Where does Fran rank in the BIG?

[Madman]

Personally, I think he is a piss poor coach. If we win more than 3 games in the BIG this year I will be astonished. His teams show no desire to play defense - which is coached. His recruits are amazingly unable to actually shoot a basketball, which is incredible at a D1 level! He may have peaked last year in terms of talent and ability to go anywhere in the NCAA tournament and the future doesn't look too bright. Plus (thanks to Barta) we are stuck with him for years to come! End of rant.

That said, where would you place him in terms of 1 - 14?

I vote : 14

 

[damnfinn]

you suck at trolling

 

[Stanzi]

There's good trolling, bad trolling, terrible trolling...and then way down below that is the OP's level of trolling.

 

[PCHawk]

I don't think he even deserves 14th.

 

[NBAFAN123]

Maybe the poster is not trolling? Fran is not a horrible coach. He's got his strengths and he's got weaknesses, no different than any other coach. Defense is obviously not a strength. But give the guy some credit for bringing a program back from nowhere and getting us to the tournament / etc. This year will be somewhat defining, and unfortunately I'm not real impressed so far.

 

[tksirius]

I gotta admint, I'm befuddled by how bad the defense is.

 

[hawkdrummer1]

Not impressed.

 

[phdsvp]

If he hadn't beaten the worst Davidson tourney team in some time a couple of years ago...

 

[HawkGold]

I gotta admint, I'm befuddled by how bad the defense is.

If you look at the background of these players, very few had much experience playing fast players in high school. Ya I know everyone talks about AAU, but there is no defense there and no real coaching.

The question is "Who will be the first to put up 125 on the Hawk?

 

[Bigtenchamp]

I like Fran... I think he can recruit.

But yeah... this defensive effort is really making me start to wonder.

 

[phdsvp]

I like Fran... I think he can recruit.

But yeah... this defensive effort is really making me start to wonder.

He can? You look at this roster and think "wow the talent"? I look at this roster and think "eight weeks of practices and no one (including the seniors) have enough talent to play basic M2M defense against a Summitt League school".

 

[Eda]

So the OP might be not good at the trolliolliolololol; but I do gotta question the coach here too.

Where does this loss to Omaha High Community College rank in terms of terrible losses.

And by comparison, if this was "Kurt Ferretz"... Would the crowd here be as forgiving (and dismissive as the first few posts have been)?

 

[tksirius]

 

[phdsvp]

Stetson was a worse loss. But that's all I can think of.

 

[Stanzi]

Yikes...I'm rethinking my position. That loss is inexcusable.

 

[Hawk5656]

I like Fran... I think he can recruit.

But yeah... this defensive effort is really making me start to wonder.

He can't recruit

 

[Madman]

There's good trolling, bad trolling, terrible trolling...and then way down below that is the OP's level of trolling.

Yo, dipstick, I am a 50 year follower of Iowa athletics - since age 7!! I just call them as I see them, no rose colored, homeboy glasses like some of you self proclaimed bastions of athletic knowledge.

You people have a Sid Hartman mentality. For the ignorant, such as you, he is a 98 year old Minnesota Star Tribune sportswriter who continues to have delusions of Gopher football greatness.

After seeing yet another pathetic performance by this coach and his staff, does any more evidence need to be placed before your blind eyes? ! A loss to UNO, Are you kidding me!

Tell me, how is he not the WORST coach in the BIG? These are all his recruits, this is his offensive scheme (as it is), this is his defensive philosophy on display, and this is his schedule.

He needs to be ushered to the exit gate. He should go back to Sienna where he belongs.

 

[NEIChawk]

Instead of recruiting scorers, Fran should recruit kids that can move their damn feet and, oh I don't know, anticipate and recognize what's about to happen when so and so has the ball and gets a high screen from so and so, ya'll get where I'm going with this? Anyone can score but not everyone can play defense or rebound...but hey, AAU kids don't have to play defense, all they're saying is , "Give me the damn ball", maddening to watch....so, yeah, France probably ranks towards the bottom imo

 

[NikeHawk21]

He can't recruit

I've seen enough of your drivel for a lifetime in the last 24 hours.... he can't recruit??

3 consecutive years with 1st team All Big 10 players, most likely 4 after this year. If Jok gets drafted we will have players drafted in 3 of 4 years, and it sounds like some teams wanted to draft JU as well.

3 consecutive NCAA tournaments, only 1 of 3 teams in the Big 10 who can say that. Re-read this in your head several times and let it sink in.

 

[Hawk5656]

I've seen enough of your drivel for a lifetime in the last 24 hours.... he can't recruit??

3 consecutive years with 1st team All Big 10 players, most likely 4 after this year. If Jok gets drafted we will have players drafted in 3 of 4 years, and it sounds like some teams wanted to draft JU as well.

3 consecutive NCAA tournaments, only 1 of 3 teams in the Big 10 who can say that. Re-read this in your head several times and let it sink in.

Didn't recruit Uthoff and if he could recruit why are we so bad this year? Did he just forget how to coach? Look at his 2014 and 2015 classes and say he can recruit with a straight face