Hawks won't be adding anything to their team next year to help them defensively IMO, so it won't matter. The slow footed McCaffrey brothers and Weiskamp will just be more traffic cones out there on defense.
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True, but it was also considered a school with the resources and recruiting footprint to be a very good ball school. I've always thought USC fits that bill but hasn't really put it all together.
Iowa's defensive woes have more to them than just foot speed. Some things can be corrected, don't know if they will be....
ISU has the same problems on D, bad communication, poor rotations and fighting through screens....
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Agree that those problems plague the ISU defense. On a side note, tho, I'm still surprised that Iowa NEVER put it all together once this season to be able to knock off a ranked team. I mean, have they even beat a team in the top 100?? Unless Wisconsin is, but I don't think so. That's almost unheard of.
Believe it or not, I'm really not piling on them, (after all ISU is in last place too). I just bring it up because I think Fran should feel fortunate that the Iowa fans have been as tolerant as they have. He should be praising them, not getting mad for some understandable questions.
ISU has major non-athletic based problems on defense. The upside is there, but they could use some time with Tim Floyd.
Iowa's defensive problems are mostly do to being so unathletic. When you guys had Gesell, Clemmons and Uthoff you were actually pretty good defensively
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One win (Colorado) in the top 100.
https://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology/team-comparison/IOWA/undefined
I was actually thinking he could be a surprise this year, being a Senior and he showed some promise as a Freshman/Soph....
Anyway, I don't think the light ever clicked on for Uhl....he played most of his life in Germany and with a few exceptions the youth club bball in Germany is horrendous. I lived in Germany until recently and a buddy of mine has his kids (ages 13,15) on a club bball team in Wittlich, Germany. Anyway, it's horrible...only club teams worth a crap are affiliated with the top Bundesliga teams.
He had decent shooting ability his first two years even though his shot is a little mechanically unsound but he went stone cold last year. Never looked like the game came naturally to him....was very hesitant to take a shot last year and that's carried over....hasn't ever seemed like he had a fire for the game either.
Closest we came was against MSU at home....just been a really bad year....understatement.
They left a good situation at Iowa for places that needed work. The Iowa job compared to the jobs they took was a better job. Iowa was in a better place 10 years ago than it is now.
Miller's contract would be a little over $5M for a without cause firing. Isn't Fran's contract buyout currently $10M?
