Lisa Bluder announces retirement

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[@CarlosGarcia56590]

Most rich people stay rich by spending like the poor and investing without stopping then most poor people stay poor by spending like the rich yet not investing like the rich but impressing them

[@BillySampson681]

Exactly! My grandparents were so frugal but they had a TON of money on both sides. I remember my grandfather telling me "you want to make money while you sleep." And I guess that attitude passed down to my dad (RIP), because I remember going to his house one day and I had bought something I really liked, so I wanted to show it to him. So I said "Look at this! Isn't it cute? It was on sale...I saved 50%!" My dad replied "Well, if you're spending, you're not saving." Obviously I had no retort, and that has always stuck with me.

[@StaffSpecial]

Saving and investing wisely while prioritizing necessities and a few small luxuries in relation to one's total assets is a great approach. It helps ensure financial stability and I my for the enjoyment of life's little pleasures without compromising long-term financial goals. It's all about finding a balance that works for you!

[@Kelompok16SistemMultimedia]

very true, a huge part of my portfolio growth has come during this bear market. I've been able to scale from $180K to $572K in a short period of time.

[@KathyJvanest]

How do you do that? I'm interested

[@Kelompok16SistemMultimedia]

Thanks to my co-worker (Alex) who suggested Ms Brenda Leigh Van.

[@Navajo-man]

Hire coach Bluder Indiana fever she available 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@slimydick23]

She was making $2M at Iowa and Indiana Fever budget for HC is $300,000. She's old. Why would she want to do that?

[@ManuelBadiola-rl2fx]

Yup! Go Lisa! ...Fever's Coach is plainly jealous of CC ...so she is systematically ruining CC's playing...

[@buzzard6410]

Give her a year off to recharge.

[@DustyTail]

We got a coach. No thanks.

[@Navajo-man]

Probably not for long

[@beckyumphrey2626]

Good luck Ma'am. You are loved by many. Jan will do great.

[@michaelleonardo881]

Congratulations Coach Bluder! Indiana is eagerly awaiting your arrival! 😆

[@DustyTail]

Why.

[@jmsmikey]

YES!!! Get rid of that blumbering idiot Sides

[@goodnessratedbeau8147]

Thanks Coach Bluder for letting Caitlin be Caitlin.

[@paolobianconi495]

Unfortunately Indiana coach seems not to understand this

[@SnoopyisCool007]

Thanks Coach Bluder

[@troyortega4494]

Retirement -- that's actually perfect!!! Now Lisa Bluder can coach the Indiana Fever and fire Christie Sides.

[@anthonytaylor7928]

Why because sides is giving Clark a little constructive criticism ?? Y'all are delusional

[@Callsmit]

I’m gutted. Thanks for everything Lisa!

[@hood_TheJoker]

this is excellent news now she can be hired for the Indiana Fever... reunited with CC 👍🏿

[@user-xk9dl8xw8l]

Statement that fits well with your nickname 🙂

[@vanmcwreath1586]

You again show how smart you are. You have been one of the best coaches for years. The best! You deserve this!

[@sammy2840]

Indiana Fever Coach? Here’s hoping!

[@christopherwilliams5775]

I became a Bluder and Iowa fan thanks to Clark!! Catlin got my basketball juices flowing again. Seriously, I had stop watching games altogether until I heard of Clark and started watching, and I became her fan immediately!! Now Sides is trying to goo aside with Clark and tone her down; why?? Get Bluder and fire Sides, and if you don't get Bluder; FIRE SIDES!!

[@xxuy393]

great career and she'll always be remembered as the coach that made one of the goats caitlin as good as she was

[@anthonytaylor7928]

She only had four good seasons

[@buzzard6410]

Not so much made, as allowed to flourish. Not many coaches would give CC the freedom to do what she does. Most would have stifled her gifts.

[@markdrake3932]

Great coach...Clark not a GOAT...yet...Taurisi is a GOAT...

[@xxuy393]

@@markdrake3932 clark is the goat of college diana went to uconn lol

[@user-gy2xh1sp9s]

THANK YOU IA FOR CLARK AND THE ENTIRE EPIC IA TEAM and what you all did for girls sports!!!!

