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I am done with Gesell. I am so sick of him dribbling the ball up top and not doing a friggin thing for 15 seconds before halftime and then putting up a garbage shot or turning it over. Why not let Uthoff do that? At least he has range and height and can get a decent shot off. I dont see the point of letting Gesell handle the ball in crunch time

Woody can't make layups. I dont know what happen to woody since that Tennessee play in game where he was unstoppable against 2 great big men on the volunteers but he has no offense.
 
HawkeyeWalker said:
Maybe, but these guys have all had good/great games this year, and them all having their worst game of the year at once was just strange.
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They have been struggling for awhile.

Gessel has had like one good scoring game in the last 15.

It's not random... they aren't offensive players. Yeah every now and then they will have a good game... but the law of averages take over.

We were great early in the year because guys coming of hte bench were canning 3's... thats not happening as much anymore.
 
mopkins said:
I am done with Gesell. I am so sick of him dribbling the ball up top and not doing a friggin thing for 15 seconds before halftime and then putting up a garbage shot or turning it over. Why not let Uthoff do that? At least he has range and height and can get a decent shot off. I dont see the point of letting Gesell handle the ball in crunch time

Woody can't make layups. I dont know what happen to woody since that Tennessee play in game where he was unstoppable against 2 great big men on the volunteers but he has no offense.
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I get your frustration, and share it. But has anyone considered that Gessell won't miss us either, by us I mean the message board critics...I'm positive he'll miss his team, being a Hawkeye, and the fans.
 
And yet the game announcers couldn't quit gushing over how awesome Woody and Gesell are.

Yes, they can do some good things. but both are EXTREMELY limited offensively.
 
and its the way they're missing...not even close. Clanking FTs, airballs, turnovers. 1000% mental. Playing with one hand on the throat.

Guessing Fran went nuts on them two years ago when they collapsed so perhaps he's trying the opposite this year?? Trusting in them? Being confident? Not yelling to not shatter their ego??

Soft and weak. Sucks to watch. Sucks to see Soft and Weak represent your alma mater.
 
Woodbury bricking good looks and missing layups, Gessel dribbling around then turning it over, and Sapp's guys shooting wide open 3s is ridiculous
 
1hawkeye1 said:
And yet the game announcers couldn't quit gushing over how awesome Woody and Gesell are.

Yes, they can do some good things. but both are EXTREMELY limited offensively.
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One guy said the reason iowa was in it was Gesell's 5 assists and 0 turnovers. Uthoff and Jok kill it and the rest of the team sucks but a guy with 5 assists is the reason we're in it. Lol.
 
WestCoastHawk said:
Woodbury bricking good looks and missing layups, Gessel dribbling around then turning it over, and Sapp's guys shooting wide open 3s is ridiculous
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If only someone could have predicted this team wasn't as good as we all thought. Could have saved us all this heartache. :cool:
 
The thing is, every team knows how to beat us now. Just make the MG or AC shoot from the outside, and sag way off of woody. There was one time late in the game where Woody caught it at the free throw line and all defenders ran away from him to cover everyone else up. He took another horrible looking shot. That's smart. Their coach knows how to adjust. Ours either doesn't or just doesn't have the guys to overcome that kind of offensive suckiness. I mean seriously if we can't but a group in there that can't do any better than those 3 today, Fran's hands are tied.
 
DJL said:
The thing is, every team knows how to beat us now. Just make the MG or AC shoot from the outside, and sag way off of woody. There was one time late in the game where Woody caught it at the free throw line and all defenders ran away from him to cover everyone else up. He took another horrible looking shot. That's smart. Their coach knows how to adjust. Ours either doesn't or just doesn't have the guys to overcome that kind of offensive suckiness. I mean seriously if we can't but a group in there that can't do any better than those 3 today, Fran's hands are tied.
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There is some talent on the bench, but it's inconsistent talent that needs more time, unfortunately you can't get them experience in games when they're playing poorly.

3 starters went 2-20 shooting. In game coaching can't help that much, especially when your bench has been well below average in the last month.
 
Lots of places I could look in this game.

Make a freaking layup (I counted at least 5 missed bunnies - that's 10 points).

Yeah, just about everyone but Uthoff & Jok were horrible.

Oh, and you might try guarding the 3 point shot for once. Wide open 3's all game long, and natch, ILL makes nearly all of them.
 
1977Hawkeye said:
Lots of places I could look in this game.

Make a freaking layup (I counted at least 5 missed bunnies - that's 10 points).

Yeah, just about everyone but Uthoff & Jok were horrible.

Oh, and you might try guarding the 3 point shot for once. Wide open 3's all game long, and natch, ILL makes nearly all of them.
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I think you have to give Baer a little credit but the rest were awful. What is up with Uhl? I thought he was going to be good. Now he's a mess.
 
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