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Fran was quoted this week as saying Iowa has one of the best PG's in the country returning in Bohannon and one the best players in the nation returning in Cook. Never mind how inaccurate that is, Fran is saying it publicly which further demonstrates his ineptitude as a head coach and coming off...

One of the better commitment videos I can remember. If he's a bigger version of Wadley than Iowa made the right call, if not, the staff is going to look silly for not taking Brock too.

Hope you're right about that, he'd be better off being 6'6 with a 6'8 wingspan than 6'8 with a 6'6 wingspan.

Does this kid have a name?

I watched Carton play Wieskamp as a Sophomore and he did little to stand out, I never would have guessed Bettendorf had a D1 player on the team let alone a consensus 5*. He's put a lot of work into his game, and as good as he is he clearly understands the game and plays under control which is...

NOBODY GO TO THE BRYANT GAME! SPREAD THE WORD! Barta is the worst.

I guess that explains why he was on the team but Gersonde's injury has more to do with why Rastetter played. While Barta cares who Bruce Rastetter is, I highly doubt KF does.

I'm guessing we'll see Gersonde this year instead, but I have no idea how Rastetter made the team much less kicked for us last year. He'd be an average high school punter at best. For a coaching staff that puts so much emphasis on field position it's amazing we had a punter who wouldn't start at...

Great news about Cook returning. However, for Fran himself and any Fran lobbyists; he himself has stated that Bohannon is one of the top guards in the country and Cook is one of the top players in the country and potential first round draft picks next year. With a nucleus such as that, there's...

I'm sure the same thing was said/could have been said coming out of high school.

I'll get in on that bet too Fryowa. I'm predicting 8+ wins but definitely not fewer than 7.

I don't believe he mentioned defense at all, and he mentioned his coaches (presumably Fran) telling him he'd need to improve his outside shooting and rebounding. So once again, Fran not putting any emphasis on defense...

Just playing devil's advocate here but his top 30 seemed too high (having seen him play several times). However, seeing him drop is no surprise considering he's committed and no schools really even bothered to recruit him based off the presumption he'd go to Iowa. We see this all the time...

What sort of chances do you give us for landing Carton? I have very little faith in Fran landing any quality PG, even a home product such as Carton, and especially with the attention he's getting. I would give Iowa a 10% chance with Michigan being the favorite followed by Ohio State. Assuming...

Cook is 19 years old, you would expect him to get better. I will say, it was pretty marginal but he got better as most everyone does from their freshman to sophomore years. I'm guessing you're angle here is to credit Fran with his slight improvement, which is a giant reach. Per 40 minutes, Cook...

No doubt Griffin WAS more of an explosive athlete, but he mostly lives in the mid-range now and is a very poor mans version of his former self. I'm speaking more to his style of play and not production. Both are built similarly and try to bully themselves to the paint more than anything and can...

That's a Fran problem

If you want to be an All-Star yes, but in the league, no. There are still plenty of guys Cook's size who are productive in the NBA and don't have a jump shot or protect the paint (which I could argue is more of a defensive philosophy problem more than anything, I'll get to that in a minute)...

Cook is more than capable of seeing an NBA floor in his career. I'm guessing if there were odds on such a thing, it would be in his favor. An article from 'The Athletic' just posted an article projecting him as a 2nd round pick to being undrafted this year, after just his Sophomore year. I...

Lazard is a tool, dating back to his tweets during the Rose Bowl and several other instances he's shown he has no sense of awareness. This should humble him. Speaking of tools and lacking awareness. The cyclone blogger wrote a story highlighting 19 iowa state football players who will either...