Question for those living out of Iowa

[WinOneThisCentury]

Ever heard of ANF (the helmet stickers?) and what happened in the 80s and continued in the 90s? Iowa's population declined then. In the 90s it was -5%. Tough times. Des Moines lost something like 9% then. Remember the slogan? Last person leaving turn the lights out?

hu·mor
ˈ(h)yo͞omər/
noun

1. 1.
   the quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech.
   "his tales are full of humor"
   synonyms: comedy, comical aspect, funny side, fun, amusement, funniness, hilarity, jocularity

Read Icke's post...then my response to Icke's post. I was alluding to the fact that when he was out of the state, the state was a better place to be. There was no factual data...it was an attempted joke at Icke's expense. I appreciate you giving me the run down on the state of the Iowa economy during that timeframe though.

 

[HawkGold]

hu·mor
ˈ(h)yo͞omər/
noun

1. 1.
   the quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech.
   "his tales are full of humor"
   synonyms: comedy, comical aspect, funny side, fun, amusement, funniness, hilarity, jocularity

Read Icke's post...then my response to Icke's post. I was alluding to the fact that when he was out of the state, the state was a better place to be. There was no factual data...it was an attempted joke at Icke's expense. I appreciate you giving me the run down on the state of the Iowa economy during that timeframe though.

Rough weekend. I missed it. I was one who left during that time. And I do work in agriculture. Terrible time to begin ones' career. Interestingly Iowa was realistically in a depression during that time when much of the nation wasn't or wasn't as bad. Someday I think we'll realize the nation has been in a depression since about 2001 and Iowa has fared quite well, in part thx to agriculture.

I'll work on my humor. It's off lately.

 

[Hawkfnntn]

I've been in Dallas since 1986....as mentioned before, our Dallas Metroplex Iowa Club used to meet for Basketball watching from around 1985 until around 1998ish.....anyway, we would draw upward of 150-200 people....EVEN for the weeknite game. But we TOTALLY disbanded a couple years into Alfraud's campaign, and we have never banded back together for Basketball. Football watching is still going strong. I bet that I haven't watched 10 Iowa Basketball games from beginning to finish in the last 12-13 years. I am numb to the brand, numb to the poor coaching and the same repetitive shortcomings and mental mistakes, and numb to the type of un-athletic players that are thrown out onto the court and asked to try and pull off some "Hoosiers" movie miracle every year. If I didn't like Football so much, I can't swear that I'd be saying pretty much the same thing for it too. I guess my question is for those who have been out of state for a number of years...hell, or in state for that matter....has Iowa Basketball become a total afterthought for you as well?

I've lived in TN almost 10 yrs now. I'm one of those guys that even during the Alford/Licklighter years I was all in emotionally. Not that it was all good. The Pierre Pierce fiasco was ridiculous as far as how Alford handled it all. Not to mention how he handled himself overall. As a person he's just not a guy people can root for. Licklighter is a good guy. Just was a terrible fit for Iowa at a time when he didn't have a ton of talent to boot. That style of play wasn't going to sell to recruits or fans. It just wasn't he was doomed to fail. He's a good guy though. I think Fran is perfect for Iowa. He may not be the greatest defensive coach as I've had issues with how often he uses zone defense. But he's lit a fire into the program even now that they are in a rebuild mode of sorts I think people care again. Which was going to be the toughest part of his job when he first took it over...