Alford really is gone

I can’t believe Alford accepted the New Mexico coaching job.  I guessed complete wrong on that one.

I promised that I was going to try to be more positive about the Iowa program and this is going to make it a whole bunch easier.  Like most Hawkeye fans I was ready for a change.

Now Barta really needs to lock up a good coach in the next few weeks.  Tyler Smith has to be waiting to hear the plan so he can decide whether to stick around for another year.  I would imagine that he will.  He will come into next season as the star of the team.  I don’t really think he would end up getting drafted high enough to keep happy if he left this year.  The recruits looking at the program have to be waiting for a phone call, too.

So who will the new coach be?  Tubby Smith just went to Minnesota.  That is pretty huge for the Gophers and very surprising to me.  I don’t know much about the good young coaches that might be interested but I’m watching the Southern Illinois - Kansas game and would really love for the Southern coach to come to Iowa City.  He’s got those guys playing with a ton of confidence and aggressiveness.

I hear Tom Davis is free these days, too.