Agree 100%.
JJ was a very good asst for many years.
I said this same thing before tonight's game. Journey can't get minutes and yet she's often been the most productive player on the floor.
Insanity is doing the same thing game after game and expecting different results.
We'll never know, but I suspect Bluder informed Beth, all the players and recruits were told JJ gets the job, and than it was publicly announced.
lol. How dumb. It worked perfectly tonight. Did you watch? Starting lineup was killing it. Things went south after 1st subs..
We'll never know.
In most instances JJ or anyone else can't win against teams with superior talent. Iowa's last three losses have been against teams with better talent, period.
Huh? What rule are you referencing?
USC and Minnesota have more talent than Iowa?
I have an honest, not a smarty guy question. If we don’t run the triangle what should we run? Obviously our personnel dictates that we run a double post offense. We need to have Ava and Hannah on the court as much as possible. Then we start and play another player who is not an offensive threat. I’m a Hannah fan but all the talk about her working to improve her perimeter shooting just hasn’t worked out. I just feel the Hawkeyes are really limited in stretching the floor and creating space with our present personnel. That doesn’t mean we can’t have some good wins left in us, it just makes things difficult. I don’t know the answer for the rest of the season but I think it puts a lot of pressure on Addie and Taylor to make a difference.
They beat an Iowa still adjusting to life without CC/Lisa at home, and then turn around to get smoked by UCONN, just like we would’ve. Wow, amazing.
USC is definitely more talented than Iowa even minus JuJu.
So they are then pressed to play hard defense & they almost get back into the game. Where was this the first 30 minutes?
Houston had a great 3rd quarter and then sat the whole 4th quarter until like 2 minutes left. With KF struggling would have liked to see Houston in at the 3 with HS at 4 and AH at 5 last night. Would have helped rebounding as well. Houston played less than half the minutes of KF and their stat lines arent even close. KF defense wasnt that great last night
FWIW, I took notice of that as well. Play the players that are playing well and Houston is. Play her more.
Your not sure? No one was interviewed. That's pretty obvious based on Beths comments, and that fact they announced Jan about an hour after Lisa's announced retirement. I thought Jan deserved a shot, and a few years to put her stamp on the job. Having said that, these next couple of years will define how long she stays, both in terms of recruiting and game day coaching.
Good Lord. Do you actually watch the games? When in the Sam Hill has Kylie EVER had the best defender on her? Please. That would be coaching malpractice by the other coach. She's the least likely player on our team to score and that includes players on the bench who rarely play. Shes a career 20% or less three point shooter, has ZERO mid range game, and has no idea how to get to the glass unless there is no one in the lane. She makes poor decisions on how or when to pass, and does not understand passing angles or timing. There are games where they hardly guard her at all.
Deal came out at the same time as Ava after a nice assist to Ava and hitting a three, and that was just about 3 minutes into the game. We were up 14-6 or 8. Made no sense at all...
There were NO interviews. Lolol.. They announced Jan within an hour, (more like a half hour) of Lisa retiring.
He should have said against a ranked team on the road. And its been since 2018 since they beat Iowa, of course we've been ranked most of that time.
Ranked teams on the road.....
Record aside, USC has recruited way better than Iowa the last 3 or 4 years. They've had a top 5 class every year and the number one class this year and next I believe.
