Interesting Discuss about Former Iowa Coach
- Thread starter conn53victor
- Start date
HawkU
Well-Known Member
When you drive are you mostly looking in the rear view mirror?
Fryowa
Administrator
This thread (if it keeps going) is going to spiral into a train wreck real fast.
Alford is universally hated by Hawkeye fans (including me), and any response you get to that story is going to be of the "I hope he dies in a plane crash" variety. Civil discussion ain't gonna happen.
He was a complete tool to players, made ridiculous promises, and left the program in a much worse state than when he got it. The only good thing to come out of it was that his plan to use the U of I as a "stepping stone" backfired. Nobody cares what happens to him.
1hawkeye1
Well-Known Member
Lock thread.
WestCoastHawk
Well-Known Member
I like Steve Alford. I grew up going to his basketball camps at Iowa and some of his team's were my favorite iowa teams ever.
lightning1
Well-Known Member
There ya go. Someone had nice things to say about SA.
1977Hawkeye
Well-Known Member
True. He did nothing to endear himself to the fan base. Of course winning at a higher level would've helped, but his personality did him no favors. I guess that doesn't fly when your team is 17-14..
He's not a terrible coach, but not a great one, either. I'd say he's pretty average, maybe a little above. No shocker that his best results came in the mountain west and MVC, but at Iowa, his teams were typically pretty average.. Competitive, but never usually more than NIT/Fringe-NCAA material, 2005-06 aside.
We're in better hands with Fran, and Alford was no Tom Davis, either.
Last edited:
atomicblue224
Well-Known Member
hawkdrummer1
Well-Known Member
faint praise
judzeehawk
Well-Known Member
He's a @#$%^& @#$%^!!!!!!!!!
jjh4hawks01
Well-Known Member
I like him and think he is awesome.
For me to poop on!
For me to poop on!
rwtsracefan
Well-Known Member
Ah yes, the honeymoon phase of Alford's tenure at UCLA is over and the real Steve Alford is exposed! I'm so glad that part of Hawkeye history is in the rear view mirror. Thank God for Franny!!
rwtsracefan(Dan Wemett)
rwtsracefan(Dan Wemett)
lightning1
Well-Known Member
No doubt. Alfraud is up to his usual tricks. Wins a game you think he shouldn't....then loses to teams he shouldn't. His team doesn't play defense. Maybe that's why he loses some of those games? A good defensive team can win even when the shots aren't falling.
99topdawg
Well-Known Member
And he's all hair jelly.
lightning1
Well-Known Member
Lost to Oregon today. Currently sitting in 9th place in the PAC 12. Hanging his hopes on a PAC tourney title to get in the NCAA tournament. Remember those days? 
1977Hawkeye
Well-Known Member
Lost to Oregon today. Currently sitting in 9th place in the PAC 12. Hanging his hopes on a PAC tourney title to get in the NCAA tournament. Remember those days?
All too well. Big pre-season expectations and/or promising start to the season, only to end up in "must win 4 in 4 days to make the dance" territory.
Things could've been worse (see Todd Lickliter) but when thinking of the Alford era, "uninspiring" is the word that comes to mind. Just a lot of average basketball without any real sense that something special was brewing.
Bigtenchamp
Well-Known Member
These last two posts above pretty much define the Alford era.
Outside of the Bruner/horner team that lost in the first round - it never felt like we were really that good.
People really don't remember ALford that well as a coach.. he was terribly average here.
And as a person he was disgusting.
Outside of the Bruner/horner team that lost in the first round - it never felt like we were really that good.
People really don't remember ALford that well as a coach.. he was terribly average here.
And as a person he was disgusting.
