Bad defense
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Those teams are going up against an offensive juggernaut right now. It will be interesting to see what happens when we go up against an offense that is probably our equal in Gonzaga. They might score 100+ too.
Like last night. He sat out unnecessarily long in the first half. He wasn’t necessarily in foul trouble but Fran pulled the plug way too early. Can’t have that against the Zags.
so something like ’what Fran considers foul trouble’....
like last year at SDSU....yikes
Fran almost always sits a player for the rest of the first half, when they pick up their second foul. You could argue whether it makes sense either way. Nunge was playing pretty well (if he were just a little stronger with the ball), so I don't have a problem with his strategy.
Glad to see you’re back at this for another year and directly after a near 30 point win. Makes sense. BTW, Fran left Murray in with 2 fouls in the first half, which I thought Fran never did.
Garza was on pace to foul out early in the second half had Fran left him in. I trust Fran knows his players and substitution pattern a little better than you.
Iowa ended the half on a 23-9 run and three points better from where Garza picked up his second foul. Why bring Garza back in and risk a third personal in the first half? It was definitely not worth the risk and unneeded to bring him back in at that point. Had it been Gonzaga, or a closer game at the end of half, we very well could have seen Garza return in the first half. That was not the case last night.
As it stands and we all know this, because we watched it play out, Garza picked up his second foul at 10:48 (1st half) and his third foul at 17:24 (2nd half). That is solidly in foul trouble by any definition. Garza was averaging a foul about every four minutes to that point.
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“...Garza was on pace to foul out early in the second half had Fran left him in.“
There is danger in taking a small sample size of 7min and extrapolating it precisely to an entire game, it usually doesn’t work that way...
”I trust Fran knows his players and substitution pattern a little better than you...”
Im certain he does know his players better than us, but nobody was arguing others wise.
also, glad you back and devoting your time to a critical review of my content...
There is danger in taking a small sample size of 7min and extrapolating it precisely to an entire game, it usually doesn’t work that way...
”I trust Fran knows his players and substitution pattern a little better than you...”
Im certain he does know his players better than us, but nobody was arguing others wise.
garza only fouled out of 1 game last year, so you could use that data piece to say that Garza can play, and can play well with fouls, in fact, I would also argue that the majority of posters here would agree with this assertion.
also, glad you back and devoting your time to a critical review of my content...
I do think that players realize they’ll sit when they pick up there 2nd 1h foul and this leads to less aggressive 1h defense, especially with deep benches.
Agreed.
You can get away with that against cupcakes like isu.
Fran doesn't have the luxury of making that move against Zags.
Coming from a fan of a team like IA State, that's rich.
Come back when you have a winning record, loser. See you in a few years.
