he certainly hasnt taught defense the last decade
I agree. And that’s why I want Iowa to part ways with Fran. You can’t sustain success being marginally interested in defense.
It appears his assistants do almost all the one to one coaching during breaks. You always see them with players pulled aside and instructing.
The OP hit the nail on the head. I watched every game and predominantly see coaches pulling players aside and coaching them up. I have NEVER seen Fran nor his staff do that. Our team defense is awful and slow. Iowa has to cut, screen and run to get open looks where the competition scores on open shots in the lane or back door to the rim. How many blocked shots do we get compared to our competition?
Then your clearly not watching. Fran, no BUT the assistants yes. Very often assistants pull individuals aside for one on ones. Yesterday saw Matt G with three players in a spirited conversation as they were leaving the huddle. I think Frans huddles with other coaches and he tells them what he wants covered, and they fan out to the groups they have most responcibility with. Not saying this is the best way, and have no idea what they cover, but they do have conversations.
I think Fran gives them the message and they pass it along to individuals or groups.
So many of them in this thread. Especially the one about Iowa not running set plays. Iowa has some of the best sets in the country and scores at a very efficient clip off of them, whether they are half court sets or BLOB sets.
I've heard multiple times from different national-level analysts (e.g., Bill Raftery) that Fran runs some of the best out of bounds plays and offensive sets. And I've observed this, too, but it's interesting to hear it from those who see a lot of games coached by dozens of different coaches. I'll echo what someone else said earlier: Watch more closely.
They run plenty of set plays. They just don't make them up in the middle of a game.
If you don’t think Iowa runs set plays, you arent watching at all. And Iowa switches defenses often.
