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"There's two ways to look at this game," Iowa coach Fran McCaffery told the Des Moines Register after the game. "You can schedule it or not, OK? We could have found a team that won eight games last year very easily. We scheduled a team that won 31 games. Most teams won't play them, OK? But I felt like we needed a game like this."
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I think it's asinine to question Fran for scheduling this exhibition game. He's absolutely right in wanting to play someone who would expose weaknesses instead of providing the Hawks with a glorified pickup game. If people are looking at the box score and screaming "Why would you play a really good DII team??" Then they are fools. Or Fran is a fool if he thinks that's what is riling people up...
That being said, people have every right to criticize Fran and the Hawks for being outplayed in this game and setting themselves up for questions about whether they can make the cut in the B1G this season. How could you not expect that?
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Did they win 31 games last year? I know Augustana of Illinois in Rock Island did really well.Selling a lot of old UNI stuff here: http://www.panthernation.com/showthread.php?t=65762
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Re: Former NCC member Augustana SD
Originally posted by TravelingPanther View PostDid they win 31 games last year? I know Augustana of Illinois in Rock Island did really well.
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Originally posted by TravelingPanther View PostDid they win 31 games last year? I know Augustana of Illinois in Rock Island did really well.
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Originally posted by Mudrafan View PostI never said he wasn't. His recruiting blows, however. Big time.
He had a lot of connections out east while at Siena that landed him a bunch of 6'4 to 6'7 guys that were twice as athletic as anyone in the MAAC.
He lost that type of connection going to the Midwest. He no longer has the best athletes on the court so his lack of true X and O ability shows more.
He still gets good talent, he just doesn't coach them up to their potential real well
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Mccaffrey defending his position of scheduling a tough opponent is the most HYSTERICAL thing I've ever heard. He and his AD are class A cowards. Tell me how that RPI looks with Coppin State, UMKC, WIU, Tennessee Tech and Gardner-Webb on your schedule that "most teams won't play" What a quack
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Originally posted by dgcb28 View PostMccaffrey defending his position of scheduling a tough opponent is the most HYSTERICAL thing I've ever heard. He and his AD are class A cowards. Tell me how that RPI looks with Coppin State, UMKC, WIU, Tennessee Tech and Gardner-Webb on your schedule that "most teams won't play" What a quack
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I'm not talking about those games. Mccaffrey has no control over those games. The games he has control over are almost ALWAYS 300+ RPI cupcakes, and they lose to some of them at home. For him to whine to the media that he scheduled some team most wouldn't and then have THAT non conference schedule is an absolute joke
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