Nothing against Krauss, etc., but Iowa doesn't have the currency/options/commodity trading base that DePaul and Chicago have.

Two things.

First, at some point "rich" is just "rich." Kraus and Jacobson, for sure, fall into that category. What you're going to get in donations out of booster who is sitting on 50 million and one who is sitting on 100 million isn't much different.

Second, there is more than a fair bit of invention taking place here. Yes, DePaul probably has some graduates/boosters/donors who are eye-poppingly wealthy, but without knowing who is and is not giving to that institution (and the fact that whatever boosters they claim have "allowed" them to slink into competitive irrelevancy says their booster base may be less impressive and far less engaged than you might believe) it's hard to use the "far bigger" line with any sense of accuracy.

Third, whatever Iowa is or isn't, they are wildly successful financially. I have seen numbers showing that Iowa is in the top-15 of revenue generating athletic departments in the entire country. There aren't many schools who can out-spend Iowa, certainly not DePaul.