We had two assistants fire off tweets right after Fran got fired. One said something like “I’ll have more to say later,” but then went on to thank and praise Fran. The other posted something akin to feeling like he’d been stabbed in the back. I can’t find either anymore. Can anyone remember who said what?
Eldridge had the bad tweet with the middle finger emoji
It used to make sense to keep an assistant coach from the outgoing regime when rosters mostly stayed intact following a coaching change. That way, you would have someone on staff who had relationships with most of the players.
Have you seen Caitlin lately? She has gotten a lot stronger and she needs to. I would like to see the number of injuries of athletes who specialize in a sport and not play multiple sports. If people continually work the same areas only, it leads to more injuries.
Doing a little digging online, it seems like Red Raider fans think he played a huge role in them advancing as far as they did. He appears to have a reputation a real master of Xs and Os, both on offense and defense.
Connor had some fire to him and Patrick was rather fragile.
I would think that would have been Sherman Dillard, at least when it came to recruiting.
he was certainly more involved this year. I think he saw the handwriting on the wall and was trying make good lasting impressions with current players and potential future coaches.
what? steriods led to a lot of injuries in the 80-90's I'd say todays athletes are much less injury prone than before. You can certainly make a case for less tough or more fragile mentally but not more injury prone.
I started lifting weights when I retired and at just a couple years shy of 70 I workout on my own and put together my own training plan. Started out with a personal trainer. Bottom line you can do weight training safely if you do things right and if on your own do plenty of research.
Agree to disagree. College basketball and MLB, where injuries used to be rare, are constantly being ravaged by injuries--hammies, various muscle and ligament and tendons--that were virtually unheard of before. I'm not gonna write a book about it, but in 1970 Iowa played six players every game and nobody missed a second due to injury. Same in MLB. The Yankees, e.g., used something like 60 players last year. MLB injured lists rival those of the NFL. It's ridiculous, IMHO. And I assure you all the injuries have come along with steroids, HGH, and other supplements and the emphasis on weights.
That's one percent of players in those days. Now go look at pictures of the entire 1970 Big Ten title team from Iowa, especially Glen Vidnovic, and you'll have to use a magnifying glass to find a muscle on any of them.
Elvin Hayes at Houston 2 time All-American 1967 and 1968
Wes Unseld 1967 All American at Lousiville.
If I wanted to watch rugby, I'd move to New Zealand. Actually, there are a helluva lot of reasons to move to New Zealand. Rugby would be a bonus.
Ever watch Wes Unseld, Artis Gilmore, Bob Lanier, Nate Thurmond, Rick Mahorn, Joe Kleine, Willis Reed, Maurice Lucas, etc.? Monsters. Strength and physicality have always been an important part of the game. Basketball was full of bullies in the 70's and 80's. Much more so than today.
Ahh yes, the great Super Sam Williams #53... averaged 25.3 points and 10.9 rebounds per game that season.You gave 2 examples - Pete Maravich and John Johnson. I gave 2 (Hayes and Unseld) in reply from years earlier. You may want to check the entire 1967 All American team.
I see muscles here in the Iowa 67-68 roster. I would say Glenn #44 is the outlier.
I don't know where you are seeing all this muscle! Clark has been working out this past year and her muscles are at least as big as most of these guys!!You gave 2 examples - Pete Maravich and John Johnson. I gave 2 (Hayes and Unseld) in reply from years earlier. You may want to check the entire 1967 All American team.
I see muscles here in the Iowa 67-68 roster. I would say Glenn #44 is the outlier.
Clark said she was down to 208 lbs. which I would have never guessed that she weighed over 200. I assume it was from building muscle. She said that it was the first time that she has been down to 208.
