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Fran has cussed out his last referee

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Seems to be a good coach with a solid (but not elite program). Chris Collins with similar outcomes is being idolized and extended while Fran is out. That in itself is a perk of being and staying at northwestern. It would be very difficult for Chris to ever get fired from NU.

I will miss Fran. Defintley an entertaining guy to watch because you never knew what you were gonna get. I’d rather have a fiery villain rival than a boring guy.
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So that is it for the season

Deeringfish
Too bad for us fans but I have to admit if it were not for the injuries that got the young guys on the court, I wouldn't be very excited about next year. Seeing the young guys hold their own and Mart continue to excel even without Barney or Leach on the floor is really encouraging. When you consider most players, if healthy, improve year over year sometimes dramatically, next years team could be way better than I was thinking at the beginning of this season.
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Fran has cussed out his last referee

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CappyNU said:
I can see where they are coming from. Yes, he got them to the dance 7 times (and would've been 8 if not for COVID), but he never got them past the 2nd round, was upset in back to back seasons (2021 with sr. year Garza as a #2 in the 2nd round and 2022 with Keegan Murray as a #5 in the 1st round), and has been trending in the wrong direction the past four seasons. The offense isn't elite anymore, and the defense has gone from mediocre to terrible. I think it's the right move, there are definitely a number of midwestern up-and-comer coaches in lower leagues who would jump at the opportunity.
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Hmm. Well, worst of luck to them going forward.
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Fran has cussed out his last referee

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Sec.112 said:
Did you see that toss yesterday? He obviously said the wrong words b/c he was incredibly low on the Franometer. There was nothing ... zilch ... nada that close to physically outrageous.

Having said that, I will not miss that pud at all. INCREDIBLY overrated.
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It looked he got the second T for yelling "That's ****ing bullshit!" Is that really enough to get tossed? Coaches swear all the time.
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Fran has cussed out his last referee

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EagerFan said:
I don't know anything about him outside of the arena, and I won't miss his court side antics. At all.

This seems like another case of school/fan expectations outpacing reality. The guy got Iowa to the dance 7 times in his 15 years and has an overall winning record.
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I can see where they are coming from. Yes, he got them to the dance 7 times (and would've been 8 if not for COVID), but he never got them past the 2nd round, was upset in back to back seasons (2021 with sr. year Garza as a #2 in the 2nd round and 2022 with Keegan Murray as a #5 in the 1st round), and has been trending in the wrong direction the past four seasons. The offense isn't elite anymore, and the defense has gone from mediocre to terrible. I think it's the right move, there are definitely a number of midwestern up-and-comer coaches in lower leagues who would jump at the opportunity.
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Bye Bye Ben

Purple Pile Driver
ThatkidfromHolland said:
Fine without looking up stats….

Pardon and Young were not stretch 5’s so myth #1 busted.

The only 5 stars recruited that I can recall has family ties to NU. Obviously have to shake the tree on those. I may be wrong here, there may be others.

Martinelli and older were recruited pre ultimatum and Clayton/Barkley/Strauss and younger were recruited after. Banrhizer, Buie, Audige, Martinelli, Matt, and Ty were the culture setters.

Not looking the possessions thing up. I wouldn’t be shocked if tempo slowed. I also wouldn’t be shocked if it stayed similar to the years around the 1st tournament.

Pardon was a very effective rim protector. Nance was a better post defender than Young while neither was great at it Nance had the height and length to recover at times.

The rotation the first tournament year ran about 8-9 players deep.

You didn’t provide any facts to support any of the statements I questioned. The Lowry hire is not what saved Collins job. It is every decision leading up to the epic turnaround season that made it possible. It is a bunch of little things that added up. That is how success and progress happens.
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Is there anything more subjective than the Lowrey hire likely saved CCC’s job? Easy to argue something that can’t be proved. I do know that the heralded class of Kopp, RY, Pete weren’t defensive stalwarts. We played defense before Lowrey showed up too and that was documented in a previous post. It sounds good in theory because the improvement coincided with Lowrey showing up, but we also didn’t have the clear defensive liabilities that we previously had. Lowrey is a fine defensive Coach and he makes a difference, but it was a combination of Lowrey, the other Assistant Coaches, the Players, and equally important CCC saving CCC’s job.
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