Frustrated thoughts

[cubsMDdmb]

We lose no matter what tonight but my goodness Wisconsin couldn’t miss a shot.

Other random thoughts:

- I hate Wisconsin.
- Davison is a POS.
- Keegan as always was great but the team needs to target him even more. He’s so much better than anyone else.
- I hate Wisconsin.
- JT was pretty good tonight. Much better than Perkins and Ulis.
- I hate Wisconsin.
- Ribraca just doesn’t do it for me. Give Josh O more minutes. Not saying don’t play or start Ribraca but Josh should get a few minutes here and there.
- I still support Fran and hope we can be a tourney team.
- I hate Wisconsin.

 

[drew_hawk]

We lose no matter what tonight but my goodness Wisconsin couldn’t miss a shot.

Other random thoughts:

- I hate Wisconsin.
- Davison is a POS.
- Keegan as always was great but the team needs to target him even more. He’s so much better than anyone else.
- I hate Wisconsin.
- JT was pretty good tonight. Much better than Perkins and Ulis.
- I hate Wisconsin.
- Ribraca just doesn’t do it for me. Give Josh O more minutes. Not saying don’t play or start Ribraca but Josh should get a few minutes here and there.
- I still support Fran and hope we can be a tourney team.
- I hate Wisconsin.

FIFY

 

[SDHawkDoc]

We lose no matter what tonight but my goodness Wisconsin couldn’t miss a shot.

Other random thoughts:

- I hate Wisconsin.
- Davison is a POS.
- Keegan as always was great but the team needs to target him even more. He’s so much better than anyone else.
- I hate Wisconsin.
- JT was pretty good tonight. Much better than Perkins and Ulis.
- I hate Wisconsin.
- Ribraca just doesn’t do it for me. Give Josh O more minutes. Not saying don’t play or start Ribraca but Josh should get a few minutes here and there.
- I still support Fran and hope we can be a tourney team.
- I hate Wisconsin.

Yes to all of that, and add a few more "I hate Wisconsin".

 

[Nohawknamesleft]

Wisconsin didn’t even bother me that much tonight. They have a system that works well for them. I wish I could say the same.

 

[Hawksfor3]

Josh should get a few minutes here and there.

Agree. Get him "seasoned" and we may have a beast on our hands.

 

[unoHawkeye]

I think Mulvey is going to pass Ogundele shortly if he hasn’t already. He contests shots very well and has better hands to grab rebounds and passes. Ogundele is more athletic and the better defender away from the hoop. I think Mulvey needs to start logging minutes if we ever hope to solve any of our rebounding issues

 

[LetsGoHawks83]

Fran while watching our defense and Rebounding...

Anyone think that Fran is getting the most out of the talent on this team? 3rd year with a top player in the nation.... So there's that.

 

[Chishawk1425]

FIFY

Derp

 

[QChawks]

I’m jelly of buckys D and rebounding

 

[cubsMDdmb]

I think Mulvey is going to pass Ogundele shortly if he hasn’t already. He contests shots very well and has better hands to grab rebounds and passes. Ogundele is more athletic and the better defender away from the hoop. I think Mulvey needs to start logging minutes if we ever hope to solve any of our rebounding issues

Forgot to add another point, our rebounding is frustrating as just about anything I’ve ever seen. If Mulvey can help then play him, but I don’t know what can help our rebounding at this point.

 

[drew_hawk]

Derp

Derp-plorable

 

[HotelAlphaWilcoKilo]

- I still support Fran

 

[CarterHall]

JT was pretty good tonight. Much better than Perkins and Ulis.

Six points and 4 assists. Shot 60% FG, even with that brick 3. And then he's gone.

 

[Sett1997]

That's our story every loss. The other team couldn't miss a shot.
Why?
Fran needs to go.
He sucks.
He is not the answer.

 

[Sett1997]

Forgot to add another point, our rebounding is frustrating as just about anything I’ve ever seen. If Mulvey can help then play him, but I don’t know what can help our rebounding at this point.

A new coach?

 

[cubsMDdmb]

Six points and 4 assists. Shot 60% FG, even with that brick 3. And then he's gone.

I don’t get it either. In other games Perkins and Ulis have played well but not tonight. No excuses, JT should have played more.

 

[Sett1997]

Wisconsin didn’t even bother me that much tonight. They have a system that works well for them. I wish I could say the same.

That would be coaching.

 

[cubsMDdmb]

That's our story every loss. The other team couldn't miss a shot.
Why?
Fran needs to go.
He sucks.
He is not the answer.

Stupid response. We won’t win every game. Go root for Wisconsin.

