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iahawkeyes17

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SimonaMeow said:
This is one of the most ridiculous laughable things I've seen on here, and that is saying something.

You seem like the kind of fan who knows NOTHING about other team's rosters, recruiting pipeline, and $$$
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She got a roster with Stuelke, affolter, o Grady, McCabe and fuehrbach who played minutes in title game run and some started. Inherited top portal player and leading scorer returning to college bball with Lucy Olson. Fact that Olson received more $ than any Iowa men’s player last year for NIL and a sport Iowa spends in more than lot of schools do for womens bball. She got a top tier recruiting class of 5 players 3 top 100 and one being a top 50 with Heiden. A situation where she didn’t have to deal with any roster turnover (see the men’s program after Fran left).

So yeah I considered what she inherited was pretty darn good than most situations for a new incoming coach with Iowa being around 20-25 in preseason polls to start the season. On top of Iowa coming off all the Clark hysteria being the most featured program in the women’s game the last 2 seasons. Brought in a ton of publicity on and off the court with recruiting and $. There is a reason Iowa can recruit 5* out of state like Deal. Sorry to offend a Jan apologist like yourself. Or please enlighten me about all the other places that have it so much easier to take over at.
 
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TruthSerium said:
She has done a good job in the reg season, and I will not deny that. I also think she is a very good recruiter and has a great track record with getting and developing centers. I just think she may be better as an assistant coach.

I like to think had Iowa hired someone like the Oklahoma coach Jan would have stuck around.
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Cmon. I'd say theres ZERO chance that she'd have stayed at Iowa as an assistant when she's been there 25 years and much of that as "associate Head coach". Zero. Not to mention its extremely unlikely that any coach coming in would keep anyone that entrenched in the old regime. That's not how it works.
 
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Kceasthawk@77 said:
Cmon. I'd say theres ZERO chance that she'd have stayed at Iowa as an assistant when she's been there 25 years and much of that as "associate Head coach". Zero. Not to mention its extremely unlikely that any coach coming in would keep anyone that entrenched in the old regime. That's not how it works.
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Where would she have gone?
 
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I said this a long time ago but I still believe it, Recruiting will be the biggest factor regarding Jan’s overall success at Iowa. I was just as disappointed as anyone in how the season ended and I understand it puts her coaching under a microscope, That said players have to make wide open shots at a decent percentage, That didn’t happen. Coaches tend to look a little smarter when their team shoots well and the opposite is true when the team shoots like crap. I look forward to seeing how she utilizes the portal.
 
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huntinghawk said:
Too early to tell.
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It probably is too early. Two years isn't enough time for that determination to be made, but the team had a great season by all accounts with a disappointing ending. Hopefully subsequent years can achieve more tournament success.
 
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Jonesy5960 said:
It probably is too early. Two years isn't enough time for that determination to be made, but the team had a great season by all accounts with a disappointing ending. Hopefully subsequent years can achieve more tournament success.
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Agree two years is too soon to know if she will rise to the occasion or not. But next year will be telling IMO.
 
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Scott559 said:
I said this a long time ago but I still believe it, Recruiting will be the biggest factor regarding Jan’s overall success at Iowa. I was just as disappointed as anyone in how the season ended and I understand it puts her coaching under a microscope, That said players have to make wide open shots at a decent percentage, That didn’t happen. Coaches tend to look a little smarter when their team shoots well and the opposite is true when the team shoots like crap. I look forward to seeing how she utilizes the portal.
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Or, you could make adjustments if the team isn't making wide open shots
 
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I don't think we have to have a discussion yet. But if we go a 3rd straight year of not getting out of the 1st weekend, then I think a serious discussion is warranted. Her gameday coaching and decision making certainly leaves something to be desired.
 
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TruthSerium said:
Iowa played like crap 3 games in a row. If Jan can't figure things out this late in the season that's a problem. UCLA was what it was but Iowa zero business playing so poorly at home the last two NCAA games.
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What adjustments would you have made to make open shots go in?
 
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Anon1750875978

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Scott559 said:
Explain Virginia playing an extra game and their best player playing virtually every minute of every game and yet when crunch time came she hit shots?
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OK, Iowa's guards were basically non scoring threats in the game as you well know.
There were multiple, multiple, times Stremlow and Feuerbach passed up WIDE open 3 pt shots.
So Johnson never had to chase our guards around the perimeter.
That's why she could play pretty much the entire game.
But you already knew this, right?
 
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Anon1750875978 said:
OK, Iowa's guards were basically non scoring threats in the game as you well know.
There were multiple, multiple, times Stremlow and Feuerbach passed up WIDE open 3 pt shots.
So Johnson never had to chase our guards around the perimeter.
That's why she could play pretty much the entire game.
But you already knew this, right?
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So she just rested? That’s your spin? Your tired legs take would be a bit more realistic except for the fact Iowa shot like crap in the FDU game and the first half of the Virginia game, If they had shot decent in those scenarios and then fallen off in the 2nd half vs Virginia you could make a reasonable argument. Reality, The guards shot 16% from the field in both games, Not just late in the Virginia game.
 
