Oh, Fran. LOLOLOL

[douglasbader]

https://vine.co/v/htzKO1Amb2U

 

[gable_guy]

So much potential throughout season to throw in clip of somebody getting dunked on or blocked.

 

[foxhawks]

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Lol what was that in response to?

 

[foxhawks]

Lol what was that in response to?

 

[douglasbader]

Lol what was that in response to?

Nothing. The announcers were talking about him so the camera was on him for almost a minute. You could immediately tell he was zoned out and then he started picking at his suit.

Right after that he started sucking on his teeth and then making that face. It was hilarious.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Lol what was that in response to?

You're so fucking funny

 

[Heavens]

Damn, scooped - just made my own .gif version of Fran:

 

[BBK]

It kinda looks like the dude behind him is burying his head in Fran's ass when he makes the face.

 

[foxhawks]

You're so fucking funny

Grassy Ass.

 

[Natty Bumppo]

It kinda looks like the dude behind him is burying his head in Fran's ass when he makes the face.

LOL! You're right.

 

[ClintWalker]

There were a couple of times Fran was picking something off the sleeve of his suit. He looked really bored.

 

[MikeyJoe]

There were a couple of times Fran was picking something off the sleeve of his suit. He looked really bored.

Maybe he shouldn't be playing games like this.

 

[douglasbader]

There were a couple of times Fran was picking something off the sleeve of his suit. He looked really bored.

I said it in chat a few times. He was clearly bored out of his mind. The game was completely over after 10 minutes and he could have played the bench the entire second half and they would have won by 30.

 

[douglasbader]

There were a couple of times Fran was picking something off the sleeve of his suit. He looked really bored.

Maybe he shouldn't be playing games like this.

I get it, but this is getting as annoying as media on twitter bitching about the new foul rules.

Pretty much everyone is trying to schedule to game the RPI and schedule teams in the 150-200 range. EVERYONE plays multiple games like this. He could try to cut it down to 1-2 less, but it improved from last year. You can't avoid games like this on some level.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

There were a couple of times Fran was picking something off the sleeve of his suit. He looked really bored.

Maybe he shouldn't be playing games like this.

I get it, but this is getting as annoying as media on twitter bitching about the new foul rules.

Pretty much everyone is trying to schedule to game the RPI and schedule teams in the 150-200 range. EVERYONE plays multiple games like this. He could try to cut it down to 1-2 less, but it improved from last year. You can't avoid games like this on some level.

This.

You have to have games you absolutely know you can win.

 

[BBK]

Maybe he shouldn't be playing games like this.

I get it, but this is getting as annoying as media on twitter bitching about the new foul rules.

Pretty much everyone is trying to schedule to game the RPI and schedule teams in the 150-200 range. EVERYONE plays multiple games like this. He could try to cut it down to 1-2 less, but it improved from last year. You can't avoid games like this on some level.

This.

You have to have games you absolutely know you can win.

That wasn't the point of ol' Dougie's post.

 

[douglasbader]

I get it, but this is getting as annoying as media on twitter bitching about the new foul rules.

Pretty much everyone is trying to schedule to game the RPI and schedule teams in the 150-200 range. EVERYONE plays multiple games like this. He could try to cut it down to 1-2 less, but it improved from last year. You can't avoid games like this on some level.

This.

You have to have games you absolutely know you can win.

That wasn't the point of ol' Dougie's post.

BBK is correct as they know 98% of the time they will beat a team in the 175 range as well, but my point is you can't get those games sometimes. Everyone for the most part wants those games. They put out the schedule late this year because they couldn't find a team to fill one of their slots.

 

[Bob]

I feel like we've played Maryland Eastern Shore like 15 times in my lifetime, so yeah not really a Fran thing. It's only really an issue when it's like last year where you don't have a few good non-con games to balance it out. Having a few tune up games is fine.

 

[douglasbader]

The other thing is RPI isn't static from year to year. Nebrantska-Omaha had an awful RPI last year at 286 and were 11-20.

After watching them the other night and seeing what they have done even so far, they look like a team who could end up in that 175 range this year. They looked like a terrible opponent before this year and now could really help by the end of the year.

 

[DoeyHawk]

Non conference won't mean shit for the third place I am a giant douche team.

 

[Jack 10]

The other thing is RPI isn't static from year to year. Nebrantska-Omaha had an awful RPI last year at 286 and were 11-20.

After watching them the other night and seeing what they have done even so far, they look like a team who could end up in that 175 range this year. They looked like a terrible opponent before this year and now could really help by the end of the year.

They're not a full fledged D1 team (2nd year of transition) Do they even count toward RPI?

 

[douglasbader]

Yes.

 

[Verbal]

I feel like we've played Maryland Eastern Shore like 15 times in my lifetime, so yeah not really a Fran thing. It's only really an issue when it's like last year where you don't have a few good non-con games to balance it out. Having a few tune up games is fine.

Last night was the 5th meeting in school history.

 

[HiawathaHawk]

Non conference won't mean shit for the third place I am a giant douche team.

This is the dumbest thing you could say on this topic. Kakert tried pulling the same thing. Will it keep them out of the tournament? No, but it definitely plays a role in your seed.

 

[HiawathaHawk]

There were a couple of times Fran was picking something off the sleeve of his suit. He looked really bored.

Maybe he shouldn't be playing games like this.

I get it, but this is getting as annoying as media on twitter bitching about the new foul rules.

Pretty much everyone is trying to schedule to game the RPI and schedule teams in the 150-200 range. EVERYONE plays multiple games like this. He could try to cut it down to 1-2 less, but it improved from last year. You can't avoid games like this on some level.

