Caitlin Clark

[Clonefan32]

There's balance too. I'm not saying don't run offense through her, I'm saying that she can't be the offense. FWIW BF learned his lesson on this last year with Ashley Joens. When games were close we had a tendency to run everything through Ashley and it cost us more games than we won.

She's leading the nation in both total assists and assists per game. Seems to me like running everything through her and trust her to make the right play is a pretty solid strategy.

There's just not much there after her and Czinano, but the two of them make a really good one-two punch. I think they are right to hitch their wagon to letting those two run the show and living with whatever happens.

 

[Cyforce]

Yeah, they should be way better for the $75 they make to do multiple games in a night.

I did HS softball for 13 years and small town parents and a select few coaches are the reason I'm not getting recertified. When you're waiting for us at our cars after a 16-1, 13-0 doubleheader sweep you've lost your damn mind and I don't need the aggravation.

Wow I was getting over $100/ DH 20 years ago. And watch the "you", I've never chased down a ref/ump no matter how pathetic they were.

I coached varsity football games where we got the same pathetic crew at Gilbert and Story City where the penalties were a combined 22-2 against us and 90% of the calls came from the POS on the other sideline.

 

[Cyinthenorth]

I've only seen snippets, mostly because I don't want to watch Iowa Hawkeye women's basketball games. Is she as good as she is because of the 'system' she is in? I can't buy that a barely 6'0'' 140 pound white girl from central Iowa is the best player in women's basketball like so many on Twitter like to claim. Like, is she really better than the girls that sign up to play at Baylor, UCONN, South Carolina, Stanford other WBB blue bloods etc? Seems like she would just be another body at schools like that. Tell me I'm wrong and I'll stop the keyboard warrior'ing.

 

[carvers4math]

I have only seen her game against us. Does she always push off when she dribbles? Seems like a good way to get space to shoot if she always gets away with it. I think they called her on it once against us and she hit about a FranCon 3.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Probably getting crap for this but imo the best PG in this state resides in Ames. Emily doesn't score as much because ISU is more balanced offensively. Clark averages 1 more assist a game than Ryan but Ryan is better in the PG stat that matters most imo which is assist to turnover ratio.

 

[VeloClone]

I have only seen her game against us. Does she always push off when she dribbles? Seems like a good way to get space to shoot if she always gets away with it. I think they called her on it once against us and she hit about a FranCon 3.

Yes.

 

[swiacy]

Wow I was getting over $100/ DH 20 years ago. And watch the "you", I've never chased down a ref/ump no matter how pathetic they were.

I coached varsity football games where we got the same pathetic crew at Gilbert and Story City where the penalties were a combined 22-2 against us and 90% of the calls came from the POS on the other sideline.

Take a deep breath a couple of times buddy......using the word pathetic twice indicates that you still get ramped up just thinking about getting hosed by those "Homers". Obviously I was not at those games and you very well could be justified in your comments but the reality is that refs are human and no ref doing it at the HS level or below is a professional, he is just some smuck that enjoyed the game and is certainly capable of imperfection. The old saying is that you should not put yourself in a position that a ref's call determines the winner. We all know that is not true. My point as a coach was suck it up buttercup, life ain't fair...screw them, next time they won't need the refs calls.

 

[casey1973]

Well when a high percentage of the offense runs thru her I wonder if her teammates get a bit tired of it. Still a team sport.....

 

[Cyforce]

Take a deep breath a couple of times buddy......using the word pathetic twice indicates that you still get ramped up just thinking about getting hosed by those "Homers". Obviously I was not at those games and you very well could be justified in your comments but the reality is that refs are human and no ref doing it at the HS level or below is a professional, he is just some smuck that enjoyed the game and is certainly capable of imperfection. The old saying is that you should not put yourself in a position that a ref's call determines the winner. We all know that is not true. My point as a coach was suck it up buttercup, life ain't fair...screw them, next time they won't need the refs calls.

Not worked up just a limited vocabulary.

 

[mwwbbfan]

Well when a high percentage of the offense runs thru her I wonder if her teammates get a bit tired of it. Still a team sport.....

If you go back and watch the end of the IUPUI game that they lost - CC actually passed to an open teammate in the corner and she was totally not expecting a pass and was not ready for it and it hit her and bounced out of bounds without ever getting a hand on it.

