Why McCaffery brothers left Iowa

[icwesthawk]

he didn't really excel in any one particular area

No truer words ever spoken

 

[sober_teacher]

No truer words ever spoken

Ignoring of course, that he did alot of things well.

 

[icwesthawk]

Ignoring of course, that he did alot of things well.

We will agree to disagree on that. It's ancient history now anyway

 

[sober_teacher]

We will agree to disagree on that. It's ancient history now anyway

He was asked to do a lot of the little things that were needed. Had his last name not been McCaffrey he'd have been a fan favorite for the grit and fight he showed when Iowa needed the tough plays.

 

[IChawkeye45]

He was asked to do a lot of the little things that were needed. Had his last name not been McCaffrey he'd have been a fan favorite for the grit and fight he showed when Iowa needed the tough plays.

Had his last name not been McCaffrey he would have never seen the court his first three years. Are you serious Clark?!? Iowa didn’t need someone to make the tough plays. They needed someone to pair with Luka and Joe W who didn’t shoot 20 some percent from 3 and 33% from the field.

 

[the notorious r.d.m.]

Butler blew a 13 point lead at home to Villanova with 6 minutes to go. Nova went on a 18-0 run to take a 69-64 lead. Nova wins 73-65. No FGs for Butler in the final 6 minutes.

Current 6 game losing streak to fall to 7-7 (0-3) on the season for Butler. Not looking good for Thad Matta.

 

[icwesthawk]

Not looking good for Thad Matta.

Tea leaves?

 

[danny14]

Tea leaves?

Fran says he's ready...his resume has improved since he has C. Clark as a reference!

 

[joelbc1]

Raveling setup Dr. Tom...Raveling was underrated for what he created roster wise before he left.

I agree Olson/Miller were top tier coaches and well above average. Dr. Tom did reach Sweet16 on his own, which Fran has never done. I would say Dr. Tom should have made the Final-4 with the talent he had with Raveling's players.

Fran has a record that is a little bit above average...I would guess his overall B1G record after you factor in losing record in BTT is a winning percentage of 52% or so of his Big10 games. I view Big10 winning percentage as the key metric---it is vs his peers. I don't see Fran's record is a problem. It his his lack of NCAA success and never really competing for B1G titles. . It doesn't seem like his teams are capable of making a run in NCAA play because defense is not part of what Fran believes in.

I do feel Fran is setting up the table to be coach at Butler. Matta must be planning on retiring in 2 years. We know Fran grooves on playing his boys and not being able to control the PT for Jack has to be bothering him.. The paycut he will take doesn't matter a lot because Iowa has made him very wealthy.

How old is Fran? Isn’t he pushing 65 now? Seems to be a little old for taking over a program like Butler…dunno though. Fran leaves Iowa to ……retire or work as someone else’s assistant.

 

[Buffalo43]

Ouch pmac was 1-10 from 3 he looked rushed all game

 

[Hawksfor3]

Ouch pmac was 1-10 from 3 he looked rushed all game

Only was able to watch parts of the game, but when he launched a 3 it looked pretty bad.

 

[Bulldogs1974]

This is an exaggeration of immense proportions. He always was a terrible shooter, couldn’t defend, couldn’t create. That never changed.

All true but was an ok defender

 

[Bulldogs1974]

He was asked to do a lot of the little things that were needed. Had his last name not been McCaffrey he'd have been a fan favorite for the grit and fight he showed when Iowa needed the tough plays.

No he was as annoying as Zach McCabe. He was a pseudo tough guy on the court. He was the guy who always yanks the ball away like they are some alpha.
He was a horrible shooter. Didn’t turn it over because no one guarded him. His assists came the same way. He got to spend a few years passing to the player of the year that was a freak shooter. He was a guard that could not create a shot for anyone. He mostly feasted on free passing lanes because of lack of being guarded.

 

[LukaDuka]

Pmac is averaging 12+ points per game, 4.4 rebounds & shooting 42% from three. Too bad he couldn't do this at Iowa.

 

[danny14]

Pmac is averaging 12+ points per game, 4.4 rebounds & shooting 42% from three. Too bad he couldn't do this at Iowa.

Would he make Iowa a better team this year?

 

[Knothole Hawk]

His numbers will probably go down with stiffer competition.

 

[danny14]

His numbers will probably go down with stiffer competition.

It's his 6th year of college, he should be able to handle stiffer competition.