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Same old, same old...

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Fran will gone. No ifs, ands , or buts … Three more wins maybe. Even one of the beat reporters finally said it’s time to move on from Fran.

.510 conference record. Zero Sweet 16s … way too many blowout losses. An empty Carver and fan apathy that continues to grow … Yeah - he’s gone. No way you bring this average coach back for another season. No way. No how. Adios Fran ….
 
I always wondered if Fran would allow his assistant coaches to get on guys that have severely underperformed or if they felt like they couldn’t do that for obvious reasons. Like take last year. I bet multiple assistant coaches were like, “Maybe we should tell a certain player to stop throwing up off balance running one legged runners that never go in.”
 
I always wondered if Fran would allow his assistant coaches to get on guys that have severely underperformed or if they felt like they couldn’t do that for obvious reasons. Like take last year. I bet multiple assistant coaches were like, “Maybe we should tell a certain player to stop throwing up off balance running one legged runners that never go in.”
I've noticed Gatens seems more engaged than Fran.

He's the one yelling at them to get back on defense after a make instead of doing their stupid little celebration antics.
 
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The lack of coaching is astounding which leads me to believe that this is it for Fran. You don't "allow" a lot of things I have seen this year without blowing your top or making changes.
 
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Fran will gone. No ifs, ands , or buts … Three more wins maybe. Even one of the beat reporters finally said it’s time to move on from Fran.

.510 conference record. Zero Sweet 16s … way too many blowout losses. An empty Carver and fan apathy that continues to grow … Yeah - he’s gone. No way you bring this average coach back for another season. No way. No how. Adios Fran ….
You may be right and I may be wrong, but I just don’t see it. I think the recruiting class has bought Fran at least another year.
 
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I always wondered if Fran would allow his assistant coaches to get on guys that have severely underperformed or if they felt like they couldn’t do that for obvious reasons. Like take last year. I bet multiple assistant coaches were like, “Maybe we should tell a certain player to stop throwing up off balance running one legged runners that never go in.”
I have always felt like he babied his players (except when he used to melt down) and thus they play soft. His assistant coaches do not even look involved during the games. They just sit there with a blank look on their faces most of the time.
 
You may be right and I may be wrong, but I just don’t see it. I think the recruiting class has bought Fran at least another year.
I hear ya … but fan apathy continues to grow. Fran simply hasn’t shown he can coach defense … Even when we had POY in Garza … and the Murray twins … and Weezy … he still couldn’t get to the Sweet 16… His time has come. There is no magic bullet that will fix Iowa basketball under this staff ….
 
I hear ya … but fan apathy continues to grow. Fran simply hasn’t shown he can coach defense … Even when we had POY in Garza … and the Murray twins … and Weezy … he still couldn’t get to the Sweet 16… His time has come. There is no magic bullet that will fix Iowa basketball under this staff ….
He prioritized playing his kids over winning basketball games. Same as Kirk and Brian. It’s pretty sad.
 
I hear ya … but fan apathy continues to grow. Fran simply hasn’t shown he can coach defense … Even when we had POY in Garza … and the Murray twins … and Weezy … he still couldn’t get to the Sweet 16… His time has come. There is no magic bullet that will fix Iowa basketball under this staff ….
Oh, I agree.

I see even worse attendance next season if Fran returns.
 
The lack of coaching is astounding which leads me to believe that this is it for Fran. You don't "allow" a lot of things I have seen this year without blowing your top or making changes.
What I don't get is why not try something different? Look at some stats, which are readily available. Defense and rebounding are the big problem and Sandfort apparently allowed to shoot as much as possible.

How about moving Freeman to the 4 and playing Mulvey and Braun at the 5 the whole game and tell them to rebound and clog up the middle. I guess Sandfort call play the 3, which is a problem on defense. Dix and Thelwell the other starters. Harding should play 10 minutes max. Traore and Pryce get the other minutes.
Continuing to run the same line up and minutes is clearly not working
 
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