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What does that have to do with “culture”? This team has some glaring deficiencies. They are not a good shooting team which is crucial to “Fran ball” but dammit, they play hard and they hustle most of the time. They gave been decimated by injuries, too. This is a bad year for Fran/Iowa. Shit happens. But the problem with UIowa Men’s basketball is not “culture” in my opinion.
The culture of not playing defense or rebounding well is the crux of the issue.
That is NOT “culture”… that is coaching. That is recruiting. Their rebounding technique is bad and their basic defensive technique is not great…but again, the kids are good kids, do the right things, keep their nose clean and go to class..that’s “culture”, in my opinion.
Year over year their defensive rotations are just wrong. So either they don’t know or don’t care. It’s embarrassing to watch and I can’t believe they haven’t fixed it after all these years. They must only practice offense.
I am sorry you are embarrassed to watch. However, your embarrassment has nothing to do with “culture”…. It’s coaching philosophy and recruitment you have a problem with…
You have to think his players love him because everybody has a constant green light and no expectation that they have to expend any energy on the defensive end, or at least there will be zero accountability if they don't.No it isn’t. It is a way to change the culture….but does the Iowa basketball culture need to be changed? They have had a run of pretty solid people the past decade or so..just because you don’t like the way Iowa plays team defense hardly means you need to change the culture! You start with good people and good people as players and coaches. I have never heard anyone with half a brain ever say anything negative about Fran as a coach.. and his kids love him.
If Fran comes back, he comes back. If he leaves, he will be replaced. Do you think UIowa will ever get tired of raiding Drake U. For basketball coaching talent? Maybe we need to get out next FB coach from there, too? And while shopping, maybe an AD?
I actually think this is a drawing card for a young coach. Come into the Big and you can quickly run the conference. People forget that the Big has more money than any other league because football is what pays the bills. A successful coach will get paid at Iowa.
It’s not just this years team …. It’s more to do with coaching philosophy… and in Fran’s system, offense is more important than defense. Football can’t recruit QBs and Fran can’t recruit PGs…FB is offensively challenged and BB is defensively challenged…the WBB team lost the greatest player in their history…..the one common denominator with these 3 teams…. Fans demanding the current HC be fired!
Philosophy creates culture.
I am sure the younger players are taught the team’s expectations by the upper class men. As they are on the football team. The “particulars” will vary depending on particular coaches and their expectations. Do these expectations match those of the fans who follow the particular sports? Nope.
What are you asking me? I gave re-read it a couple of times and…..
Not a good shooting team but play hard most of the time?
They may “score” points but they are not a good shooting team for the most part. They” score” because they shoot FT well and generally get to the line often AND steal ball for lay-ups with their “press”…. The have too many 4-8 minutes of non-scoring from the field to be seriously considered “good shooters”…Every game they have lost has one or more of these periods in it, I think.
Wow Drake is #2 scoring defense. Fran and McCollum should have lunch sometime.
Lute did not wear out his welcome. He took an injured team to a final four for F's sake. Every Iowa fan was sorry to see him leave. And Iowa shoots 49% overall from the field & 37% from three. Those are pretty respectable numbers.
The expectation should be to win and win when it actually matters. That goes for the coach, for the players and for the fans. There are definitely different ways to accomplish that, and Frans way isn’t one of them. You can argue that all you want, but we have 15yrs of evidence that says otherwise.
All the money we can at Dix? Throw him some, but there's definitely a cap, and that cap would be pretty low for me.
Iowa is 114th in steals per game, 302 in freethrows per game and 273rd in ft%.
Nobody with a working brain thinks Jan should be fired, ( I can see questioning if they should have had an open search, but understand her getting the job), and quite frankly VERY FEW people even on this board think Kirk should be fired. Many here like myself would like to see whats next, but don't want him fired. Frans had 15 years and I think few believe were in for anything to really change (unless its for the worse) anytime soon.
Two weeks ago kc, you were a minority here..fans are morons. 1st rule of “fandom”… BTW, I hope you are right about Kirk but I fear you are wrong… familiarity breeds contempt. Fran’s biggest sin to date…he has been here to long….ministers, golf pros and coaches…occupational hazard.
When did we raid Drake before?No it isn’t. It is a way to change the culture….but does the Iowa basketball culture need to be changed? They have had a run of pretty solid people the past decade or so..just because you don’t like the way Iowa plays team defense hardly means you need to change the culture! You start with good people and good people as players and coaches. I have never heard anyone with half a brain ever say anything negative about Fran as a coach.. and his kids love him.
If Fran comes back, he comes back. If he leaves, he will be replaced. Do you think UIowa will ever get tired of raiding Drake U. For basketball coaching talent? Maybe we need to get out next FB coach from there, too? And while shopping, maybe an AD?
bluder and jan. Gatens was an assistant there, but don’t think you can count him. Nobody else im aware of
I was talking about men’s BB since that’s what we are discussing. Blunder worked out ok. Fran failed at making a run with Garza and the Murray’s. He’s not going to get it done.
15 years? Bullshit..
Lute left because it was time to go! Iowa fan lost a lot of its “awe” for Lute when he blew the Wichita State game in the NCAAs… Lute couldn’t count how many TOs he used.. Plus he blew a 20 point second half lead. The worst coaching job ever done by an Iowa coach. Lute was a Class A whiner, too. A good coach and recruiter but not without flaws.
Read any of my posts, im right there with you! I was just saying, those are the only coaches i can think of that Iowa got from Drake
Wtf should the measure be if it’s not winning?! And ya 15 years, he’s got 4 tournament wins in 15 freaking years, do you know how pathetic that is?! You obviously pay no attention if you think “iowa has done decently in postseason with Fran” just a ridiculous statement. I guess according to you, Iowa may as well just throw in the towel on trying to win since we don’t have a historically great program.
