Hire Bruce Pearl- Imagine the BUMP

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What were season ticket sales this year to public and students? I would think the numbers would double.

I would also think contributions to CHA/Practice Facility would pick up.

We would be getting postive and free publicity on par with (or exceeding) when Alford was hired.

Early season games against nobody state at palmona would draw two to three times the crowd.

Hiring BP would enable us to sell hope. I know Barta won't make a move, but I can still dream.
 
I don't think you need to sell the hire of Bruce Pearl to HawkeyeNation (most of us want him here). The problem is selling HawkeyeNation to Pearl.

You're preaching to the choir. :D
 
I know I'd buy season tickets just to watch Bruce Pearl coach in a hawkeye yellow jacket....
 
Has Pearl ever had to rebuild a team? His worst record as a head coach is 16-13 so I would assume he took over teams with some talent.
 
HawkFantastic said:
What were season ticket sales this year to public and students? I would think the numbers would double.

I would also think contributions to CHA/Practice Facility would pick up.

We would be getting postive and free publicity on par with (or exceeding) when Alford was hired.

Early season games against nobody state at palmona would draw two to three times the crowd.

Hiring BP would enable us to sell hope. I know Barta won't make a move, but I can still dream.
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Even if Barta made a move who is to say that Pearl would want the job? The SEC sucks and almost by default his team will make the tourney every year.

That's the thing that people don't get even if Lick was fired we wouldn't get a F'ing high level coach to come here. It would be another mid major guy just like the last two hires.

People might not like it but Lick isn't going anywhere this year and hopefully can turn things around but to hope that there is a white knight that is going to come riding into town to save the program I hate to break it to you but it isn't going to happen.

and if Pearl did come season tickets wouldn't double, a bump up? sure but not double.
 
1977Hawkeye said:
Check out Buzz Peterson's records at Tennesse:
Buzz Peterson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Then Pearl's:
Bruce Pearl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Depends on how you define building a program, but he certainly turned them around pretty much instantly, although he probably did inherit decent talent from Peterson.
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Already looked at that, just saying that he must have had some talent to turn that team into 22-8 in Pearls first season. I also remember that they had that Lofton dude who was a certified badass.
 
hoffahawk said:
Even if Barta made a move who is to say that Pearl would want the job? The SEC sucks and almost by default his team will make the tourney every year.

That's the thing that people don't get even if Lick was fired we wouldn't get a F'ing high level coach to come here. It would be another mid major guy just like the last two hires.

People might not like it but Lick isn't going anywhere this year and hopefully can turn things around but to hope that there is a white knight that is going to come riding into town to save the program I hate to break it to you but it isn't going to happen.

and if Pearl did come season tickets wouldn't double, a bump up? sure but not double.
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I think thats a chance thats going to have to be taken at some point.
 
HawkIreign said:
Already looked at that, just saying that he must have had some talent to turn that team into 22-8 in Pearls first season. I also remember that they had that Lofton dude who was a certified badass.
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Yep. Pearl definitely had talent to work with, hence the instant turnaround, but clearly there was a difference in coaching between Peterson and Pearl. Whoever the next coach is at Iowa is going to have a total rebuilding job to do most likely, that's for sure.

To answer hoffa, I think you're right that Lickliter is here next year no matter what and I have doubts that we can attract an established major-conference coach as things stand right now, and Pearl is a pipe-dream at this point anyway. Like an earlier poster said, Pearl said "no" last time, so I don't know what has changed since then where we would get a different answer.

But hey, Bruce Pearl came from the mid-majors. So did a guy like Jay Wright (Hofstra). So hopefully we can just find the next Pearl or Wright that nobody knows about yet, who can get us back on track. It's just a matter of having an AD who can find the right guy, but that's a separate discussion..
 
hoffahawk said:
Even if Barta made a move who is to say that Pearl would want the job? The SEC sucks and almost by default his team will make the tourney every year.

That's the thing that people don't get even if Lick was fired we wouldn't get a F'ing high level coach to come here. It would be another mid major guy just like the last two hires.

People might not like it but Lick isn't going anywhere this year and hopefully can turn things around but to hope that there is a white knight that is going to come riding into town to save the program I hate to break it to you but it isn't going to happen.

and if Pearl did come season tickets wouldn't double, a bump up? sure but not double.
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You sound like a clown fan. Most I know seem to have an inferiority complex. Might as well stick with status quo since we're just li'l ol' Iowa.

I don't think Barta will make a move either. Why? Because he's an ineffectual leader (term used loosely) that lacks foresite and conviction.
 
Hypothetically, I think Pearl would be interested.

There is a part of me that wonders the 'offer' to Pearl three years ago was a courtesy, if you can even call it that, to placate the fans that wanted Pearl. Because everything else about that search was so clandestine and under the radar, how did that get out as quickly as it did...I remember that day vividly...it was like 15 minutes of nirvana from when I heard about it, posted it, to when it got shot down and Pearl saying he was staying at Tennessee.

Again hypothetically, if Iowa found itself in the need of a new coach, Pearl would occupy the top of my wish list, and there would be a lot of space between his name and the second name.

But Lickliter is going to be Iowa's coach next year, and he will get his chance to turn things around with a full roster of his players.
 
JonDMiller said:
Hypothetically, I think Pearl would be interested.

