Gary B

i would assume that he should have a little credit thrown his way? i recall him receiving a bunch of the 'credit' in the past couple years.......
 
Ive met and talked to him a few times. His biggest job is fundraising. At the gathering before the Iowa BB games in NYC last year he stopped at our table for about 10 minutes(it helped there was one of Forest Evashevski's players sitting there). The guy can definitely work a room.
 
I was of the impression that his job was quite possibly riding on the success of the football team this fall. After these strange scandals in other Iowa sports and a stagnant football team who's head coach has an atrocious buyout...he might have been on his last legs.

Assuming the rest of this football season goes as well as most of us think it will (B1G Championship game++), Gary's probably feeling at least partially vindicated
 
By then end of the 2015 calendar year... Barta may have had the BIG 10's most successful.... Football, Men's & Women's Bball, Wrestling, Baseball, golf, field hockey, etc.

Who saw that coming a year ago??
 
leiserom said:
Ive met and talked to him a few times. His biggest job is fundraising. At the gathering before the Iowa BB games in NYC last year he stopped at our table for about 10 minutes(it helped there was one of Forest Evashevski's players sitting there). The guy can definitely work a room.
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His chief talent lies in marketing. The sun is always shining in Barta's world. He's also made some good coaching hires (and one notable bad one). His primary weakness seems to be in the mundane world of administration and process.
 
Barta has done a wonderful job. The upgrades in Kinnick & Carver-Hawkeye have been excellent! Plus, the football & basketball facilities improvement has been substantial. His first big challenge will be replacing Ferentz. Remember, it took Bump three tries before he got the football hire correct. He brought in FXL & Bobby before Hayden. Bump struck gold with Lute, but Raveling & Davis were average at best.
 
ColumbusHawk said:
Barta has done a wonderful job. The upgrades in Kinnick & Carver-Hawkeye have been excellent! Plus, the football & basketball facilities improvement has been substantial. His first big challenge will be replacing Ferentz. Remember, it took Bump three tries before he got the football hire correct. He brought in FXL & Bobby before Hayden. Bump struck gold with Lute, but Raveling & Davis were average at best.
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I worked in downtown Davenport from 72-74 for a small car leasing company. The owner was a big Hawkeye supporter, personal friend of Forest Evasheski, & controlled some of the tickets for the Davenport Quarterback club. We had a lot of big donors stopping by the office frequently. My boss was heavily involved in recruiting Curtis Craig & Jim Jensen. He really took it hard when Curtis chose Nebraska. When Bob Commings was stumping for the head coaching job at Iowa, talking to Iowa Clubs, he was really upset that Bump Elliott was even considering him.
 
INTIMIDATORHawk said:
Last time I checked, Barta's Athletic Department at Iowa = Dead last in the BIG.

Has that changed?
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Barta is winning in football, men's and women's basketball, and wrestling. Those are the only sports that matter at Iowa. Iowa has brand new facilities in football and basketball. Fundraising is excellent. Barta has done a great job. People on this board don't understand the role of an athletic director. I predict Barta will be at Iowa far into the future.
 
ChosenChildren said:
Barta is winning in football, men's and women's basketball, and wrestling. Those are the only sports that matter at Iowa. Iowa has brand new facilities in football and basketball. Fundraising is excellent. Barta has done a great job. People on this board don't understand the role of an athletic director. I predict Barta will be at Iowa far into the future.
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I think it is worth mentioning the baseball program is on the rise also and has the top recruiting class in the Big Ten in this fall. There are also new baseball hitting facilities being built (which softball can use too) and they have already spent the money to turf the field which is a big advantage practice wise early in the season when a normal field isn't playable. I believe they are looking at redoing the stadium soon too.
All in all, it is hard to argue with the current success of our athletics programs and facilities are top notch.
 
The football success has probably saved his job, but if he hands out another contract the size and length of Ferentz's was with a buyout that lopsided he should be fired on the spot.
 
All Barta has to do is come out and apologize for ruining the tailgating tradition, restore it to it's former glory and then even the most anti-Barta fans (myself included) will buy season tickets again.
It's not that hard, Barta. KF did some soul searching and decided to admit some faults. It's your turn.
 
lightning1 said:
All Barta has to do is come out and apologize for ruining the tailgating tradition, restore it to it's former glory and then even the most anti-Barta fans (myself included) will buy season tickets again.
It's not that hard, Barta. KF did some soul searching and decided to admit some faults. It's your turn.
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Bingo!!
 
lightning1 said:
All Barta has to do is come out and apologize for ruining the tailgating tradition, restore it to it's former glory and then even the most anti-Barta fans (myself included) will buy season tickets again.
It's not that hard, Barta. KF did some soul searching and decided to admit some faults. It's your turn.
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Maybe invite him over your house and cook him a big wonderful breakfast. How to Be Better Than Your Enemy
 
JLCHawk said:
I worked in downtown Davenport from 72-74 for a small car leasing company. The owner was a big Hawkeye supporter, personal friend of Forest Evasheski, & controlled some of the tickets for the Davenport Quarterback club. We had a lot of big donors stopping by the office frequently. My boss was heavily involved in recruiting Curtis Craig & Jim Jensen. He really took it hard when Curtis chose Nebraska. When Bob Commings was stumping for the head coaching job at Iowa, talking to Iowa Clubs, he was really upset that Bump Elliott was even considering him.
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Plus, Bob's drinking problem. He really embarrassed Iowa at numerous I-Club events. Eventually, Bump had to put him on a very short leash. But he did make the best hire of any Iowa head coach in hiring his Rose Bowl teammate. Commings & Bernie did a great job in upgrading Iowa's talent. Hayden inherited a team with much better talent.
 
ColumbusHawk said:
Barta has done a wonderful job. The upgrades in Kinnick & Carver-Hawkeye have been excellent! Plus, the football & basketball facilities improvement has been substantial. His first big challenge will be replacing Ferentz. Remember, it took Bump three tries before he got the football hire correct. He brought in FXL & Bobby before Hayden. Bump struck gold with Lute, but Raveling & Davis were average at best.
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Tom Davis average? You need to brush up on your history. Steve Alford was average.
 
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