Biggest mistakes of Fran era
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So, it's smart strategy to go "all-in" with one recruit for a PG. That's stupid and yes, absolutely baffling (or you could say inexcusable). You should always have contingency plans. He didn't land Ulis, and didn't get any other PG for the 2015 class. Dickerson was a 2014 scholarship, not 2015. He now has no one at PG for the 2016 season. He will not only have a freshman starting at PG, the backup will be a freshman. I'm not sure why you are so upset about me stating something that is likely (unless Fran offers a late scholarship to a PG). Could the Hawks still have a good season in 2016? Yes, however, it's not a great situation to go into the B1G season with 2 freshman PGs. Would you not agree?
BTW, you were the one who was telling us MSU wasn't very good. I tried to tell you that you never judge MSU by their non-conference play. Izzo always has his team peaking late in the season and they are a dangerous team come tournament time. You also didn't think Maryland was very good. So, your predictive skills weren't real hot outside of Iowa. As for your Iowa prediction, even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Yes, because watching non-conference games is predictive of how the B1G standings will shake out. LOL. You probably were one of the clowns who was saying MSU sucks before the B1G season, because they struggled in the non-conference.
As for not providing numbers without context, what nonsense. I was the one who was providing context, not like the people who were saying Gesell was a great point guard because of his assist/turnover ratio. Nice try though.
It's too bad all of us aren't as perfect making predictions as you and butter. Would you care to tell me who you predicted would win the Iowa/PSU tournament game? It's funny how you and butter just remember the predictions you get correct, but become the "Absent Minded Professor" on the ones you get wrong.
It sounds like Moss and Williams will both be possibly looking at PG time. We do need a strict PG though.
I don't have any problem with anyone being wrong as long as they give some decent reasoning. You on the other hand wouldn't STFU about where Iowa was going to finish in the BIG, while at the same time saying you hadn't watched another BIG team play.Originally posted by PhantomFlyer:
Yes, because watching non-conference games is predictive of how the B1G standings will shake out. LOL. You probably were one of the clowns who was saying MSU sucks before the B1G season, because they struggled in the non-conference.
As for not providing numbers without context, what nonsense. I was the one who was providing context, not like the people who were saying Gesell was a great point guard because of his assist/turnover ratio. Nice try though.
It's too bad all of us aren't as perfect making predictions as you and butter. Would you care to tell me who you predicted would win the Iowa/PSU tournament game? It's funny how you and butter just remember the predictions you get correct, but become the "Absent Minded Professor" on the ones you get wrong.
And again I never said anything about MSU but if it makes you feel better you can keep telling yourself that.
I get a similar feeling that if some of these guys want playing time they will arrive ready to learn to be Marble type point guards. Wiliams, Moss and maybe even Fleming.
I know it might not be the same, but Melo Trimble was a combo guard.
It starts to add up when one spreads the players out..
pg: Moss, Williams
sg, Fleming, Ellingson
wf: Hutton
pf: Wagner
Could it be done? Worked for Marble and Fran should have a year to accomplish it.
Yes, you made negative comments about MSU, especially after they lost to Texas So., but I can see why you'd want to keep it under your hat now. Like I said, you're the absent minded professor on the predictions you get wrong.Originally posted by buttermypancakes:
I don't have any problem with anyone being wrong as long as they give some decent reasoning. You on the other hand wouldn't STFU about where Iowa was going to finish in the BIG, while at the same time saying you hadn't watched another BIG team play.Originally posted by PhantomFlyer:
Yes, because watching non-conference games is predictive of how the B1G standings will shake out. LOL. You probably were one of the clowns who was saying MSU sucks before the B1G season, because they struggled in the non-conference.
As for not providing numbers without context, what nonsense. I was the one who was providing context, not like the people who were saying Gesell was a great point guard because of his assist/turnover ratio. Nice try though.
It's too bad all of us aren't as perfect making predictions as you and butter. Would you care to tell me who you predicted would win the Iowa/PSU tournament game? It's funny how you and butter just remember the predictions you get correct, but become the "Absent Minded Professor" on the ones you get wrong.
And again I never said anything about MSU but if it makes you feel better you can keep telling yourself that.
