Since you're the only reasonable Iowa poster left on this place (RIP Gonzo), are you expecting the Fran fade to happen this year?
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Since you're the only reasonable Iowa poster left on this place (RIP Gonzo), are you expecting the Fran fade to happen this year?
I think the main problem with those guys out is there's no margin for error. One more injury and the Hawks are pretty screwed IMO. Fredrick was out most of the PSU game and the entire Nebraska game and the Hawks lost both.
If Bohannon was healthy obviously Evelyn's minutes would go way down....he'd probably draw some from Joe T and Fredrick as well.
8 man rotation has been a blessing in disguise. Biggest complaint ofthe Fran era has been his need to play 10-11 guys....made for some horrible rotations. Now the Hawks almost always have 2 of the big 3 in the game (garza, Joe W, Fredrick) so we don't see as many problems with scoring lapses.
I think the 8 person rotation helped because it appears Fran randomly subs. Get 2 5s a 4 and 2 3s at times the last couple years and Fran would get confused why nobody could bring the ball up. Like he didn’t look and just randomly pointed at spots on a bench.
Twins lecturing someone on being consumed by an internet message board is rich.
There are 13,000+ posts in this thread, and I'd venture to guess you have 1,000 of them.
I just think he always worried about "getting guys their minutes" without regards to game situation...how the guys are playing etc.
Not sure, I'm optimistic though. If they can steal a game or two on the road and protect home court to close out conference play, I would be very happy. I'd expect them to have a bye going into the conference tourney with 21-22 W's and 12-13 W's in conference. However I wouldn't be totally surprised if they played 500 ball the rest of the year. There's so much parity in college hoops this year. It's mind......bottling.
This has always been my take on Fran. In years past some of his lineup choices have read like a ***** Mad Lib. Like he subbed people in with zero regard for who else was on the floor.
I refuse to believe that. Some kind of glitch in the system.
I think Iowa loses at Maryland tomorrow and will be 6-4 at the halfway point of Big10 play. I think Iowa wins 4-6 of the remaining 10 games. So I guess by that I'd say no, I don't expect a fade.
Just get to 10 conference wins and the rest is all gravy. Four more to go.
What's going on in here? Can't keep up when I come back and there's another 20 pages added in two days.
blah blah blah.....favorable whistle.......blah blah blah...... Garza not clutch.......blah blah blah.....injured players. You get the gist.
I'm not trying to thrown you under the bus, Twins, but I would've layed the over myself.
I disagree. Maryland has been overhyped all year and I think Iowa gets a big road win tomorrow night. They do not match up well with Iowa.
