Fran and Lisa Have a Type
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Which is why I wrote what I wrote in your post....................or should I say, what you wrote.
It’s cowardly that you won’t confirm my post trying to confirm your view here.
Do you have proof? You are just a liberal loon hack who obviously has daddy issues. Go take your medicine.
You’re starting to get it.
Perception matters, especially in recruiting. Iowa has a reputation whether people on here want to believe it or not.
The only black player in the top 100 whom Fran was actually able to land was Tyler Cook. Think about that. In a decade and a half, Fran has landed one. One.
So, yes, it’s true that some white guys can hoop, but it’s also true that every year the overwhelming majority of top 100 kids are black. Because of perception, nary a one ever has real interest in Iowa. A few here and there may take a visit, but they aren’t honestly considering Iowa as an actual destination. Which means of the 5-10 white kids in the top 100, maybe 2-3 have serious interest in Iowa. Unfortunately, those kids end up at Duke.
So, yes, Iowa needs better players. And guess what? The largest pool of those players are black. Therefore, it would probably be a good idea to address the perception problem so 90-95% of the top 100 prospects in America aren’t alienated.
Just saying…
You should delete this post if you want to keep a shred of credibility on this board.
What "racial shit was tossed by some on this board" when keegan was tearing it up? Or when dev marble became an all big ten player? Just bc people like you are obsessed with race doesn't mean everyone is.
Raveling was not coaching his players at the time, just recruited them. Raveling = great recruiting and bad coaching.
14 of the 15 top recruits in the 2024 class are black.
Iowa didn't have a chance at them only because they aren't a traditional power/NBA factory..........
You think Iowa would land any of those top recruits if they played 10 white kids every year, regardless of how talented those players were?
Perception matters to them. Nobody of importance to the game of CBB gives a f*** what you think about Iowa. It only matters to the recruits.
Social media is very enlightening when it comes to how people, that don't live in or near Iowa.......feel about Iowa. (And yes even if that perception is incredibly misguided, or inaccurate)
That includes high school kids.
Btw, look at Iowa State and how they're constructed and how they went about constructing their team.
In what world is this roster half Black? Unless I'm missing somebody Tony, Ladji, and Dasonte are the only Black scholarship players on the team and we are going to be losing 1 or 2 of them next year.
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It's cowardly that you won't confirm that I already answered your question by putting words in your mouth.
Even if you include the two walk-ons, the roster is still not half black.
What are you telling me for?
I made this same post last year.
Or were you trying to reply to mark?.............
Just sayin.
Evil: You actually changed my comment?
I posted “Again, we don’t need more black players, we need more good players.”
You then inserted “black”, making it look like I had posted “we need more good black players”?
Am I seeing this correctly?
I posted “Again, we don’t need more black players, we need more good players.”
You then inserted “black”, making it look like I had posted “we need more good black players”?
Am I seeing this correctly?
That is not why Stringer left. You are way off base why she left.
markfromj is a lost cause.What are you telling me for?
I made this same post last year.
Or were you trying to reply to mark?.............
Just sayin.
Look at the ISU men's hoops team and complain about the state of Iowa catering to its demographics.
Do we even need to go for a lesser quality of player in order to change the perception? Outside of Owen and Payton there are probably hundreds of Black players playing at Non-P5 schools that have the same level of talent as players currently on the team.
Let's just say not close. I am an old man. Vivian had a lot going on personally in her life. Her situation was not due to anything with race. It had to do with her husband's death and matters after that. Lets leave it at that and move on.
I suspect not.
For years, I’ve been fighting this “we need more black players” view with “We don’t need more black players, we need more good players”.
And I never recall, not one time, anyone explaining that the reason “we need more black players” was because it would change the perception of the Iowa program, so that we could eventually get the really good black players to give us a look. It was always “blacks are better than whites”.
Now here is why I believe I am not a lost cause: This perception approach is a good one, and a reasonable one. It is one I would support. It has risks (sucking because you are taking worse black players, losing more, and repelling better players because you suck), but it is a solid and defendable strategy.
Am I redeemed?
Side note: Can we all get better at posting rationales for positions?
Dasonte doesn't play anymore and Dembele averaged 11 whole minutes a game. Fran definitely has a type that he prefers
Alcohol consumption won’t add more black athletes to the men’s team, unfortunately.
Blacks make up 13% of the population. With Tony Perkins starting at point guard tonight, 20% of the starting lineup was black. Now then, STFU!
Stringer left after her husband died. There were too many reminders of him at Iowa and she needed to move. You really are talking out of your a$$
Drink Swarm - not warm - but Swarm beer 120% of the sales goes to the NIL to buy better black and white players...
If you drink Swarm beer it might. 69% of the profits goes to NIL to get the best players form the port o hole...
I'm aware of Bill Stringer. He had a joint appointment in my department when he died. She left mainly because of that event and the fishbowl she was in, which was difficult as a black female coach.
Iowa has already beaten teams of all brothers this season and they certainly were better than pickup
teams from the fieldhouse. . Yes we do need more good players, of any race.
BTW, to others on here, didn't one of Fran's Siena players follow him here? What race was he? So much for not trying to recruit blacks.
didn't one of Fran''s Siena players come with him to Iowa
A coach with the Swedish name of Olson left complaining of the fishbowl. Did you know that many college coaches live in '"fishbowls."
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