Interesting Fran Quotes from Fran today

[NikeHawk21]

I watched Fran's sit down interview with the BTN guys and found a couple quotes interesting.

Jon Crispin asked about the collapse last season and Fran began by basically saying that the team started relying too much on JU and Jok for scoring. Many posters around here saw this as well but it is the first time I recall him saying that publicly, interesting. He said one of the main reasons Dale Jones was recruited was to provide a supplementary scorer off the bench. Said he thought this years team would be more balanced scoring.

Fran added to Tyler Cook mania by saying he'd be very surprised if he didn't average double figures. At Iowa media day he said he wanted him near 10 rebounds as well. I'd take those numbers all day. He also said he thought Jok could lead the conference in scoring.

Fran also made a point to mention every scholarship player by name I think, which I thought was pretty cool.

 

[dahlhawk]

I think you can pencil in Cook as a four year starter unless he leaves early. I think all three freshman big men get a lot of playing time.

 

[NikeHawk21]

I think you can pencil in Cook as a four year starter unless he leaves early. I think all three freshman big men get a lot of playing time.

I think it would be very tough for Fran to find PT for Cook, Wagner, Uhl, Jones, Pemsl, and Kreiner at forward. Baer can play forward too with smaller lineups. That's too many "bigs" to play IMO.

 

[Tierney]

It would of been nice to see how much Jones would of helped the team last year. I think he would of made it a lot easier for Jok and Uthoff. He also would of made it a lot easierfor Clemmons and Gessel. It sounds like he is confident in the new guys offensive abilities.