The Beat Goes On…

[BrotherHawkeye]

Yes, Iowa was really bad under Lickiter when he went 4-14 in B1G in his last year, but teams come back from 4-14 type conference records all the time. Fran himself finished 4-14 in B1G in 2017-2018 and came back. The Roster Fran inherited from LIcklier had two future All B1G ;players on it or signed---Gatens and Marble. How is taking a team with two solid players are it and turning it around some type of Miracle?

Baylor seems to have done pretty well and they had this:
On June 12, 2003, Carlton Dotson, a Baylor University basketball player, shot and killed his teammate Patrick Dennehy. The murder led to a scandal that involved the NCAA investigating and punishing Baylor's basketball program

I didn't characterize what Fran did to be a "miracle".

 

[hawkirugged17]

I didn't characterize what Fran did to be a "miracle".

But what Iowa does to opponent's FG percentage could be characterized as ...

 

[BrotherHawkeye]

But what Iowa does to opponent's FG percentage could be characterized as ...

An oft-repeated miracle at that.

 

[hawkirugged17]

An oft-repeated miracle at that.

USC has 10 points in first 11 minutes vs Wisconsin at home. 4-12 FGs and 0-4 from three.

 

[BrotherHawkeye]

USC has 10 points in first 11 minutes vs Wisconsin at home. 4-12 FGs and 0-4 from three.

I noted this last night in the game thread. No team should take anything away from beating Iowa at home. You're not necessarily turning anything around by spanking the Hawks on your home court.

 

[MAXIMUSHAWKEYE]

This is what you get with Fran ball.

You have to accept the good with the downright dreadful. It’s incredibly bipolar basketball, yet easily predicted.

I don’t care who’s in the lineup or whatever player rotations get discussed. Player additions/subtractions will also yield the same results—many thrilling wins, head-scratching defeats, and early to mid-March season endings. Rinse and repeat.

As long as Fran is here, you can either accept that, drive yourself crazy, or become indifferent, because with shit defense you’re never going to see anything remotely consistent besides that.

Indifference is worse than anger because you stop caring. That obviously where the fan base is regarding attendance.

 

[Garzatough85]

Never finished lower than 10th in an 11 team league. So he never finished last in three years. 👏

Lickliter was way worse! Let’s not get crazy!

 

[MAXIMUSHAWKEYE]

Yes. It's a children's story, and Todd Lickliter is the boogie man.

The simple truth is that he wasn't here long enough nor was he ever bad enough to -- as one idiot just claimed here -- make Iowa "one of the worst power 5 programs in the country."

Lick sucked for 3 seasons. He was fired. Fran took over and built his own thing. It wasn't some heroic resurrection from the depths of college basketball.

FFS.

It's so weird how so many people in our fan base cling to the boogie man story as if their very lives depended on it.

Between Alfraud and Lick,they burnt down the program. The ISU AD has ran circles around ours. I give Fran credit for getting the program back to mediocrity. Buts that's as far as he can get it. Time for change.