Is KF being genuine

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It seems KF's attitude has been in the past "It's my way or the highway". After reading his response to all this, it seems he is back tracking quite a bit. Maybe he realizes his status is not as solid as he thought.
 
Iceman said:
It seems KF's attitude has been in the past "It's my way or the highway". After reading his response to all this, it seems he is back tracking quite a bit. Maybe he realizes his status is not as solid as he thought.
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There is a lot to that question, including but not only race. Is KF being genuine on who he plays and doesn't play. If he told a player to apologize for speaking up about a racial insult by a man under his watch, is that genuine?
 
A lot of it has to do with a culture shift. He wants to create a culture where players trust coaches that they know what is best and their decisions will help them grow as athletes and people. And you're either on board or your not.

Now these young athletes know they are the true moneymakers in this gig and they feel empowered and are tired of the dictatorship that many coaches like to run. They want attention, individuality, glory, freedom to do and say whatever they want to whoever they want. Kirk has to choose. Adjust to that culture change or be gone.

Bobby Knight was an elite, respected coach in mid 1990s. He refused to adjust to changing culture, got fired, and was meh at best at Texas Tech.

It happened to other professions long ago. Look no further than public school classrooms. 15-20 years ago teachers were still authority figures in their classrooms. Now educators are basically salesman/mental health support/mediators. They have to sell parents that what they are doing is right because without parent support teachers are basically powerless. Support students with growing mental health issues and mediate the conflicts that arise daily.
 
I just can't believe a man who breaks down and practically cries over his players and and family is a bad person. But his loyalty to staff and family could be his weakness. People can have a sense of immunity from discipline when they have such loyalty from their boss. Doyle looks to push players, with questionable motivational means, and Brian, who I'm sure pushed himself way beyond the average player to build his body to Big Ten standards, probable pushes hard as well. This is just opinion, but he seems a little arrogant and hot tempered for a young man in his position. It's a bed Kirk will have to lie in or change.
 
I think KF is genuine. I think he believes that all players are equal. I think he falls into the category that he set up a culture and his Assts abused what he was promoting.

Im not a KF guy, but I think he is complicit in this problem. I think his assts took it further than what he intended.

Is this a Joepa type issue? Or is this KF competely clueless as to what was happening in HIS program?
 
Stop freaking comparing this to Penn State. These aren't children and no one is raping anyone. They were both cultural issues...but one is criminal and the other is just flat out wrong and not up to the standards that the Iowa Athletic Program should demand. These players were offended and possibly discriminated against...they weren't minors and raped against their will and then...have the head coach cover it up.
 
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Stop freaking comparing this to Penn State. These aren't children and no one is raping anyone. They were both cultural issues...but one is criminal and the other is just flat out wrong and not up to the standards that the Iowa Athletic Program should demand. These players were offended and possibly discriminated against...they weren't minors and raped against their will and then...have the head coach cover it up.
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It isnt criminal to abuse the civil rights of a person?
 
Yes it is. I dont' think these players civil rights were abused. Were they subjected to offensive or bigoted speech...yes. Do I think they were discriminated against...no.

"The First Amendment does not protect behavior on campus that crosses the line into targeted harassment or threats, or that creates a pervasively hostile environment for students. But merely offensive or bigoted speech does not rise to that level, and determining when conduct crosses that line is a legal question that requires examination on a case-by-case basis."

If this was a pervasive day in day out deal...then you may have a case...I just don't believe that.
 
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