You also wouldn't STFU about where Iowa was going to finish in the B1G. I was wrong about where Iowa would finish but my analysis of the team was spot on (I just overvalued the strength of the conference). The "reasoning" you used to finish so high was they lost to Syracuse and Texas. You must of written a thousand times that Texas was a possible final four team and Cuse was a top 25 team. I told you those teams weren't that good. Neither team made the tournament. I tried to tell you rankings in Nov don't mean anything but you wouldn't listen. Iowa could have went into the season with Josh O as the starting center and started their bench players and you would have predicted them for 10+ conference wins. You are a homer who lacks objectivity.
As for predictions, this was the first year I was way off the mark about Iowa. In 2011 I was about the only one here who predicted Iowa would win 8 games. In fact people thought I was way too high on the win total, saying Iowa would only win 4-5 conference games. I predicted 10 conference wins in 2012. I was off last year predicting 11 wins, which looked good until the late season collapse.
The N. Fla coach could have lifted quotes from me in his analysis of Iowa after their non-conference game. Many of the things he said I had been saying for weeks in my analysis of the team. Mentally weak (an area they have gotten a little better), weak guard play, poor shooting team beyond the arc.
Originally posted by PhantomFlyer:
Yes, you made negative comments about MSU, especially after they lost to Texas So., but I can see why you'd want to keep it under your hat now. Like I said, you're the absent minded professor on the predictions you get wrong.Originally posted by buttermypancakes:
I don't have any problem with anyone being wrong as long as they give some decent reasoning. You on the other hand wouldn't STFU about where Iowa was going to finish in the BIG, while at the same time saying you hadn't watched another BIG team play.Originally posted by PhantomFlyer:
Yes, because watching non-conference games is predictive of how the B1G standings will shake out. LOL. You probably were one of the clowns who was saying MSU sucks before the B1G season, because they struggled in the non-conference.
As for not providing numbers without context, what nonsense. I was the one who was providing context, not like the people who were saying Gesell was a great point guard because of his assist/turnover ratio. Nice try though.
It's too bad all of us aren't as perfect making predictions as you and butter. Would you care to tell me who you predicted would win the Iowa/PSU tournament game? It's funny how you and butter just remember the predictions you get correct, but become the "Absent Minded Professor" on the ones you get wrong.
And again I never said anything about MSU but if it makes you feel better you can keep telling yourself that.
You also wouldn't STFU about where Iowa was going to finish in the B1G. I was wrong about where Iowa would finish but my analysis of the team was spot on (I just overvalued the strength of the conference). The "reasoning" you used to finish so high was they lost to Syracuse and Texas. You must of written a thousand times that Texas was a possible final four team and Cuse was a top 25 team. I told you those teams weren't that good. Neither team made the tournament. I tried to tell you rankings in Nov don't mean anything but you wouldn't listen. Iowa could have went into the season with Josh O as the starting center and started their bench players and you would have predicted them for 10+ conference wins. You are a homer who lacks objectivity.
As for predictions, this was the first year I was way off the mark about Iowa. In 2011 I was about the only one here who predicted Iowa would win 8 games. In fact people thought I was way too high on the win total, saying Iowa would only win 4-5 conference games. I predicted 10 conference wins in 2012. I was off last year predicting 11 wins, which looked good until the late season collapse.
The N. Fla coach could have lifted quotes from me in his analysis of Iowa after their non-conference game. Many of the things he said I had been saying for weeks in my analysis of the team. Mentally weak (an area they have gotten a little better), weak guard play, poor shooting team beyond the arc.
You say Mark Driscoll said those things? You are wrong.
Weren't there some people here who thought Josh O could be a combo guard? Ditto for Jok? Just because it worked with Marble (and Marble was never really very good as a PG, although his handles did become decent enough by his Sr year). Marble was also a kid who worked his tail off, very athletic, quick, and talented.
I am kind of teasing here, but are you a little pissed that Fran offered Williams? You wanted that scholarship (I know we have 2 now so it changes things) to go to a backup big man. You also didn't think there was any guard left who was worth a scholarship. Is Fran a bad evaluator and do you think made the right call offering a combo guard (afterall, he probably won't get much playing time next season)?
Haha it went from you were probably one of those people saying this, to I know you said this, this, and this. I don't post much Phantom, you're thinking of other posters. Everyone knows where our weaknesses are/were, they aren't hard to identify. You couldn't understand our strengths in the front court and what we could do defensively to a bunch of small BIG teams.Originally posted by PhantomFlyer:
Yes, you made negative comments about MSU, especially after they lost to Texas So., but I can see why you'd want to keep it under your hat now. Like I said, you're the absent minded professor on the predictions you get wrong.Originally posted by buttermypancakes:
I don't have any problem with anyone being wrong as long as they give some decent reasoning. You on the other hand wouldn't STFU about where Iowa was going to finish in the BIG, while at the same time saying you hadn't watched another BIG team play.Originally posted by PhantomFlyer:
Yes, because watching non-conference games is predictive of how the B1G standings will shake out. LOL. You probably were one of the clowns who was saying MSU sucks before the B1G season, because they struggled in the non-conference.
