You Guys Liking the Franwich?
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It’s time for an overhaul of the basketball and football programs
Hickory High School vs. the Duke Blue Devils.
I don’t know who has turned back the clock more on their respective sport: Brian Ferentz’s offense or Fran McCaffrey’s 1940s Kentucky roster.
This is incredible.
In the last ten years, Fran is 207-126. Iowa State is 191-139 in that same time frame
Well, I would pump the brakes on overhauling the football program. They just need to fix the offense.
After watching Iowa basketball tonight, I change my mind about Kirk Ferentz. It’s Fran McCaffrey who needs to get lost. I am shocked after Luka Garza and Murray this is the best talent Fran can come up with. Wow are they bad.
They don't do anything well. I would be more understanding if there was some kind of identity...and the team looked like it had some fundamentals and a foundation to build on. This shit is just chickens with their heads cut off
On our team, apparently, rebounding is optional.
What's wrong with you, he just needs more time. It's only been 20 years!!
Clown get a life. Enjoy your win off the boards.
When you build your team around a role player (Sandfort) you're bound to have issues. This is on recruiting plain and simple. Family business.
We saw the ceiling, and if we end up below .500 overall, it seems like it would be a good time to cut him loose and get a fresh start. I certainly give Fran credit for what he did but it’s just time to move on.
Time for Leonard Hamilton to retire as well.
Time for Leonard Hamilton to retire as well.
And that's the problem as I see it. McCaffery has always had a stud go to guy. The Murrays and then Garza and before that Uthoff and White and Jok, etc, etc. Who on this team really puts any fear into the opposing coach as the guy that you had better shut down if you have any chance of winning?
Anybody who didn't see a drop off coming this year wasn't looking closely. Without Rebraca and Kris last year it was team that wasn't close to .500. Those 2 led the team in scoring, rebounds, and effective field goal percentage. They were also the best interior defenders on the team, and far and away, the most consistent all around performers. This is the first true rebuilding year Iowa's had since Garza first arrived in town.
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So far very little difference between this season and the previous two up to this point.
The consensus on here was NIT at this point in time the previous two seasons after some one sided ass kickings.
Freeman is already better than Rebracca and the narrative that Kris carried the team is just not reality. He disappeared plenty.
I fully expect Iowa to pull it together and at minimum be a bubble team because they always look like shit at this point.
Things are never as good or as bad as they appear with Fran.
Hope the Clowns won’t be a bad loss a couple months from now, like usual. Pathetic. Like an infected sore with clowny colors.
Given Iowa sports history I am always a bit pessimistic for good reason. This team seems soft (except Freshman) and could go either way this year. The only caveat is whether FM will go with his best players or go "Dad" all season. I expect the latter.
And that has gotten Iowa nothing at all.
Clowns have at least one or two sweet 16's in there.
As an iowa fan, this is pretty much checkmate. Nig ten tourney titles, feel good stories about NBA draft picks, etc don't mean a thing compared to tourney performance
100% correct.
It's the NCAA tourney results that matter.
Zero sweet 16s with Wieskamp, Garza and the Murrays.
You MUST have GUARDS!!! PERIOD.
Iowa does have the talent. They just need good coaching. Fran has done a good job. These last 3 games demonstrate current poor coaching. He is going to some on his bench that can't hit any shots and has them shooting away. His go to dogs get lost in the kennel way too much and contribute very little. Defense has been a MAJOR issue for years now and not rectified. I don't want Fran fired, just prodded. BTW, his temper and psycho stunts need to go.
I think there's still potential to be a much better team by going with different guys but I don't believe that's likely to happen now.
Based on that starting lineup I underestimated Frans willingness to let this season go down the shitter to keep his guys from having hurt feelings.
I underestimated how terrible Ben Krikke is at defense. I was giving to much credit to the two previous opponents. He needed to be at least as good as Rebraca and that's not going to be the case.
Still, Iowa hit one 3pt shot through the first 38 minutes of that game.