 

[unoHawkeye]

Six points and 4 assists. Shot 60% FG, even with that brick 3. And then he's gone.

What scares me is that Bohannon switched over to PG late and made some threes. If that becomes a thing again, I may change my stance on McCaffery - which is supportive, despite his substitution patterns

Chucky Hepburn played 31 minutes tonight as a freshman. Why can’t we get that from Toussaint? Even 25, then the remainder to Ulis?

 

[CarterHall]

That's our story every loss. The other team couldn't miss a shot.
Why?
Fran needs to go.
He sucks.
He is not the answer.

Now now. Most coaches don't hit their stride until they're 62.

 

[HotelAlphaWilcoKilo]

What scares me is that Bohannon switched over to PG late and made some threes. If that becomes a thing again, I may change my stance on McCaffery - which is supportive, despite his substitution patterns

Chucky Hepburn played 31 minutes tonight as a freshman. Why can’t we get that from Toussaint? Even 25, then the remainder to Ulis?

 

[RocknRollface]

Forgot to add another point, our rebounding is frustrating as just about anything I’ve ever seen. If Mulvey can help then play him, but I don’t know what can help our rebounding at this point.

We suck at rebounding because Rebraca is a small below average rebounder at the 5 spot.

Normally if you had a 6'9 3 man it would make up for that but unfortunately Iowas 6'9 3 man has no interest in rebounding.

What would help is those 2 playing less.

 

[HawkLogic]

Forgot to add another point, our rebounding is frustrating as just about anything I’ve ever seen. If Mulvey can help then play him, but I don’t know what can help our rebounding at this point.

You play Mulvey/JoshO you upgrade rebounding with their size/length. You have guys that can actually
contest in post without requirig double team. They can help on the dribble drive penetration.

JBO needs to be off the court...bit minutes. His defense/rebounding is too poor at 2nd G.

Iowa has to play man defense. Your ability to grab defensive rebounds drops from say 75-80% in man defense to 60-65% in zone....

 

[Slim45]

Six points and 4 assists. Shot 60% FG, even with that brick 3. And then he's gone.

Yeah…becoming obvious he needs to be on the floor as much as possible. And be more aggressive trying to score. He may only be 6’ but he’s quick enough to free himself up for a shot at any time. We need that desperately

 

[nbanflfactory]

Fran while watching our defense and Rebounding...

Anyone think that Fran is getting the most out of the talent on this team? 3rd year with a top player in the nation.... So there's that.

Murray is not winning npoy or even b1g poy...

And that's no insult to him obviously...

 

[anon_qczsdwtnv6esw]

You know things are bad when our shooting guard barely shoots unless its garbage time.

 

[nbanflfactory]

Forgot to add another point, our rebounding is frustrating as just about anything I’ve ever seen. If Mulvey can help then play him, but I don’t know what can help our rebounding at this point.

A new team or coach?

 

[RocknRollface]

What scares me is that Bohannon switched over to PG late and made some threes. If that becomes a thing again, I may change my stance on McCaffery - which is supportive, despite his substitution patterns

Chucky Hepburn played 31 minutes tonight as a freshman. Why can’t we get that from Toussaint? Even 25, then the remainder to Ulis?

I had the same thought.

Bohannon brings nothing at the 2.

As soon as he started bringing the ball up he was able to do what he used to. Granted the game was over.

We've seen that for years and it ultimately doesn't work but Fran may not be able to help himself.

 

[LetsGoHawks83]

Yeah…becoming obvious he needs to be on the floor as much as possible. And be more aggressive trying to score. He may only be 6’ but he’s quick enough to free himself up for a shot at any time. We need that desperately

He's really developed his pull up jumper too.

I'm just tired of playing a 3point specialist SOOO many minutes, who doesn't get open looks for 3 and plays terrible defense. We have young players that bring high energy on D and threats to penetrate on Offense.

The Murray twins are sufficient 3point threats to spread the damn floor.

 

[unoHawkeye]

I had the same thought.

Bohannon brings nothing at the 2.

As soon as he started bringing the ball up he was able to do what he used to. Granted the game was over.

We've seen that for years and it ultimately doesn't work but Fran may not be able to help himself.

I’ve been saying that Bohannon needs to come off the bench and play about 15 minutes a game against other teams’ backups, where he will almost undoubtedly thrive. Come in and chuck for all I care. Another thing that won’t ever happen

 

[Macbride79]

Last year was more frustrating, with two NBA draft picks, including POY, getting blown out in round of 32 by a team that then got blown out in Sweet 16.

This season, Iowa is unlikely to make the NCAA tournament with an NBA top-ten pick who is playing great.