As for not providing numbers without context, what nonsense. I was the one who was providing context, not like the people who were saying Gesell was a great point guard because of his assist/turnover ratio. Nice try though.
It's too bad all of us aren't as perfect making predictions as you and butter. Would you care to tell me who you predicted would win the Iowa/PSU tournament game? It's funny how you and butter just remember the predictions you get correct, but become the "Absent Minded Professor" on the ones you get wrong.
And again I never said anything about MSU but if it makes you feel better you can keep telling yourself that.
You also wouldn't STFU about where Iowa was going to finish in the B1G. I was wrong about where Iowa would finish but my analysis of the team was spot on (I just overvalued the strength of the conference). The "reasoning" you used to finish so high was they lost to Syracuse and Texas. You must of written a thousand times that Texas was a possible final four team and Cuse was a top 25 team. I told you those teams weren't that good. Neither team made the tournament. I tried to tell you rankings in Nov don't mean anything but you wouldn't listen. Iowa could have went into the season with Josh O as the starting center and started their bench players and you would have predicted them for 10+ conference wins. You are a homer who lacks objectivity.
As for predictions, this was the first year I was way off the mark about Iowa. In 2011 I was about the only one here who predicted Iowa would win 8 games. In fact people thought I was way too high on the win total, saying Iowa would only win 4-5 conference games. I predicted 10 conference wins in 2012. I was off last year predicting 11 wins, which looked good until the late season collapse.
The N. Fla coach could have lifted quotes from me in his analysis of Iowa after their non-conference game. Many of the things he said I had been saying for weeks in my analysis of the team. Mentally weak (an area they have gotten a little better), weak guard play, poor shooting team beyond the arc.
LOL. You can't be serious. Very few people, outside of myself and a few others, correctly identified our weaknesses. According to people, like yourself, MG was going to have a great year, his problems last year stemmed from his pre-season injury. Clemmons was going to have a big year because he had a great summer. Jok was going to be the number 2 scorer on the team.Originally posted by buttermypancakes:
Haha it went from you were probably one of those people saying this, to I know you said this, this, and this. I don't post much Phantom, you're thinking of other posters. Everyone knows where our weaknesses are/were, they aren't hard to identify. You couldn't understand our strengths in the front court and what we could do defensively to a bunch of small BIG teams.Originally posted by PhantomFlyer:
Yes, you made negative comments about MSU, especially after they lost to Texas So., but I can see why you'd want to keep it under your hat now. Like I said, you're the absent minded professor on the predictions you get wrong.Originally posted by buttermypancakes:
I don't have any problem with anyone being wrong as long as they give some decent reasoning. You on the other hand wouldn't STFU about where Iowa was going to finish in the BIG, while at the same time saying you hadn't watched another BIG team play.Originally posted by PhantomFlyer:
Yes, because watching non-conference games is predictive of how the B1G standings will shake out. LOL. You probably were one of the clowns who was saying MSU sucks before the B1G season, because they struggled in the non-conference.
As for not providing numbers without context, what nonsense. I was the one who was providing context, not like the people who were saying Gesell was a great point guard because of his assist/turnover ratio. Nice try though.
It's too bad all of us aren't as perfect making predictions as you and butter. Would you care to tell me who you predicted would win the Iowa/PSU tournament game? It's funny how you and butter just remember the predictions you get correct, but become the "Absent Minded Professor" on the ones you get wrong.
And again I never said anything about MSU but if it makes you feel better you can keep telling yourself that.
You also wouldn't STFU about where Iowa was going to finish in the B1G. I was wrong about where Iowa would finish but my analysis of the team was spot on (I just overvalued the strength of the conference). The "reasoning" you used to finish so high was they lost to Syracuse and Texas. You must of written a thousand times that Texas was a possible final four team and Cuse was a top 25 team. I told you those teams weren't that good. Neither team made the tournament. I tried to tell you rankings in Nov don't mean anything but you wouldn't listen. Iowa could have went into the season with Josh O as the starting center and started their bench players and you would have predicted them for 10+ conference wins. You are a homer who lacks objectivity.
