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Sides did a better job with the Fever than this

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As I've posted, I had reasonable expectations for this team, but holy cow the regression!

1. For the love of God, please go away from the post-focused offense with the stupid lob passes. If you have a Luka Garza equivalent it's understandable.
2. Need more perimeter motion, pick and roll/pop and pace.
3. More Harden, Guyton and Stremlow!
4. Make free throws a practice priority when players are tired.
5. Did I mention, push the ball on offense!
 
As I've posted, I had reasonable expectations for this team, but holy cow the regression!

1. For the love of God, please go away from the post-focused offense with the stupid lob passes. If you have a Luka Garza equivalent it's understandable.
2. Need more perimeter motion, pick and roll/pop and pace.
3. More Harden, Guyton and Stremlow!
4. Make free throws a practice priority when players are tired.
5. Did I mention, push the ball on offense!

It was very interesting listening to AJ Guyton on Hawkeye in the Storm last night. He has cred as a former Indiana player, NBA player and coach. He says push the ball and run a set offense only as a last resort. Put Aliyah at point so Lucy can play her game. Clear out the clogged lane so players can operate.
He also said we've only seen a small portion of what Aliya? can do.
 
It was very interesting listening to AJ Guyton on Hawkeye in the Storm last night. He has cred as a former Indiana player, NBA player and coach. He says push the ball and run a set offense only as a last resort. Put Aliyah at point so Lucy can play her game. Clear out the clogged lane so players can operate.
He also said we've only seen a small portion of what Aliya? can do.
I've been saying the same thing. They have to push the ball. Their half court offense is awful and where most of the TO's occur. I've also stated Guyton needs to start and take over the team. She's just scratching her potential. TIme to hand her the reigns with Lucy at the 2.
 
As I've posted, I had reasonable expectations for this team, but holy cow the regression!

1. For the love of God, please go away from the post-focused offense with the stupid lob passes. If you have a Luka Garza equivalent it's understandable.
2. Need more perimeter motion, pick and roll/pop and pace.
3. More Harden, Guyton and Stremlow!
4. Make free throws a practice priority when players are tired.
5. Did I mention, push the ball on offense!
Unfortunately, I think #1 is here to stay.
 
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So, what does Sides have to do with this thread besides she was given the whole or most of the season to fix the Fever issues.
Jan is still in the first third of the Iowa season. How can you compare?
 
So, what does Sides have to do with this thread besides she was given the whole or most of the season to fix the Fever issues.
Jan is still in the first third of the Iowa season. How can you compare?
Are we playing nearly 60 games this year?

I show ten regular season games left this season, so 2/3 of the way through. I'll admit I'm wrong if we suddenly turn things around, but I'm seeing things heading the wrong way so far.

Sides got fired for her efforts, and they made the playoffs.
 
Guyton needs a long leash like clark had. She is the only real playmaker on the team. They have nothing that resembles a offense. Stremlow nothin but a role player. Jan maybe squandering away all the goodwill clark provided. Something that makes me wonder is after 2 or 3 yrs sulke doesn t have a 10ft shot. 10 ft how fn hard. Is a 10 foot shot.
 
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Jan has a plan...patience.
 
Are we playing nearly 60 games this year?

I show ten regular season games left this season, so 2/3 of the way through. I'll admit I'm wrong if we suddenly turn things around, but I'm seeing things heading the wrong way so far.

Sides got fired for her efforts, and they made the playoffs.
So how can you compare Iowa with the fever if they're not playing same number of games?
Iowa 30 games. Fever 60 games.
Iowa has to fix the problem quicker playing half as many games?
 
The way Guyton's dad talks makes me feel like she's in the portal next year. Just a feeling.
That's the way the world works now, and it would not surprise me one bit. Kids used to be pretty much stuck. Now, they have options, and they're not afraid to use them. I think the Guytons undestand the situation exactly, and they'll do what they think is in their best interests.
 
Guyton needs a long leash like clark had. She is the only real playmaker on the team. They have nothing that resembles a offense. Stremlow nothin but a role player. Jan maybe squandering away all the goodwill clark provided. Something that makes me wonder is after 2 or 3 yrs sulke doesn t have a 10ft shot. 10 ft how fn hard. Is a 10 foot shot.
Stremlow absolutely is a spot duty/role player, on the post game show Kachine nailed it with her description of her offense being a black hole. She accurately described her getting the ball and standing there frozen.
 
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So how can you compare Iowa with the fever if they're not playing same number of games?
Iowa 30 games. Fever 60 games.
Iowa has to fix the problem quicker playing half as many games?
The two seasons are going in opposite directions. We haven't even played the toughest teams on our schedule yet.
 
It was very interesting listening to AJ Guyton on Hawkeye in the Storm last night. He has cred as a former Indiana player, NBA player and coach. He says push the ball and run a set offense only as a last resort. Put Aliyah at point so Lucy can play her game. Clear out the clogged lane so players can operate.
He also said we've only seen a small portion of what Aliya? can do.
He also said her knee swells after every game and will not be normal until next year it is reported
 
If Guyton leaves then next year could be worse than this year.
I bet more than Guyton will leave. No way these freshman like this style of basketball. Jan may have recruited them, but it was Bluder's system they wanted to play for. Not this Lick-Lite slow it down and try to feed the post crap.
 
The way Guyton's dad talks makes me feel like she's in the portal next year. Just a feeling.
There is nothing in that discussion that would hint or suggest that. You might have been listening with a bias toward that being a thing, but it's not there.

Like the boyfriend that keeps telling the girl she is going to leave you eventually. Yeah, probably if you keep saying it.

You guys really need to quit doomcasting the future of the program. Girls will leave, others will come. Pretty much par for teams up and down the ranks.
 
Flip it, Sides coaching this group and Jan coaching CC in her first year at Indiana. Or put CC on the Hawks this year, and not on the Fever. It's not complicated.
Jan would need to move ogrady to pg and Lucy to center, then make the girls shoot left handed to reach Sides level of suck.. That's essentially what she did to CC before management stepped in.
 
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