Seems to happen every year down the stretch. This team wont win another game this year unless its a scrub like Minnesota in the Big 10 Tournament
The Fran Fade
- Thread starter Grumpy Old Hawk
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Fran's late season swoon is alive and well
It's all or nothing. We get hot or we suck. This year, we suck.
Bro you're seriously on here gloating after your trash team only won because we shot like 2% on wide open threes.
Hard to believe a team can play so shitty and with zero heart 2 games in a row with a ton on the line.
I was just going to post something to this effect. WI is absolutely terrible this year and his loser is on here talking trash. What a zero.
You got swept. And are within one game. Doesn’t say much about Iowa this year either.
This is not a Fran fade. This has been a bad road team all year. Fully expect the Hawks to beat MSU and then Nebbie after losing at Indiana.
Apparently, they can't make3pt shots unless they see their teammates making 3pt shots. So Feast or Famine on offense, but bad defense they bring every game.
I agree, we're not good either. That's exactly what I said too. Yet, here you are... Enjoy the win and the play-in game...
Agreed. If Iowa loses those home games, though, then the fade will be in effect. Guess we'll see.
Wisconsin fans are second only to Nebraska fans as the worst in the BIG TEN. Only losers go to opponents message boards to gloat.
I kinda doubt you'll play another team shooting wide open 3's at a 3/28 clip. Badgers will win one more game at most.
Yes. I am totally real. The last 2 losses were totally predictable. Anyone that's followed this team should have figured it out by now. It's a good home team and a bad road team.
Afraid Franuary Fade is real. No way Iowa beats MSU with the way they are shooting, defending, and the lack of heart and energy being shown on the court. Then to Indy, that will be ugly. Who the hell knows what Iowa and Nebraska team will show up to play.
They will NOT shoot like that at home and they WILL beat MSU and Nebbie.
C''mon, man. Anyone who has followed this team since Fran's been in charge doesn't need Miss Cleo to know his teams will fade at the end of the regular season. The fade is real. MSU and Indiana will roll them, and Nebraska will come into Carver and run through/over Fran's "defense" like a hot knife through butter.
it isn't the fade, it's a weak minded team that can't play on the road
It isn't a fade. It has been consistent for 13 years.
Beating Nebraska if they lost to MSU and Indiana like i fully expect them to won't do anything for their resume.
Maybe they beat MSU at home early or midseason, not this late in the season with so much on the line.
Someone please tell me how to make this go away.
My ears are still ringing from all the CLANKING. But seriously ... just brutal.
My ears are still ringing from all the CLANKING. But seriously ... just brutal.
We’ll beat 1 of them & lose to the other.
I could totally see us somehow beating Mich St & then losing out.
Feels about right.
This team will be fine as long as they don't have to go away from Carver to win in the NCAA.
Honestly, it's baffling. Most of the 6th grade teams playing at Kingdom Hoops this weekend will shoot better from the arc than Iowa does on the road. I don't understand how athletes who have spent so much time working on a specific skill can regress to this degree and be so inconsistent.
Honestly, it's baffling. Most of the 6th grade teams playing at Kingdom Hoops this weekend will shoot better from the arc than Iowa does on the road. I don't understand how athletes who have spent so much time working on a specific skill can regress to this degree and be so inconsistent.
Wisconsin can score through contact because they practice against contact. It's also clear they drill every player to be able to back his defender into the paint and score with options. Every guy has really good fundamentals, really good footwork.
Wisconsin can defend because they're committed to it, they're detail-oriented, and they simply don't come out of their stance (or they sit). They don't fall asleep. Sure, they get away with a lot of the grabby/handsy stuff that supposedly (every year) is going to be cleaned up. But they get away with it because they're nearly always in good position.
Whenever Iowa plays Wisconsin, the differences in how the programs are built are so unbelievably stark.
And as an Iowa fan, I hate it. If Fran would just adopt a little bit of the mentality of defense & rebounding are your program's foundations, DEFENSIVE END IS #1 PRIORITY, watch out. Let OFFENSIVE END be #1A.
As long as the foundation remains as built, Iowa will never have success vs teams like Wisconsin. Not unless they just get hot and stay hot.
Wisconsin can defend because they're committed to it, they're detail-oriented, and they simply don't come out of their stance (or they sit). They don't fall asleep. Sure, they get away with a lot of the grabby/handsy stuff that supposedly (every year) is going to be cleaned up. But they get away with it because they're nearly always in good position.
Whenever Iowa plays Wisconsin, the differences in how the programs are built are so unbelievably stark.
And as an Iowa fan, I hate it. If Fran would just adopt a little bit of the mentality of defense & rebounding are your program's foundations, DEFENSIVE END IS #1 PRIORITY, watch out. Let OFFENSIVE END be #1A.
As long as the foundation remains as built, Iowa will never have success vs teams like Wisconsin. Not unless they just get hot and stay hot.
Against Michigan State, we're about to see good coaching (Izzo) vs mediocre coaching (Fran), and how much of a gap can be established between two teams in a relatively short amount of time.
How do think the maintenance people at the away arenas feel after IOWA shows up and dents the rims to the point of replacing them after games there?
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