As for predictions, this was the first year I was way off the mark about Iowa. In 2011 I was about the only one here who predicted Iowa would win 8 games. In fact people thought I was way too high on the win total, saying Iowa would only win 4-5 conference games. I predicted 10 conference wins in 2012. I was off last year predicting 11 wins, which looked good until the late season collapse.
The N. Fla coach could have lifted quotes from me in his analysis of Iowa after their non-conference game. Many of the things he said I had been saying for weeks in my analysis of the team. Mentally weak (an area they have gotten a little better), weak guard play, poor shooting team beyond the arc.
"You couldn't understand our strengths in the front court and what we could do defensively to a bunch of small BIG teams."
You've killed the little credibility you had with this statement. NEVER have I criticized the front court of this team. In fact, I've praised them from day 1 this season. I've probably said it a thousand times that Iowa's 3-5 are as good or better than just about any team in the country. I loved this front court. Even when people were trashing Woody, I defended him as an adequate center and the combo of Woody/Gabe as very good. I don't know who you are thinking about but it's not me, which kind of proves my point about you being the absent minded professor.
My criticism from the start of the season is that Iowa's guard play is weak. I've said MG is a slightly below avg PG (or avg at best), Clemmons is a below avg 2G. Early on I said this was a terrible shooting team from beyond the arc, when people like your were saying, "keep shooting 3's, MG". MG started playing better when he started doing what I said, "stop driving to the bucket and throwing up his hail mary layups, stop shooting 3's, run the offense, play good D, shoot the midrange jumper". In other words play within his limited skill set.
I'd compare my analysis of the team (from way back in Nov) against yours any day. I wasn't wrong about anything. Stop using hindsight to act like you knew this team's weaknesses early in the season. You didn't. Myself and the handful of others who pointed out these weaknesses got blasted by people, like yourself, who said we were hating on the Hawks. People went as ballistic as you did when I made the prediction. Which is why you've felt the need to bring up my prediction about a half dozen times in the last month or two, even in posts that had nothing to do with predictions or in which I never posted.
Why can't you just enjoy the success of the team instead of dragging my name into every one of your posts? I've admitted I was way off on my prediction and I've stated numerous times I'm glad I was wrong. If I'm not commenting in a thread leave my name out of it.
That's an out and out lie about Woody. You were screaming we had to replace the guy by next year!Originally posted by PhantomFlyer:
LOL. You can't be serious. Very few people, outside of myself and a few others, correctly identified our weaknesses. According to people, like yourself, MG was going to have a great year, his problems last year stemmed from his pre-season injury. Clemmons was going to have a big year because he had a great summer. Jok was going to be the number 2 scorer on the team.Originally posted by buttermypancakes:
Haha it went from you were probably one of those people saying this, to I know you said this, this, and this. I don't post much Phantom, you're thinking of other posters. Everyone knows where our weaknesses are/were, they aren't hard to identify. You couldn't understand our strengths in the front court and what we could do defensively to a bunch of small BIG teams.Originally posted by PhantomFlyer:
Yes, you made negative comments about MSU, especially after they lost to Texas So., but I can see why you'd want to keep it under your hat now. Like I said, you're the absent minded professor on the predictions you get wrong.Originally posted by buttermypancakes:
I don't have any problem with anyone being wrong as long as they give some decent reasoning. You on the other hand wouldn't STFU about where Iowa was going to finish in the BIG, while at the same time saying you hadn't watched another BIG team play.Originally posted by PhantomFlyer:
Yes, because watching non-conference games is predictive of how the B1G standings will shake out. LOL. You probably were one of the clowns who was saying MSU sucks before the B1G season, because they struggled in the non-conference.
As for not providing numbers without context, what nonsense. I was the one who was providing context, not like the people who were saying Gesell was a great point guard because of his assist/turnover ratio. Nice try though.
It's too bad all of us aren't as perfect making predictions as you and butter. Would you care to tell me who you predicted would win the Iowa/PSU tournament game? It's funny how you and butter just remember the predictions you get correct, but become the "Absent Minded Professor" on the ones you get wrong.
And again I never said anything about MSU but if it makes you feel better you can keep telling yourself that.
