Do you think Barta is regretting his comments about $

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hawkeye12345

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not being an issue?


Kind of like our previous AD making the statement about the new coach taking our program to the 'next level'?

To me, by stating that money not being an issue means that he is going to go out there and hire the best available coach regardless of cost. If that means going out and hiring Calipari for $5 million per year then so be it (although I don't think that's going to happen).

With money not being an issue and the fan base fairly well solidified that we want Bruce Pearl as the guy, did Barta just set himself up to fail in a similar fashion that our previous AD had done? What if Barta goes out and does hire an assistant to an assistant at a major conference or does hire a head coach that is the flavor of the month that wasn't on anybody's radar screen before the tournament.
 
It's a good point. If Barta was serious about that statement then just about any coach should be a viable candidate. Whether a coach is happy with his current situation or not, $3.5-4 million a year can sway one's loyalty pretty quickly (not saying we'll offer that or can offer that.) If we do end up hiring an assistant, I think it's safe to say that we didn't come to the negotiating table with the idea or capability of "money is not an issue".

Maybe Barta was looking to appease the masses... or maybe we'll get blindsided with a grand slam hire.
 
Did Barta actually say money would not be an issue, or was that Gary Dolphin? I remember Barta saying that the Lick buyout and the money for the new coach would come from athletic department funds, and I think that is what he meant to the fact that money is not an issue. I don't think he said Iowa was willing to pay $3million plus per year to get a coach?
 
ForeverHawk said:
Did Barta actually say money would not be an issue, or was that Gary Dolphin? I remember Barta saying that the Lick buyout and the money for the new coach would come from athletic department funds, and I think that is what he meant to the fact that money is not an issue. I don't think he said Iowa was willing to pay $3million plus per year to get a coach?
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Yeah, I think Dolph said this. Not 100 percent sure though. The GB presser seems like it was way more than a week ago! And I have a hard time remembering what happened yesterday!
 
HAWKEYESTATE4ever said:
Yeah, I think Dolph said this. Not 100 percent sure though. The GB presser seems like it was way more than a week ago! And I have a hard time remembering what happened yesterday!
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I just don't remember Gary Barta saying that money will not be an issue referencing the amount of money they are willing to pay a new coach. He did say the money to buyout Lick and to pay the new coach would come from the athletic department, meaning no money would be used from donors in either scenario.

The problem with this is, if Iowa doesn't hire a big name and make a big splash and pay big bucks, the majority of the fan based is going to be ****** that Barta did not do what he allegedly said he would do. Is there anyone that can confirm what Barta said about the money not being an issue, because I think some mis-information is flying around these boards.
 
Iowa's program is in such a state that most b-ball guru's automatically realize that $$ will not be an issue. The history of the program the last several yrs speak louder than Barta mentioning that $ will not be an issue.
 
If Barta pays more $$$ than Lickliter for a coach like Jacobson then YES he should regret his comments and would be foolish. But if he were to go out and pay big $$$ for a Pearl, Dixon, Drew, etc. then NO he would be justified. To pay another mid-major coach, another "flavor of the month" coach who doesn't differ much from our previous coach (UNI averages 2 more points/game) then I'd wonder why we didn't just keep Lick and see what he could do next season and save $$$ from a buyout and questionable $$ for another "flavor of the month" coach.

Doug Gottleib seems certain that Barta has Jacobson as his #1 and willing to outpay other programs for him (somewhere around $2+ million). This would be a mistake for both parties. We need someone that has national recruiting ties (NOT just Iowa/midwest) and BCS experience and uptempo style.
 
HawkeyeRyno said:
If Barta pays more $$$ than Lickliter for a coach like Jacobson then YES he should regret his comments and would be foolish. But if he were to go out and pay big $$$ for a Pearl, Dixon, Drew, etc. then NO he would be justified. To pay another mid-major coach, another "flavor of the month" coach who doesn't differ much from our previous coach (UNI averages 2 more points/game) then I'd wonder why we didn't just keep Lick and see what he could do next season and save $$$ from a buyout and questionable $$ for another "flavor of the month" coach.

Doug Gottleib seems certain that Barta has Jacobson as his #1 and willing to outpay other programs for him (somewhere around $2+ million). This would be a mistake for both parties. We need someone that has national recruiting ties (NOT just Iowa/midwest) and BCS experience and uptempo style.
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I doubt very much if Doug Gottlieb knows who exactly is on Barta's list, much less who his #1 is. Everybody throws out the obvious Ben Jacobsen because he is coaching in our state, especially now that UNI beat KU. 3 three years ago, all of ESPN's talking heads were saying that we should go after Altman, and again, my guess is that's because Altman is right there on Iowa's borders.

IMO, if we pay the next coach $2 million, it had better not be another mid-major hire, or an assistant.
 
A Chicago radio station (The Score) on the day TL was fired reported Ben Jacobson as the leading candidate for the job. This was before UNI even played UNLV.
 
ssckelley said:
A Chicago radio station (The Score) on the day TL was fired reported Ben Jacobson as the leading candidate for the job. This was before UNI even played UNLV.
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I listen to 670 a lot, and they don't know anything about Iowa sports. They barely know anything about Northwestern or the Illini, either. That station is really only concerned with Chicago's professional teams.
 
Yea, I question a Chicago station's rationale that Jac is the leading candidate... I'd like to see that beyond a statement saying "a reliable source tells me"
 
iirc, during the press conference, Barta was asked about Lick's buy-out and whether there was going to be a 'settlement'. Barta responded that he was going to pay Lick per the contract which is $800k per year for the next 3 years. He was then asked a question about money and he responded that money wasn't going to be an issue as we were sitting pretty flush with cash right now but that cash flow could be and that he just needed to figure out how to re-arrange a few things. He kept saying that no STATE money was going to be used and emphasized that all proceeds including the hiring of the new coach were coming from the athletic department. Implying that donors WERE paying for the buyout and future coach - or at least that's what I took from it.
 
hawkeye12345 said:
iirc, during the press conference, Barta was asked about Lick's buy-out and whether there was going to be a 'settlement'. Barta responded that he was going to pay Lick per the contract which is $800k per year for the next 3 years. He was then asked a question about money and he responded that money wasn't going to be an issue as we were sitting pretty flush with cash right now but that cash flow could be and that he just needed to figure out how to re-arrange a few things. He kept saying that no STATE money was going to be used and emphasized that all proceeds including the hiring of the new coach were coming from the athletic department. Implying that donors WERE paying for the buyout and future coach - or at least that's what I took from it.
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Maybe I am remembering it incorrectly, but I thought he said all money for Lick's buyout and the funds for the new coach would come for the athletic department. I thought he was trying to make it clear that no donor money would be involved as he also tried to say that pressure from the donors did not weigh on his decision to let Lick go and that is was his decision alone based on what had transpired during the last few weeks of Lick's tenure.
 
I think he was saying it wasn't going to cost the tax payers money for any of this, the buyout or the new coaches salary
 
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