PapaHawk21
Member
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2010
- Messages
- 372
- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 16
This post basicallly echoes exactly what I was saying on the first page: Iowa's not deep, but Fran likes to pretend they are. Deep is when you have more good players than you can play at once. Bad coaching is when you play bad players instead of good ones.
Anthony Clemmons, whom you reference, is a great example. Yes, he plays almost 20 mpg. But he also shoots 38% and turns it over a lot, while not getting many assists. If that's depth, I'll take shallow.
Aaron White is 21st in the league in minutes percentage. That's criminal when you consider his ORtg is 30 pts higher than Oglesby. Peter Jok is in the top 500 in the nation in exactly 0 categories, but he's playing nearly 50% of available minutes and using 20% of available possessions. Gabe Olaseni is markedly better than Adam Woodbury most categories but Woodbuy plays more than Olaseni does.
Fran has no idea how to use his players and it's a benefit to the rest of the league. He clearly read a magazine article once lauding a deep team and thought he should mimic that. Thad Matta plays 6 or 7 guys every year and has multiple Big Ten championships and Final Fours.
The best news is that Fran has completely squandered Aaron White, who is likely to be the best player Iowa has at anytime between 2010 and 2018.
1) McCaffery has done an excellent job in making Iowa competitive again given what Lickliter did to the program.
2) Iowa has won 3 of 4 against Thad Matta's Buckeyes.
3) Aaron White is one of the top scorers in the history of Iowa Basketball (Oh, how he has been squandered).
4) Peter Jok played well against Michigan and Maryland. He is only a sophomore.
5) Clemmons is on the court for his defense, it is known that he is not a major scoring threat.
Fran's Hawkeyes have been victorious @UNC, @Ohio State, @Minnesota, @Michigan, Ohio State and Maryland this season.
Does King Richard have any wins that compare? Georgia, Purdue?
I think Fran is doing just fine.