You also wouldn't STFU about where Iowa was going to finish in the B1G. I was wrong about where Iowa would finish but my analysis of the team was spot on (I just overvalued the strength of the conference). The "reasoning" you used to finish so high was they lost to Syracuse and Texas. You must of written a thousand times that Texas was a possible final four team and Cuse was a top 25 team. I told you those teams weren't that good. Neither team made the tournament. I tried to tell you rankings in Nov don't mean anything but you wouldn't listen. Iowa could have went into the season with Josh O as the starting center and started their bench players and you would have predicted them for 10+ conference wins. You are a homer who lacks objectivity.
As for predictions, this was the first year I was way off the mark about Iowa. In 2011 I was about the only one here who predicted Iowa would win 8 games. In fact people thought I was way too high on the win total, saying Iowa would only win 4-5 conference games. I predicted 10 conference wins in 2012. I was off last year predicting 11 wins, which looked good until the late season collapse.
The N. Fla coach could have lifted quotes from me in his analysis of Iowa after their non-conference game. Many of the things he said I had been saying for weeks in my analysis of the team. Mentally weak (an area they have gotten a little better), weak guard play, poor shooting team beyond the arc.
"You couldn't understand our strengths in the front court and what we could do defensively to a bunch of small BIG teams."
You've killed the little credibility you had with this statement. NEVER have I criticized the front court of this team. In fact, I've praised them from day 1 this season. I've probably said it a thousand times that Iowa's 3-5 are as good or better than just about any team in the country. I loved this front court. Even when people were trashing Woody, I defended him as an adequate center and the combo of Woody/Gabe as very good. I don't know who you are thinking about but it's not me, which kind of proves my point about you being the absent minded professor.
My criticism from the start of the season is that Iowa's guard play is weak. I've said MG is a slightly below avg PG (or avg at best), Clemmons is a below avg 2G. Early on I said this was a terrible shooting team from beyond the arc, when people like your were saying, "keep shooting 3's, MG". MG started playing better when he started doing what I said, "stop driving to the bucket and throwing up his hail mary layups, stop shooting 3's, run the offense, play good D, shoot the midrange jumper". In other words play within his limited skill set.
I'd compare my analysis of the team (from way back in Nov) against yours any day. I wasn't wrong about anything. Stop using hindsight to act like you knew this team's weaknesses early in the season. You didn't. Myself and the handful of others who pointed out these weaknesses got blasted by people, like yourself, who said we were hating on the Hawks. People went as ballistic as you did when I made the prediction. Which is why you've felt the need to bring up my prediction about a half dozen times in the last month or two, even in posts that had nothing to do with predictions or in which I never posted.
Why can't you just enjoy the success of the team instead of dragging my name into every one of your posts? I've admitted I was way off on my prediction and I've stated numerous times I'm glad I was wrong. If I'm not commenting in a thread leave my name out of it.
As is usually the case, you are wrong (kind of like your "rankings don't matter"). Never said it this season. I've been touting the frontcourt of this team from day one. Have I praised Woody? Early on in the season, but have been more critical of his play lately (wanting to see Gabe play more). However, I've never made any comments about replacing him next year. What are you talking about? You are the guy who's been whining about needing another big with the last scholarship. I haven't. I said bigs weren't the problem next season, guards were, particurlarly PG was (or a shooting G who can shoot 3's). Starting to ring a bell?Originally posted by DanL53:
That's an out and out lie about Woody. You were screaming we had to replace the guy by next year!Originally posted by PhantomFlyer:
LOL. You can't be serious. Very few people, outside of myself and a few others, correctly identified our weaknesses. According to people, like yourself, MG was going to have a great year, his problems last year stemmed from his pre-season injury. Clemmons was going to have a big year because he had a great summer. Jok was going to be the number 2 scorer on the team.Originally posted by buttermypancakes:
Haha it went from you were probably one of those people saying this, to I know you said this, this, and this. I don't post much Phantom, you're thinking of other posters. Everyone knows where our weaknesses are/were, they aren't hard to identify. You couldn't understand our strengths in the front court and what we could do defensively to a bunch of small BIG teams.Originally posted by PhantomFlyer:
Yes, you made negative comments about MSU, especially after they lost to Texas So., but I can see why you'd want to keep it under your hat now. Like I said, you're the absent minded professor on the predictions you get wrong.Originally posted by buttermypancakes:
I don't have any problem with anyone being wrong as long as they give some decent reasoning. You on the other hand wouldn't STFU about where Iowa was going to finish in the BIG, while at the same time saying you hadn't watched another BIG team play.Originally posted by PhantomFlyer:
Yes, because watching non-conference games is predictive of how the B1G standings will shake out. LOL. You probably were one of the clowns who was saying MSU sucks before the B1G season, because they struggled in the non-conference.
