There comes a point in time where you have to find injustice and STOP IT where it sits. This was far too close to the ISU game, which I actually thought was horribly officiated equally but apparently I'm in the minority. Fran made a statement and he made it clear: You. Will. Not. Hose. My. Team. PERIOD!
I'm sure one of the issues he brought up was if they realize how hard it already is to win on the road. And don't act as if the techs cost us the game, come on lol. Oh! I get it! We lost by the same amount of free throws they made, is that it? People need to realize one thing about sports and one thing only: No series of events would repeat eachother twice. In other words, a baseball player who gets caught stealing right before a Home Run didn't cost his team a run. That series of pitches would have been different. If a football team chooses to kick a FG instead of go for it on 4th and 1, the series of plays would have been called differently.
And if a basketball coach draws a technical foul things go differently than had he not gotten it. The way things were going we weren't scoring again. Fran admitted he drew the first one on purpose but the hubris of that official must have caught him off guard. Either way, have you noticed anything since?? Sure, we lost that game. Sucks. But officials now know Iowa's coach means business. That hit we took in a game we had no chance of winning as we were playing likely has set up the run we're on.
If you're a leader, you stick up for your team.
Every. Single. Time.
