Pmac as a 4 just does nothing for me. Little defense or rebounding. This is one of the real issues with Fran's "positionless ball". We have four or five guys who are 3's, he keeps trying to play Perkins and Dix at the 1, and neither is a point guard against good defensive teams, same as trying to get PS in the starting lineup last year as a 2. No way he can defend at that position unless we have other defenders around him, which of course we don't.
I agree with you whole heartedly, but I'm hoping that the European summer trip in August will sort things out. If Fran plays Krikke at the 5, he is not a center by any stretch of the imagination, maybe in the MAC because what i saw in videos he was one of the tallest players on the court, but not in the Big Ten. As I said everything will sort it's self out before the start of season.
posted from a hater that knows nothing about BB. nor do you follow Iowa BB,
Switch Sandfort and PMAC. Brauns, Mulvey and Freeman at 5. Krikke, Dembele and Freeman at 4. Much better rebounding, IMHO, with this option. Leaving Nimmers off 2 deeps is a no no, he has to get on the court for us.
Sorry, rook but your so far off base, it just shows how clueless you are.
have you ever dealt with cancer or had trouble putting weight on? at 6'9 185 you get pushed around. the 2 KM boys played at 220 lbs when they played the 4.
Lol. Good Lord, thats a WHOLE lot of typing which does nothing to disprove ANY of the issues that I or any one else has pointed out about Frans system. So THREE years out of 13 we had a decent defense, and just as many or more we were closer to the worst in D1. Okay. Also your listing of all these other teams just highlights Frans system isn't getting Iowa beyond an average 4-6th place league finish, ZERO conference regular season titles, and ZERO NCAA games past the first weekend, while having like 8 of the top scorers in Iowa basketball history play for him, including TWO NPOTY! Look I'm still a Hawk fan, never miss a game thats on, and probably will until the day I die. But CLEARLY if Fran is going to take this team somewhere meaningful, he needs to take a hard look at how he builds a roster, and uses players, stresses defense, and a myriad of smaller things. I mean we're a decent team who's somewhat above average, but after 13 years he's either going to make an effort to move the needle or he's not.
That two-deep looks pretty close to what I would expect, with the exception that I would put PaySand at the 4 and PMac at the 3. But that’s really just some semantics. Iowa fans will no doubt argue at length about who is better suited to be the 4, but the reality is both bring a certain set of strengths and weaknesses to the floor. At the end of the day, we are probably playing a 4-out offense with that group, so I don’t think it matters all that much.
that's because you have made up your mind that this group is going to fail.
Dude your laughable. First off, I haven't made up my mind about shit, and I hope they go undefeated. This is a message board, and we have 13 years of info to form an idea what we'll see, and this is what I see. Nothing more. And what in the name if sweet baby Jesus does Pmac being a 4 star have to do with anything? He's been in a uniform for THREE years, and we all know by now what his strengths are, and are not. What some rating service thought of him when he was 17 is totally meaningless at this point. Also we're discussing this season. What we get from the two frosh remains to be seen, ( I hope their great, but you can't just pencil that in either), and then throwing in a kid who wont even be on campus for another 16 months is mind boggling....
its obvious that you have never coached at any level or any sports.
Fine. I love how you make assumptions about people you don't know at all with your "its obvious you've never done this, or don't know that", lol. So your putting out there that Pat is still dealing with cancer still ? Really? Where do you get that from? Also putting weight on, really isn't the issue all by itself. He has put on at least 30 pounds since his first year. He's just not a player with a physical mindset. If thats due to his cancer earlier, or what I don't know, but you can see it in his play. I hope he has an All american year, but I don't see it happening. Is that so hard for you to understand?
Yep, it's like a saber tooth tiger that got sucked into a tar pit. You can't escape.Oh KC, you've been "Herb'd"..
25 of those came over the last year. before last summer he was unable to put weight on.
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My son's cancer is in remission. He will never be cured. Patrick had a nice Junior year, but last season got sidelined by illness and injuries. He even sat himself out of a few games to try and get himself right. We don't have any idea of what all he is dealing with and think he deserves some slack. As Gundy once famously said, if you want to hate on someone, hate on him. He's a grown man. Patrick is still just a young man trying to figure things out.
So here's the deal. Patrick will never be the same physically as he was before the cancer. He lost his thyroid as a result and that's a big deal for an athlete. With that said, Patrick will never be the player that people want him to be. Some of the projections people have thrown out there about him having NBA potential or the next Uthoff are so ridiculous that they defy logic. I'm sure Patrick and Fran thought that the sky was the limit before the cancer struck. Those dreams have now faded and that has to have taken a mental toll that came to a head along with everything else last year. Patrick is what Patrick is. He's a nice role player on a college team. No more, no less, and people should just accept him for what he is and let him enjoy the time he has playing for his dad. He deserves it.
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I agree totally, which is why I said I din't see him making some big jump this year. He's just never going to be that guy, partly because earlier bout with the dreaded cancer. I wish him the best, truly....
Herby, I don't remember hearing of your coaching accolades before.
had no reason to state parts of my past life.
