Owen Freeman
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Has Fran been "canceled"? I haven't seen any of his posts recently. Some of his antics were controversial & unpopular I realize, but he was a 100% Hawkeye BB fan & invested the time & effort to provide more BB-related content & discussion than anyone else & that was & is always a good thing. Free Fran!
Most of his posts were either attacking other posters or bumping his own posts to try to keep ahead of others. He might have finally gotten a time out.
For a long time I quit posting on the BB board and then stopped reading because every post was from fran and it became too hard to figure out where I left off from the previous time. But the other day I saw some threads from other people and decided to reply. Fran had a cow about other threads and started arguing and stealing posts for his thread. He was annoying as hell. All he has to do is let people post what they want, where they want, but he can’t do that. From Mike Zierath’s post, it seems fran has repeatedly complained to the mods that people aren’t posting in his thread. He’s complained so much that Mike posted and told him to stop whining. Since then fran seems to have left. So the person that caused fran to leave is fran. I’m sure his feeling are hurt because in his mind he probably always felt the mods thought he was great. Sometimes a slap of reality can be painful.
Getting back on topic … with Freeman coming in for the 23-24 season, we will have at least three post players on the roster, with Freeman, Ogundele, and Mulvey. That number will grow if we pull someone from the portal with more than a year of eligibility (seems less and less likely) or if we sign one of the other posts we are still recruiting.
I suppose it’s possible that one or more of these guys ends up playing the 4, but I also wonder if we won’t see someone ending up being the odd-man out. (But that is what happens when you bring in talented players.)
I suppose it’s possible that one or more of these guys ends up playing the 4, but I also wonder if we won’t see someone ending up being the odd-man out. (But that is what happens when you bring in talented players.)
Iowa can potentially get a junior or senior from the portal with only 1 year. That would be perfect. As it is, Iowa has Filip, Josh O, and Riley. All will now have had a year of getting experience in Iowa's offenses and defenses plus the summer training program. That should help them improve a lot.
It appears to me (zero expertise) that Freeman has the mobility and athleticism to play the 4/PF with no problem. I would guess that is his natural position in the B10....just my guess.
You might be right, and I hope you are. From what I have seen (zero expertise here as well), his playing style seems a little more like Garza, and a little less like Keegan/Cook, etc. But we will see.
I think this will be a year where Josh O will need to demonstrate that he can contribute more than a few minutes of keeping another very large player from pushing his way to the basket. I don't have a read on Mulvey, but he could make a significant step forward this year, especially on the defensive end. I agree that getting an experienced big man from the portal with 1-2 years of eligibility left would the ideal fit/need. At this point, I would be happy with someone who isn't going to be a star, but can make a solid contribution of 10-15 min, especially rebounding and defending the basket.
I feel he runs the court much better than Garza did at his age. (In no way am I saying he will be as good or better than Garza) Freeman has had the ability to steal the ball and run for a fast break dunk before kids at his level can recover down the floor. Will that translate for him now or in college? Well, that remains to be seen. Exciting possibility for a guy his size combined with his other skills. Rim running bigs are rare and a big commodity in todays modern game, add a stretch aspect from a good jump shot and it’s even better.
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Here's the difference between Owen and Riley. Owen isn't growing into his body. I predict, although I may never know, Owen hits the ground a lot faster than Riley did; and I think Riley is going to be a decent to good Big Ten center.
It would be nice to have that, I can’t think of who our last big was that could do that.
I heard he's decomitting after finding out Petras is the starting QB next season.
Not true, Twitter is reporting he's getting 6.5 average with 3.7 REM. I'm excited to see him bump this up.
Also I know it was mentioned much earlier in this thread and I think Tom also posted but he's all in at Moline. I won't link all the Twitter posts to regurgitate old news and clog up the board but good things coming for this young man.
Good idea, Tom Kakert would probably notice and call you out. I come here for new breaking news.
I saw on Twitter that he's playing this weekend. Some good tweets with highlights. You should check it out.
I used to like this board. But when one writer dominates, it's just not as enjoyable. I counted SEVENTY ONE posts on the other Owen Freeman thread.
I don't. I appreciate Fran's contribution. Why can't we all just get along? "Love is all you need!"
He's just too much. He's that weird uncle that constantly tries to prove he's smart. Yes some of the information is good, but there's just too much garage that it becomes over the top.
No one is forced to read anything on this board. You don't like fran's contributions, put him on ignore.
When an entire thread is hijacked, ignoring the hijacker is not a solution.
You cannot hijack a thread. Either a writer's post is non sequitur to the title or OP, and everyone ignores it; or, the post is interesting and other people respond to it.
It's like a party conversation rather than a speech. The conversation flows from one topic to another somewhat naturally. Since this is the dead season for college sports, and not much is happening, the topics stray out of a strictly Iowa sports angle. No one makes any poster contribute or post on a topic that bores them, indeed no one makes anyone even read them.
The idea of rules about what and where people can say is gaining popularity. Everyone should fight that urge.
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Fran doesn't bother me a bit, I'm glad he's here
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