Not Retiring

[RobHowe]

Shit, I wish I could.

I will, however, not being working for the current HN ownership anymore. It's the first time since HN launched that it's without either me or Jon. For me, it was 16 years in two stints. Proud of what we accomplished here and appreciate your support along the way even if you were here despite my presence.

I'm not going to bitch and moan about what happened. It was an unfortunate ending, but I'm at peace with it. I worked as hard as I could for those 16 years here trying to provide quality content, which I will continue to do in other locations. And, who knows, maybe we can someday reacquire HN. We tried last month.

I talked about how we got here on my podcast with Doc today. You guys can listen if you're interested in hearing more. I'm sure PC and the gang want to move on from me, and that's cool. You do you. Only guy on here I ever muted. Congrats.

Want to say, again, to all the good people I've met through the years on here, that I appreciate all of your support. I really am thankful.

If you're interested in my content moving forward, it will be out there, just not here.

 

[wwhawk]

Hawkeye Hotspot Podcast 2-6-25 - Hawk Fanatic

Scott Dochterman from The Athletic and Rob Howe bring you the Hawkeye Hotspot Podcast. In this episode: Reflecting on Iowa women’s basketball upset of USC and Caitlin Clark number retirement, and what’s ahead for the Hawkeyes; looking at current Iowa men’s basketball season without Owen Freeman...

hawkfanatic.com

Here's the podcast Rob mentions in his farewell post above. As you can see, it is on Hawkfanatic.com

IMHO the podcast he does with Scott Dochterman of The Athletic is a good listen! But decide for yourself!

 

[#1DieHardHawk]

Sorry to see you move on, Rob. Your perspective and experience with Iowa sports has always given you a somewhat rare if not unique vantage point, and your takes on situations have always been appreciated.

Change is never easy, especially for us old guys, but I'm sure you will discover new satisfactions in your projects going forward.

 

[NCHawker]

Rob, thanks for you dedication and pouring yourself into reporting on the Hawkeyes. You deserved more thanks than what you got. If it were not an anonomous forum you'd have gotten more. There were some interesting moments over the last 16.

Take care

 

[HuckFinn]

Gonna miss you, man. Hoping for soft landings in your future. Just to be clear, I will track you down.

 

[NorthKCHawk]

I assume we will hear from the owners as to a new plan for content on the site and this Board? Rob didn't post a whole lot, but his articles got discussions going. New posts and threads have not exactly been flowing a lot of late. I get that it is off season for football and MBB is in a bad place, but its still be pretty dead around here so far this year.

 

[NorthKCHawk]

And sorry to see you go, Rob. I have been following your stuff for a couple decades now and respect your approach.

 

[haydensly]

Best of luck to you. I really enjoyed your content for all of these years. You will be missed!