Please be true.
No extension. No extension. No extension. No exten ...
Just out of curiosity what happens to the contract if Lick takes a medical release? Wouldn't it be better for him to get fired and be bought out?
People wishing for the bad health of a Hawkeye Coach is beyond disgusting.
Okay...so Jon's media bomb comment got me thinking. I have an acquaintance who supposedly has ties to the program and told me last week to not be surprised if Lick gets an extension after this season. I blew it off as nothing...since I really think the guy knows nothing. But Jon's comments got me wondering. I did some research and if you look at his contract...it stipulates that after this season Barta and Lick will sit down and discuss an extension.....
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/assets/pdf/ToddLickliter_contract.pdf
I don't think anybody's wishing for anybody's bad health (other than I wish Osama Bin Laden would die, if he hasn't already). Health might be the vehicle to negotiate an acceptable package for Lickliter to depart and for the university to move on, and I think that's what the poster is hoping for.
An odd thread, which started off bad, got worse, has now driven off the cliff like Toonces was driving it.
The meltdown has gone from a mere Three Mile Island, to a full blown Chernobyl.
I regret making that comment, it was a mistake, and that is all I am going to say about it.
Ok, one more thing about it, I got ahead of myself and made statements too hurriedly, and I regret it. I am now done talking about it.
We are all human and we make mistakes. I rushed to judgement too quickly and I have apologized and am dealing with it. That is the last comment I will make about this.
Black is white. Up is down. Dogs and ctas living together...This is MADNESS!!!
For Jon to throw out a tantalizing comment on air in this highly-charged environment about the state of Iowa basketball and then not follow up with what he is aware of is irresponsible and cowardly, IMHO.
He acknowledged he made an error and regrets doing it. Been there, done that.
At some point we move on.
I have not read the other media bomb thread so I may be off base with this, but I thought Jon was alluding to promient boosters/alumni getting in Barta's ear about needing to make a change.
For those of us living in central Iowa it would be comparable to Gary Thompson pulling Jaime Pollard aside making not so subtle hints that the Wayne Morgan tenure might not work out.