you actually get 5 fouls, you can play with 4 fouls, lots of players do…
Yeah coach played the guy with the hot hand more minutes than normal, as he always does. If a player plays well the coach isn't "bailed out", but he is smart to give said player additional minutes. I guess you really don't understand the nature of coaching.
No and No….
Yeah. Give me the choice of my best player potentially fouling out or sitting half the game while the other team is making a run, I’ll chose potentially fouling out every time. When you sit him, you’re essentially imposing the foul out rule on yourself.
I do want to make it clear I'm not a Fran "hater". I'd rather lose 90-80 than 40-30 (Lickliter Ball), but either outcome sucks.
Very valid points IMO. That said, Connor did contribute in a way you could actually see it in this game, so good job.
You're working pretty hard to try and discount Connor. The fact is that he played almost all of his time at the 3......on defense in man to man he guarded the Galloway kid...and did a pretty good job of it. Otherwise, when we were in the zone, he played out of the wing...where wing players play.
I would like Fran to be more flexible with the 2 foul rule as well, but in a game like that I can’t really fault him. It really felt like Iowa got called for breathing on an Indiana player at times. Thankfully Kris in particular made it possible for Fran to sit Keegan that long, because he at least kept Iowa in the game. Quite honestly I’m amazed we didn’t have anyone foul out. Fran deserves credit for managing the bench well.
So why does Fran not get credit for playing the guy who played well?
Just wondering are you a HS or College coach or just like the rest of us a Sunday morning coach? Fran is making millions doing this for a living and must not be bad to get this far. Not always right but come the next day most coaches are questioned no matter win or lose. Hell, I get that about every day at home over nothing...
Years ago, when Fran was initially hired at Iowa, I remember reading an article in The Register written for them but a journalist who had covered Fran at Sienna. The writer made Iowa fans two promises regarding Fran’s basketball teams.....1) they will score a lot of points, and 2) when a player gets his second foul in the first half, he will sit the balance of the half on the bench. That article was written several years ago.
What the hell does my status as a coach have to do with anything?
This is true, but I think it's because those two are essentially replaceable. You don't want to lose Keegan with three fouls in the first half. It usually is a hard and fast rule with McCaffery as it is with a good segment of college coaches who use the same strategy.
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Great point. Ogundele , Rebraca, Mulvey are basically 15 fouls in the post, there is one reason to ’save them’ when w of the avg < 5 minutes / game
I'm no Fran apologist, but what's up with multiple people on here saying Fran has never got to the 2nd round? These people didn't watch Iowa beat Davidson, Temple, Cincinnati or Grand Canyon? How are we supposed to take you seriously?
I see your point, Second round to mean 2nd weekend, apologies for the confusion.
We also got over the hump and got to big10 semis last year. We arguably should have gotten there a time or two earlier but for questionable officiating on a couple of occasions.
Not to mention the zebras have a quick whistle on Fran, ( one which he's is partly to blame for), that is not employed against Izzo or Howard, or most of the other league coaches. Still its not like he can just sit by and take it forever either.
To be fair Rebraca is averaging 6 points and 6 boards, (which makes him Iowa's 2nd leading board man) per 20 minutes played. Thats not that bad on the boards per 20 minutes. The issue of course is he's not a 5 at this level, and he's outmatched in nearly every conference game either by sheer physical size or athleticism depending on the matchup. I appreciate his continued effort.......
Just glad you are on this board to tell us all how coaching/basketball works. A blessing really
Rebraca is not elite at anything but he is rebounding at the same rate as Kris which is best on the team. I wish people would actually look at the numbers before commenting. Filip certainly has issues, particularly in how he's being utilized at the 5, but to state that he doesn't contribute or rebound when he leads the team in that category is just dumb.
I think that it's semantics and bad wording. Fran hasn't made it past the second round or Fran hasn't won a game in the second round is what people meant.
from a pure math stand point, you MUST optimize Keegan and Kris production to win vs top tier teams or make a run to the 2nd weeks (or even semis in BIG)
Worst part is he's going to finish the game with only 3 fouls. Your team leader who is a smart player you have to trust him when you are playing the #6 team in the nation. If this was Saturday's game against PSU ok I can understand that. This cost us last year at IU when Fran sat Garza and we lost a double digit lead and went to half tied.
First of all it was Purdue they were playing. They're the other school from Indiana. Iowa needed him for as many minutes as they could have him. Doesn’t matter when they came. It all counts the same. He played 29 minutes. The only reason he didn't play more minutes was because Fran pulled him for half the first half as Purdue was building a huge lead. He ended up with 3 fouls. Fouls didn't limit Keegan's minutes. Fran did. Anybody saying that he would have played fewer minutes had Fran not pulled him out of the game is clueless.
Right, and it does it two ways, 1) just from a personnel standpoint the Hawks lose starters regularly to the 2 foul rule, and 2) guys can get gun shy on defense (whether intentional or not) in the first half because they don't want to ride the pine, so the defense is less effective/aggressive.
