I was finally able to put a finger on a thought related to this team

the players are scared to even miss a shot or make a mistake because they will lose their playing time. You can even see their body language second guessing themselves. White had 2 shots the entire game! Woodbury, Basabe barely sniffed the floor in the second half.
 
JonDMiller said:
I dont think it was the tweet.
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Agree, I think teams have figured out Iowa really. It is a matter of what Iowa can't do and they don't have another player like Marble, so who is the other guy that is going to step up? White, nope, he won't take open 15 ft jumpers, but settles for 3's, of which he has made what less than 10 of before tonight?

Iowa has incomplete individuals and if they don't move the ball and work to get a better shot than they passed up, this is what continues to happen.
 
HawkPrdatr40 said:
I saw the same from my couch. However it really hit me when Dakich said look at this Iowa team, they don't communicate and don't acknowledge each other after a made basket or good play. Once he said that he really hit me hard.
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They are business like. Kind of like the football team. Very little emoting.
 
ssckelley said:
Not communicating on defense was even brought up by White after a loss. So WTF?

But what threw me for a loop was Dakich pointing out how no emotion was showed after Utoff nailed a huge 3.
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That's bizarre. The players talk about not doing it.. And they still don't do it? Weird.

I noticed the same thing after Uthoff's 3 point play in the second half. Deer in headlights.
 
Clemmons sits for 58 minutes and then is supposed to come into the game for lockdown D. He got burned right away....The players need a chance to get some confidence and find their hot streaks.
 
Who knows what has gotten into this team. It's bizarre. They have 1 week to change it whatever it may be. Its almost a blessing that we can rest and prepare and do some soul searching these next 7 days. Playing Michigan State would have taken a ton of energy out of this team..not that there was much to begin with.

Forgive me, I'm just searching for any positives. When there's a chance to play in the NCAA Tourney, something this program hasn't done in 7 years, Fran and this team better bring a different effort than the one we have seen this past month. No ******* excuses. Time to man up or enjoy the offseason with a complete meltdown
 
I knew I had seen somebody post about something similar to this after Illinois game. It was loesshillshawk ..

http://www.hawkeyenation.com/forum/basketball/64269-honest-question-concerns.html

Loesshillshawk:
Having been a coach and dealing with the dreaded "chemistry" issues before. I have really been thinking lately if our issue is more "chemistry" then x's and o's. I deliberately watched the Illinois game through my coaches glasses watching personnel interactions. I noticed several things...Mike never gets much love from his teammates or coaches. I cannot imagine that is an issue Mike exudes...I mean he was voted sportsmanship of the year in the B1G. Aaron White does a lot of coaching on the floor to his teammates...in my opinion a lot of finger pointing, which is never good. He might want to look in the mirror. Woodbury spends more time shaking his head about mistakes then he does than just playing...and he has little or no interaction with anyone other then Mike or White. Marble really has no interaction at all with anybody...I think that is sad. Melsahn has his moments but most of the time he plays very stoically. I also look at our assistant coaches, they look like they could be in the morgue except for Speraw. Point is maybe our issue is Fran and squelching that passion with his, how should I say this, fiery demeanor on the court toward players, officials, scorers benches, chairs, etc. Other coaching staffs are involved...excited...coaching.
 
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MiniMoeHawk said:
the players are scared to even miss a shot or make a mistake because they will lose their playing time. You can even see their body language second guessing themselves. White had 2 shots the entire game! Woodbury, Basabe barely sniffed the floor in the second half.
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I think White took those 2 shots in the first 5 minutes, didn't he?
 
GotTimDodge said:
I don't think these guys get along.
More specifically, I don't think some of the guys like Marble.
I think this team will be better off without him next year!
Call me crazy...
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I agree with this and even mentioned this in another thread.
Marble has been in the "im gonna get mine, screw you guys" mode for a month.
 
sportstalent said:
Agree, I think teams have figured out Iowa really. It is a matter of what Iowa can't do and they don't have another player like Marble, so who is the other guy that is going to step up? White, nope, he won't take open 15 ft jumpers, but settles for 3's, of which he has made what less than 10 of before tonight?

Iowa has incomplete individuals and if they don't move the ball and work to get a better shot than they passed up, this is what continues to happen.
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Iowa should have played in the paint all game and punished them at the FT line. NW had 6 fouls with 16 minutes left in the second half
 
MiniMoeHawk said:
the players are scared to even miss a shot or make a mistake because they will lose their playing time. You can even see their body language second guessing themselves. White had 2 shots the entire game! Woodbury, Basabe barely sniffed the floor in the second half.
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Igothawked said:
I agree with this and even mentioned this in another thread.
Marble has been in the "im gonna get mine, screw you guys" mode for a month.
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The transition layup where Marble had two guys trailing him really stood out. Instead Marble took it to the hole without thinking about passing it off
 
MiniMoeHawk said:
Iowa should have played in the paint all game and punished them at the FT line. NW had 6 fouls with 16 minutes left in the second half
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Iowa hasn't forced the ball inside since Jarryd Cole graduated, but then again, inefficient or not Cartwright got to the lane and looked to drop it off.
 
Iowa won't defend. Two of Iowa's best defenders, Basabe and Clemmons, have seen very little playing time over the past several games.

We don't to put OUR BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYERS on the floor. Fran won't do it.
 
Funny thing is I was crucified on here for saying this team would be better off without Marble. Now people are starting to realize it. It's obvious nobody on this team likes him. Kid is ridiculously selfish. Tweeting his own stats to flaunt himself. Always posting pictures of himself. Always retweeteing articles about him and his shoes and ****. He is the problem. Anybody else notice how when somebody gets hot he tries to take their thunder and tried to one up them? Seen in multiple games. Somebody hits 3 threes in a row he comes down and tries to match it even if their wide open
 
MiniMoeHawk said:
The transition layup where Marble had two guys trailing him really stood out. Instead Marble took it to the hole without thinking about passing it off
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Have you watched Iowa this year? When they have the advantage, they either miss a layup, pass it late, or don't pass at all...nothing new there. When opponents even get one guy back, Iowa is lost in the fast break.
 
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