Love this quote from McCollum

[HawksRule73]

"I would be lying if I (said) I didn't expect it," McCollum said. "I expected it. I expected them to compete. I brought winners with me. ... I know I've tried to be humble in other ones, but man, I believe in these kids."

Get. Him. Now.

 

[HawkBall23]

"I would be lying if I (said) I didn't expect it," McCollum said. "I expected it. I expected them to compete. I brought winners with me. ... I know I've tried to be humble in other ones, but man, I believe in these kids."

Get. Him. Now.

If you're an athlete and play for him, how can you not want to go balls to the wall for a guy like that?


This man needs to be the new Iowa coach. This has to happen.

 

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[jerbob36]

I loved the adjustments that happened during the game.
Drake had a great plan against hard hedges. Stirtz crossover with the screener turning.
When Mizzou brought 2 to Stirtz (a good adjustment on their end) Drake flashed high middle.
It was fun seeing Drake be the more physical team most of that game. I feel like Iowa always gets out-physicaled late in games like MSU has done countless times.

From an Athletic article:
“We play a slower tempo because we don’t take bad shots, and we won’t take bad shots,” McCollum said. “We refuse to take them. And so it naturally slows the game down.”

McCollum’s players always feel like they have the answers to the test, and the coach has always been willing to scrap plans if the opponent throws a curveball. The offense is like a decision tree.

“They’re just destroying people on the boards,” McCollum said. “Defensive rebounding, we’ve always been No. 1 in the country (in Division II). Offensive rebounding, we’ve just been physical. We just go get the ball. Little chip on our shoulder.”

 

[Beattheohiostate]

"I would be lying if I (said) I didn't expect it," McCollum said. "I expected it. I expected them to compete. I brought winners with me. ... I know I've tried to be humble in other ones, but man, I believe in these kids."

Get. Him. Now.

He belives in those kids because he coached 'em up. He taught them to play with energy and effort 100 percent of the time. He taught them to play a suffocating defense and, though undersized, to block out and hit the glass relentlessly. And he knows he doesn't have a great deal of offensive firepower, so he taught them to make the most of what they do have. That's how you go 31-3. That's how win in the NCAA tournament. That's how you have a team that's greater than the sum of its parts. That's how an MVC team of D-II players beats an SEC team, by ten, despite missing a boatload of FTs. It's called coaching, and I love it.

 

[pistachio1999]

Kirk will teach him to learn the "that's basketball" phrase as well as "ebbs and flows".

 

[MWardT]

Click on the tweet for an opposing coaches long analysis

 

[Franisdaman]

"I would be lying if I (said) I didn't expect it," McCollum said. "I expected it. I expected them to compete. I brought winners with me. ... I know I've tried to be humble in other ones, but man, I believe in these kids."

Get. Him. Now.

done.

 

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[HoustonREDHawk]

Nothing not to like so far. Let's see who he gets to play at Iowa next year, which seems to be the biggest uncertainty. He definitely knows how to maximize what he has available, but in the B1G, he is going to need some high-level talent to win. Iowa needs to give him what he needs to make that happen.

 

[desihawk]

time to ceae talk and just win like the juggernaut i expect.

 

[MeetTheFerentzes]

Kirk will teach him to learn the "that's basketball" phrase as well as "ebbs and flows".

I realize this is tongue-in-cheek, but all I have to say is - No way! Not in BMac's nature whatsoever. He didn't win 4 natty's and 12 straight conference championships with any kind of "awe, shucks" attitude. Hopefully the opposite will happen and KF might learn a thing or two from BMac about having (or at least regaining) the confidence that it's possible to win big at Iowa.

 

[hexumhawk]

I realize this is tongue-in-cheek, but all I have to say is - No way! Not in BMac's nature whatsoever. He didn't win 4 natty's and 12 straight conference championships with any kind of "awe, shucks" attitude. Hopefully the opposite will happen and KF might learn a thing or two from BMac about having (or at least regaining) the confidence that it's possible to win big at Iowa.

Someone posted an example of BM getting beat on a last second shot by a rival team during his NWMS days. 9 days later they beat them by 40 and had them down 70-19 at one point in the game. I think the guy has an edge to him.

 

[hawkjt]

That quote about his offense being a decision tree really resonates with me and jibes with what I saw from drake this weekend.

It seems to me that his offensive philosophy is driven by moving ball and bodies and getting good open shots but then making another pass or 2 to get a great shot or layup.
Like he said..refuse to take anything but a great shot which often on comes open late in shot clock.
It takes discipline and sharp execution to play that way...but the man has a history of making it work.