 

[cyfanatic13]

Yeah, they should be way better for the $75 they make to do multiple games in a night.

I did HS softball for 13 years and small town parents and a select few coaches are the reason I'm not getting recertified. When you're waiting for us at our cars after a 16-1, 13-0 doubleheader sweep you've lost your damn mind and I don't need the aggravation.

I umped high school and middle school baseball back in college and first few years out of college. Honestly loved it and 95% of coaches were fine but having to listen to parents ***** and moan after every single pitch got to be too much

 

[BCClone]

Yeah, they should be way better for the $75 they make to do multiple games in a night.

I did HS softball for 13 years and small town parents and a select few coaches are the reason I'm not getting recertified. When you're waiting for us at our cars after a 16-1, 13-0 doubleheader sweep you've lost your damn mind and I don't need the aggravation.

$75 per night? You are getting hosed. Youth DHs pull that much in NC Iowa. V/JV is $130 last I know. Maybe $140. Baseball and softball are different and can’t remember.

 

[NWICY]

I remember seeing some grandparents at one of my daughter's volleyball tourneys years ago who were as bad as any parents. Screaming profanities at the ref, line judges (who were players from other teams), scorekeepers. Their granddaughter looked mortified out on the court. Won't say which school they were from, but it starts with "J" and rhymes with "rohnston".

Gonzo the funny was for the rhymes with Rohnston not the grandparents acting like imbeciles.

 

[NWICY]

I've only seen snippets, mostly because I don't want to watch Iowa Hawkeye women's basketball games. Is she as good as she is because of the 'system' she is in? I can't buy that a barely 6'0'' 140 pound white girl from central Iowa is the best player in women's basketball like so many on Twitter like to claim. Like, is she really better than the girls that sign up to play at Baylor, UCONN, South Carolina, Stanford other WBB blue bloods etc? Seems like she would just be another body at schools like that. Tell me I'm wrong and I'll stop the keyboard warrior'ing.

She's pretty damn good, it came down to Notre Dame and Iowa for her if I remember correctly and she had offers from pretty much everyone I want to say including UConn but not 100% sure on that. She really does have incredible range on her 3 point shooting, pretty good handle and good vision while passing. I'm guessing most of the complaining on this board is because we're Cyclones and to be honest most of us don't want Hawk success, it just makes recruiting against them that much harder.

 

[NWICY]

I have only seen her game against us. Does she always push off when she dribbles? Seems like a good way to get space to shoot if she always gets away with it. I think they called her on it once against us and she hit about a FranCon 3.

Yep that chicken wing is hanging out every game.

 

[dirtyninety]

She's pretty damn good, it came down to Notre Dame and Iowa for her if I remember correctly and she had offers from pretty much everyone I want to say including UConn but not 100% sure on that. She really does have incredible range on her 3 point shooting, pretty good handle and good vision while passing. I'm guessing most of the complaining on this board is because we're Cyclones and to be honest most of us don't want Hawk success, it just makes recruiting against them that much harder.

Ashley is better looking.

 

[Tornado man]

She's pretty damn good, it came down to Notre Dame and Iowa for her if I remember correctly and she had offers from pretty much everyone I want to say including UConn but not 100% sure on that.

No, Iowa State was right there too. I believe the ISU staff attended more of her Dowling games than anyone else.

 

[CyclonesRock]

I wouldn't mind those shots at all if I'm an Iowa fan or the coach for two reasons:

A) It was late in the game and they were desperate. They weren't winning unless Iowa poured in a bunch of 3s in a row


B) I think so much of Clark's game is predicated on her being a threat to shoot for anywhere. It makes her very difficult to guard when you cannot sag at all anywhere within 25 feet. A combination of deep range and a great handle is nearly unstoppable.

Not so sure about that great handle part, averaging 4.4 TO per game. Ashley Joens is 1.9 and Emily Ryan is 2.8 for comparison.

 

[NWICY]

No, Iowa State was right there too. I believe the ISU staff attended more of her Dowling games than anyone else.

I thought we got dropped that fall Oops my mistake.

 

[Nate STANley]

People were tweeting the shots from a step or two inside half court because they were pleased. My first thought was BENCH her made or not.

LOLOL