Beat me to it...If Payton is battling a wrist injury then why play him so many minutes (instead of Traore for example) or encourage him to take 10+ 3s last night. Those are all wasted possessions and killed this team last night
Beat me to it...If Payton is battling a wrist injury then why play him so many minutes (instead of Traore for example) or encourage him to take 10+ 3s last night. Those are all wasted possessions and killed this team last night
That 2nd half lineup was awful defensively. We've seen this over and over with Fran. He refuses to play his best defensive lineup. People are sick of it. The OP acts like Fran hasn't been here a million years. We know who Fran is and we know his ceiling. It's just simply time to move on.
if there's one thing the state of iowa can't stand it's soft play
For me - This. I'm not freaking out after every loss. I've just been done with Fran since that loss to Richmond. And, things have regressed a bit since then.I think there's a lot of Fran fatigue. Lack of tourney success during his tenure has been a big part of that. Overall the program just feels really stale right now.
For me - This. I'm not freaking out after every loss. I've just been done with Fran since that loss to Richmond. And, things have regressed a bit since then.
I have NO expectations of anything beyond what we've already seen the past 15 years, and that's leading me into some deep apathy. I feel no excitement towards this program whatsoever. None.
Fran has 2 NCAA wins in the past 7 years (well, 8, but the 2020 tournament was canceled due to covid). That's not so hot.
The lack of blocking out is a huge pet peeve of mine.And that also forget any bit of blocking out.