No other way to say it - we laid a turd. Not happy about it but it happens. All-in-all, an exciting season (up until today). Thanks to the seniors (though I’m disappointing in the JBO texting). His right of course to do so, but I can’t help but think that it distracted his focus. I would have expected more maturity from a sixth-year senior. Not a great example to the younger players either. However, he certainly wasn’t the only poor shooter today. Live by the sword/die by the sword.
As for Fran, I think offensively he is a great coach. However, we have always seemed soft on defense. Still in disbelief we beat Purdue. I honestly don’t know if it’s a function of the team he wants on the floor, or the team he is forced to field due to an inability to recruit a true big. However, Richmond’s bigs abused us today on the inside without an answer. I was surprised that they didn’t try to throw Josh in there to see if he could throw off their bigs. Couldn’t have hurt. Very unfortunate we couldn’t have rented a true big for a year using Ash’s scholarship (No - I don’t consider PR to be a big)
Congrats to Richmond. They wanted it more and found a way to get it done. Good luck to our team next year. Finally, let’s hope the Iowa Women can take something valuable away from today’s game and blaze a better path.
Go Hawks!
As for Fran, I think offensively he is a great coach. However, we have always seemed soft on defense. Still in disbelief we beat Purdue. I honestly don’t know if it’s a function of the team he wants on the floor, or the team he is forced to field due to an inability to recruit a true big. However, Richmond’s bigs abused us today on the inside without an answer. I was surprised that they didn’t try to throw Josh in there to see if he could throw off their bigs. Couldn’t have hurt. Very unfortunate we couldn’t have rented a true big for a year using Ash’s scholarship (No - I don’t consider PR to be a big)
Congrats to Richmond. They wanted it more and found a way to get it done. Good luck to our team next year. Finally, let’s hope the Iowa Women can take something valuable away from today’s game and blaze a better path.
Go Hawks!
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