Girl from Ankeny is going to Creighton next year. Elite athlete. You’ll have fun watching her.
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Girl from Ankeny is going to Creighton next year. Elite athlete. You’ll have fun watching her.
I mean, I root for the Twister Sisters as much as anyone here, but I gotta say....
Not sure the quoted above is a viable description for any real life person on planet earth. If it is, not sure that it should be.
What else are you a fan of in the wbb offseason? I'm gonna go out on a limb and say punting in general and really slow-paced balding mbb coaches in general, I presume?
I guess I’m a little confused by all of the negative comments toward CBF here. Maybe he is awful, but again his overall track record suggests he probably deserves to have a statue or his name on something…and Jamie has repeatedly shown a willingness to remove coaches who have outstayed their welcome or just aren’t getting it done. Does anyone have any actual insider knowledge…not just hearsay or assumptions?
It's the lack of transparency element and deflection for me when it comes to Pollard and not wanting to step on any toes which makes the situation frustrating. He has also done a lot for Iowa State athletics in his time here. Both of these things can be true.
He should have retired 5 years ago and would have been remembered fondly. Not now unfortunately.
What? How is that not an Audi issue? A lazy player is a lazy player because they choose to be lazy. Some of the clips I’ve seen of her defense, she should be ashamed. If a teammate of mine played like that I’d be pissed.
Iowa has come a long way from where exactly? Coach Stringer had great teams in the 80s & 90s so I guess I'm confused
I was there for Becker days. Caution taped sections like place was a crime scene.
Coming to every game hoping not a win but to lose respectably.
But I also agree for all the good he has done here it's time.
It feels like everyone wants to blame someone here for WBB not being what they want it to be.
It’s not a revenue sport and probably therefore doesn’t deserve more money. I’m still happy the girls get to play on a big stage. If someone has an opportunity to move on and make a bunch of money, I think that’s fine…especially in a situation like this where their professional prospects likely aren’t great.
I would be also be very concerned that there is a real possibility that the program does much worse after Bill leaves. This is not as bad as it could get…
It’s not a revenue sport and probably therefore doesn’t deserve more money. I’m still happy the girls get to play on a big stage. If someone has an opportunity to move on and make a bunch of money, I think that’s fine…especially in a situation like this where their professional prospects likely aren’t great.
I would be also be very concerned that there is a real possibility that the program does much worse after Bill leaves. This is not as bad as it could get…
Then you don't know basketball. She has elite hands in corralling and controlling questionable passes, she has very good foot work and set up positional skills. She is very adept at going left or right (you would hope college players can, but a lot can't) and she has good/adequate passing skills for a big.
Now, she has lots to work on too (even on offense). In my opinion, she was too soft and rarely finished through contact. As season went on, she seemed to dramatize the contact and went to the floor a lot. And then there is her defense and conditioning.
The portal hasn't even actually opened so they have just said they are going to enter it. It certainly isn't too late for anyone to change their mind. But I highly doubt you see many beyond Jensen actually doing that.
He’ll be remembered fondly. That’ll never change.
I do remember what Iowa State WBB was before him. Absolute zero of a program, all respect to those trying to change things before him. My sister was in school in ‘93 and they were having open tryouts to get more players.
Iowa women’s b-ball still lost $3.7 mil last fiscal year…
Newer generations got raised on "accountability" from all angles. Pointing out mistakes and getting taught/coached to fix them. Things are very instruction and example-led now, that's what leadership looks like today. That's in schools, that's in the workplace, it's everywhere now.
Yelling for the sake of yelling does not establish accountability. That mindset is long gone. Collective learning and collective accountability is the now and the future.
It's a lost leader, few if any schools are making money with WBB, the media money is poor, the tickets are cheap. Just no way to make up the cost of travel and scholarships, coaches salaries and running the program. Two years ago the squawks women program went to the finals and the mens were horrible, but the MBB made money and the women lost millions. Until the media money improves, they will all lose money.
