Video on KCCI website, not sure if this has been posted yet. A retrospective of the year BF has been at ISU...
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Bill Fennelly through the years
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Wow I think the footage from his first game here compared to now really says alot about how far that program has come. I thought the first one was a practice at first there were so many empty seats.
Man, I love that guy! :notworthy: Good piece by KCCI too. It will be really cool if his son rises to his dad's level and carries on the Fennelly ties with ISU for years to come.
i remember my freshman year at ISU in '97, you could go to the game at tipoff, walk down and sit in front. Few years later you needed tickets.
I suppose they will wait to do a highlight video of the years (so far) Coach F has been here. I remember going to games when Jaimie and Janell were juniors and have been to many, many games since. I would love to see all the years that Coach has been here in a highlight video. How about "The last 50 years of Iowa State women's basketball"? Then they could concentrate on the last 15 years.
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Should it perhaps be the "past" or "First" 50 years? I'd hate to think it's almost over.:smile:
you're welcome
the change in game attendance is staggering...
I too was surprised how intense he was at practice...
Is it common for guys to practice as the scout team in women's basketball?
In the video - you heard some of the girls speaking to his 'intensity', which is about as nice as they can say it. I've been sitting within 25 feet of BF for 11 years, and as much as I respect and appreciate his program, he would be difficult to play for.
I've heard dozens of women(moms) around us gasp at some of the things BF says to those fine young women.
Yes. At Iowa State they basically sit at the Rec during the fall and give you a sheet of paper with contact information and requirements on it (can't have class from 1:00 on in the afternoon, etc.) I was pissed that I had class and couldn't be on the practice squad this year :sad:
I went to several of his practices back when I was at ISU, and he is definitely intense. His style of coaching certainly isn't for everyone. Point guards more than anyone bear a lot of it, but that's what's produced so many great PGs at ISU in Fennelly's time here.
That said, I've never heard anything come out of his mouth that's ever really shocked me. The strongest thing I ever heard was when they were running full-court drills or scrimmages of some sort and whoever was running the ball up the court for the offense failed to get the ball over to Stacy Frese. Bill yelled "She's the best d**n shooter in the country! Get her the d**n ball!"