[@danf8972]

Thank you for the memories Coach Bluder, what a legacy !!

[@ManuelBadiola-rl2fx]

Retiring from Collegiate coaching to...the big time! Welcome to the WNBA Lisa! ...IF needs you!

[@anthonytaylor7928]

Aw stop nobody is going to hire her in the wnba y'all are delusional with these comments

[@waldolydecker8118]

@@anthonytaylor7928 - Bluder wouldn't take the job anyway...that's why she's quitting Iowa. Next year Iowa will have more eyes than ever on its program. Bluder doesn't want anything to do with millions of more eyes demanding high expectations, so she quit. She stayed at Iowa for 25 years because there were no expectations, so her mediocre playoff record didn't matter - the last 2 years with Clark are the only years of her 25 that she accomplished anything. Bluder was afraid to do the work necessary to retool the team.

[@JuniorHuerraa]

😂😂😂😂 Catlin Clark is a ball hog and she is going to struggle in WNBA

[@waldolydecker8118]

@@JuniorHuerraa - what's even worse is Clark's ego, oversized media attention, refusal to be coachable, special perks, and head-of-the-line privileges that no previous more-accomplished rookie has ever received, could lead to team dissension, locker room problems, and more. Going forward, if Clark leans forward into her "Prima Donna" marketing status, it could get ugly in Indiana.

[@themightysquid]

What a great leader and teacher. You’ve earned this Coach Bluder.

[@user-fl1zi7bu9c]

Indiana Fever: Hire Coach BLUDER (fire the present coach)

[@TheIkeClanton]

GREAT lady!!!

[@thewatchmen4920]

Great job Mrs B. A little RXR with the family. Less stress for a few 🏆

[@mlouise1828]

I think Indiana called her to coach Clark because Sides dont know how to coach a generational talent.

[@richardolivares879]

Replace the head coach of Fever😅

[@bperol1900.]

Coach bluder is fantastic"👍

[@chhansen9813]

I hope she goes to coach the Fever as that coach is trying to change CC's game, which is idiotic!

[@bandislife2004]

LEGEND LISA BLUDER!!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@garyrice1750]

I’d love to be a fly on the wall, listening to Indiana fevers management discuss what’s going to happen

[@DustyTail]

Uhmm. Nothing you’d here nothing. They have something larger to concern themselves like a pro team.

[@JeffreyWallk]

Love Coach Lisa. Thank you for all you have done for so many athletes, fans, and WBB, and sport. Go Jan. Thrilled for you both.

[@the_freedom_runner]

Congrats on a successful career

[@anthonytaylor7928]

She only had four good seasons

[@the_freedom_runner]

@@anthonytaylor7928 Four more than what you'd ever have. Shut up.

[@forever1909]

Thx for those memorys

[@slimydick23]

You write like an Iowa graduate.

[@silverstar4289]

Good for her. She needs to enjoy other parts of life. Just hanging out is a a worthwhile past time 😊

[@user-gy2xh1sp9s]

INDIANA FEVER. Bluder is calling PLEASE ANSWER!!!

[@cortezforever]

By Friday, Christie don't want this power right now, she will be happy as an assistant.

[@DustyTail]

@@cortezforevernot a chance.

[@cortezforever]

@@DustyTail It's documented, she did not want to be head coach.

[@JuniorHuerraa]

😂😂😂😂 Catlin Clark didn't hug coach at end of season because Catlin Clark is a cry baby

[@TbitPhimo]

Indiana is free , this is good news 😂come on coach bluder we've seen how you connect with the players and Elevate them to play their best

[@Juke582]

Ohhh NO!!!!!!!! 😮 😢 gut punch! 😫 maybe Indiana Fever can hire her!!!

[@johnmchale6667]

You are terrific!!!!!!!!! Enjoy your well earned retirement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jaygee61023]

To the FEVER!!!!!!!

[@slimydick23]

She was making $2M at Iowa and Indiana Fever budget for HC is $300,000. She's old. Why would she want to do that?

