Nice of him to give us all a blast from his psycho past on his way out the door.
Fitting end for Fran
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I thought the second one he didn’t deserve the official was a little thin skinned and was gunning for him
Yes - and it looked to be is least deserved t I’ve seen. He was hardly animated talking to ref. They were fine to t him up if it was cumulative, but grow a pair if you were fast to t him and not eject him.
It’s why Iowa will always be bottom tier Big Ten. The refs control the games and we are irrelevant. Glad the NW coach spoke out. I hope Fran calls BS after the game.
2nd quick whistle was bullshit. Last week izzo (to no surprise) first half antics 10x worse and got no T as always.
Team down 9. 11 minutes left in end of season tournament game situation. Fran decides as a non player to give up 3 more points by cursing at the refs. F him. He can go to hell. Marvin k moody....
The more fitting end is being doubled up on the boards
LOL. Illinois don’t need no help from the refs. Typical Iowa game playing no defense and getting abused on the boards. Looks like they’ll be giving up 100+ for Fran’s last game, too; also fitting. Sandfort going nuts is the only reason this game is anywhere close.
It’s because fran expects little contact in a game and recruits/trains that way.
The rest of college basketball is 10x more physical than fran coaches.
Could give Illinois 5 t's in a row wouldn't matter with Iowa garbage d and rebounding, but yes look pretty weak for a tech
I hope he goes full on frank Costanza and has an airing of grievances on the way out at the post game. Fitting a Larry scrotum crew could be the ones that throw him out of Iowa permanently.
Clearly the refs fault we give up well over 100.
I said when I saw Scrotum was reffing that Iowa had no chace.
yeah, iowa would have tried on defense if he was the ref
Got tossed, gave up a 100-piece, bounced in the BTT, lost to a dirtbag Illini team.
Fran masterclass.
Fran masterclass.
And give the conference a big middle finger by not paying the fine since he’s done. Make Beth pickup his tab.
I’d say “thanks for the memories,” but besides some individual player accolades, team memories are made in the NCAA tournament, which are missing from the 15 year Fran era.
I don't mind the T's.....they weren't going to win. The Refs had a definite Illini Bias but it wouldn't have mattered.
Got to be able to force a missed shots and grab the rebound. For Iowa, It was like kindergarten kids trying to rebound.
I don't hate Fran on personal level, but I concluded several years ago he wasn't going to get it done. The Oregon loses and the Richmond loss in NCAA tourney made it clear Iowa was DOA in NCAA tournament with Fran's system.
Got to be able to force a missed shots and grab the rebound. For Iowa, It was like kindergarten kids trying to rebound.
I don't hate Fran on personal level, but I concluded several years ago he wasn't going to get it done. The Oregon loses and the Richmond loss in NCAA tourney made it clear Iowa was DOA in NCAA tournament with Fran's system.
How differently would we view the Fran era if he managed to make a few sweet 16s?
Same. That was the end for me. I was done with Fran after the Oregon and Richmond games. A 2 seed and a 5 seed, and got one win over... Grand Canyon.
For me, some postseason success would've bought Fran a lot of good will.
Just admit some of you guys were hoping he would take a 4 million dollar swing at the ref
I’m guessing bigly. Gard is on year 8 with nothing. He’s going after Fran’s stellar 15 year mark and most badger fans are loving it.
From that time I used my sh**ty photo editing skills to make a picture of Fran to look like Captain Kirk...
I would view him as minimally competent, since just about every coach in the history of basketball who has coached a team in a major conference for 15 years has accidentally made a few sweet 16s. However, this is reality, and he is way more than worthy of termination.
