Graham Couch: Iowa Basketball is a mid-major roster

On this site every dogged him for be a project all the time while he was playing. Now in this conversation he was a top 50 recruit that somehow the mightly ISU missed out on to lowly Iowa........

I like to come to this site, but the narrative around here is we are better than Iowa, and no Iowa fan can be right about anything because they like Iowa. Pretty low class. I would be mad about it, but I am hopeful that Iowa will be better next year. ISU fans think that can not happen because of a down year. Just like McD could not coach at another school in a big conference at a high level.....

Fran had a bad year last year. NO hawk fan would say otherwise. But I think the roster is more well rounded now. Sure we could use more slashers at the guard spot, but compared to last season next year looks better with the personnel.

5 guards compared to 3
3 SF compared to 2
and a bunch of 4/5 guys

I like the direction we are taking and look forward to seeing improvement.

I have said a few times on your posts that I think you get it and that I am rooting for you.

And here is another place we agree! I like direction Hok basketball is heading and hope it continues! Can you say that about our program?
 
Nope

ISU 2017-2018 13-18 overall 4-14 in conference 0-10 in away games

Iowa 2017-2018 14-19 overall 4-14 in conference 1-10 in away games

Pretty comparable finishes IMO

Dang it, so close again!

Even if you throw aside that ToE schedule was much easier than ISU's, the expectations for the season were completely different.

This was the Hoks year to return to the Dance, probably do some 2nd round damage.

ISU ended up right where everyone expected. Bottom of the conference and watching the tourney from the Soukup Center.

Ergo, ISU's worst year = Hoks best year.

That has to hurt. Think of this place as therapy to get you through the hurt.
 
Also Thinker is a dumb azz. Good god.

Why?

Iowa can improve next year is my tag line

Iowa wont if Cook leaves

ISU was as bad as Iowa last year

ISU will be a good team next year that could make the tourney

Iowa supports its sports like ISU does for football, even when we are bad we want to believe we can be good.

Fran has been bad in some areas of coaching but has done good in others

Woody was a project big man that improved the team and his game in 4 years. Helped Iowa get out of the abyss.

How does that make me dumb? I am trusting the process with Fran at the helm.
 
What ISU does besides 1 game per season does not concern me.

KF owns CMC on the recruiting trail and on the field.

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Dang it, so close again!

Even if you throw aside that ToE schedule was much easier than ISU's, the expectations for the season were completely different.

This was the Hoks year to return to the Dance, probably do some 2nd round damage.

ISU ended up right where everyone expected. Bottom of the conference and watching the tourney from the Soukup Center.

Ergo, ISU's worst year = Hoks best year.

That has to hurt. Think of this place as therapy to get you through the hurt.

Iowa had a better strength of schedule, an ISU poster actually pointed that out earlier in the thread......

Expectations? Most hawk fans thought it was a year of a bubble birth. Not sure who expected to be in the tourney? Some might have but I did not think it was a sure thing. Most writers did not either. So hawk fans having enthusiasm to see their team get to the tourney is one thing. Actual predictions by unbiased sources said otherwise. That is what we use in this thread is opinion, not fact. Unless we have changed that again today........
 
Why?

Iowa can improve next year is my tag line

Iowa wont if Cook leaves

ISU was as bad as Iowa last year

ISU will be a good team next year that could make the tourney

Iowa supports its sports like ISU does for football, even when we are bad we want to believe we can be good.

Fran has been bad in some areas of coaching but has done good in others

Woody was a project big man that improved the team and his game in 4 years. Helped Iowa get out of the abyss.

How does that make me dumb? I am trusting the process with Fran at the helm.

Wasn’t woody a four star and a huge land you Hawks said. ? If so, how can you call such a great player a project?
 
That makes you dumb

No, it makes me optimistic. Dumb would be thinking we make the tourney for sure next year because Fran is the coach. I do not think that is a given. I think it could happen but likely wont....
 

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