Pat Mac looks like he's ready to be done and based off how things went for him last year with his mental health I can't blame him. Perkins looks like he wished he entered the portal.
Tough day for EIU hoops hopes
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Pat Mac looks like he's ready to be done and based off how things went for him last year with his mental health I can't blame him. Perkins looks like he wished he entered the portal.
That's the only way they can really get some space and open looks. Play fast and messy.
Yeah I felt bad for Patrick. He's a good kid and has been through a lot. But you're right, Perkins should've hit the portal. He'd be a good #3 for a team imo.
We just don't have the shooters/scorers of past years to justify the fast pace play this year. I was shocked that Dix started instead of Bowen. Dix is too slow to play PG at this level especially against a guy like Lipsey. Bowen hasn't been great but I think he can get better and has best physical tools of the pg options.
Tony is very inconsistent. I'd rather he play to his averages more consistently than these huge variations of what you're going to get.
I think I'm a bigger fan of Freeman than you but otherwise we agree on everything. I think Freeman is less skinny limited white guy than Fran's typical post and he just needs game to slow down which will happen as he gets experience.
Fran will turn 65 in May. Connor is with Pacers staff, Pat is a RS SR, Jack is a junior in HS, and Fran will surpass Dr. Tom's win total this year.
Why not hang it up, enjoy being a parent for Jack's last year of high school/see if he wants to go to a prep school before college?
That's what I would do.
Why not hang it up, enjoy being a parent for Jack's last year of high school/see if he wants to go to a prep school before college?
That's what I would do.
Well if it isn't the youth of the team, why did they lose to a team they are better than?Chad's take:
The Hawkeyes have shown their youth in those games, all losses, including Thursday’s 90-65 drubbing at Iowa State.
Iowa starters last night: 2 5th-year seniors, a 4th-year senior, a junior, and last night, a sophomore.
Leistikow: Cy-Hawk blowout adds to Iowa's adversity; 'We're dealing with some stuff'
A 90-65 loss at Iowa State was filled with red flags for Iowa's play, continuing a tough week emotionally for the Hawkeye players.www.desmoinesregister.com
Jack not going to Iowa seems like a sign that Fran is close to hanging it up. I don't know, the state of Iowa hoops right now is just really weird. This team reminds me a lot of the squad the year before Garza left Iowa City to work on his game. He singlehandedly saved Fran's job.
Without the defense you lose by 25 points either way. Will you feel better losing 77-52 than 90-65? Prohm had teams like that, it doesn't look good or lead to wins. You're better off getting off shots and hoping you make a better percentage than the opponent if you're Fran.
Most cyclone fans believe he's out there somewhere, absolutely drilling a midrange baseline jumpshot...
He tried getting out. Had to come back because of the optics in the family/program. I feel bad for Patrick, he's been through some real **** and life doesn't need to be like that.
EIU's best game of the year was against Creighton, they want to play the same type of game that EIU wants to play. Get into a track meet, outlet the ball, up and down the floor. EIU can play that type of game, where they get into trouble is playing teams that want to slow it down and play half-court basketball, teams like ISU and Michigan St. Iowa has no answer for that type of game this year, before they could at least rely on one of the Murray's to drive to the hoop, they have no one on this team capable of doing that at a high rate of success. So, their lack of defense just kills them when they are not making 3's at a high clip.
Good thoughts. The Dix move to PG backfired quickly. He wanted no part of handling the ball under pressure.
A better lineup move would be Bowen-Dix-Perkins-Sandfort-Krikke.
Iowa has a soft stretch of schedule upcoming. Will be favored in 7 of their next 8 (3 buy games). Will be interesting to see if they are able to find something during that time. There are wins available in the Big Ten. I don't think they'll crater like many of their fans seem to think.
Fran has 11 million reasons to stay.
Can't do it. Marge won't let Fran sit her boy.
Guy is making $3.25 million a year and the contract runs through the 27/28 season, hard to walk away from that much money on the table. He would be better off just doing what he is doing, and then if EIU fires him he gets the buyout.
Fred Hoiberg 8th, Fran McCaffery 9th highest among Big Ten men's basketball coaches' salaries
Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery's total pay of $3,208,000 ranks just behind Nebraska's Fred Hoiberg. Here are Big Ten coaches' pay rankings.
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Yeah, I expect them to have a chance at .500 in the Big 10 (doesn't take a whole lot, you just need to beat the bad teams). And they usually hit a stretch where they start beating some teams that maybe they shouldn't.