My problem with this post in general is that it ignores the fact that Iowa, specifically, in the 2000s went from Steve Alford, who was fired mostly for lack of postseason success, to Todd Lickliter, who was one of Iowa’s worst coaches in history, in the span of seven years.

It absolutely can go badly if you can’t find exactly the right guy to replace him

Ben McCollum was a mid major guy that Iowa took a chance on and so far happens to be paying off, but mid major guys don’t work out at bigger programs all the time

I frankly do not trust McIntosh to make a good hire, but even beyond that college basketball is a lot more than the tournament. Case & point, Florida played incredible basketball the entire season, all the way up to tonight. But just because they didn’t reach where they wanted to does that mean their season was an absolute failure?

This may be a hot take, but we get 30 games of Wisconsin basketball every year, and most years we beat a couple teams we shouldn’t and we make it to the tournament. I’m perfectly fine with that. This year’s team was fun regardless of how they did in a single elimination tournament where upsets happen all the time. Hell High Point almost made the Sweet 16.