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I thought this was a basketball thread!?

You hit the nail on the head. Kids do get excited about the Nike Combat uniforms, the facilities ... the hype. Our entire marketing of Iowa athletics leaves much, much to be desired. We have a short-attention, what's-in-it-for-me society ... Kids flip flop school "verbals" like you or I change...

The name of the game is recruiting and in Year #5 I personally have had higher expectations. I sort of feel like we peaked. Yes, next year we have some interesting recruits coming in but those recruits will be true freshmen ... I am not calling for Fran's head by any means, but I do sort of...

It is odd not knowing what we truly have in the backfield ... We never established ANY continuity in the running game whatsoever ... Players were injured or oddly rotated in and out ... Normally, Iowa is known for its running game ... It seems like we just have a roster full of average running...

I completely tune Barta out. He is a man whose time is coming and he has to know it. He is going to ride the Kirk stagecoach as long as he can (or at least through next season ... after which I think they will both be gone) ... Gary knows he flubbed Kirk's contract ... He knows he has to give...

I didn't take the time to read the entire OP. However, I will assume most of it is pretty spot on ... I realized over the last few weeks I need to cleanse myself of Iowa athletics ... The way the football season ended ... and the up and down plight of the bball program ... now has me pretty much...

My two cents ... although I know nothing about the inner workings of our strength program other than having the pleasure of hearing Doyle speak at an I-Club outing ... I don't think Doyle is the problem. I think Iowa's "problems" has more to do with our drop off in recruiting the past few years...

Unfortunately, until the LOI comes rolling in it's hard to put too much stock in what a kid says. In today's social-media driven world, these kids change their minds as often as I do when it comes to deciding what to toss on the grill this weekend. At such a young age, you simply don't know how...

I do think Iowa will have to get a little "creative" in 2015 because there are going to be some seats to fill. Plenty of seats to fill. I personally have 4 close friends who are giving up their season tickets this year ... I gave mine up 2 years ago. It's tough to pay the money and then make the...

I noticed the same thing .. Some threads ... even with well thought-out comments will include the -1 no matter the post. So yes, it certain people just going through the entire thread and giving the thumbs down to everything ... No skin off my nose but when you read well-positioned comments ...

Come on people ... It's a start and at least it is some kind of change. For the naysayers who keep saying this won't have an effect on the program, etc., how do you know that? It starts at the top. And as long as Sally Mason continued in her post the chances of anything changing within our...

Waste of time presser

I work in corporate communications and marketing and this press conference was a COMPLETE waste of time. Pointless. The release of the 2-deep depth chart ... Today's presser ... Complete waste of time and 2 forced items that someone told Kirk he needs to do to keep the pitchforks away. In...

Honestly, I don't care too much where kids come from. What I do care about is that our recent recruiting rankings have been pretty much on par with how we have finished the season. Watching Iowa gainst Tennessee was a painful and visual reminder of how athletically-challenged we are. We looked...

I just feel like yes, Iowa football still works ... but the quality and excitement is somewhat like a VCR tape. While schools like Oregon make me think of Netflix. Oh where or where have my Hawkeyes gone. Thirty-five years as a diehard and former season ticket holder and I-Club board member...

My honest 2 cents how this plays out. Kirk gets one more year. The writing is on the wall. Iowa can take it's time to get its act together in searching for a replacement. I do think that target will be BB and I do think Iowa will have a legitimate shot to bring him here. Yes, it will cost money...

Good points OP ... Not much has been mentioned about Parker and the dismal performance by the defense for most of the year. It is really eye opening when you stop and think about the fact EVERY area of this program needs an overhaul. Our kicking game is horrible (although FG kicking and kickoffs...

Despite the frustration some of us feel about the state of the program ... have to welcome this kid aboard! Anybody willing to don the black and gold .. well, that's a pretty special and unique opportunity!

Kirk is not a dumb man. He knows the frustration is at its highest level in his 16-year tenure. Part of me still thinks that Kirk will sit down with Gary and they will reach some type of agreement that let's Kirk walk away with a nice chunk of money - without being fired. I know some posters...

I sort of shook my head at the guy's background. I mean come on... Is this really the best person to be your recruiting coordinator? There is nobody out there better than someone who played at Coe and coached at a small program!? That being said, it sort of fits with Kirk's mentality that we are...