Any assistant coach rumors floating around
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Iowa’s defense was 111th on Kenpom. Still really bad, but nowhere near as bad as whatever garbage website you pulled your numbers from. People need to accept the fact that Iowa isn’t going to have a good defense as long as Bohannon and Garza are both playing major minutes- you cannot start poor athletes at the PG and C positions and expect to have a good defense.
OK, first don't get personal. You will not like the result. You've already displayed the almost unerring axiom that ad hominem attacks are the first resort of the uninformed mind.
Second, I don't know if you were the poster that said we need a coach that can teach rebounding, with the clear but unstated conclusion that the McC teams have been poor rebounding teams. I merely indicated that conclusion was not only wrong but rather the opposite of factual reality. Until this immediate season past Iowa was one of the premier rebounding teams in the premier conference in the country. The rebounding problems in 2019 are an obvious statistical outlier. You do understand the concept of statistical outliers, don't you?
Now, if you actually followed my posts, although being a "rookie" I'm guessing you're new around these parts, I think you'd find that my opinion of F Mc is hardly sycophantic. I don't really like what I see of him; don't dislike him, just ambivalent. I share the general criticism that we have had some extended stretches of poor play-stretches that extend over several games in far too many seasons. Those stretches aren't always at the end of the season like this past season but, unlike the rebounding criticism above, the slumps are not statistical outliers.
But recognizing flaws or areas where Iowa could certainly better perform is not the same thing as mindless criticism for the sake of criticism alone. You've demonstrated that mindlessness twice. Once about the rebounding. The second in stating I'm uncritical of the Mc C years.
Moreover, even on the subject of defense, your criticism of the overall McC years is somewhat mindless. Obviously the last two years have produced terrible defense. I think I described 2017-18 as historically bad. I cannot remember a season where Iowa had a team in the defensive 300s since the defensive efficiency metric came into existence. Hence, rising to 205 is actually substantial improvement-literally about 33%.
However, I was hardly saying that Iowa was a good defensive team in the 2018 or 2019 seasons. I think I said they went from historically bad to merely bad. Damning through feint praise is what your more sophisticated English language speakers/writers understand as irony or sarcasm and intended for humorous effect. It appears your limited statistical comprehension is exacerbated by poor language analytic skills. Hence, I think you missed my point.
Your homoerotic reference is rather odd. You misspelled "off" by the way, so your punch line wasn't even right. In my experience those that employ homoerotic insults are merely projecting suppressed fantasies. While I feel I have advanced your math, spelling and language analytic skills I'm afraid I cannot help you with this last problem. Lifestyle choices are something you will just have to resolve on your own.
I've been doing this all my life. I already know you've rarely felt dumber than you feel right now; that you're embarrassed because you don't really understand all the words I'm using but you know you've been slammed pretty hard. Even worse, you know that a lot of guys are going to read this and just laugh their ass off-at, not with, you. I also know you are really really pissed as you read these words and you have a strong impulse to go King Kong Keyboard and hurtle your best insults at me. I encourage you to contain that impulse.
So whatta ya say, we stick to basketball and facts and theories and maybe leave the personal attacks back in junior high?
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So, it is only the last two years that the defense has been bad under Fran, especially 2018.
And what is age of their staffs? You know, the topic being discussed.
Rumor is he has his man but there will be no announcement for a few weeks as the job was posted.
That's not what I said. My post of 7:24 pm yesterday said
"Don't have time to look further. I'm not totally sure if we're comparing apples to apples since I don't know the source of your data on defense-its not an official NCAA stat. Much more of a mixed bag to be sure."
By a mixed bag we've had some good years, certainly any time a team like Iowa finishes in the top 100 defensive teams, given the up tempo speed, it's had a good year defensively. Certainly finishing in the 30s or 40s is a very good defensive performance. On the other hand there have been some pretty mediocre years defensively and the last two seasons have been "historically bad", as in the worst defensive Iowa squad I remember (and that's about 45 years of memory) and the season immediately past as merely bad.
