Bludgeoning on the glass again. Where's your nutsack
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It is, but I bet I can find a few people who will be glad to help pack up and ship out to Indianapolis to be with the boys.
5 losses, and 4 didn't need to be if just put forth the slightest bit of effort and intensity on the defensive end and on the boards.
Part of this is they can't jump. Even Dembele can't jump. Every rebound that skied into the air they got because they can out-athlete us. And they made so many threes that there was nothing to rebound.
Exactly! Standing there like a schmuck with his hands in his pockets and can't burn a TO earlier!
so you don't think he's a liability on defense? It's ok if every team keys in on his size for easy buckets? alrighty
Mostly it is, he's the head coach and the last time I looked he's getting paid lot's of money to coach the players, he's a very good offensive coach, but doesn't give a damn about defense and rebounding or doesn't have the expertise or assistances to teach the latter 2 important aspects of the game. He should have been replaced with a younger coach and one that values all 3 aspects of the game, but like getting the students near the floor of Carver, replacing Fran is not on Beth's agenda any time soon.
Yep, lets USC go on that big run early-middleish part of the 2nd half to get the lead back up to somewhere between 15-18 and never even slightly considers a timeout to try and put a little band-aid on that gaping & gushing wound.
Why does it seem that .......... every team either has a highlight dunk real against us, sets a new 3 point season high, has one player that sets an all time 3 point record, keeps 1 player back/sends 4 to the offensive glass (while we send 0!!), and also have a strength coordinator that must somehow buys different weights to lift than our guy does. Just some random thoughts from tonight and the last 15 years!
Which is why he needs to to become a Bohannon like player and practice 3s like no tomorrow. There are so many moments where he's open for 3 off a screen and he decides to dribble into the paint where the defenders are camped. All he wants to do is get closer and not shoot the open jumper, he plays exactly like Joe Touissant.
Every coach that we play against (men or women) will let a run go 6-8 points and then tries to slow it down with a TO. Like most middle school coaches would do! Franny lets it ride until a TV timeout because he really isn't sure what he could tell them to help stop the bleeding. Turribul.
Jesus, it's way past your bed time. You should be glad Fran's the coach, he gave your boy Brock a scholie for shit's sake. Don't forget to freshen up the bed pan before you hit the sheets.
Well there was that fire thing in LA....
12 games, 4250 average attendance---were they sheltering in place all season?
With Brock’s small statue you would think he would be quick enough to prevent bigger guards from taking him off the dribble. But tonight they were constantly blowing by him going in for layups. We always find ourselves in the position of having to help out defensively which means there is someone wide open on the 3 point line or cutting to the basket.
I get it, but USC is a football school. And LA is more of a pro sports town than a college town. Especially when USC football & UCLA basketball haven't shown much recently.
His size is a problem but far from the real problem. Pointing out a backdown that happens once in awhile while overlooking all the other issues is a lack of knowledge.
Switches
Recovery
Rotations
Rebounding
Help side defense
Staying in front of the ball handler.
There are so many holes that Brock’s height is the least of our concerns.
Brock is the great white Little guy hope....Lute though it would be Todd Berkenpas and Davis thought it might be Troy Skinner. It was neither of those guys. Fran now thinks it is Harding.
What Brock gets done on offense given his tiny size and lack of elite level quickness/hops is amazing. On defense, he has no chance guarding the opposing 6'6 PG that ways maybe 240lbs.
The team looked better with Thelwel at PG and Brock on bench. Just one less Minus defender /Minuse rebounder for everyone else to make up for. There will be some games Harding will be net postive---this wasn't one of those games. Fran doesn't adjust his lineups for matchup issues.
Fran probably needs to go zone with Harding and Payton in there at same time. If the other team is making 3's, then need to bench those guys.
He's short when he gets isolated on switches
He's short when he tries to rebound
He's short when he tries to help on defense and the guy he's trying to help on is 6'7
He's not staying in front of guys.
When hes's scoring or making 10 assists, he's net positive. Today it was net positive when he was on
bench.
Amazing what he's able to do on offense, but some games he's giving up more points than he's
bringing in.
Continue to blame Brock for the loss, it makes you so dumb, yes USC did take advantage of Brocks height early in the game, but so did they against Drew, Dix, Payton, and even Owen. Why aren't you complaining about Dembele or anyone else other then Brock? Surely you see others making mistakes that contributes to Iowa losing these games, why aren't you calling out those players?
What was the rebounding discrepancy 37 to 20, Brock is not out there for rebounding and again it doesn't appear no one on Iowa was on the floor to rebound either. Why haven't you complained every game about that in your rants or the defense from the other Hawks....
Oh, that's right, you only concentrate on Brock while he's on the floor, he's only a sophomore not a senior so yes, he is going to struggles in some games.
Notice Iowa doesn't have a 7 foot center for the other teams to concentrate on during the game, and our forwards love to take 3 point shots instead of driving to the basket, Iowa is a jump shooting team and when the shots don't fall it makes everyone look bad.
He'll get better despite you and others ragging on him during and after every game whether he deserves it or not. Yeah, you're not racist, you're just pissed that Brock beat out Drew for the starting point guard position, admit it and by the way how's your favorite player that left the team and went to St. Bonaventure, he must be injured because he not even listed on their roster.
Fell asleep. Woke up in time to see them get beat. Checked box score. Out-rebounded 37-20. USC shot 65% from the field, over 65% from three. Had some hope after Indiana and second half against Nebraska, but this looks like they reverted to their old ways. 99 points. Where is the toughness on this team? Saving it for home games? Need that attitude on the road even more. Frustrating. It’s a house built on sand, it seems. Am I wrong, and the stats don’t tell the story?
It is no coincidence that most teams have hot shooting nights against us. Hawks have a porous defense, poor rebounding and give up too many second chance points.
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