YOU DON"T UNDERSTAND THE GAME IF YOU DON"T WANT CONNOR BACK!!!!Connor is a career 4pt 2.2 rebound guy LOL.
YOU DON"T UNDERSTAND THE GAME IF YOU DON"T WANT CONNOR BACK!!!!Connor is a career 4pt 2.2 rebound guy LOL.
Connor has averaged 2, 4.4, 6.2, 3.3, and 2.5 ppg in his career at Iowa. Him jumping up to 8-10 ppg would no doubt be amazing but you're asking a guy who's going to be in his 6th year of CBB to all of a sudden get a lot better..Lol, this is just awesome:
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I never understood why Perkins wasn’t starting after what little I saw of them last year. The most athletic guard they have and the best facilitator. Of course, I also don’t understand why Connor is anything but being a manager or something.Fran moving Perkins into the starting lineup was one of the better decisions he made as a coach. It gave them a little more athleticism at the guard spot. The problem is that move could only help so much to hide how bad Jorbo and Connor were. In college basketball, you need good guard play to be successful and Iowa has lacked that for most of Fran's tenure.
Guards win you tournament games.
He's always had a problem getting good guards. It's not going to change.And guards (bad) lose tournament games. Please don't tell Fran though...
Fran moving Perkins into the starting lineup was one of the better decisions he made as a coach. It gave them a little more athleticism at the guard spot. The problem is that move could only help so much to hide how bad Jorbo and Connor were. In college basketball, you need good guard play to be successful and Iowa has lacked that for most of Fran's tenure.
And guards (bad) lose tournament games. Please don't tell Fran though...
It didn't happen until Fran was out with covid protocol and the assistant took over. I probably shouldn't give Fran credit for the move and give it to his assistant instead.It was about the most obvious move in the universe and it took him forever to make it. Same story with Kris Murray and Ulis to an extent. More of those 3 and less of Jorbo and the McCafe brothers. Yes, you take a step back on offense, but about 10 steps forward on defense/rebounding.
This year should be an undeniable callout that Fran forever limits the ceiling of his teams until he discovers what great guard play is. Basically the same story for the '19 and '21 NCAATs.I thought Fran did a good job of managing the roster this year. They just laid a dud when it mattered most. I actually thought this was Fran's best coaching job of his career, up until the Richmond game, which kind of wipes out all capital he gained.
Fran was confused, he didn’t know they were twins until halfway through the season. You could see Fran coach and when he looked at the bench and saw Kris there, get surprised and wonder, why is Keagan out. He would then yell, Murray get in there. Think one day he finally noticed he had two players who looked alike and asked one of the assistants what was going on.The fact that Kris didn't start this year is still puzzling. I'm not saying Patrick is a bad player because I actually like his game, but you can't tell me he's better than Kris. Patrick averaged one more point than Kris and played seven more minutes a game.
Yeah, the ISU game was a while ago. What did you think about his performance against Richmond.I thought Fran did a good job of managing the roster this year. They just laid a dud when it mattered most. I actually thought this was Fran's best coaching job of his career, up until the Richmond game, which kind of wipes out all capital he gained.
It's a guards game... I always look at that when doing brackets. One reason I usually do well picking against Purdue, they always rely too much on a couple 7 foot stiffs but are meh on the perimeter.
You make a good point and it's something to contemplate. Iowa State going to s16 year 1 of TJ is a bad look for the fran apologists but turnaround and hire Lickliter 2.0 and now it's a uphill battle just to get back to Fran level. I'm not sure what's best because of the unknown of hire. I assume Devries would be betting odds favorite as next coach and I think he's certainly been great at Drake but is he a slam dunk at the next level? I think he could be good but I'm not surePerhaps, but Iowa would be unwise to fire Fran even if he has an awful year. I hope they do though. They're much more likely to take a step back
You guys were gleeful that we didn’t hire Devries since he is so much better than TJ. If TJ can do this, you need to fire Fran because Devries should have you in the final four the first year.You make a good point and it's something to contemplate. Iowa State going to s16 year 1 of TJ is a bad look for the fran apologists but turnaround and hire Lickliter 2.0 and now it's a uphill battle just to get back to Fran level. I'm not sure what's best because of the unknown of hire. I assume Devries would be betting odds favorite as next coach and I think he's certainly been great at Drake but is he a slam dunk at the next level? I think he could be good but I'm not sure
I still have a shirt commemorating that awesomeness and want a dual sweet 16 one!It was a big deal in 00 when we had all 4 big 12 basketball trophies in one year. I have a picture next to them and another from the same celebration day with LE and my roommates.
I mean the elite 8 was as good or better, but the utter domination and destruction of KU and rest of big 12 in both regular season and tournament was a tangible awesome thing.
He's one of several hok posters that routinely post on CF who have gone silent since last weekend's glorious results.Has anyone done a welfare check on @Nate STANley lately? Have not seen him post anything lately.
No offense, but TJ is at Iowa St.You make a good point and it's something to contemplate. Iowa State going to s16 year 1 of TJ is a bad look for the fran apologists but turnaround and hire Lickliter 2.0 and now it's a uphill battle just to get back to Fran level. I'm not sure what's best because of the unknown of hire. I assume Devries would be betting odds favorite as next coach and I think he's certainly been great at Drake but is he a slam dunk at the next level? I think he could be good but I'm not sure