So that's what I mean by a mixed bag. Some seasons the McC teams have played good defense and other seasons range from not so good to terrible. I find that both perplexing and frustrating. But not so frustrating that I'm willing to overlook everything that has gone well, fire the coach and start another rebuilding cycle that could last a decade. Our trend is upward, even the improvement to merely bad defense is, in reality, improvement nonetheless-its was good enough to raise the team's defensive efficiency performance by over 100 spots, increase the win total by 9,reduce the loss total by 8, produce the second most wins in 20 years, the first BTT win in 7 seasons and the first NCAA upset in decades. Next season I think the fan base has every reason to believe and to expect another big step forward in defensive play.
I know one thing I'd do were I coaching this group of players. Every one of them would be enrolled in the Phys Ed classes about coaching basketball, assuming Iowa hasn't replaced them with some class on 3rd wave feminism in sub Saharan Africa (not just a class but a major at Grinnell), and make sure the grad students teaching those classes are focusing on defense. Watch lots of film on Eric May and Anthony Clemmons playing perimeter defense. Because only a retarded blind squirrel would defend the defensive performance by the current group of players.
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No. Rumor is that they are no longer looking. I have no clue who the new hire will be.
I wasn't disagreeing with you, and agree with most of this, although some of the last paragraph should be on a different board. Most of the current group of players either don't have a natural toughness to their game, or they have physical limitations that keep them from being good defensive players. I hope the new coach added brings some energy and fire that can help compensate for some of these limitations.
Even better, would be for Joe T to be immediately good enough to play a lot of minutes at PG, and for Nunge to show us extended minutes of a complete big man (good offensively and defensively), which we haven't seen in a while. I still would like to see a transfer added (only if it is a good fit and not a settle), so we have one more mature player, in addition to the 2020 class.
My biggest complaint about the defensive coaching this past season was not consistently doing the one thing they did well, 3/4 pressure and trapping. Neither TC nor Luka were great backstops but that defense seemed to be their best. It also seemed to force the players into more intense play in general. While I recognize the need for a certain flexibility it seems doing what one does best should be the base defense played most of the time.
One thing we know about Dean O-pressure defense is in his DNA.
One thing we know about Dean O-pressure defense is in his DNA.
Fran is smart to change defenses, because at this level you can't just play a zone and expect to hide your flaws... teams will adjust and attack the weakness of that zone. You have to change defenses to take teams out of rhythm.
Iowa was 111th in adjusted defensive efficiency this year. That was the worst in the Big 10. Illinois was down there near Iowa (108). Nebraska was next at 79. The Big 10 plays defense, if one hadn't noticed.
If Iowa wants to go beyond the around .500 area in conference, the defense will have to improve. As you pointed out, it's unlikely this particular group can get to above average or elite defensively, but closer to average (relative to the league) would mean they could challenge for top 4-5 teams in the league.
Good point. Certainly you have to throw in a lot of wrinkles to keep the offense guessing. The old Davis zone would get killed in today's 3 point environment.
At the same time you gotta do what you do best most of the time. There's a lot of different ways to trap and press.
I think everyone would agree that something has to be done to improve this horrific defensive play. Can't have many games where teams go on 20 point runs, especially the bottom feeders like Rutgers.
I have heard that the long time defensive coach of the Washington General's is the guy referenced above as Fran's man-in-waiting for the open coaching job. I have reservations, but its Fran's choice to make. Hope it works out!
Don't you know it, Kenny "the Jet" Smith is the general manager of the Washington Generals!
First, appreciate the humor.
When I reply to personal attacks I typically use complex and professorial language for the express purpose of insulting the insulters with language they don't fully understand. Nothing makes an anger management failure rage like knowing they're being insulted but not quite sure how-to put it in non professorial language. Well there is one thing.
People so angry or narcissistic that they personally, and sometimes quite viciously, attack other posters they don't actually know about someone else's basketball games (cuz we aren't playing or coaching) really go ballistic upon realization that yet another group of people they don't know are laughing at them behind their back.
That's why so few people get shitty with me. I never go after anyone personally unless they've attacked me or really viciously gone after some one else that could use a little help fighting King Kong Keyboard bullies. But if I do get nasty I get free space in their head for a long long time.
This is a hobby. It should be fun and informative not vicious and personal. Not too much to ask I think.