[@Thats_that824]

Go to Indiana Fever and replace that wretched under performing coach.. PLEASE!!!!

[@slimydick23]

under performing? Do you know who Christie Sides is? What record are you referring to? And why would Bluder take a 90% pay cut to go to an inferior league and team?

[@marymeans4837]

The Indiana Fever NEED you badly, so you can show them how a great coach operates! Please don't rule it out.

[@KenGullette]

Stunning news, but I’m glad I heard it from Keith Murphy. Best in the business!

[@cortezforever]

Indiana here she comes.

[@slimydick23]

She was making $2M at Iowa and Indiana Fever budget for HC is $300,000. She's old. Why would she want to do that?

[@dalewall3726]

Go to Indiana , Clark needs you back.

[@Fred-vy1hm]

I'm thinking with all the bs going on about Indiana's coach not knowing how to get the most out of CC I wouldn't be surprised to see her fired and Bluder hired to replace her but then again I've got a suspicious mind. 😊

[@slimydick23]

She was making $2M at Iowa and Indiana Fever budget for HC is $300,000. She's old. Why would she want to do that?

[@jbilh2624]

Good move coach 🎉❤🎉

[@jhull5870]

Jan Jensen will do a good job. And the fact is that Coach Bluder could not win a national championship even with the best women's college basketball player on the team. But Bluder was a very good coach and well respected, no doubt. Will be interesting to watch the Hawks next season. Go Jan and Go Hawks!!!

[@cortezforever]

She has the play book.

[@malebovinemanure]

Read your statement. She only had one great player. The rest of the team were good, but not great.

[@troybrooks2066]

Bahaha If you actually believe Iowa will ever be back in the National title game ever again, you’re a fool. For them to make it two years in a row is nearly impossible in itself. With or without CC! A great achievement.

[@zeekus2222]

This timing is interesting =)

[@ddleee]

congratulations Jan

[@susanjackson6521]

Bring to Indiana and HURRY

[@malebovinemanure]

I'm confused, in the parts of her statement they showed, I did not see where she said she was retiring, she said stepping down. I need to go see her full statement.

[@toddm9501]

She has been Great. Let's Go Hawks!

[@scottweisel3640]

Congratulations, Coach Bluder. Not everyone gets the opportunity to go out on top, and on their own terms.

[@marywilson5192]

She's coached the best team and probably doesn't have it in her to rebuild. Good time for her to step down & what a great opportunity for Coach Jenson.

[@jamesd.8574]

She should take over for the Fever's coach

[@lakedays3708]

Bluder has many accolades over her career. In the end her legacy of her love of women sports and her ‘girls’ will be my memory of her greatest achievements and building a winning culture for Iowa!

[@timsmythfilmsandanimations]

Thanks for the great rise coach Bluder, I wish you well in the future.

[@marknesemeier3882]

Jan will be fine.

[@user-zr6er6yl2r]

Go out on top!!!!!

[@SoCaliGuyHB394]

Will Bluder's availability allow for an offer to coach the Fever?

[@Tony-hs8mu]

This era will be be the biggest change equal equivalent for women and other areas. I at an early age as a boy was surrounded by females with no husbands, living in a rural ranch. Nearest town 15 miles. The women worked very hard to to make a profit from the cattle. Schools taught girls how to be a house wifes. But with the brilliance of the women and me sending money home from my military monthly, they were extremely successful and grew buying several other businesses in a larger town. They all sold the businesses most got married. My big surprise was they taught all their children how to get passed those obstacles. They all willed a large sum of money which I gave to their children for their education and other things. We have rabbit holed so many things for so long. It's time for a change.

[@richardb1791]

Coach, if this is a real retirement, and not a transition to the WNBA, then rest easy and enjoy your retirement. You've earned it.

[@terrygracy8345]

She had a great run. Would be hard to top the girls she just got done coaching. A real team

[@blackgrl71]

I would too because what are the chances another player even close to Clark's caliber will land in Iowa any time soon?!

