If Lick would get fired and the new coach is not any better, how long would you give him?
I would have to say 3 years is about right. IF a team is not making progress in 3 years, then its time to cut the cord! I am sorry but when you step backwards each year in terms of wins, then you know you are not getting it done. When you lose more players each year, then you know you are not getting it done.
I would obviously give this new coach maybe 4 years, because lick has not recruited one decent athlete since he has been here. this coach will walk in with a empty cupboard and will have to get some REAL athletes in here to help out what lick recruited. Also if this new coaches philosophy is different than licks, then i will give him 5 years. Because I am not a fan of this ball screen, ball screen, ball screen, ball screen, chuck up a deep 3. sorry that offense is more for the playground or the YMCA.
Wow, go tell Eric May and Aaron Fuller they are not athletic. May is one of the most athletic players in the conference and Fuller leads the conference in offensivie rebounding. Kind of remember Jim Jackson saying last night that Gatens was very athletic with a big body. But what does Jim Jackson know about basketball. I am sure that OSU career and long NBA career was a fluke. I know for certain that May and Fuller are Lick recruits. Gatens had already comitted before Lick got here I believe.
How many people have been blocked by May this yea? And blocked when they were about to put down a dunk. After every single one, the dunker is just amazed at what just happened. I love watching May get up like that. He's crazy athletic.
Do you honestly think it's Lick that people hate? And not what has happened to our program under his leadership?
Regardless, your hypothetical is too vague to really answer. Is this new coach's record improving every season? Does there seem to be a light at the end of the tunnel that isn't an oncoming locomotive? Is it an entertaining style of basketball?
If the new coach's team had the exact same characteristics as Lick's, I imagine the the time frame would be the same as well.
My question to you is can you think of another university in the country whose coach WOULDN'T be on the hot seat if he had led his new team to three of the worst consecutive seasons in the school's history?
Do we have to rehash this stuff? And do we have to continue down this "hater"/"apologist" road?
Just asking.
Wow, go tell Eric May and Aaron Fuller they are not athletic. May is one of the most athletic players in the conference and Fuller leads the conference in offensivie rebounding. Kind of remember Jim Jackson saying last night that Gatens was very athletic with a big body. But what does Jim Jackson know about basketball. I am sure that OSU career and long NBA career was a fluke. I know for certain that May and Fuller are Lick recruits. Gatens had already comitted before Lick got here I believe.
Wow, go tell Eric May and Aaron Fuller they are not athletic. May is one of the most athletic players in the conference and Fuller leads the conference in offensivie rebounding. Kind of remember Jim Jackson saying last night that Gatens was very athletic with a big body. But what does Jim Jackson know about basketball. I am sure that OSU career and long NBA career was a fluke. I know for certain that May and Fuller are Lick recruits. Gatens had already comitted before Lick got here I believe.
May is an incredible jumper yes he is. Is he a crazy good basketball athlete??? He has some great upside, he doesn't have a nice touch from 15' in...he is a streaky outside shooter at best. I don't believe he is a difference maker on a team though. Being a great leaper does not make one a great basketball player. He is fun to watch but come crunch time he isn't going to be the guy to carry a team. Iowa doesn't have one of those guys...heck even Fuller is a rebounder and a nice presence on the block but he isn't a guy you draw plays up for and isolate him to let him win a game for you.How many people have been blocked by May this yea? And blocked when they were about to put down a dunk. After every single one, the dunker is just amazed at what just happened. I love watching May get up like that. He's crazy athletic.
Do we have to rehash this stuff? And do we have to continue down this "hater"/"apologist" road?
Just asking.
Jim Jackson is a great announcer.
He said, "Iowa is at its best when it is getting out in transition situations and getting baskets."
Hey, Jim, the last time I checked, Iowa was in 11th place in the BT in Scoring offense (60 ppg). And that is about 4 points behind the 10th place team in the category.
When your team averages 1.5 pts per minute, you are not a transition ball club.
Also, Brian Barnhart is the worst and most ill-prepared announcer I have ever heard.
But, when you are showing a game between two of the worst teams in major conference basketball, you aren't going to get Nantz and Packer. (or whoever the BT's version of them are)