Lol, yes for most teams and our turnovers have definitely lead to a fair share of those. I was more pointing out the number of times we set up our press and have somehow given up an easy 2 on 1 layup. I don't consider whatever the fuck Garza does as "contesting".
Got it, so if the offense was better then there’d be less uncontested layups.
Spot on Harl.
This is 100% correct. The question is why, and what can Fran do to fix him?
If that is true, I'm surprised a former man of the law like yourself didn't report such criminal activity to the ICPD.
That play was beyond belief. The fact that none of the defenders made any effort to stop him was, unfortunately, typical of the lack of effort and defensive fundamentals that we have seen lately.
Good post. The undeniable fact is that during the last few games our offense and defense have both sucked. Our guards do way too much dribbling without any purpose. They waste around 20 seconds of the shot clock and then we end up with a bad shot. Our defense is best described as "matador".
It doesn't help either that Cook is atrocious on D and that Garza is somehow far worse than he is. I think Garza may be the worst zone defender I've ever seen at Iowa. Seemingly every game Wieskamp has to pick up a cheap foul or two because Garza has no clue what he is doing or where he needs to be.
Huh. Guess I missed that. Kudos to those that actually watched the last two minutes.
I agree with the premise, but don't necessarily agree with your idea of "mediocre"
This pisses me off more than anything else. If you're going to suck, at least don't impact the best player's playing time. Iowa somehow has the dynamic combination of worst rim protector and worst on-ball defender in the league. I give Fran alot of credit for getting as much as he has out of this roster.
Iowa is able to set up their trap off of makes which leads to TOs and/or burns opponent's shot clock. I would guess that their D efficiency after a made basket is considerably higher than off a miss, wonder if anyone could back that up with actual stats?
Well no shit Turd Ferguson. Along with every other team in America. But there's a difference between having a slightly worse defense because you aren't scoring and what Iowa is doing. And FTR, they shot 47% against Ohio St and still gave up 90 points. Sure making shots would help but it's nowhere near the solution.
The first half was a complete whistle swallowing. They missed a pretty obvious travel, too. None of it really excuses the defensive recognition, though.
Here's the deal though...it's nothing new. That type of play has been allowed for years and will continue. What's really amazing is Fran's reluctance to adapt to it.
Edited for accuracy. Teams have recently started to go over the top of the press and score easy buckets.
Adam Woodbury would have poked him right in his stupid eyes.
The offense, evidently.
the fanbase didn't perform well vs Wisconsin.
The fanbase was really out of sync yesterday. The media too. They really need to improve soon to give the Hawks a chance.
hmmm
Everyone is a fucking idiot except for doug!
