The Fran post game interview
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A decent tournament run once every 4 or 5 years. I feel like that expectation is not totally unrealistic. I'd love a Big 10 Championship but that's never going to happen.
No, I don't think Iowa is easy to recruit to. I'm positive that Iowa's seemingly forever run of mishaps in the tourney or lack of appearances has something to do with that.
Not too old to blow you off the porch, Triple K
About as impressive as the dental jokes about Barta. Jees, never heard that before there Mr million $ smile....
Why is it that we have two unused scholarships?
Could we not find two more players who wanted to play for Iowa?
Could we not find two more players who wanted to play for Iowa?
The way you worded that was weird because last year we didn't have the Wooden Award winner--only Garza won that, but point taken.
Meh, after this season would be the perfect time for Iowa to make a change.
We have no major recruiting class coming, several key players leaving or transferring or graduating after this season, and Jack is part of the 2025 class.
If he wants to come to Iowa, he certainly still can, or he can follow his father if he gets a job somewhere else.
But it's probably as good a time as any for Iowa to part ways after this season.
I am amazed at how many people no longer care about Iowa basketball in Iowa City.
Interest is nothing like it was years ago and its kind of sad. I don't have the answers but I would guess the lack of wins in the NCAA tourny is probably the #1 reason. We have had a generation of fans not get the hook that a run can give to a fan base.
None of us have a voice of any importance. That's the point.
Justifying whiny negativity as "demanding change" is about as productive as me calling someone a vagina.
Demanding change isn't some noble cause. Plenty of change was demanded for this football season. How did that go? The negativity that neighbors one all season long just isn't worth it
OOHHH burn... You need some new, or at least original material.....
Every year Fran has a player who gets the short leash. Utoff, Joe T, Kris Murray, Bowen. Meanwhile Patrick, Ulis, and Sandfort can stink it up as long as they like. I know Jared got a lot of minutes but he often got pulled if he made a mistake while Oglesby just built another brick house. .
It started with Alford and his support for a rapist then hit rock bottom with some horrible basketball with Lickliter teams combined with a shift in attendance to games nationally and has never recovered since.
That, and we haven't been to a Sweet Sixteen in 23 years and/or won a Big Ten title in 43 years.
Perhaps but that hasn't stopped fans for the football team in the past.
EIU avg 61 pts/Gm
scored 55 in 2H against Frans starters , 3 who,played 20min and 2 that played 15 and 16m.
few can go 20m and optimal defensive capacity , this Loss is mostly on Fran for his blunder in not keeping fresh legs in game
IOWA football consistently punches above their recruiting weight.
There's a reason Kinnick seats 70k and Carver 15k.
There's also a reason football drives all high level athletic departments.
Fran has had the best player in the country followed by the 6th pick in the nfl draft last year including a big ten championship. Upon further review, you're a dumass
What kind of #’s/stats is Joe T putting up at West Virginia.
Tailgating is a huge factor that should never be discounted. If every basketball game was once a week on Saturday afternoon, with a party before the game, attendance would be better.
However Iowa's basketball following is still damaged. It can recover with few postseason runs I think but I would settle for 1
As does the basketball team.
Fran hasn’t cashed in on some of the NBA talent. His shining moment is the BIG tournament run last year and he flushed that with an embarrassment a few days later.
He’s just above the line where he’s doing enough. He’s generally always had teams exactly like he has this year with this team.
He’s just above the line where he’s doing enough. He’s generally always had teams exactly like he has this year with this team.
Unfortunately, very unlikely to happen when you live and die with the three and don't commit to playing defense.
With Fran as the head coach? No, Iowa isn't too easy to recruit to when prospects know he has a history of playing his sons over better players, he sucks at coaching defense, and can't make a s16 to save his life.
When TJ Otzelburger is recruiting kids to Ames the way he is I don't want to hear these BS excuses. Kids will go about anywhere for the right coach
So I get this….very frustrating that TJ seems to be able to pull kids into ISU when his prior coaching career isn’t that great, right?
That said, his ISU team got their ass handed to them in Iowa City recently….with Fran’s sons playing key roles…. And any high school kid with half a brain can look at the age of his sons and realize there’s plenty of opportunity.
Trying to think critically it seems to me that EVERY coach has their strengths and weaknesses. How many coaches are there that could coach at Iowa and recruit at a high level, have teams playing strong enough on both ends of the floor, do it with the level of character, necessary, and consistently compete for B10 Championships and deep runs in the NCAA tournament???? And be willing to stay at Iowa when you know other Big Time programs with more money would consistently be after him?
Talent isn't really Frans problem though.
Nothing short of an NBA roster is going to win when it matters if you don't make defense your main focus.
Nothing short of an NBA roster is going to win when it matters if you don't make defense your main focus.
