Likelihood University Moves on From Fran
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Several years ago in football…are you serious? I get the offense is a disaster, but the football team is on the best 10 year run they’ve ever had….😳
I honestly don’t get what some people are looking at.
I honestly don’t get what some people are looking at.
Fans aren't fickle. They tired of the same BS that doesn't work, year after year.
And the next guy will have the same problem ultimately. Not enough wins….
Do you know how I know…?
There’s a difference between not enough wins, and not enough wins bc you’re doing the stupid crap year in and year out for 14 years.
You’ve never been on another messageboard have you…
This is how they work… The fans nitpick the shit out of everything you do and eventually it’s never enough.
You pick the head coach, including the Caliparis and the Izzos, and their fans are bitching and moaning all the time…
Of course ours do
Totally disagree. Ralph Miller won two Big Ten Championships in six seasons, finished 3rd twice and 5th once after taking over a team that was 8-15 the season before he got there. He was one of the top two or 3 coaches Iowa has ever had.
BS, it’s year 14. What has he accomplished to allow him to last that long?? You have settled for average.
I think I’d probably agree with that. It goes to show. Iowa hasn’t had a ton of great coaches or a shit ton of stellar results. You might notice Mr. Miller never won a national championship. Nor made a bunch of appearances deep into the tournament….
That’s kind of the overarching point!
Louisville is 12-52? the last two seasons.
Louisville has three nattys since 1980.
We could absolutely have it much worse but Beth has to have Fran on her radar.
You have to remember that for the first half of his coaching career, (at Wichita State and at Iowa) the NCAA Tournament only took 16 teams. He took Wichita State and Iowa each to one NCAA Tournament and then took Oregon State to the Tournament 8 times after taking over that program when they were really down. The guy was a GREAT coach.
And again, I agree, so is Tom Izzo, yet he won one NC, 20 plus years ago, and none for Ralph.
I have. And if Fran was anything by remotely close to those Hall of Fame coaches, he’d have a statue outside of Carver lol!
What about other teams inability to hold iowa under 90??? Do you bitch about their defense or just Iowa’s?
And yet….they too are ready for a change…it’s the nature of the beast. Thats why I don’t care if we get a worse coach . And FWIW I’m ok with that, but the constant bitching puts me off. So I’m ok with whatever result we get…
Ps….we still can build one for Ralph, can’t we? I mean based on his accomplishments, his tenure here yielded the best results!
Why would Iowa move on? It isn't like Iowa St in 1 Day ( Today) matched 25% of Fran's total Iowa career NCAA Tourney wins, oh wait.....
Bucky O'Connor was arguably the best Iowa coach. Unfortunately, his career was cut short by his untimely death. I would rank Bucky first, Miller second and Olson third.
We won two home games in the Iowa Fieldhouse to get to the Final Four in 1956 and won two games at Evanston, Illinois to get to the Final Four in 1955...
That was not primarily defense it was Iowa holding the ball to kill the clock. But even if it was do you think defense and an upbeat offense are mutually exclusive? I do not think so IMO.
0.00%. I'm not a huge believer in Fran's system but he certainly didn't deserve to be fired after missing the tournament just one time recently.
Again, not a fan of the overall product right now but I don't find it fair to fire him either.
Again, not a fan of the overall product right now but I don't find it fair to fire him either.
There are several that apparently think that way when it comes to the football team.
Ralph is in the Hall of Fame and did take two teams to the Elite 8