Fran will end up being one of the only coaches at a Power 5 conference school in the 21st century to coach 15 plus years at the same school, and never win a conference title nor make a Sweet 16.

I have accepted that Fran will be allowed to coach at Iowa until his 9th grade son finishes at Iowa. At least 7 more years. Not hard to tune out on occasion given the situation.

 

[Pepperman]

That's our story every loss. The other team couldn't miss a shot.
Why?
Fran needs to go.
He sucks.
He is not the answer.

it is flat out amazing how many times after a loss (and sometimes even after a win) we read posters here saying “well they couldn’t miss tonight”…

after seeing it so often, there’s indeed only one conclusion…

 

[nbanflfactory]

it is flat out amazing how many times after a loss (and sometimes even after a win) we read posters here saying “well they couldn’t miss tonight”…

after seeing it so often, there’s indeed only one conclusion…

Lotta bad luck!!

 

[HawkLogic]

We suck at rebounding because Rebraca is a small below average rebounder at the 5 spot.

Normally if you had a 6'9 3 man it would make up for that but unfortunately Iowas 6'9 3 man has no interest in rebounding.

What would help is those 2 playing less.

I don't think PMAC has a position.

Sticking a 6'9 guy at the 3 is is what we went through when Fran tried to play Whitey and Uthoff (and even Nunge) at the 3...those guys couldn't defend perimeter playersvery well in man and we ended up having to zone. All those guys were at least above average rebounders....PMAC doesn't block shots like Uthoff did nor rebound very well and he seems to back away from mixing it up inside.

Uthoff and Whitey ultimately had their best years at PF....unfortuately, I don't think PMAC is willing to compete inside and rebound like you need for a PF.

CMAC doesn't have a position because he has perimeter player size but no perimeter shooting/dribble drive skills

JBO doesn't have a position because he can't defend and his offense is best suited for him having the ball in his hands as a PG instead of running off screens. Unless the opposing team forgets to guard him,

 

[Slim45]

He's really developed his pull up jumper too.

I'm just tired of playing a 3point specialist SOOO many minutes, who doesn't get open looks for 3 and plays terrible defense. We have young players that bring high energy on D and threats to penetrate on Offense.

The Murray twins are sufficient 3point threats to spread the damn floor.

Well we need a 3pt specialist, fran is just playing the wrong one. At this point sandfort should be playing more. He looks the part, moves well without the ball, good size, solid defense. Just needs minutes to settle in. To me that’s what’s the most frustrating part, i feel like we have good pieces this year but Fran just cannot figure out how to put them together. He has always struggled to push the right buttons at the right times IMO

 

[HawkLogic]

Last year was more frustrating, with two NBA draft picks, including POY, getting blown out in round of 32 by a team that then got blown out in Sweet 16.

This season, Iowa is unlikely to make the NCAA tournament with an NBA top-ten pick who is playing great.

Fran will end up being one of the only coaches at a Power 5 conference school in the 21st century to coach 15 plus years at the same school, and never win a conference title nor make a Sweet 16.

I have accepted that Fran will be allowed to coach at Iowa until his 9th grade son finishes at Iowa. At least 7 more years. Not hard to tune out on occasion given the situation.

However Jack is supposed to be a shooter. Hopefuly he is mix of CMAC and PMAC.

 

[LetsGoHawks83]

Well we need a 3pt specialist, fran is just playing the wrong one. At this point sandfort should be playing more. He looks the part, moves well without the ball, good size, solid defense. Just needs minutes to settle in. To me that’s what’s the most frustrating part, i feel like we have good pieces this year but Fran just cannot figure out how to put them together. He has always struggled to push the right buttons at the right times IMO

I absolutely think we have pieces to do better than we are. I also don't know if we need a 3 point "specialist". Kris has a pretty dang good stroke and can do MUCH more, just needs more minutes. I'm good with trying to get Sandfort some minutes, but Kris needs more.

 

[HotelAlphaWilcoKilo]

However Jack is supposed to be a shooter. Hopefuly he is mix of CMAC and PMAC.

A running, off-balance three specialist with scoliosis, unable to rebound or guard?

Sign me up.

 

[LGEND24]

However Jack is supposed to be a shooter. Hopefuly he is mix of CMAC and PMAC.

Hopefully his daddy is coaching in the MAC by then.

 

[Sett1997]

it is flat out amazing how many times after a loss (and sometimes even after a win) we read posters here saying “well they couldn’t miss tonight”…

after seeing it so often, there’s indeed only one conclusion…

The Fran apologists don't seen to understand this.
Mind boggling.