Let's all just take a step back for a minute....

[Rawkhawk73]

and realize that a lot of the speculation coming out is just that....speculation. In addition, a lot of the names being floated could be wild goose chases or not what they appear. For example, Gregg Marshall declining an interview could have gone like this:

GB: Gregg, we'd like you to come down to Atlanta and interview for the head coaching position at Iowa.

GM: Can I ask who my competition is?

GB: Well Gregg, Scott Drew and Steve Forbes have agreed to sit down with us after their tournament run is over. We also just got done interviewing Jamie Dixon. So are you interested?

GM: Ummm, no thanks, I'll pass.

GB: Great talking with you, Gregg. Good luck next year!

GM to Wichita paper: I have declined an interview with Iowa. I'm happy at Wichita State.

Obviously that's a little over the top, but coaches know who is being interviewed and who isn't, so I'm not too worried about some of the "non-interest" being shown by some of these lower-tier coaches.

Also, I'm sure that some of this is being "set-up" by Barta and the search firm to make the real hire seem that much better when compared to the coaches whose names were floated early that none of the fan base cared for.

Let's just sit back and let the process play out and not get so worked up over every name that gets tweeted or blogged about.

 

[hawkeye2188]

and realize that a lot of the speculation coming out is just that....speculation. In addition, a lot of the names being floated could be wild goose chases or not what they appear. For example, Gregg Marshall declining an interview could have gone like this:

GB: Gregg, we'd like you to come down to Atlanta and interview for the head coaching position at Iowa.

GM: Can I ask who my competition is?

GB: Well Gregg, Scott Drew and Steve Forbes have agreed to sit down with us after their tournament run is over. We also just got done interviewing Jamie Dixon. So are you interested?

GM: Ummm, no thanks, I'll pass.

GB: Great talking with you, Gregg. Good luck next year!

GM to Wichita paper: I have declined an interview with Iowa. I'm happy at Wichita State.

Obviously that's a little over the top, but coaches know who is being interviewed and who isn't, so I'm not too worried about some of the "non-interest" being shown by some of these lower-tier coaches.

Also, I'm sure that some of this is being "set-up" by Barta and the search firm to make the real hire seem that much better when compared to the coaches whose names were floated early that none of the fan base cared for.

Let's just sit back and let the process play out and not get so worked up over every name that gets tweeted or blogged about.

I agree with your thinking, but im still glad he turned us down whether it be for better or for worse.

 

[phlhgn]

and realize that a lot of the speculation coming out is just that....speculation. In addition, a lot of the names being floated could be wild goose chases or not what they appear. For example, Gregg Marshall declining an interview could have gone like this:

GB: Gregg, we'd like you to come down to Atlanta and interview for the head coaching position at Iowa.

GM: Can I ask who my competition is?

GB: Well Gregg, Scott Drew and Steve Forbes have agreed to sit down with us after their tournament run is over. We also just got done interviewing Jamie Dixon. So are you interested?

GM: Ummm, no thanks, I'll pass.

GB: Great talking with you, Gregg. Good luck next year!

GM to Wichita paper: I have declined an interview with Iowa. I'm happy at Wichita State.

Obviously that's a little over the top, but coaches know who is being interviewed and who isn't, so I'm not too worried about some of the "non-interest" being shown by some of these lower-tier coaches.

Also, I'm sure that some of this is being "set-up" by Barta and the search firm to make the real hire seem that much better when compared to the coaches whose names were floated early that none of the fan base cared for.

Let's just sit back and let the process play out and not get so worked up over every name that gets tweeted or blogged about.

You have got to be kidding me!
If someone was truly interested in the job, they wouldn't turn down an interview based on the competition. If you were asked to interview for a top-level job in your field, would you turn it down because you thought you might not get it?
Come on. He turned it down because he's TRULY not interested, doesn't think he could resurrect the program, and doesn't want to ruin his career.
There's optimistic, and then there's blowing rainbows out your *** and hopping around in Sugar Cane Magic Gumdrop Land with unicorns.