[@user-pt9wq9zz3u]

Best wishes 🏀🏀

[@garyrice1750]

I love bloopers offense, I think sides is a smart, tough coach. But she ran her mouth against the golden goose. That is now in the WNBA. I hope Blue gets hired

[@Johnt980]

Hire her at fever

[@slimydick23]

She was making $2M at Iowa and Indiana Fever budget for HC is $300,000. She's old. Why would she want to do that?

[@zikemdg]

This Indy coach is already dropping the ball. That's why Steve Kerr was perfect for Steph Curry, he was a prolific 3 point shooter himself and even though it was painful to watch at first he let Steph be Steph, then Klay and then they changed the game, you don't consistently hit threes you don't win games. This Indy coach already seems wrong for CC.

[@CthtoNicfly5]

Yea, right, we are not stupid. She is going pro. We all know where she's going.

[@ChrisDavis-dt6xx]

Jane will be a fine Coach

[@timothywilliams1359]

Jan Jensen will be terrific.

[@ricardoa.aggabao8413]

wow! …

[@DustyTail]

She prolly can’t imagine being mediocre. Without cc, it would be a impossible to come close to the success.

[@waldolydecker8118]

lol, she was mediocre her entire career BEFORE Clark. Problem now is, Clark's media promotion brought new eyes and high expectations to her program for the first time in 25 years...with Clark gone, the pressure to retool and perform at the same level will be unprecedented for her career. Coaches at UCONN or SC face this pressure every year, but for Bluder it would be a first. Her response was to quit so she wouldn't be responsible for retooling. its also a money grab - never before the past year has so much sponsorship money and promotion been around the Iowa program. Bluder looked at her choices and figured the easy money - with no pressure to recruit players and win games - was her best choice. Look for her to take some sports job with a corporate sponsor or join the broadcast booth, but you won't see her coaching - too much accountability to win doing that.

[@user-od2um9mw8o]

Next stop Indiana.

[@davidgreen5437]

She's going to the WNBA to coach Caitlyn mark my word.

[@eriklarson2066]

Its surprising when she is how old?

[@scruffydog52]

Who didn’t see that coming?

[@burch2488]

As of this moment she’s thinking where in Indiana she wants to live hint hint.

[@mikaltima]

After Indiana's coach recent comments how long before rumors start that bluder will take over in Indiana.... oh wait, they've started already😂😂

[@Joaquin-227]

Jan Jensen use to make great speakers, I'm sure she'll make a great head coach!

[@dirkburns3268]

If Clark came back,,, there would be NO Retirement

[@waldolydecker8118]

Exactly, lol. Its actually a coward move....quitting as soon as millions more eyes are looking at your program with high expectations.

[@ronscorner4819]

👍

[@jackmatheson4671]

😯

[@vibesmom]

Jan Jensen will be fantastic!

[@vandos11]

This just in Jannay is hot

[@timothycheuvront8284]

I hear Indiana's WNBA franchise will shortly be looking for a new coach....

[@jmsmikey]

Please please please go to Indiana Fever & get rid of Sides!!!

[@JuniorHuerraa]

She left because of Catlin Clark😂😂😂😂😂 Catlin Clark wouldn't hug her coach at end of the championship game😂😂

[@user-xk9dl8xw8l]

Just two preseason games and already Clark's fans want to fire the Fever's coach and say that her teammates (again) are not up to Clark's level. But what's wrong with you?

[@waldolydecker8118]

What's wrong is they are largely ignorant...these aren't the brightest light bulbs in the pack. Remember, these folks are mostly "new" to the game due to being swept in by the mass marketing promotion campaign that featured Caitlin Clark the past 18 months. NCAA Women's basketball is 50 years old and the WNBA is 28 years old, but these folks just found out about all this 12-18 months ago, so you aren't dealing with the swiftest, most aware folks. No surprise you get all kinds of irrational and overly emotional comments from them...their knowledge is low.