There is a part of me that wonders the 'offer' to Pearl three years ago was a courtesy, if you can even call it that, to placate the fans that wanted Pearl. Because everything else about that search was so clandestine and under the radar, how did that get out as quickly as it did...I remember that day vividly...it was like 15 minutes of nirvana from when I heard about it, posted it, to when it got shot down and Pearl saying he was staying at Tennessee.

Again hypothetically, if Iowa found itself in the need of a new coach, Pearl would occupy the top of my wish list, and there would be a lot of space between his name and the second name.

But Lickliter is going to be Iowa's coach next year, and he will get his chance to turn things around with a full roster of his players.
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Unless there are transfers - then all bets are off imo

Pearl would be a great hire. I wish it was that easy...but i dont think he's going anywhere in the near future
 
JonDMiller said:
But Lickliter is going to be Iowa's coach next year, and he will get his chance to turn things around with a full roster of his players.
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Part of me is glad that Lick will get a chance with a full roster. I'm as hopeful as anybody. And what a great story it would be if he can turn things around.

But gosh golly, it's going to be a long season if he doesn't.
 
BA96MA99 said:
Part of me is glad that Lick will get a chance with a full roster. I'm as hopeful as anybody. And what a great story it would be if he can turn things around.

But gosh golly, it's going to be a long season if he doesn't.
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There will be no quarter next year, from anyone. Basketball is a long season with a lot of games, and you are always going to lose some you shouldn't. People also have a tough time mentally adjusting from football mode to basketball mode and how to deal with the 'gravity' of a loss.

Next year, every close game that ends in a loss will result in the gnashing of teeth. Every blowout will be nuclear winter. that's just the reality.
 
JonDMiller said:
There will be no quarter next year, from anyone. Basketball is a long season with a lot of games, and you are always going to lose some you shouldn't. People also have a tough time mentally adjusting from football mode to basketball mode and how to deal with the 'gravity' of a loss.

Next year, every close game that ends in a loss will result in the gnashing of teeth. Every blowout will be nuclear winter. that's just the reality.
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I dont see how that is any different than how things are now :)
 
hoffa....if you've ever taken over a company/business (in this case Iowa bball), you would know that you want to take over one that isn't doing well, versus one that just had a record year. You must be able to manage the expectations. Especially when that business is having a significant upgrade to products (facilities in Iowa's case).

It would be very easy for a new coach to have "success" at Iowa, as we are as far to the bottom as we have EVER been. Therefore, the company is set-up for success and it would be basically impossible to do any worse than the job that has been done before you.

You don't want to be the football coach who will take over for KF someday, but you do want to be the coach who follows Lick. Success is normally graded by expectations and right now, expectations for Iowa basketball are at an all-time low.

The job is much more attractive today than it was when we hired Alford or Lick simply based on the fact that it would be basically impossible to do worse than what Lick has done. A prospective new coach would understand that it wouldn't take much success to rally the fan base. That's much easier than taking over a program where the expectations are 25 wins or you're a bum.
 
There'd be so much electricity in the air your hair would stand on your chest and you could light your home for a full winter night at no charge:

- Huge postive pub for the Iowa HAWKEYES.
- Other B11 coaches would hide in the corner, wetting their sweatpants.
- Pearl would fill CHA INSTANTLY for non-conference games as well as the B11 season.
- Nearby AAU coaches and shoe company reps would smile.
- Support for the program would increase 100 percent, as would donations to the practice facility as well as any other MBB enhancement.
- Parents would let their young children watch Iowa HAWKEYE basketball again.
- The tenor of this message board would immediately go from about 80 percent negative to 95 percent positive. Hot topic: Gold sport coats, or black?
- I'd have to go back to doing mundane things, like paying bills and looking for a job.

Open the checkbook, Barta. Do what it takes!
 
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JonDMiller said:
Hypothetically, I think Pearl would be interested.

There is a part of me that wonders the 'offer' to Pearl three years ago was a courtesy, if you can even call it that, to placate the fans that wanted Pearl. Because everything else about that search was so clandestine and under the radar, how did that get out as quickly as it did...I remember that day vividly...it was like 15 minutes of nirvana from when I heard about it, posted it, to when it got shot down and Pearl saying he was staying at Tennessee.

Again hypothetically, if Iowa found itself in the need of a new coach, Pearl would occupy the top of my wish list, and there would be a lot of space between his name and the second name.

But Lickliter is going to be Iowa's coach next year, and he will get his chance to turn things around with a full roster of his players.
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IMO Kevin Stallings would be a close 2nd.
 
hoffahawk said:
Even if Barta made a move who is to say that Pearl would want the job? The SEC sucks and almost by default his team will make the tourney every year.

That's the thing that people don't get even if Lick was fired we wouldn't get a F'ing high level coach to come here. It would be another mid major guy just like the last two hires.

People might not like it but Lick isn't going anywhere this year and hopefully can turn things around but to hope that there is a white knight that is going to come riding into town to save the program I hate to break it to you but it isn't going to happen.

and if Pearl did come season tickets wouldn't double, a bump up? sure but not double.
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Hoffa, this season must have you down. Why can't we get a high level coach to come here? I think Bruce Pearl would give us another look, plus with the upgrade in facilities, you never know. Settling for a medicore coach like TL and thinking he is going to right this ship is why are season tickets are in the tank to begin with. His style of ball is very boring, Pearl on the other hand is at least fun to watch, plus recruits see that as well. Just like in the Godfather, make him an offer he can't refuse.
 
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