McCaffery/Barta Statement over McCaffery Outburst

[JonDMiller]

Statement from UI Men’s Basketball Coach Fran McCaffery

“I want to apologize for my emotional reaction during Sunday night’s game at Wisconsin. I have great passion and respect for the game of basketball and everyone involved in it. I regret that my actions put our program and the University of Iowa in a negative light. I look forward to working with my staff and my players to move forward and compete for a championship.â€￾



Statement from UI Director of Athletics Gary Barta

“I’ve met with Coach McCaffery regarding last night’s ejection from the game in Madison. He knows he crossed a line of acceptable behavior and accepts responsibility for his actions. All staff at the University of Iowa fully support the Big Ten Conference’s sportsmanship policy’s fundamental elements, including civility and respect toward opponents and game officials. Fran has my full support moving forward.â€￾

 

[1hawkeye1]

PS: please don't suspend me, cough cough

 

[Bigtenchamp]

I read that as - neither one of them really give a rip.

 

[Sparky]

blah blah blah. That's what I read.

 

[HawkMD2007]

Fran needs some tough love if he wants to change his behavior.

 

[Sparky]

Maybe Barta can take a look at the front page of ESPN and realize how stupid Fran looked last night.

NCAA - Men's College Basketball Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings, Rumors - ESPN

 

[SayHawkKid]

Has IA ever won a game that Fran has received a T in?

 

[1hawkeye1]

blah blah blah. That's what I read.

Lots of words without saying much.

 

[imported_ankle23]

I read that as - neither one of them really give a rip.

yeah, everyone loves having to apologize for their actions to the public.

 

[Xerxes]

Has IA ever won a game that Fran has received a T in?

Pretty sure Fran got a T at halftime of the Xavier game.

 

[SPGroth]

Pretty sure Fran got a T at halftime of the Xavier game.

You are correct. As they were going in to the locker room.

 

[Bigtenchamp]

Maybe Barta can take a look at the front page of ESPN and realize how stupid Fran looked last night.

NCAA - Men's College Basketball Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings, Rumors - ESPN

of course they will be talking about... he might get suspended because they think they have to... if it was tom izzo sure as hell wouldn't get suspended.

But Tom Izzo would never worry about such things

 

[coralville]

If he can't control it over basketball then he probably is a loose cannon at home too. We don't need a booby knight at iowa

 

[Hawkguy314]

Fran is building things the right way.

 

[acgclone]

This whole thing is WAY overblown, IMO.... and that's coming from a Cyclone fan. This type of thing happened far more frequently in the past, but with twitter, immediate youtube clips, etc has become less forgiving.

Passion is not the worst thing in the world and Fran didn't actually touch the ref, from what I could tell, the ref put his arm out to sort of push Fran away (do not blame the ref). Either way, it was a double T, ejection. Something that Larry Eustachy did and I fell in love with him for it.

As far as him costing the game, I actually think Iowa responded by playing better after the ejection. When it happened, Wiscy had already closed the lead.

 

[AHawk1]

They could have just copied the ****** written by Rhoads and Pollard in these situations.

 

[nationalchamps]

Fran needs some tough love if he wants to change his behavior.

Yeah, so does Bo Ryan, Tom Izzo, Thad Matta, Coach K, Roy Williams, Bill Self.......am I missing anyone?

 

[DaBears]

hahaha comparing this to rhoads is laughable.

 

[LG210]

I read that as - neither one of them really give a rip.

This should be the only takeaway from those statements.

 

[LG210]

If he can't control it over basketball then he probably is a loose cannon at home too. We don't need a booby knight at iowa

This is insane.