If Dix and Sandfort hit their open 3s it's more or less a typical iowa type game.
That's pretty much what last years team was, hit 3s competitive, don't hit 3s not competitive.
I'm hoping this is Fran's last season because he's not even seriously trying to win anymore.
It's not everything, but in the end, postseason results trump everything IMO, right or wrong. The whole season revolves around getting to the NCAA tournament and building that resume. Ask the Iowa women if they think ncaa tournament runs are meaningless..
I can handle losing in the first or second round. Even the best programs have been upset by first round Cinderellas. Happens to them all. But 1 trip past the second round in the past 35 years? Not good enough as far as I'm concerned.
When Carver is packed for women’s games and half full for men’s games, a message is being sent to management
Don't normally follow basketball. Its wrestling season you know.
I had an undistinguished career as an end of bench 3rd string Center back in the day for what that's worth. (Mentioned this only to indicate I understand the game.)
Ol' Fran is getting the heat on here almost as bad as Biff and The Capt on the FB forum. Interesting.
With that said, what is the consensus of this forum's regulars as to who the Starting 5 should be?
I had an undistinguished career as an end of bench 3rd string Center back in the day for what that's worth. (Mentioned this only to indicate I understand the game.)
Ol' Fran is getting the heat on here almost as bad as Biff and The Capt on the FB forum. Interesting.
With that said, what is the consensus of this forum's regulars as to who the Starting 5 should be?
He's been terrible too but he doesn't look to be quite as concerned with avoiding contact.
I am sure he is dealing with a lot right now especially since the accident he seems tired so maybe it's time
So, we can’t guard a sole in our last two games and get blown off the court, and Fran’s master plan is to start Peyton S at the two and play the least athletic starting 5 possible.
What’s next, starting Pryce for Perkins? Giving Freeman’s minutes to Mulvey?
Just absurd!
What’s next, starting Pryce for Perkins? Giving Freeman’s minutes to Mulvey?
Just absurd!
I really do not think McCaffery knows what to do, but JMO. He and Ferentz both have some real mental blocks when it comes to certain areas of their respective programs (and not in a good way).
I'm not sure that is the case this year. Almost every player on Iowa's roster has issues that impact the end results. Either they don't play defense, can't rebound, or have down games where they can't hit the broad side of a barn. You can't expect Freeman to bail out the experienced players when they don't show up and the other freshman have not jelled yet. Going to be a rebuilding year and I've already excepted that.
Fran doubled down on expecting Payton, Tony and his dysfunctional son to carry this team, went to the portal and brought in 2 players that are undersized and have issues of their own and it's just not working.
The freshman class is the only bright spot, but maybe too late to save Fran as the fan base is slowly fading away and Fran has never embraced the students from day one.
I don't know about that. At least he's not sitting on the bench with his head in his hands.
Crazy thought. What if Iowa had had a smart AD at the time of lickliter's hiring and hired Brad Steven's instead. It would have taken some real kahones but where might we be now.
I'm not a student, but I met Fran one time at a golf tournament. He is an absolute jackass to the general public.
At random times, I have also met Hayden Fry (at an airport bar), Kirk Ferentz (he literally bumped into me at the grocery store because he was walking one direction and looking the other), Lisa Bluder (also at a grocery store), and Tom Davis (several times at golf tournaments and one time at a football tailgate). They are all wonderful people. Fran is a jackass.
CSB alert: Hayden and his wife sat next to me at the airport bar in CR and each ordered a glass of wine. I told the bartender to put that on my tab. Hayden slapped me on the back and said "Thank you, young man, the next round is on me." We had a great conversation about Hawkeye football. That's an hour of my life I'll never forget.
CSB2 alert: I was walking from Kinnick back to our tailgate in the Finkbine commuter lot and realized that Tom Davis was right behind me. I starting talking with him and asked if he needed a beer. He did. He joined my friends and I at our tailgate for a couple hours postgame. Awesome person.
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