Fran's Roster Management

[Auger]

Fran's roster management seems to be a complete disaster this year. You can point to Bohannon and Connor playing together without CJ has been a disaster especially after the mid season scouting report has been out and affective against them. That is just one of the many player combos that Fran roles out that just don't work.

One of the strangest things going on this year is his management of Toussaint. Fran seems to be ruining this guy. Coming into this season it appears as if Fran had no plan on how to use Toussaint. Part of that may be Fran with Bohannon back planned to ride or die with Jbo. He gives Toussaint an ultra short lease. Doesn't give him consistent minutes. Roles him out with inconsistent rotations amd has changed his roles on him throughout the season. Toussaint seems to be regressing as a player. One with diminishing confidence.

This also seems to be carrying over to guys like Perkins and Ulis. Ever changing roles. Inconsistent playing time. Defined defensive role but only deployed with under a minute left in a game that screamed defensive stop needed. Its seems right now Fran is using these guys in a throw everything out there in panic mode and hope something works instead of building these guys up with an established role that they can learn and build off of. Its a choatic panic right now.

The offense is still at this point throw it down to Garza and also hope Bohannon can hit 4-5 3's a game. Teams have left some room for Weiskamp but shifted focus to clog the lanes for Garza and jam Bohannon 3ft outside the arc. As long as you take away those two things with Iowa's poor D you can out score them.

Fran completely failed to build Toussaint up this year to be the guy to break a D down when things clog up. He completely failed to build a defensive unit on a team with several gaping holes in their starting 5. He has like usual failed at roster management and developing a gameplan around his roster to adapt and overcome that midseason scouting report that typically bites him in the butt the second half of the season.

 

[perryhawk]

I don’t disagree with some of your points...but a “disaster” is way over the top...top 10 team most of the year and always very competitive. Still top 15...not a disaster. Could it be better? Sure, but wow

 

[Auger]

I don’t disagree with some of your points...but a “disaster” is way over the top...top 10 team most of the year and always very competitive. Still top 15...not a disaster. Could it be better? Sure, but wow

Yeah roster management is a disaster. If you want be a top 10 team or even now remain a top 15 team you better manage your roster better. This is the crap you typically see in Iowa's 2nd half collapses. You know your weaknesses coming into the season. You know them at the halfway point. The league figures you out but because you didn't adapt, and manage your weaknesses now you went from a team playing like a top 10 team to playing like a team somewhere between 15-35. Thats a disaster when you have the talent and pieces to remain among the top 10. When you have the talent to be a 1 or 2 seed but now are falling back to a 4-5 seed if things continue.

 

[87alum87]

I think Disaster is a perfect description, and think it all has to do with getting both MACs lots of minutes.

It wouldn't surprise me at all to learn Kris is comparable to Keegan, but doesn't play because those minutes would come from PMac. And Keegan is much better than either Mac. I know that sounds harsh, and I do think there are roles for both Macs, but they are limited.

I did coach my son in high school ball. It is really hard to accurately assess the floor skills of someone you love, and even harder to show him the bench. It's not too tough, if hes the best player....like McDermott....or the end of the bench like Izzo. But both Macs are middling players, with the younger one with more potential than the veteran.

It is a tough situation for Fran, his sons, the team, abd distantly removed, the fans.

 

[Hawksfor3]

I don’t disagree with some of your points...but a “disaster” is way over the top...top 10 team most of the year and always very competitive. Still top 15...not a disaster. Could it be better? Sure, but wow

Agree. Needs some attention.

 

[HawkRose]

I would say since CJ has gone down hit has been a disaster. CJ hid the limitations of playing those 2 together as you had another deadly shooter on the floor. Connor is good at post feeds and reversing the ball. Now that we are down a shooting gun we need to adjust, but Fran refuses to do so.

 

[CleteyColgate]

Fran's roster management seems to be a complete disaster this year. You can point to Bohannon and Connor playing together without CJ has been a disaster especially after the mid season scouting report has been out and affective against them. That is just one of the many player combos that Fran roles out that just don't work.

One of the strangest things going on this year is his management of Toussaint. Fran seems to be ruining this guy. Coming into this season it appears as if Fran had no plan on how to use Toussaint. Part of that may be Fran with Bohannon back planned to ride or die with Jbo. He gives Toussaint an ultra short lease. Doesn't give him consistent minutes. Roles him out with inconsistent rotations amd has changed his roles on him throughout the season. Toussaint seems to be regressing as a player. One with diminishing confidence.

This also seems to be carrying over to guys like Perkins and Ulis. Ever changing roles. Inconsistent playing time. Defined defensive role but only deployed with under a minute left in a game that screamed defensive stop needed. Its seems right now Fran is using these guys in a throw everything out there in panic mode and hope something works instead of building these guys up with an established role that they can learn and build off of. Its a choatic panic right now.

The offense is still at this point throw it down to Garza and also hope Bohannon can hit 4-5 3's a game. Teams have left some room for Weiskamp but shifted focus to clog the lanes for Garza and jam Bohannon 3ft outside the arc. As long as you take away those two things with Iowa's poor D you can out score them.

Fran completely failed to build Toussaint up this year to be the guy to break a D down when things clog up. He completely failed to build a defensive unit on a team with several gaping holes in their starting 5. He has like usual failed at roster management and developing a gameplan around his roster to adapt and overcome that midseason scouting report that typically bites him in the butt the second half of the season.

Jordan would be better playing 20 minutes a game. Start and finish for the most part. JT and Ulis playing the rest. He's too stubborn to do that, so be it.

 

[Auger]

I think Connor is caught in an interesting place this year. His minutes are very limited at the 4 this year as both Keegan and Nunge are better than him and have progressed to deserve 35 of 40 mins at the 4. Weiskamp is the clear 3 and Connor is very limited in that role anyway. Bohannon is a more natural 2 so if your Fran Bohannon is the PG. CJ can play 1-3 better than Connor. You develop Perkins, Toussaint or Ulis throughout the year and it just takes more minutes from Connor as all are just as good or better than Connor in most aspects of the game. Fran's disaster of roster management has a great deal of finding 23 plus minutes a game for his son. With CJ out its around 30 now because Fran failed to develop Toussaint, Perkins and Ulis into the regualr rotation. Its left Iowa with a huge hole on the perimeter.

 

[HawkRose]

With CJ out its around 30 now because Fran failed to develop Toussaint, Perkins and Ulis. Its left Iowa with a huge hole on the perimeter.

Absolute sad truth

 

[Auger]

Absolute sad truth

And that's a disaster as far as roster management goes. A mistake that alters the direction of your team. The team is now left with trying to build that working mix now or hoping CJ can come back soon and healthy during the teams hardest stretch of the season. The schedule is brutal from here on out.