Doug, the problem isn't that we don't play all 150-200 teams or mostly 150-200 teams. It's that we play either top 100 or sub 250. We currently have 4 teams 300+ on kenpom, 2 that are 250-300, one at 235 and then it's just the top 100's in Atlantis, ND, ISU and Drake who is sitting at 154.

Every year with all of the games we can actually schedule at home on our own, we only bring in the worst teams in the country. I refuse to believe other teams can do it but we can't. It's dumb.

 

[MikeyJoe]

Doug, the problem isn't that we don't play all 150-200 teams or mostly 150-200 teams. It's that we play either top 100 or sub 250. We currently have 4 teams 300+ on kenpom, 2 that are 250-300, one at 235 and then it's just the top 100's in Atlantis, ND, ISU and Drake who is sitting at 154. Every year with all of the games we can actually schedule at home on our own, we only bring in the worst teams in the country. I refuse to believe other teams can do it but we can't. It's dumb.

Correct. Acting like Iowa couldn't avoid it is dumb. Clearly everyone will play some shitty teams. Iowa just plays too damn many of them.

 

[ThadHawk]

I feel like we've played Maryland Eastern Shore like 15 times in my lifetime, so yeah not really a Fran thing. It's only really an issue when it's like last year where you don't have a few good non-con games to balance it out. Having a few tune up games is fine.

Last night was the 5th meeting in school history.

I honestly can't believe it's only been 5 times. I swear we played them every year when Dr. Tom was the coach.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

I get it, but this is getting as annoying as media on twitter bitching about the new foul rules.

Pretty much everyone is trying to schedule to game the RPI and schedule teams in the 150-200 range. EVERYONE plays multiple games like this. He could try to cut it down to 1-2 less, but it improved from last year. You can't avoid games like this on some level.

This.

You have to have games you absolutely know you can win.

That wasn't the point of ol' Dougie's post.

I know it wasn't. My point was even games like this are necessary IMO. Allows Fran to do whatever the hell he wants during the game without worry of losing. You can't necessarily have carte blanche with the 150 range RPI teams.

Unless you can and then of course I'm a dipshit and can GFM.

 

[Verbal]

I feel like we've played Maryland Eastern Shore like 15 times in my lifetime, so yeah not really a Fran thing. It's only really an issue when it's like last year where you don't have a few good non-con games to balance it out. Having a few tune up games is fine.

Last night was the 5th meeting in school history.

I honestly can't believe it's only been 5 times. I swear we played them every year when Dr. Tom was the coach.

Just once. 1991.

 

[Uli Kunkel]

Not sure where else to put this so I'll bump a random Fran thread.

There's a bit in Keith Murphy's podcast about Large Marge heckling him at a cancer benefit and she and Fran having him removed as an emcee all due to not liking his reporting.

 

[eclone]

And all of the Iowa sports writers (and I mean state of Iowa not just Hawkeye) are circling the wagons around Murphy to go scorched Earth against the McCaffreys. Fran and Marge. And it appears very well deserved.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Marge sucks, and Iowa sportswriters are weird

 

[LifelongHawk]

A pox on all their houses

 

[BBK]

Still sounds like sour grapes for trying to get racist Dolph fired

 

[Dr_Hawk]

If the McCaffreys had any wherewithal they would be extremely embarrassed. They are thick-headed enough to think to think it's justified. And Marge is the lowest of lows by heckling someone at cancer benefit. Good grief, they are so out of touch.

 

[Squat Cobbler]

Caitlin Clark is never coming back.

 

[maxinquaye]

That hurts her way more than it hurts the McCafferys. She has the wrong people in her ear.

 

[Uli Kunkel]

If she ever actually cut ties with her school over the McCaffrey family then she's just as bad as they are.

 

[Stu Beagle]

Fucking Barta

 

[Karl Hungus]

Who gives a shit

 

[CamelTones]

Dochterman has hinted at this for a few years.

That is also a perfect example of why Fran puts a ceiling on any program he’s in charge of. He has a clear blind spot to his own faults. A lot of it is probably Marge, but that’s an even bigger issue.

 

[Talkin' Goat]

If she ever actually cut ties with her school over the McCaffrey family then she's just as bad as they are.

She hasn’t cut ties at all. It’s people being butthurt about her not commenting on Iowa MBB run in the tourney. It’s all dumb as fuck and people creating drama that isn’t there.

 

[StinkyMcFadden]

He has a clear blind spot to his own faults. A lot of it is probably Marge, but that’s an even bigger issue.

A GIGANTIC issue.

With tiny tits...God's cruelest joke.

 

[Stu Beagle]

She hasn’t cut ties at all. It’s people being butthurt about her not commenting on Iowa MBB run in the tourney. It’s all dumb as fuck and people creating drama that isn’t there.

Connor is 100% the reason she never mentioned anything re: the men’s team

 

[Creed]

A GIGANTIC issue.

With tiny tits...God's cruelest joke.

Is she from Wisconsin? That’s how they grow them.

 

[Talkin' Goat]

Connor is 100% the reason she never mentioned anything re: the men’s team

Maybe, but who gives a fuck? Her only real “obligation” is to post positive shit about Iowa WBB every once in awhile and even that’s debatable. Her being connected to Iowa is about as big of an asset as everyone could ever ask for.

 

[BBK]

Maybe, but who gives a fuck? Her only real “obligation” is to post positive shit about Iowa WBB every once in awhile and even that’s debatable. Her being connected to Iowa is about as big of an asset as everyone could ever ask for.

 

[Talkin' Goat]

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Hassel remains a bitch.