Holy crap if anyone were to look back at my posts on Iowa hoops this year you'd think I was a total idiot. When the preseason media folks came out and said Iowa would be like 8 or 9th I was screaming from the mountain top that we'd be closer to 4th or 6th at worst. Pffff... It's a good thing I'm not into gambling because I'd have been living under a bridge a long time ago with my track record. Good lord.
They just aren't athletic enough. Cook is but the book is out on JBo. He's not nearly quick/fast/athletic enough for being a PG at this level. He'll have a good game here and there I'm sure but now that every team with a quick athletic PG knows they just have to pick him up 94' and pester the crap out of him he'll be ineffective and check out mentally.
As far as defense goes if the other team is patient and doesn't turn the ball over you'll get a good look against us. You just will. We can't force a team to do anything they don't want to. Such a frustrating thing to watch. If it wasn't for Ellingson getting his shots to drop there'd have been no run at the start of the 2nd half and Iowa would have lost by 30. That was so bad. Going to be a long winter I'm afraid
They just aren't athletic enough. Cook is but the book is out on JBo. He's not nearly quick/fast/athletic enough for being a PG at this level. He'll have a good game here and there I'm sure but now that every team with a quick athletic PG knows they just have to pick him up 94' and pester the crap out of him he'll be ineffective and check out mentally.
As far as defense goes if the other team is patient and doesn't turn the ball over you'll get a good look against us. You just will. We can't force a team to do anything they don't want to. Such a frustrating thing to watch. If it wasn't for Ellingson getting his shots to drop there'd have been no run at the start of the 2nd half and Iowa would have lost by 30. That was so bad. Going to be a long winter I'm afraid