As Bruce Pearl has said, it's the chicken or the egg, does a coach try to win games to get the students involved (which hasn't happened in 12 years) or does the coach get the students energized by getting the students involved in the program outside the games. Bruce did the latter and Auburn is rocking and rolling with the students. Fran is a nice guy but has never tried to bond with the students and it shows at Iowa.
It's too bad because it hurts in recruiting and energizing the players during the games.
Really happy to see Fran go away from the platoon lineups. Subbing has been much more natural and the players have played with a lot better rhythm the past few games
Rebraca has stood out to me this game so far. He’s been battling hard with Dickinson and made some nice shots as well