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Scott559 said:
So she just rested? That’s your spin? Your tired legs take would be a bit more realistic except for the fact Iowa shot like crap in the FDU game and the first half of the Virginia game, If they had shot decent in those scenarios and then fallen off in the 2nd half vs Virginia you could make a reasonable argument. Reality, The guards shot 16% from the field in both games, Not just late in the Virginia game.
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She rested???
Well, rested is a subjective term, but she certainly wasn't chasing a Clark level scorer around the court.
 
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The Big Z

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Anon1750875978 said:
OK, Iowa's guards were basically non scoring threats in the game as you well know.
There were multiple, multiple, times Stremlow and Feuerbach passed up WIDE open 3 pt shots.
So Johnson never had to chase our guards around the perimeter.
That's why she could play pretty much the entire game.
But you already knew this, right?
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Stremlow shot 13 times. So she did not pass up a bunch of opportunities. She just didn't make any of them. Our 2 starting guards shot 3-20. And they had a ton of good looks. So you're wrong as usual. And our starting pt guard put up 22 shots. Hell, Heiden got 22 shots. If you want to argue anything we could say Stuelke didn't get enough shots up as she was 7-12. You're ridiculous. It's always the blame Jan for you every game we lose.
 
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TruthSerium said:
Maybe try a new lineup. Find someone who could score.
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So I would tend to agree with this, but let's be honest. The bench outside of Journey was incredibly weak at the end of the year. If you're looking for scoring you're not going to insert Layla for anyone and Deal was already 0-3 and looked completely out of sorts in the few minutes she was in there. I would have liked to see Journey in there some more, especially towards the end in place of Hannah who was brutal at the FT line. 4 points on 2-5, 4 rebounds (3 offensive), and a steal in just 14 minutes of play.
 
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Jonesy5960 said:
So I would tend to agree with this, but let's be honest. The bench outside of Journey was incredibly weak at the end of the year. If you're looking for scoring you're not going to insert Layla for anyone and Deal was already 0-3 and looked completely out of sorts in the few minutes she was in there. I would have liked to see Journey in there some more, especially towards the end in place of Hannah who was brutal at the FT line. 4 points on 2-5, 4 rebounds (3 offensive), and a steal in just 14 minutes of play.
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Over the last 3 games of the season Stremlow and Feuerbach shoot a combined 13% from the field and 9% from 3P range. Who can't improve on that?
 
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pablow said:
Over the last 3 games of the season Stremlow and Feuerbach shoot a combined 13% from the field and 9% from 3P range. Who can't improve on that?
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Addie shot 22% over the last 5 games, 1-8 in her last 2, and was 0-3 in this one. You could argue that KF wasn't a good option offensively, but aside from Journey, there were no good options, including Addie who was more likely to turn it over than score a bucket.
 
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Stremlow shot 13 times. So she did not pass up a bunch of opportunities. She just didn't make any of them. Our 2 starting guards shot 3-20. And they had a ton of good looks. So you're wrong as usual. And our starting pt guard put up 22 shots. Hell, Heiden got 22 shots. If you want to argue anything we could say Stuelke didn't get enough shots up as she was 7-12. You're ridiculous. It's always the blame Jan for you every game we lose.
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Well, with all due respect, she is the head coach and the leader of the program. So yeah, the blame/accountability should always fall to her.
 
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HawksRule73 said:
Well, with all due respect, she is the head coach and the leader of the program. So yeah, the blame/accountability should always fall to her.
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Looks like JJ is a bit overwhelmed at times.

Understandable, she's in charge of every aspect of the program now, not just working with the 4s and 5s.

Too early to tell how this ends, but the post regular season results aren't terribly impressive.
 
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HawksRule73 said:
Well, with all due respect, she is the head coach and the leader of the program. So yeah, the blame/accountability should always fall to her.
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Absolutely. But point being when your 3 starting guards go 11-42 with a lot of open looks what were her options? Nobody is giving an answer. Should we have fed the post even more? Most people on here are complaining that’s all Jan does. But the stats show that wasn’t true. Sure, we could have played Deal more over who? Feurbach? Possibly. But Deal was horrible the last 5-7 games. Want to blame Jan a bit for not developing her bench a little more? I’ll listen to that.
 
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Underclass players being inconsistent and lacking mental toughness is the big issue, I think. Too nervous and too much pressure playing at home in front of a large crowd. And of course too intimidated playing away in front of a hostile crowd. They probably play best when there aren't a lot of spectators. Michigan and Ohio State are similar to Iowa in that aspect.

Kymora Johnson of Virginia is a McDonalds All American and junior.
 
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The Big Z said:
Stremlow shot 13 times. So she did not pass up a bunch of opportunities. She just didn't make any of them. Our 2 starting guards shot 3-20. And they had a ton of good looks. So you're wrong as usual. And our starting pt guard put up 22 shots. Hell, Heiden got 22 shots. If you want to argue anything we could say Stuelke didn't get enough shots up as she was 7-12. You're ridiculous. It's always the blame Jan for you every game we lose.
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There’s a pattern in the bad losses. They all come back to:

Offensive structure breaking down.

Not adjusting fast enough.

Letting games slip instead of controlling them.
 
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The Big Z said:
I’m sure there is. Do you think Jan should be in trouble after finishing the season 27-7 and a 2 seed? I’ll agree every coach including Ferentz should have one.
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Not in trouble but asked about her plan for next season. That includes NIL for players.
 
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