Lol, the fact that you think you're enraging people by using google dictionary is hilarious. The only reason you would think it enrages people is because this exact thing enrages you.
You know, the funny thing is, you couldn't be farther from the truth. You also kind of miss the irony that I am the guy calling for civility. You will not find many, if any, posts where I attack people personally. So, yet another dullard personally attacks me from out of the blue.
The mere fact that you mention google dictionary just says you need google dictionary to understand my posts. I don't need google dictionary or any dictionary.
I understand that some very insecure people are off put by my manner of speech and writing. Its not pretentious because I'm not pedestrian, its simply how I write and talk. I'm not really sorry that some people are educationally and intellectually my inferiors, its just the way we come out. I wanted to be a 6'8" BBall player but instead I got a high IQ that allowed me to develop a very large vocabulary. I am sorry that sometimes I have to hit the Key Board King Kongs in the mouth, metaphorically speaking, to either defend myself or encourage civility. Sort of the bully that bullies the bullies. But this is supposed to be fun but posters calling others idiots, suggesting that stop posting or should kill themselves make it not fun for the rest of the posters. I don't personally attack other people over this trivia and I will not suffer it to be done to me.
If you don't like what I write simply don't read it. I get some likes so there must be some people that enjoy my writing style.
We're here to talk basketball and not to just trade personal insults...but if the later becomes the norm I'm betting I'll come out the winner, a pointless war but I will win. So lighten up and ignore my posts. I am certain that you will feel better if you are no longer provoked. I know I would prefer to talk about basketball and not about me.
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How did my post "attack" you???
And the bolded, while trying to put together an "intellectual" post, is lol.
Or Gunnar Hendrickson, the former Norwegian National team assistant coach whose teams held their opponents to an average of 5 points per half. Sadly, also led the league in disqualifications with most of the starters fouling out in the 3rd quarter.
Good post but fix your grammar errors so you sound smarter.
I agree with you about those who can't argue a point without making insulting personal attacks. I also try not to attack other posters personally, but it's not a great look to expound on your own superior intelligence. People who feel the need to brag about having a high IQ and others being intellectually inferior are usually just narcissistic bullies and assholes. The smartest people don't need to tell others.
Don't take this the wrong way, but it doesn't really seem like it
Yeah, you'd think my vocabulary, sentence structure and syllogistically tight arguments would bespeak a fairly smart guy on the other end of the keyboard. However, when different people use the same insult, insufficiently bright to have original insults, and accuse me of using "google dictionary" to inform my vocabulary it seems a little qualification was necessary for the dullards that think I'm using google dictionary because they don't understand my vocabulary. (OK-that was a run on sentence. Bad on me.)
Didn't I say I am the asshole that bullies bullies? I'm trying to be condescending and somewhat pompous, not win friends from the cluster of people attacking me. After all, the same crowd that's picking at my bones are more or less the same people that personally attack other posters, not just me. That's why personal attacks really are the first, usually only, weapon of the stupid. I want the Darren Davis Wonderlic crowd to just stop.
The bullies will not get the last word. That's the small victory they need to keep going, if not to me to others. I'd much rather talk about basketball but I am willing to be the metaphorical huckle bearer.
This whole ball of shit started:
1. Poster says we need someone that can coach rebounding.
2. I used the fact that Iowa is top 4 8 out of McCs 10 seasons and was 1st 3 times to refute the error.
3. Some other guy launches a personal attack on me for apparently using the actual facts to disagree with #1 above.
4. I respond and crush #3 above-he stops.
4. Some other guy attacks my writing style and tells me I should not post.
5. Some other guys join the attack.
Continue the personal attacks and they will continue to get a personal response. Why not stop attacking and we all get back to basketball?
Silence is the correct answer.
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1. You don't think your remarks are personally insulting? Since you used the same insult on other topics it's pretty hard to deny you intended to insult me. Perhaps this will help your road to recovery if you do not think you were insulting.
https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/sociopathy/dsm-5-sociopath-diagnostic-definitions-and-symptoms/
2. Bold face. Not sure I did, but if so I'm confident I did so appropriately. I'm sure you'll find this helpful.
https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-use-bold-type-effectively-1074100
Wouldn't you prefer to just focus on basketball?
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