[Herky] Fran McCaffery unplugged: In-depth with the Hawkeyes coach on what derailed Iowa's season

Gwen Enokian gmcnhawkeye at gmail.com
Mon Apr 16 22:36:28 PDT 2018


again I don't know much but it seems that both the men's and women's
basketball teams suffered from the lack of a true point guard
I am also a Loyola alum

On Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 12:16 AM Dennis v <dvanlangen at verizon.net> wrote:

> Cook didn’t seem too interested in playing defense at times, probably
> because he didn’t want to rack up fouls.  He definitely was more energized
> on the offensive end.
>
> Poor spacing and communication were problems on the defensive end.  Baer
> was not getting in front of his man on several occasions.  Wagner played
> hard, but was matched up with bigger guys too much.  Moss seemed to play
> good defense only when he was playing well offensively.
>
> I think Garza will be an above average defender.  He learned a lot last
> season.
>
> Dennis v.
>
> *From:* Gwen Enokian <gmcnhawkeye at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 17, 2018 12:50 AM
> *To:* Herky <herky at lists.herky.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Herky] Fran McCaffery unplugged: In-depth with the
> Hawkeyes coach on what derailed Iowa's season
>
> really? Lack of effort? Actually that is what many commenters insinuated
> but that is disheartening
>
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018, 3:06 PM Keith Voigts <kvoigts at wisemanengine.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Gwen wants to unplug Fran’s unplugged interview.
>>
>>
>>
>> It’s very simple to me.  Take away all the tech speak and you are left
>> with one big word—lack of effort (yogi speak).  Defense requires superhuman
>> effort.  Forget the X’s and O’s.  Without effort there is nothing.  Effort
>> resuts from conditioning, communication, understanding and all the other
>> buzz words.  I’m not saying why effort was so inconsistent, I’m just saying
>> it wasn’t there much of the time.
>>
>>
>>
>> Also, I agree with Fran’s comments about 3 point shooting.  Even though
>> the offensive stats look good, the three’s didn’t come enough to allow the
>> Hawks to dominate.
>>
>>
>>
>> Keith
>>
>> [image: facebook (002)]
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Herky <herky-bounces at lists.herky.net> *On Behalf Of *Jeff Napier
>> *Sent:* Monday, April 16, 2018 12:11 PM
>> *To:* Herky <herky at lists.herky.net>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Herky] Fran McCaffery unplugged: In-depth with the
>> Hawkeyes coach on what derailed Iowa's season
>>
>>
>>
>> My theory on why Iowa's defense was so bad this year are youth and
>> plantar fasciitis.  I don't think most of us realize how much the foot
>> injury impacted Jordan's defense.  I don't know that he will ever be a
>> great defender but I do think he can at least slow the other PG down. This
>> last year they went by him like he was standing still.
>>
>>
>>
>> Coaching can always be better but when they had Woodbury, Clemons,
>> Uthoff, and Gesell they were not bad on defense. Did they forget how to
>> coach defense over the last few years.
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>>
>> *From:* Herky <herky-bounces at lists.herky.net> on behalf of Dennis v <
>> dvanlangen at verizon.net>
>> *Sent:* Monday, April 16, 2018 1:14 AM
>> *To:* Herky
>> *Subject:* Re: [Herky] Fran McCaffery unplugged: In-depth with the
>> Hawkeyes coach on what derailed Iowa's season
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>
>>
>> He knows the team had deficiencies on defense for many reasons, including
>> ineffective coaching.
>>
>>
>>
>> He’s right about the talent he’s got. But I was shocked how poorly they
>> played on D in conference play.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dennis v.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Gwen Enokian <gmcnhawkeye at gmail.com>
>>
>> *Sent:* Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:07 PM
>>
>> *To:* Herky <herky at lists.herky.net>
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Herky] Fran McCaffery unplugged: In-depth with the
>> Hawkeyes coach on what derailed Iowa's season
>>
>>
>>
>> Does any of this make sense to those of you who know basketball?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 15, 2018, 4:31 PM Larry Edwards <larryed6124 at knology.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/basketball-men/2018/04/13/fran-mccaffery-iowa-hawkeyes-basketball-worst-season/512862002/
>>
>>
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