Why would Michigan want Fran McCaffery? He's been in the conference for 14 seasons, and the best he has ever finished was 3rd. Never made a Sweet 16. One tournament championship is really all he has to show for his time in Iowa City. Never been a great recruiter. He is decidedly ok as a coach.
I could see Fran wanting deeper pockets and more opportunity to win, but not sure why Michigan would share those thoughts. Coming from thinking you're going to get Nate Oats to getting Fran McCaffery is an awfully big drop off. If I'm rich donor X, unless Fran is a personal friend, he is not in my top 3.
He's not on the list of 3 ... But I do think he is on the list of 10 ...
And I need to call some people ... But I think out of Michigan's "top 10" ...
3 would actually take the job and wouldn't just use it to get themselves a raise or more NIL ... Fran would be in that 3 ...
And I agree he's not a great recruiter ... But that dude can coach freaking offense with the best of them ... And he is arguably a top 5 development guy in the country ...
Big Ten experience ... You know you are always going to be competitive ...
Michigan was 8-24 this year ... 8-24 ... They should be a 20 win season year in and year out with the occasional deep run ...
The whole they should be in the natty every year talk that their fan base puts out is delusional ...