Joshua Lewis Chooses Hawkeyes

Hawkfnntn said:
I'd love to know more about why this kid chose Iowa. Like is he up to date on Iowa's current situation? He clearly had other options. There's schools that woulda fired Fran in season after just last game with where we are. Between what many fans and local media all seem to think the writing is on the wall after this yr this is it for Fran. His buyout is doable and once I'd heard that it could be paid being stretched out over 3 yrs then for sure it's a doable thing. Fran won't just walk away cause there's no reason for him to just leave that 4 plus million on the table I think it is after April 1st I'd seen is what it'd be.

So Lewis reopened his recruitment due his coach dying and now he's committed to a school who's coach is 1 foot out the door to being fired. It sounds like he's a hell of a player and anyone would be fired up to get him. But he's not like Danny Manning or Christian Laettner good to the point where Beth won't keep Fran on just so this kid doesn't inevitably reopen his recruitment again. Surely she isn't that short sighted. This program needs blown up. Not a Fran 3.0 type of situation. Way too much fan apathy for that.
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Perhaps he likes the run and gun free style offense the Hawks run

Still looking for a brute inside to rebound and block shots, an intimidator if you will
 
Really the only thing wrong with this year is the long stretches of no effort at all. When the effort is there, this looks like a top 25 team. If Fran can find a way to get consistent effort, this season could easily turn around. If we make the tournament this year, with the recruits we have coming in, it would be a tough sell to get rid of Fran based on the on floor product. Now getting rid of Fran based on fan attendance is a whole nother story.
 
thedukeofearl said:
Perhaps he likes the run and gun free style offense the Hawks run

Still looking for a brute inside to rebound and block shots, an intimidator if you will
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IMO, Iowa needs to get out of the 6'5'' - 6'8" guys and bring in a couple of actual bigs. This guy isn't a center.
 
thedukeofearl said:
Perhaps he likes the run and gun free style offense the Hawks run

Still looking for a brute inside to rebound and block shots, an intimidator if you will
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They do have a 6'10 center coming in next year. Don't know a lot about him tho. Freeman needs to learn to play hard without fouling. If he can do that, he's plenty good for a starting center for the next two years. Unfortunately that's a big if right now.
 
PCHawk said:
Really the only thing wrong with this year is the long stretches of no effort at all. When the effort is there, this looks like a top 25 team. If Fran can find a way to get consistent effort, this season could easily turn around. If we make the tournament this year, with the recruits we have coming in, it would be a tough sell to get rid of Fran based on the on floor product. Now getting rid of Fran based on fan attendance is a whole nother story.
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Yeah, it's like the totality of it all. Fran is a good coach. Does he do anything as far as promoting the Iowa brand? Not really. He's not a fund raiser, he's not a cheerleader. There's nothing engaging from a fan stand point with Fran. Which I don't give a shit about, I am just talking in regards to bringing people back to Carver. I could see a scenario in which Beth is very sympathetic towards Fran's current plight at Iowa. She likely knows how he has one armed tied behind his back. Hell, he couldn't keep his own kid or it's best player in IC last year. I know people were out on Patrick, but IMO - Pat and Tony on this team would look pretty good right now.
 
PCHawk said:
Really the only thing wrong with this year is the long stretches of no effort at all. When the effort is there, this looks like a top 25 team. If Fran can find a way to get consistent effort, this season could easily turn around. If we make the tournament this year, with the recruits we have coming in, it would be a tough sell to get rid of Fran based on the on floor product. Now getting rid of Fran based on fan attendance is a whole nother story.
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They screwed up their opportunity with this six game stretch here. At best they are a NIT team. The last 8 games, if they go 3-5 I would take it, and that wouldn’t be nearly enough to make the tournament.
 
InGoodCo said:
Yeah, it's like the totality of it all. Fran is a good coach. Does he do anything as far as promoting the Iowa brand? Not really. He's not a fund raiser, he's not a cheerleader. There's nothing engaging from a fan stand point with Fran. Which I don't give a shit about, I am just talking in regards to bringing people back to Carver. I could see a scenario in which Beth is very sympathetic towards Fran's current plight at Iowa. She likely knows how he has one armed tied behind his back. Hell, he couldn't keep his own kid or it's best player in IC last year. I know people were out on Patrick, but IMO - Pat and Tony on this team would look pretty good right now.
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I dunno, man. The 2 things you would need from Pmac would be rebounding and defense. I’m not throwing shade at Pmac, but it isn’t much of an upgrade, in those 2 areas, if he is on the roster.

Perk is/was awesome at coming down hill and getting buckets in transition. He wasn’t much of a defender and when things aren’t going well he likes to pout on the bench. Given this current stretch, the last thing you would need is one your team leaders pouting on the bench.
 
Ok Fran now go and get a Tyler Smith type of recruit and we will really be talking.

We have had many good wing type of players, now show me the money……….. I mean a top ten point guard.
 
BigD said:
Ok Fran now go and get a Tyler Smith type of recruit and we will really be talking.

We have had many good wing type of players, now show me the money……….. I mean a top ten point guard.
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He just signed basically Tyler Smith FWIW, ranked almost the exact same.
 
trj said:
I dunno, man. The 2 things you would need from Pmac would be rebounding and defense. I’m not throwing shade at Pmac, but it isn’t much of an upgrade, in those 2 areas, if he is on the roster.

Perk is/was awesome at coming down hill and getting buckets in transition. He wasn’t much of a defender and when things aren’t going well he likes to pout on the bench. Given this current stretch, the last thing you would need is one your team leaders pouting on the bench.
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Yeah, maybe, I just feel like we’re short a couple of players this year. We’re thin. We had no NIL. Fran publicly complained about it. Maybe the plan forward is that is going to change? I don’t know. It’s just weird the recruits he’s getting when he’s supposedly got one foot out the door. Maybe he doesn’t, and maybe Iowa doesn’t want him gone and knows it has nothing to do with the product like the rest of us. It’s possible
 
These last games have been as bad as I’ve seen as a fan at Iowa. Makes me want to stop watching. But it’s hard, it’s in my DNA. I saw the Utah St game in person and I remember telling my wife, “this is one Fran’s worst teams”. … so I kind of knew early on. But maybe they figure it out down the stetch. Fran has made tweaks in the past that have worked. I’ll watch either way, and we’ll see where things sit at the end of the year. I’ve over reacted more than 100 times on Iowa hoops, I’m a fan.
 
InGoodCo said:
Yeah, maybe, I just feel like we’re short a couple of players this year. We’re thin. We had no NIL. Fran publicly complained about it. Maybe the plan forward is that is going to change? I don’t know. It’s just weird the recruits he’s getting when he’s supposedly got one foot out the door. Maybe he doesn’t, and maybe Iowa doesn’t want him gone and knows it has nothing to do with the product like the rest of us. It’s possible
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Definitely a weird deal. How I feel about it changes every few minutes.
 
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