As for not providing numbers without context, what nonsense. I was the one who was providing context, not like the people who were saying Gesell was a great point guard because of his assist/turnover ratio. Nice try though.
It's too bad all of us aren't as perfect making predictions as you and butter. Would you care to tell me who you predicted would win the Iowa/PSU tournament game? It's funny how you and butter just remember the predictions you get correct, but become the "Absent Minded Professor" on the ones you get wrong.
And again I never said anything about MSU but if it makes you feel better you can keep telling yourself that.
You also wouldn't STFU about where Iowa was going to finish in the B1G. I was wrong about where Iowa would finish but my analysis of the team was spot on (I just overvalued the strength of the conference). The "reasoning" you used to finish so high was they lost to Syracuse and Texas. You must of written a thousand times that Texas was a possible final four team and Cuse was a top 25 team. I told you those teams weren't that good. Neither team made the tournament. I tried to tell you rankings in Nov don't mean anything but you wouldn't listen. Iowa could have went into the season with Josh O as the starting center and started their bench players and you would have predicted them for 10+ conference wins. You are a homer who lacks objectivity.
As for predictions, this was the first year I was way off the mark about Iowa. In 2011 I was about the only one here who predicted Iowa would win 8 games. In fact people thought I was way too high on the win total, saying Iowa would only win 4-5 conference games. I predicted 10 conference wins in 2012. I was off last year predicting 11 wins, which looked good until the late season collapse.
The N. Fla coach could have lifted quotes from me in his analysis of Iowa after their non-conference game. Many of the things he said I had been saying for weeks in my analysis of the team. Mentally weak (an area they have gotten a little better), weak guard play, poor shooting team beyond the arc.
"You couldn't understand our strengths in the front court and what we could do defensively to a bunch of small BIG teams."
You've killed the little credibility you had with this statement. NEVER have I criticized the front court of this team. In fact, I've praised them from day 1 this season. I've probably said it a thousand times that Iowa's 3-5 are as good or better than just about any team in the country. I loved this front court. Even when people were trashing Woody, I defended him as an adequate center and the combo of Woody/Gabe as very good. I don't know who you are thinking about but it's not me, which kind of proves my point about you being the absent minded professor.
My criticism from the start of the season is that Iowa's guard play is weak. I've said MG is a slightly below avg PG (or avg at best), Clemmons is a below avg 2G. Early on I said this was a terrible shooting team from beyond the arc, when people like your were saying, "keep shooting 3's, MG". MG started playing better when he started doing what I said, "stop driving to the bucket and throwing up his hail mary layups, stop shooting 3's, run the offense, play good D, shoot the midrange jumper". In other words play within his limited skill set.
I'd compare my analysis of the team (from way back in Nov) against yours any day. I wasn't wrong about anything. Stop using hindsight to act like you knew this team's weaknesses early in the season. You didn't. Myself and the handful of others who pointed out these weaknesses got blasted by people, like yourself, who said we were hating on the Hawks. People went as ballistic as you did when I made the prediction. Which is why you've felt the need to bring up my prediction about a half dozen times in the last month or two, even in posts that had nothing to do with predictions or in which I never posted.
Why can't you just enjoy the success of the team instead of dragging my name into every one of your posts? I've admitted I was way off on my prediction and I've stated numerous times I'm glad I was wrong. If I'm not commenting in a thread leave my name out of it.
I've said repeatedly bigs are pretty much a non-factor in college ball. All you need is a guy who can play defense and get some rebounds. Woody isn't very good, but adequate.
It's incredible how you and butter can get these things so screwed up. I've been "screaming" for a better PG all season. I've been screaming for a guard who can shoot a 3. The only criticism I've given Woody has come recently has been on the missed bunnies (and I didn't call him out specifically but the team in general) and the lack of rebounds from him. Still, I've never said "Replace the guy by next year". Maybe you've said it since you have been shouting from the rooftops that Fran needed to use the last scholarship on a backup center. I actually mocked you for wasting a scholarship on a big stiff (which is basically what you were describing).
Who has been the one who said you can play with 4 guards and one big? Umm, that would be me. For the thousandth time I'll state college basketball is about the guards, the bigs are pretty much a non-factor (unless you have someone like Kaminski). Watch the NCAA tournament and watch who wins. It will be the teams who get better guard play.
