Fran remained poised throughout the game

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hawkeyz10

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It is amazing how when a coach keeps his cools during the game, how he coaches better and the team performs better. Hopefully, Fran can remain this way during the physical Big 10 season!
 
I said it in another thread. Their family going through what they did with his son gives a person a certain perspective in life. No way is he going to go off the deep end like he used to, as he now realizes that every possession, every missed call, every turnover, or mistake isn't really life and death at all. His son faced death, and no way, no how can a parent every view things the same in life again walking down that road with their child.
 
deanvogs said:
I said it in another thread. Their family going through what they did with his son gives a person a certain perspective in life. No way is he going to go off the deep end like he used to, as he now realizes that every possession, every missed call, every turnover, or mistake isn't really life and death at all. His son faced death, and no way, no how can a parent every view things the same in life again walking down that road with their child.
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I wouldn't say no way, that fire is always burning in Fran, that is who he is. He has done a very good job this season controlling that but it will happen and I have no doubt it will.
 
HawkPrdatr40 said:
I wouldn't say no way, that fire is always burning in Fran, that is who he is. He has done a very good job this season controlling that but it will happen and I have no doubt it will.
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True, I should have said he is gonna go off the deep end FAR LESS than he used to.
 
Fran certainly had an opportunity to go off when AW was kind of under-cut in the 1st half, but he used the old "breathe in, breathe out" exercise and it paid off....Great win, and glad to see him keep his composure...
 
I agree with some of the talk about family matters affecting someone's demeanor. But I would trace the lack of outbursts to the ejection in madison. Since then Fran has toned it down very much.
 
Personally, I didn't mind Fran's emotion. I think much too much was made out of it by the media and many fans.
 
ArvadaHawk said:
Personally, I didn't mind Fran's emotion. I think much too much was made out of it by the media and many fans.
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I don't mind SOME of it. I don't like his complete meltdowns, because it seems to affect the refs in a negative way, and we NEVER, EVER, get calls after he melts down it seems. Plus meltdowns like slamming the chair, and the meltdown last year at Wisky when he got tossed didn't rally the team or anything, we lost those games. I'd think differently if those meltdowns led to wins, but they didn't.
 
Fran was fiery but under control...kind of like the Iowa players last night. There's a balance. More important than demeanor, the game plan was excellent...you don't want to run with UNC so Iowa went against their philosophy and completely slowed the game down.
 
NEIChawk said:
Fran certainly had an opportunity to go off when AW was kind of under-cut in the 1st half, but he used the old "breathe in, breathe out" exercise and it paid off....Great win, and glad to see him keep his composure...
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I thought Fran was going to flip out on that call -- he had every right to. That was just a horrid, horrid decision. I can't believe the official who made it actually thinks he got it right. I was yelling louder at home than Fran was at the game.

I agree that I think Fran has just as much passion as he has had in the past. But hopefully the last ejection combined with his personal matters is helping him keep things in better perspective.
 
ArvadaHawk said:
Personally, I didn't mind Fran's emotion. I think much too much was made out of it by the media and many fans.
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I'm not interested in rehashing everything from last year but as a coach (or a player) you never, ever bump a sports official. Never. And you do everything you can to avoid being made to look like you did. Fran's actions were totally out of line last year.
 
We certainly don't need anymore outbursts from Fran....We do not need him to be the "Bo Pelini" of the basketball coaches in the B1G this year.....(Sometimes it's hard not to though)....:)
 
His total outbursts, more than anything, were childish. I don't mind fire. I don't mind being intense. I believe 100% that getting a technical is necessary sometimes, but throwing a tantrum, slamming chairs, throwing his jacket... all of that stuff is just childish. Whether the refs admit it or not it certainly draws more attention to Fran, and I would argue that it makes refs come into games with a quick whistle towards the Hawkeyes. While I do believe his son's cancer scare probably gave him a new perspective on things I also believe he was forced to take a long hard look at whether or not his antics were even productive. The obvious answer to that is no. They hurt the team, and by doing so they hurt Fran.

He has definitely toned things down since that Wisconsin game. For whatever reason it doesn't really matter, but I think it will absolutely help out the Hawks in the long run. It's clear they love playing for him. The pictures of the locker room after the game last night were nice to see. Sherman Dillard sure looked like he was having a good time with the players.
 
I talked to Fran about the Wisconsin ejection. He told me that there are times when you can see the road a games going down (meaning how the refs are calling it) and he had to do something because his team wasn't even being given the chance to compete

You might not agree with him but Fran believes it and that's why he does it. It's not some uncontrollable emotion. It's a calculated decision.

As far as bumping the ref goes, Fran said he didn't even know the ref came up behind him. I agree that it's obvious that's what happened. He was yelling to one ref about how bad the other one was and the other ref walked up behind him. In my opinion, that ref had no business approaching Fran like he did.
 
DP5555 said:
His total outbursts, more than anything, were childish. I don't mind fire. I don't mind being intense. I believe 100% that getting a technical is necessary sometimes, but throwing a tantrum, slamming chairs, throwing his jacket... all of that stuff is just childish. Whether the refs admit it or not it certainly draws more attention to Fran, and I would argue that it makes refs come into games with a quick whistle towards the Hawkeyes. While I do believe his son's cancer scare probably gave him a new perspective on things I also believe he was forced to take a long hard look at whether or not his antics were even productive. The obvious answer to that is no. They hurt the team, and by doing so they hurt Fran.

He has definitely toned things down since that Wisconsin game. For whatever reason it doesn't really matter, but I think it will absolutely help out the Hawks in the long run. It's clear they love playing for him. The pictures of the locker room after the game last night were nice to see. Sherman Dillard sure looked like he was having a good time with the players.
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If I had to guess, I would say you're right that he evaluated how his outbursts worked and decided they weren't worth doing. I think he came in trying to change the culture and bring fire to a burned out program (and burned out players) and he maybe took it a little far.
 
FRANAMANIAC said:
I agree with some of the talk about family matters affecting someone's demeanor. But I would trace the lack of outbursts to the ejection in madison. Since then Fran has toned it down very much.
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Also getting called out by Mike Tirico on national TV for the lack of professionalism was a little embarrassing too. It is ok to have some passion, but you don't have to act like a crazy lunatic for the team to win. Trust your team when things go wrong, show composure and they will just like last night.
 
deanvogs said:
I said it in another thread. Their family going through what they did with his son gives a person a certain perspective in life. No way is he going to go off the deep end like he used to, as he now realizes that every possession, every missed call, every turnover, or mistake isn't really life and death at all. His son faced death, and no way, no how can a parent every view things the same in life again walking down that road with their child.
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That and maybe Fran is finally realizing that if he keeps his poise, his team may do so as well.
It showed last night.
 
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