koralakers
Well-Known Member
Bullet point summary. Can only speak for the last 35 years I have been watching. Let me know if I am missing anything....
Bottom-line, it just hurts to be a Hawk hoops fan. Literally every year you can bank on getting your heart ripped out a half-dozen times.
All that being said, I love Fran as a coach/recruiter, even motivator. Only beef with him, is at end of games, seems to sit on timeouts, and watch Gesell or Marble dribble the shot clock away, 30-feet from basket, and then try to run offense in 6-8 seconds, which makes its easy for the defense, and usually doesn't end well.
- Seemingly lose EVERY close game, in gut-wrenching fashion, if possible
- Our last second shot NEVER goes in
- opponents last second shot ALWAYS goes in (no matter how crazy or impossible that shot is)
- Our best players seem to leave the program before the graduate or worse (RIP Chris Street)
- Our only 'great' coach left just when things were getting good.
- Always seem to 'finish second' on any big-time recruits
- If actually make the post season, make sure to be eliminated in the last second (NCAA=3 1-point losses, 3 2-point losses, 2 3-pt losses, a 4-point loss, and and overtime and double-overtime loss) (NIT= 2 1-pt losses, a 2-point loss, and 3-point loss, in 7 total appearances)
Bottom-line, it just hurts to be a Hawk hoops fan. Literally every year you can bank on getting your heart ripped out a half-dozen times.
All that being said, I love Fran as a coach/recruiter, even motivator. Only beef with him, is at end of games, seems to sit on timeouts, and watch Gesell or Marble dribble the shot clock away, 30-feet from basket, and then try to run offense in 6-8 seconds, which makes its easy for the defense, and usually doesn't end well.