Iowa scorekeeper, clipboards, players feel McCaffery's wrath
The beginning of the end for him in Iowa City? He seems to have lost this Register reporter/columnist.
http://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sp...-big-ten-conference-chad-leistikow/996688001/
At some point in Tuesday’s Big Ten Conference basketball game here, even the scoreboard operator was expecting Michigan to convert every trip down the Carver-Hawkeye Arena floor.
And even he was not immune from the ire of Iowa coach Fran McCaffery after incorrectly giving Michigan two first-half points that the Hawkeyes had earned.
Instead of 48-34 Michigan, the arena video boards — for maybe a minute — showed 50-32.
After being notified of the error, McCaffery approached the operator while saying something with a raised voice, and he slammed an open hand into the scorer’s table.
It was not a good look. And it underscored the frustration that's boiling over for Iowa’s coach and his players in Tuesday’s humbling 75-68 loss to the Wolverines.
Over the years, McCaffery has publicly screamed at his players, nose to nose. He’s slammed a chair at Michigan State. He’s been suspended for bumping an official at Wisconsin.
But even among his widely known sideline antics, McCaffery’s timeout tirade with 8:11 remaining in the first half has got to rank with some of his most explosive in eight years with the Hawkeyes.
No matter how bad things get for the Cyclones this year, I’m confident in saying we won’t see something like this. Let’s all just keep attending, watching and cheering this year!
The beginning of the end for him in Iowa City? He seems to have lost this Register reporter/columnist.
http://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sp...-big-ten-conference-chad-leistikow/996688001/
At some point in Tuesday’s Big Ten Conference basketball game here, even the scoreboard operator was expecting Michigan to convert every trip down the Carver-Hawkeye Arena floor.
And even he was not immune from the ire of Iowa coach Fran McCaffery after incorrectly giving Michigan two first-half points that the Hawkeyes had earned.
Instead of 48-34 Michigan, the arena video boards — for maybe a minute — showed 50-32.
After being notified of the error, McCaffery approached the operator while saying something with a raised voice, and he slammed an open hand into the scorer’s table.
It was not a good look. And it underscored the frustration that's boiling over for Iowa’s coach and his players in Tuesday’s humbling 75-68 loss to the Wolverines.
Over the years, McCaffery has publicly screamed at his players, nose to nose. He’s slammed a chair at Michigan State. He’s been suspended for bumping an official at Wisconsin.
But even among his widely known sideline antics, McCaffery’s timeout tirade with 8:11 remaining in the first half has got to rank with some of his most explosive in eight years with the Hawkeyes.
No matter how bad things get for the Cyclones this year, I’m confident in saying we won’t see something like this. Let’s all just keep attending, watching and cheering this year!
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