I somewhat agree but I'm wondering what will happen when Mike and Anthony leave. Those 2 have proven to collapse under pressure. Nice players, nice guys, no balls whatsoever. It has reflected on Fran for 4 years.
Some Iowa fans sound like President Obama continually blaming everything on former President Bush. Iowa fans need to stop pointing to the Lickliter era is dead and gone and Fran owns this team and its success and failures.
Here's a question... Has he possibly over coache'd them? Meaning, coming February and March, what has to be said that hasn't been engraved the previous 3 months or even year? Could they be grinding too much?
I honestly think that's too early. I know I get killed for posting this today because of all the emotion. I have doubts about Fran but it's a recruiting game and Fran is building that up. I see progression in the type of players he's starting to get. Replace a scoring guard for Clemmons or Gesell and this team is right there without a doubt. They need a 3rd scorer and Clemmons and Gesell aren't it. Has Fran done a horrible job playing Gesell and Clemmons? Absolutely and I'm his harshest critic on that but Fran's had a lot of success here and is building success. I know it's hard to see right now but the evidence is there. If they flake out and lose in the first round of the NCAA tournament then his seat will get hotter. I just have to wonder if this team will be better because of additions by subtractions next year. I'm not the biggest Gesell and Clemmons fan. Is it concerning that Fran just plays them together and really has no leash for them? Yes.
Hey, perhaps they really missed the intensity that Pat Ingram might have brought in the games
Who has ever taken Iowa into the land of Champions? Iowa has exactly zero national champions and hasn't had a conference Championship other then 2 Big Ten Tournament championships since 1979. That is 37 years and you are acting like Fran has failed. You always seem to lead the charge against Iowa coaches not named Davis. It was fans like you who got Barta into a sweat over Alford. Then Barta made the error of making a public ultimatum in an effort to show you fools that he was a tough guy and that resulted in Todd Lickliter becoming the coach. How did that work out for you? And, you even defended Lickliter. I would not give any credence to any opinion of yours regarding Iowa's coaches.
McCaffery recruited all of those players, and the lack of depth is due to poor recruiting
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And some posters should actually look at what Fran has done here from the big picture. Not what is happening from a game to game perspective. Please describe the declining success Fran is having year to year. Obviously we've seen a decline in the success since Fran has gotten here right?
