YA RIGHT Keep pulling your logs out of your toilet and posting them on our site. OWA basketball is just like OWA football You're not jealous, just STUPID
7)Hawks vs 2) 'Nova
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Soundoff should run a What's Bugging Andy classic tonight.
http://whotv.com/2016/01/17/whats-b...eceiving-expected-joy-from-basketball-season/
They'd be crazy to fire him. He's the best coach they've had in years. Anyone remember Todd Lickliter, or the Alford years? Fran's better than both of those guys put together. Of course you can never underestimate the demands of Iowa fans.
I agree with you, but the exact same thing was said years ago when the fired Dr. Tom. It's one of the reasons I have no sympathy for them.
I'd like to sincerely thank Gessell, Woodbury, and Uthoff for almost always being a bit worse (and in a lot of cases, a lot worse) than Iowa State. Remember 3 years ago when Iowa came into the season nationally ranked and everyone in this state's media was fawning over them and then they played their way almost into the NCAA? Or this year when on Super Bowl Sunday, everyone thought Iowa was going to be the overall number 1 seed?
Every year, I thought maybe this will be the year Iowa is better than us in basketball. It's bound to happen sometime. But those 3 made sure it didn't happen on their watch. it's hard to pick which win over Iowa is better. Mikey missing FT's at the end? Or Iowa State without (at the time) a key player taking it to Iowa at Carver. Or a 22 point comeback complete with Iowa blowing an 8 point lead in a minute or something. It is hard to decide what Georges Niang troll job was better. The kiss? The cup of coffee? The It's a Cyclone State? The subtle jab this year? All so good and all so perfect.
I'll end on a serious note though....Uthoff is probably a better athlete than Georges. Obviously he is not a better player. But I've never watched someone play that seems to enjoy it less than Uthoff. It's sort of sad to see. Georges has worked really, really hard, but I don't think anyone can watch him and not think that he just hasn't had a blast playing college basketball. I'm glad that Fred and Steve were able to create an environment that he could do that in. And I'm glad that Georges is who is is.
Every year, I thought maybe this will be the year Iowa is better than us in basketball. It's bound to happen sometime. But those 3 made sure it didn't happen on their watch. it's hard to pick which win over Iowa is better. Mikey missing FT's at the end? Or Iowa State without (at the time) a key player taking it to Iowa at Carver. Or a 22 point comeback complete with Iowa blowing an 8 point lead in a minute or something. It is hard to decide what Georges Niang troll job was better. The kiss? The cup of coffee? The It's a Cyclone State? The subtle jab this year? All so good and all so perfect.
I'll end on a serious note though....Uthoff is probably a better athlete than Georges. Obviously he is not a better player. But I've never watched someone play that seems to enjoy it less than Uthoff. It's sort of sad to see. Georges has worked really, really hard, but I don't think anyone can watch him and not think that he just hasn't had a blast playing college basketball. I'm glad that Fred and Steve were able to create an environment that he could do that in. And I'm glad that Georges is who is is.
Fran has has some good teams but he's never had that one go to guy that can carry a team when things get tough. Marble, White, Gessell, Uthoff, Jok...those guys made a lot of baskets when nothing was on the line but in crunch time, none were more than a role player. The last month or so it looked like he was forcing Uthoff into that role, he's just not that type of player.
So, I didn't watch this game, but from what I can gather the final score seems closer than how bad it really was?
Yeah, Fran earns himself no friends in the media, which will be quick to help ramp up the 'fran out' train if it gets rolling.
the hawks were playing great pace in january; gesell looked very poised and was pushing and slowing at the right times. fran figured out how to screw that up. i would fire him.
The police came into the Villanova locker room at halftime and questioned some of the players and Jay Wright on the abuse Iowa was receiving.
'Nova just coasted through the second half and Iowa still looked awful, the entire second half was just a formality.