[@lopaka173]

Lisa we need you to coach the Indiana Fever🙏🏽

[@waldolydecker8118]

All the talk of Bluder going to Indiana, lol. Bluder couldn't win anything at Iowa, but she's going to win championships in the Pros? lol yeah, right. WNBA pros know Bluder is an empty suit...she'll end up taking a job in broadcasting or cashing in with a job working for one of the multi-million dollar marketing sponsors that funded and promoted her team last year. Bluder doesn't want to be held accountable for recruiting top players or winning championships - hell, that's what's she running away from, lol.

[@BradJames878]

I think it's so unfair to the women who entered the transfer portal and joined the Hawkeyes. They were expecting a world-class coach, not an assistant. I also wonder if Bluder may be doing this so the WNBA would consider contacting her to coach the Indiana Fever, especially after the unflattering comments about Bluder from the current Fever coach, Christie Sides. Another factor is that Bluder knows she has no chance in hell of reaching the heights with future teams that she had with Caitlin Clark. There would be a firestorm in Iowa if Bluder ran a losing team, so she figured to bail out of Iowa now. Kind of like what Nick Saban did with Alabama. lol. One more side note: Christie Sides has also been critical of how Clark is performing her game on the court. I wonder if Clark secretly contacted Bluder and asked if there is anything she could do to advance the chances of being asked to coach the Fever.

[@cortezforever]

Lisa is coming to Indian, you can tell by Caitlin's face in her interviews. You know they talk all the time, and the WNBA will make it happen asap. Can you imagine the ticket sales if this is announced. Christie should become the assistant for a few years then take over again.

[@flyfishingbrowngirl9185]

Oh absolutely WNBA gonna fire Christie because she critiques CC on areas she needs to work on and hire bluder 😂😂😂 man yall are out of touch with reality 😂😂

[@anthonytaylor7928]

​@@flyfishingbrowngirl9185y'all are delirious

[@carlosapera36]

its ok to be critical but why go on public? she should told her at their training session. its too early and yet she already building a wall between them.

[@cortezforever]

@@carlosapera36 Christie touched the powder and said I don't want this right now, I'm telling you.

[@billiestevens318]

Never heard of her.

[@stevesmith0459]

Heads up for y’all ‘ she will be back coaching Caitlin Clark , soon as they let that fever coach go ! And that is soon after the opener!

[@bobbiking2123]

SHE LEAVING FOR A REASON! You don’t just retire after your golden goose leaves something has happened and I would love to be a fly on the wall to find out what is actually going on with them! 🤔🤔🤔😳👀👀

[@waldolydecker8118]

This ain't rocket science dude, lol....she's leaving because for the first without Clark, her performance will be under scrutiny from millions of more fans who will be expecting her to keep the train rolling like coaches at schools like UCONN and South Carolina do every year. Bluder has never worked under that level of expectations to bring in top players and win the championship - the Clark thing merely fell in her lap when Clark decided to stay home. Now that all the new eyeballs will force Bluder to actually recruit NATIONWIDE for the best talent and quit making excuses that it can't be done, she quits.

[@wesharrison6106]

😂 she knows she is nothing without CC 😂

[@waldolydecker8118]

makes sense....she was nothing before CC....so she'd go back to nothing without her. From ashes to ashes...from dust to dust.

[@contactpq]

Of course she's retiring ... She doesn't want to be responsible for what's coming this next season..lol

[@troybrooks2066]

Back to mediocrity they go!! Welcome back to the bottom of the Big 10!! 😂😂😂

[@bigbds222]

She new next season she's going to have a losing season

[@jimjohnson5118]

Hannah Stuelke should've entered the transfer portal and transferred to LSU. Bluder made sure she waited until the portal was closed to retire. Stuelke doesn't get the respect she deserves there. She would fit in great at LSU.

[@Ndfourlife]

Iowa hit its ceiling by landing CC. Iowa will probably not see the top 10 ever again. Smart move. Go out on top.

[@chhansen9813]

CLOWN

[@brutusbarnabus8098]

That's because she knew without Clark she would be relegated to nobody status. Just like every body used to ride Tom Brady's coattails.

[@LyleJohnmari]

salamat coach bluder