Unfortunately that is him being him from everything I've heard and read. He got ejected from the Iowa game earlier this season before it even tipped off. You don't have to look much to find stories of his feuds with neighbors, neighboring businesses or animosity towards the Iowa staff. On the other hand the good news is you could look forever and not find a single negative about any of the daughters. Even people posting on the Iowa boards over the years about what an ******* he is usually preface it with complements that the daughters are awesome gals.
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Unfortunately that is him being him from everything I've heard and read. He got ejected from the Iowa game earlier this season before it even tipped off. You don't have to look much to find stories of his feuds with neighbors, neighboring businesses or animosity towards the Iowa staff. On the other hand the good news is you could look forever and not find a single negative about any of the daughters. Even people posting on the Iowa boards over the years about what an ******* he is usually preface it with complements that the daughters are awesome gals.
I agree. For the last 4 minutes or so it was groundhogs day each possession with either Lexi or Ashley having the ball in their hands having to make their own offense late in a shot clock. It's just not their game.
It is a bad look for an NCAA tourney when the main reason a team is in the Sweet 16 is because of bad officiating. That being said, the one issue I had with Coach is on the final possession in OT we should have subbed out Kane and put in another shooter to force their big to decide whether to camp out and double hack Ashley or move her just enough to open up a better opportunity for Ashley. If she stays in double team hack defensive mode, then Ashley has an easier decision with a better outside offensive threat to pass to.
If people think the end of this game officiating was bad. Take a look at A&M first round game. Their opponent down three, am player catches the ball in the front court and dribbles in the front court, crosses over into the back court and then gets fouled a couple dribbles later with about 5 seconds left. No over and back with ref right there and coach screaming it at her, just a foul to send AM to the line.
Never understand why people just accept not following the rules and the refs allowing it. Might as well just have players call their own fouls then.
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You use that energy to cheer for the team/your kids. If something occurs that doesn't go in your favor, you restrain yourself from out bursting and causing a scene.
It's a skill that you can take with you into your profession. Every job will have a situation where something happens that you must adapt. You can either learn to adapt to make the best of the situation, or you can kick and scream.
Thanks - didn't know anything about his history before now. I actually feel bad for the kids. I'm sure they don't appreciate having their dad act out this way, especially when it doesn't represent how they behave. I would be embarrassed myself anyway.
CF isn't helping this issue. There are obviously 2 parents in the family. Have to think about A & A's feelings as well. A & A are the ones wearing the ISU uniforms. I am glad that they chose to be Cyclones & the fans' " job" is to support them. Enough said.
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Some of you all need a hug. Saw this last night, so totally adorable with the hug and head rub.
I think that is a little harsh - if Joens makes the shot or if (lol) they call one of the fouls, then the strategy is fine. Jimmy Chitwood said it best...
My nitpick would be, you know they will double team, and should have an idea of how/where the double will come from. Set up option B and option C so she can pass out of it if she is buried. I didn't really see that, although I haven't rewatched that sequence. Maybe it was there and she just couldn't or wouldn't get the pass off. IDK.
All I know for sure is, they made a bunch of mistakes, and they got jobbed by the refs. If either of those things don't happen, they are still playing...
Having watched most of the 4Q and OT, officiating aside, they could not have thrown the game harder. Finally hit some scoring droughts and continued to have an absolutely horrendous number of turnovers. Just cutting the turnovers in half, all else equal, they easily win that game in reg. Lack of experienced ballhandling was evident.
That being said -- they're going to be better next year. Plenty of building blocks available.
That being said -- they're going to be better next year. Plenty of building blocks available.
I've watched plenty of ISU women's games this season and this strategy cost them multiple games. Hell, the most recent was Texas down in Kansas City. I love BF but he is too damn stubborn at times. This was an issue when Bridget Carleton was wearing the cardinal and gold as well.
And dribbling into double teams. This squad is at it's best when they are popping the ball around. When they try to isolate the offense becomes way too forced.
Here's the deal folks, getting it to Ashley down low was the proper call. They fouled her twice ont eh same play and if we had officials with any competence, we would have won that game, right then and there. No arguing with me at all about that. just stop your BS about Bill not knowing what to do in that situation. It worked perfectly and the officials FAILED!
When you have a practically unstoppable awesome player, you put them in the situations where they excel. He put her there, she did her thing and they stopped her by breaking the rules and getting away with it. Not our fault, its the systems fault.
When you have a practically unstoppable awesome player, you put them in the situations where they excel. He put her there, she did her thing and they stopped her by breaking the rules and getting away with it. Not our fault, its the systems fault.
I don't think the late-game execution complaints are about the last play. I think it's more the last 4 minutes. And to be fair, if you go back and look at game threads throughout the year it's been a pretty consistent issue.
My hot take is yes, we should have played better and not allowed the refs to decide the game for us, but I wish people would stop using that fact as a reason to excuse bad officiating. Because the fact is we played well enough to have a lead that was taken away from us by bad officiating. It’s not like we were floundering all game and are using bad officiating to point fingers; we had a lead that was taken from us. When refs fail to call three separate and distinct fouls on one play and failing to call those fouls directly contributed to us losing a game that we had been winning over a team that was better than us, that’s not an “us” problem; that’s a “them” problem.
Her dad shouldn't be allowed to attend games if that is normal behavior from him. He's got some serious issues. His antics went national last night and it's an embarrassment. Would love it if she would just stop in the middle of a free throw and tell her dad to shut the #### up.
