Believe it or not, but I remember a time when mopkins had decent takes.
I don't know if I've ever seen an institution be so fine and OK with absolute and continuing mediocrity out of an AD. It boggles the mind.
As a fan of the Hawkeyes and St Louis Cardinals, this is the new normal for me. The Cardinals are run like a business and to be profitable. Success is just a bonus. The Cardinals know 3,000,000 fans will walk through the gates every year regardless of what their payroll or on the field success is. Now apply that logic to the Hawkeyes and you can see why they love Barta so much. He brings in the phat dollar billz.
I'm a Royals fan, but I completely agree with you about the Cardinals.
However, as it relates to the Hawkeyes.....under Barta's watch, football attendance has dipped to it's lowest point since when KF took over the program. We used to have season ticket sellouts on a regular basis, but haven't had a season sellout since 2011; under Barta's watch, men's basketball attendance dipped to the worst ever in Carver when Lick was here, it's now getting back to that low point againi very quickly. Barta has had nothing to do with the TV money that's come pouring in....that's Delaney and his folks at the Big 10 front offices. We are now going on 3 straight years of having our athletic dept in the red when it used to constantly be in the black. He cost the department an add'l $6.5M in unnecessary expense by failing to document personnel issues. You could literally put a monkey in the AD spot right now and there'd be no difference in athletic department performance....financial or otherwise.....
jesus tap dancing christ some of you guys get so worked up over the dumbest of shit.
This so much. Our athletics are mediocre at BEST and Barta shouldn't be getting ANY credit for the financials that come from BTN. Show me where he ranks in comparison to his peers ex BTN revenue before you call him some kind of financial genius. I bet its not good.I'm a Royals fan, but I completely agree with you about the Cardinals.
However, as it relates to the Hawkeyes.....under Barta's watch, football attendance has dipped to it's lowest point since when KF took over the program. We used to have season ticket sellouts on a regular basis, but haven't had a season sellout since 2011; under Barta's watch, men's basketball attendance dipped to the worst ever in Carver when Lick was here, it's now getting back to that low point againi very quickly. Barta has had nothing to do with the TV money that's come pouring in....that's Delaney and his folks at the Big 10 front offices. We are now going on 3 straight years of having our athletic dept in the red when it used to constantly be in the black. He cost the department an add'l $6.5M in unnecessary expense by failing to document personnel issues. You could literally put a monkey in the AD spot right now and there'd be no difference in athletic department performance....financial or otherwise.....
I really was just messin with you. You have good takes.