Aaaaaannnnddd it's time for Fran to go.
***Official Overreaction Thread- (Loss Edition)***
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That's not an overreaction.
I'll wait for an overreaction. The OP didn't give one.
What's the overreaction? Anything that could possibly be said about this loss is probably true
Losing to that team is one thing, giving up 92 points to that team is another level. Wow.
Based on recruiting ranks alone the Iowa bench should beat this team
No meltdown here. This team looked like an ncaa bubble team with healthy CMAC and Murray. We probably can be a 0.500 B1G team with those guys healthy and if we miss NCAA tourney because of this loss, we just miss a groin kick to exit in 1st round or 2nd round.
Next year might be ugly.
Next year might be ugly.
Look at the brightside, got the topic changed from Proctor decommitting!!
Not if we hit the portal and snag a 5-star guy out from under Bama. Wait. Nevermind.
Anyone overreacting to this game has different expectations than most of us.
Bad losses happen (although there is no excuse for giving up 92 points), but the bottom line is the Iowa program reached its ceiling with Fran a long time ago.
Look, Fran is a good coach and brings an exciting brand of basketball to watch, but he is Dr. Tom at best. After 13 seasons, I’ve been ready to move on. If Fran can actually make some noise in the portal this offseason, then I’ll take a wait and see approach. Otherwise, yawn.
Not upgrading via the portal when JO entered is showing to be a mistake. The Hawks have two bigs on this team that don't contribute. Potentially bringing in two guys that could play defense/rebound over the likes of JO ond RM who are only taking up space sure could have helped today.
Hold on, I haven't mentioned the awesome news yet, although you could argue this has more to do with our staff than Proctor........
I honestly think this game won’t matter in the grand scheme of things. Sucks, but entirely meaningless.
Have we offered a coaching position to the fan that came down to chew out the team for lack of defensive effort?
22-23 Hawkeyes, you officially stink. Zero optimism for this season. Whoever came down from Section NN and yelled at you for your lack of defense likely is a better coach than you currently have.
www.espn.com
E. Illinois shocks Iowa as 31.5-point underdog
Eastern Illinois became the first underdog of 30 or more points to win outright in the past 30 seasons, stunning Iowa 92-83 on Wednesday as a 31.5-point underdog.
Just when we thought Iowa Athletics couldn't possibly be more of a national laughingstock......
We now take you live to a Gary Barta press conference...
the guy squandered 2 all americans by playing bad combinations. he had the lottery pick twins and insisted that his boys deserved more minutes. the amount of fran forgiveness is baffling
C'mon, haven't you all gotten the memo. For Iowa there is no such thing as an inexcusable loss in ANY sport. Iowa Basketball could be 15-0 and ranked #1 in the nation and lose a basketball game to Southwest Missouri State's field hockey team, and there would still be some on here saying, "Well, their team has scholarship athletes too" and "it's just one loss."
How dare any of you apply any standard of excellence or impose expectations of maximum effort on a Big Ten program against one of the true schlubs of college basketball...at home, favored by 30+! After all, we had two whole entire players out injured. You simply can't expect us to compete with the likes of mighty Eastern Illinois under those trying circumstances.
How dare any of you apply any standard of excellence or impose expectations of maximum effort on a Big Ten program against one of the true schlubs of college basketball...at home, favored by 30+! After all, we had two whole entire players out injured. You simply can't expect us to compete with the likes of mighty Eastern Illinois under those trying circumstances.
Welp now have to go above 500 and win atleast 1 game in BTT to get into tournament
Waiting for members of the Sunshine Club to lecture anyone criticizing Fran or the team about what bad fans they are.
Since this is an over reaction thread, I’ll give one:
Fran should be fired tonight and have to repay this years salary, all players should have their schollies taken away before second semester, sell Carver and everything in it, eliminate both bb programs, then use all the money saved to buy fb players.
Fran should be fired tonight and have to repay this years salary, all players should have their schollies taken away before second semester, sell Carver and everything in it, eliminate both bb programs, then use all the money saved to buy fb players.
agreed, that is why I love college football so much more.... The Dance is nice, but always short lived being an Iowa fan...
It's not an over reaction when you lose to a team ranked 354th out of 362. This is like giving up 60 to Iowa's offense in football.
It is really interesting. Fran plays an exciting brand of ball, and he gives his players plenty of freedom, (maybe too much). His teams though rarely play defense for most of the season. Meanwhile KF plays boring ball, is a micro manager, supposedly, and they will defend you to the death. Both have been pretty successful, (given Iowa's recruiting adversities). Both have been at Iowa longer then any other coach. What to do?
The other team showed up.
Fran is not a good coach. Good coaches don’t have bubble teams that lose to bottom 10 teams. Good coaches make at least 1 sweet 16 in a long career of coaching. Good coaches know that defense is important. Fran hit hold with legacy recruits and lifelong Iowa fans, and should get credit for recruiting a guy or two who worked hard to get better. But overall, he’s a below average P5 coach. He’s not as shitty as his predecessor, so he gets a ton of grace. But he’s just not that good.
For one afternoon, Iowa ran into an Eastern Illinois that looked like the 94 Bulls.
It’s year 13 of Fran. His body of work does not deserve that. Yea lick was bad, but we have to stop using that as an excuse. Iowa has analysis paralysis
You're sounding more and more like a Cubs fan! A coach can only do so much. This is on the players 100%. And maybe a true red ass like Connor was missed, just a bit? Obviously this team is lacking leadership on the court.
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