HaydenHawk56
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He really should use more timeouts at the end of games to set up plays for his team. WE have to be one of the poorest coached teams at the end of game situations.
Fran strategy really lacks at end of games
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HaydenHawk56
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Heck of a game....but Iowa should have won this game in the first over time when they were up like 4. Of course we got quite lucky with their free throw misses.
HaydenHawk56
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Very much agree there....and a true center as well.
MiniMoeHawk
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This loss is on Fran. Up 4 in overtime with your team completely gassed...use your timeout!! Wagner, Uhl and Ellingson can hold the ball for a minute and play a defensive possession. Then get Jok back in....DidbCook foul out? Didn't see him at the end of the game
HawkeyeHypnosis
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If cook would have been able to play more, I think we win. He was dominant in the paint with the ball.
FirstDownHawkeyes
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It's really too bad bc their slim NCAAT hopes just evaporated. You can't lose games like that when you have already lost to UNO. Incredible game!
MiniMoeHawk
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Still should have won. You can't leave W's on the court in the big ten. Players gave it their all ...they deserve the win
HaydenHawk56
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Fran has a young team. If anything...even when Jok fouled out...even more so. They need guidance. Even his most experienced teams laid eggs at the end of games. I just don't get why he does not try to draw something up for them?.
Fran didn't lose this game, but he sure didn't help to win it. I guess he's going to cash in those two TOs for Franwhiches or something. C'mon man. You gotta be better than that.
As soon as Jok fouled out, it was over. The freshmen all looked like deer in headlights. Thsi is who it would be nice to have some upperclassman leadership from Dom Uhl, but he's terrible so forget that.
Still two games above .500, which should be the goal (as in, the NIT). But that was a winnable game against an average Nebraska team on the road, and you didn't get it.
As soon as Jok fouled out, it was over. The freshmen all looked like deer in headlights. Thsi is who it would be nice to have some upperclassman leadership from Dom Uhl, but he's terrible so forget that.
Still two games above .500, which should be the goal (as in, the NIT). But that was a winnable game against an average Nebraska team on the road, and you didn't get it.
I love what Fran has done, the players he has brought in, but he is not a good coach at the end of games. There are plenty in the media who agree with me. He refuses to call a timeout when this team so clearly needs one. He does so much right as a coach but he's dogshit at the end of games.
MiniMoeHawk
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At least take a timeout and let them try to catch their breath. And why did they take the shot so early in two different OT's? Should have hammered it into everyone mentally after the first OT
ShockHawk22
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His end of game mentally isn't great but at least we are fun to watch. Hope for the future.
We went through this last year too. I honestly wonder if he's worried about making them too nervous because he's so keyed up?? I just don't get it
HaydenHawk56
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Tom Davis sure was good at drawing up play out of timeouts. I remember early on Fran use to do this. Maybe Fran somehow got a hold of some old Ferentzian tapes on clock management and somehow timeouts are no longer used in the equation.
