Fred Mims spoke to ESPN.com

Iowa is a day late on this press conference. It is extremely troubling how they provided vague statements for 24 hours meanwhile allowing nearly every sports site and message board in the country to explode with all kinds of accusations.

The perception of Iowa football has not been good the past few months and yet again we have an example of something very poorly handled within this athletic department. Instead of Iowa dictating the communication they left the door open to be ripped apart and that has happened.
 
iahawk20 said:
Iowa is a day late on this press conference. It is extremely troubling how they provided vague statements for 24 hours meanwhile allowing nearly every sports site and message board in the country to explode with all kinds of accusations.

The perception of Iowa football has not been good the past few months and yet again we have an example of something very poorly handled within this athletic department. Instead of Iowa dictating the communication they left the door open to be ripped apart and that has happened.
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Really? They announced that the players were safe and stable. They then confirmed it was likely related to training they underwent. After that, it takes time to figure out what exactly went down. Was it just the training? Was it forced dehydration? Was it due to the temperature of the training facility? Did all 12 have the flu? Did all 12 take the same supplements?

I'm not saying the athletic department is awesome when it comes to dealing with the press and the public, but cases like this do take time to clarify and sort through. I'd rather have them take a bit to figure out what happened, rather than saying "This was an accident, and nothing negligent/criminal happened" and then turn around a day later and say "Actually, the coaching staff knowingly withheld water from the players, and purposely overworked them." It may still happen, but hopefully not...
 
iahawk20 said:
Iowa is a day late on this press conference. It is extremely troubling how they provided vague statements for 24 hours meanwhile allowing nearly every sports site and message board in the country to explode with all kinds of accusations.

The perception of Iowa football has not been good the past few months and yet again we have an example of something very poorly handled within this athletic department. Instead of Iowa dictating the communication they left the door open to be ripped apart and that has happened.
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"Extremely troubling"?
"Poorly handled"?

I think it doesn't matter what the University's response would have been- you and a few hundred other anonymous internet tough-guy critics would have found fault in whatever way it was handled.
 
I agree with iahawk. Iowa has been getting pasted with negative coverage on this issue. I have seen accusations of supplements, roids, etc in the comments at ESPN and other sports sites. People jumping to conclusions that facts do not support at this time. That does not help the image of the university. There will be some accountability for sending 12 kids to the hospital if it was a staff member that caused it. Otherwise, lets see that it never happens again!
 
Bubbrub said:
"Extremely troubling"?
"Poorly handled"?

I think it doesn't matter what the University's response would have been- you and a few hundred other anonymous internet tough-guy critics would have found fault in whatever way it was handled.
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LOL- riiight. 99.9% of the time i am a homer and back Iowa....this was horribly handled. If you want to sit back and claim otherwise, that is your opinion.

The internet tough guy comments are hilarious, does not even make sense pal.
 
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edr247 said:
Really? They announced that the players were safe and stable. They then confirmed it was likely related to training they underwent. After that, it takes time to figure out what exactly went down. Was it just the training? Was it forced dehydration? Was it due to the temperature of the training facility? Did all 12 have the flu? Did all 12 take the same supplements?

I'm not saying the athletic department is awesome when it comes to dealing with the press and the public, but cases like this do take time to clarify and sort through. I'd rather have them take a bit to figure out what happened, rather than saying "This was an accident, and nothing negligent/criminal happened" and then turn around a day later and say "Actually, the coaching staff knowingly withheld water from the players, and purposely overworked them." It may still happen, but hopefully not...
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Yes, they do take time and that is exactly what they should have stated. The initial press release and the follow was not not good. Considering the entire country has been on Iowa for the last month regarding drug related issues and continued off the field blemishes, Iowa certainly could have put some additional content behind the vague press releases. The fact they had to come out numerous times and provide additional releases is a pretty clear indicator they did not do it right the first time.

Frankly, if they said what you mentioned above it would have made a lot more sense and kept the guys at Sportsline and other national media outlets from ripping the program to shreds once again.
 
The funny thing about espn is that they take anything and run with it. As a student on campus here at Iowa I see football players often. Tanner Miller was NOT in the hospital because of being "overworked" I would have to guess it has something to do with the torn rotator cuff that he has. And I know that he has this because I have talked to him as he is walking around town in a sling.
 
edr247 said:
Really? They announced that the players were safe and stable. They then confirmed it was likely related to training they underwent. After that, it takes time to figure out what exactly went down. Was it just the training? Was it forced dehydration? Was it due to the temperature of the training facility? Did all 12 have the flu? Did all 12 take the same supplements?

I'm not saying the athletic department is awesome when it comes to dealing with the press and the public, but cases like this do take time to clarify and sort through. I'd rather have them take a bit to figure out what happened, rather than saying "This was an accident, and nothing negligent/criminal happened" and then turn around a day later and say "Actually, the coaching staff knowingly withheld water from the players, and purposely overworked them." It may still happen, but hopefully not...
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Right on.

I'm more troubled by the unquenchable thirst of bloggers and message boards who demand instant information, even while a situation is still ongoing.

How about they get it right before saying anything at all?
 
iahawk20 said:
Iowa is a day late on this press conference. It is extremely troubling how they provided vague statements for 24 hours meanwhile allowing nearly every sports site and message board in the country to explode with all kinds of accusations.

The perception of Iowa football has not been good the past few months and yet again we have an example of something very poorly handled within this athletic department. Instead of Iowa dictating the communication they left the door open to be ripped apart and that has happened.
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If they cared about what people on message boards said, they would respond to every rumor that is started on message boards. They don't.
 
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