This is something that needs discussed. It’s one thing to lose, but how come it seems most times Iowa isn’t even competitive? What is missing here? I refuse to believe year in and out that teams are just that much better.
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You should be more concerned why your Huskers aren’t competitive at all....
Let me know when you have something and I will get my people on it. Let's get to the bottom of this before it's to late!
It is better to have lost than to not have played at all! They should have stayed with Miles.
A lot of times, those teams have just been that much better. I remember losing to Villanova by 25 and thinking, "what the hell?!", and then Nova won it all a couple of weeks later. That usually happens against when seeded so low. This year was a shock because they were seeded so high and got blown out, but it shouldn't be shocking that a conference champ beat Iowa. They never should have been seeded 7th. Maybe Iowa shouldn't have been seeded 2nd, either, but I don't remember the last time a conference champ of ACc, B10, B12, Big East, or PAC12 regular season championship got stuck with such a bad seed to start the tournament.
Coaching + recruiting + lack of a game plan. Pick whatever analogy you like here but I will go with the Polish cavalry in WW2 against German tanks. Fran just can't figure out why the horses can't defeat the tanks so he calls for another attack---same result.
We saw the same crap with the Gesell-Woodbury team. Don't add the missing pieces or make any adjustments. Same with Aaron White, Tyler Cook and now Garza. One player--that's about all Fran can come up with to give Iowa a match up advantage. You would think he would deduce from his lack of success that he either a: needs more athletes on the floor or b: he needs to calibrate his system to the talent he is capable of recruiting.
We saw the same crap with the Gesell-Woodbury team. Don't add the missing pieces or make any adjustments. Same with Aaron White, Tyler Cook and now Garza. One player--that's about all Fran can come up with to give Iowa a match up advantage. You would think he would deduce from his lack of success that he either a: needs more athletes on the floor or b: he needs to calibrate his system to the talent he is capable of recruiting.
It's hard to beat good teams in back to back games. Then you have Iowa's complete lack of defensive ability and they can't keep a game close.
