The Fran post game interview
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I can't tell whether this is a defense of Fran or an indictment. The facts vs actual results definitely lean toward an indictment....
....but you intentionally left out the modifier "tournament" when including Fran's Big Ten Tournament Championship which makes me think you're trying to defend him.
If you have to fudge the facts in order to defend his body of work, is it really worth defending?
Then again....the fact that you call other posters "dumbasses" while maintaining that Keegan Murray was drafted by the NFL makes me think you really just have no idea what you are talking about.
Rutgers guy here - debated with myself about posting here, but decided I should. Been a fan since the early sixties and don’t remember any Coach lasting here for 13 years. The good ones moved elsewhere and the bad ones (and believe me we have had lots) never lasted long.
Fan base is anything but uninterested - just come to NJ for a game at the RAC (aka Jersey Mike’s). Been sold out for all games this year - of course since it’s small arena it’s not as hard as selling out your place.
Peace out.
The RAC is easily among the best environments in the B1G. Such a cool little pit.
Shortly after you guys started making fun of the color of my hair and that I wasn’t standing and screaming loud enough, I started leaving games early so I wouldn’t have to face any of you. Now I don’t go at all. Fran who?
If a Fran Team, that consist of average to below average athleticism players, that want to run fast and chuck 3s while playing little to no defense surprises you, shame on you. It's what Fran ball is every year. We have had ZERO great defensive teams and a couple of OK defensive teams over his tenure. He either needs the horses to run the other team off the court or he is DOA at the tourney. We won the b10 because we got hot shooting, the equation doesn't change as you adjust our 3 point up our win rate goes up, We don't win games ugly.
It is what it is fellas, but you shouldn't be surprised.
It is what it is fellas, but you shouldn't be surprised.
I really like gatens! But if he can bring some recruiting energy and toughness i would love it. He looks tough while on the bench during games.
Talking about defense while
- benching his players for playing aggressive defense (2 foul jail)
- never benching his players who play soft defense
KenPom has IOWA at 102…
you are what your record says you are -Bill Parcells
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I think you’re pretty much on point. The thing that pisses me off most about Fran is that he never makes an example of any of his players. Or in the EI game, examples out of multiple players! Make it a point that if the effort isn’t there on BOTH ends of the floor, your ass is on the bench right next to me. Instead he plays guys the whole half and just lets the other team run circles around them. Did he think magically something was going to happen where those guys would start defending?!
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I think a lot of fans were excited about the potential of this years team defensively with what we saw from perkins last year, jbo graduating and there being a big upgrade of athleticism at pg, and kris sliding into keegans role. Athleticism really isn’t the issue this yr on defense at all. Ulis, perkins, kris, pat are all plenty athletic to defend, they just don’t really give a shit because Fran doesn’t demand much on that end.
I'm hoping he suddenly does now after that bad loss. Should be the mantra, defense and rebound.
After this many years, don’t hold your breathe! We’ve all seen this movie before. We’ll look inspired for a few games then revert back to the lazy d we’re used to seeing, have another pathetic performance, play inspired, rinse and repeat.
I hope you are wrong but doubt it. It would be nice to see a 4 or 5 game streak, obviously not during Purdue on the schedule.
Frans 2 foul jail still reinforces poor soft defensIve behavior, great athlete or poor athlete, they all know they can’t get score points and get to the next level, if they are in Fran’s 2 or 3 fouls jail
After seeing the last two games I am wondering if it could spiral down out of control like it did to Prohm.
I think a major case of apathy is going to come in really fast. Empty chairs in carver are going to be very prevalent. Thanks to Dipshit Gary I doubt anything happens after this year or even next so buckle up and be prepared to watch a team that can’t score and won’t play defense for a while.
A major case of apathy has been here. Noted by the empty seats and declining fan interest for the last couple years.
Oh cmon. We've had plenty of good players the last few years. Better than we've had since the late 80's. Keegan is starting in the league, Cook and Weiskamp have had cups of coffee in the league as well. Garza continues to do really really well in the G League also. Kris, though struggling mightily right now, is probably an NBA player as well. I'm not a huge Fran fan but we're not just going to buy 5 players that are all americans.
I can't disagree. I sadly think Fran has had his best run of players the last 3-4 years and won a lot of games but hasn't really capitalized on it in the tournament and the future doesn't look great talent wise. We've had 2 1st team all american's in Garza and Keegan along w/Weiskamp and Cook still toiling along in the G league. Damn good players who won us a lot of games but we were always missing something. After Kris goes this year it's going to be pretty lean. And while I think some of the incoming recruits coming in are ok, not sure I see any impact players. These last 2 games have been as bad of basketball Fran has had in his entire time here I would say.
It's not about defense. Hasn't been for years. Fran decided at some point in his tenure that offense trumps defense. I'm not sure if it was a recognition of who he could recruit or that the players he had were better tailored towards offense than defense. What player wouldn't love to play in that system? By contrast, two of his best defenders over the past several years, JoeT and Nunge had short hooks and transferred out.
Now he has a team that not only can't play defense, but can't shoot either. That's a recipe for disaster.
There has always been holes on the roster but that wasn't my point. People can bitch all they want but Iowa won't ever be elite until it can bring in the top players just like all the other top programs. It isn't the coaching that makes those teams great, it's the players.
This. Honestly not playing the Murray’s more last year and the year prior basically wasted all the hard work garza put in.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Talking to high school head basketball coaches who attend Iowa colleges practices....they all say that Fran puts the least amount of emphasis on the defensive end.....and it isn't even close.
I know that doesn't shock anyone.
It also caused a lot of apathy from fans. I know some that don't attend games any more after how Fran played his sons over the Murrays.
He mostly recruits guys who do what he likes. Make shots and take care of the ball.
If a player can do those things and plays good defense they usually end up with better offers than Iowa.
So Frans left with the guys who shoot well but don't play defense.
Occasionally he offers some guys who can defend but since he doesn't coach with defense in mind they either don't end up playing much or, like Perkins, end up getting lazy on defense.
