The problem here is that everybody here is just going to talk around each other. Why? Because there is a cadre of people who will never ever be happy with anything until Hayden Fry comes back and that's how they're going to approach this conversation. It's never about the issue at hand, it's always about comparing KF to Fry. It's a tired and boring shtick...
In business and psychology and counseling this is known as debating from a position rather than being a proponent of an interest. We ALL want Iowa to do better. This is our interest (I assume, since we're in the HN forums). But instead we're derailing the conversation with Fry vs. Ferentz or just being anti-Brian because he is KF's progeny.
Let's look at this a different way. Let's, for the sake of discussion, assume that Jon and Rob's pieces about Brian have been fluffy. It is likely because they feel that the hire aligns with their interests (Iowa being successful). Instead of engaging that, you go with ad hominem attacks about their fluffy pieces and pull out your pitchforks to extol the virtues of Hayden Fry and condemn Ferentz because he clearly doesn't care about winning. But in the end, you haven't even started to engage the core issue: was this hire good or bad for Iowa? I think some people have been eating too many member berries.
