BigD
Well-Known Member
I hope this next hire is a significant one, both for the basketball program and the fan's AND for this forum. I have talked enough to know that the budget for Hawkeye Nation is operating on bare bones. I appreciate those who put their time in to moderate and post stories. Hopefully some new excitement can be generated to get Culver filled up again and also to get things picking up over here on the forums.
Hopefully the football program can get an uptick also. People show up for the atmosphere in Kinnick, but if we just bounce around in the mid-pack of the conference how long will people's enthusiasm last there also? Can we ever win the conference again as things are? Probably not, but finishing fourth or fifth would at least keep strong interest. It's too bad that Brian didn't find success as the OC as it would have been a natural transition for him to step in and replace his dad. Kirk has been a great source of stability and success, but some of that was due to their being two divisions and the one Iowa was in was the lesser of the two.
For the interest of the conference it might be in best interest to go to three or four divisions to keep the general fan bases of all of the teams interested.
Hopefully the football program can get an uptick also. People show up for the atmosphere in Kinnick, but if we just bounce around in the mid-pack of the conference how long will people's enthusiasm last there also? Can we ever win the conference again as things are? Probably not, but finishing fourth or fifth would at least keep strong interest. It's too bad that Brian didn't find success as the OC as it would have been a natural transition for him to step in and replace his dad. Kirk has been a great source of stability and success, but some of that was due to their being two divisions and the one Iowa was in was the lesser of the two.
For the interest of the conference it might be in best interest to go to three or four divisions to keep the general fan bases of all of the teams interested.
