BSpringsteen
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There are published confirmed reports that Barta met with Iowa basketball players individually. These are not rumore, Fuller said so in an on air interview. Rob Howe stated that the players individually told him this was the case.
Barta was able to take the temperature of the team.
He wanted to give Lick another year, but knew with the transfers the team would likely be in the same boat next year and he would be forced to fire Lickliter after next season.
Couple this with fierce pressure from boosters and former players.
Barta knew that there was no way Lickliter was going to be the coach in 2011-12, and that asking him to coach next year under those circumstances was not fair to Lick, to Iowa, or to the players that stayed on the team.
Barta apprised Lickliter of the situation and offered him the opportunity to resign. (KCJJ RUMOR IS PICKED UP HERE.)
Lickliter refuses to resign publicly denounces health rumors, forcing Barta to have to deal with the buyout of his contract.
Barta, who was planning on keeping Lickliter up until these player meetings has now been forced to hit a home run hire that he wasn't planning on making.
Barta knows if he blows this hire, he is in trouble next, but replacing Lick after this year was never in his plans.
The reason for the delay is because if he can get the buyout funded by donors in whole, that is an extra 2.4 million he can throw into the contract.
In other words, if the budget for a coach is 2 million annually, and he offers a 6 year contract, instead of the contract being worth 12 million, it is now worth 14.4 million because there is no buyout to worry about.
This number effects which tier of coaches Barta can agressively go after.
Lastly to those who doubt the information that is out there consider this...
You are a big time athletic department donor that has donated to the Kinnick renovations, the new basketball facility etc... You are now being asked to open up your checkbook for a third time in a major way. Do you think you're writing that check without knowing in exact detail what went down? From there you are under no obligation to keep it to yourself. It needs to be discussed with wives, board of directors, etc... people talk.
That is why despite the people like GhostofBTT who insist that everything is bulls***, 9 times out of 10 these rumors have legs behind them.
Barta was able to take the temperature of the team.
He wanted to give Lick another year, but knew with the transfers the team would likely be in the same boat next year and he would be forced to fire Lickliter after next season.
Couple this with fierce pressure from boosters and former players.
Barta knew that there was no way Lickliter was going to be the coach in 2011-12, and that asking him to coach next year under those circumstances was not fair to Lick, to Iowa, or to the players that stayed on the team.
Barta apprised Lickliter of the situation and offered him the opportunity to resign. (KCJJ RUMOR IS PICKED UP HERE.)
Lickliter refuses to resign publicly denounces health rumors, forcing Barta to have to deal with the buyout of his contract.
Barta, who was planning on keeping Lickliter up until these player meetings has now been forced to hit a home run hire that he wasn't planning on making.
Barta knows if he blows this hire, he is in trouble next, but replacing Lick after this year was never in his plans.
The reason for the delay is because if he can get the buyout funded by donors in whole, that is an extra 2.4 million he can throw into the contract.
In other words, if the budget for a coach is 2 million annually, and he offers a 6 year contract, instead of the contract being worth 12 million, it is now worth 14.4 million because there is no buyout to worry about.
This number effects which tier of coaches Barta can agressively go after.
Lastly to those who doubt the information that is out there consider this...
You are a big time athletic department donor that has donated to the Kinnick renovations, the new basketball facility etc... You are now being asked to open up your checkbook for a third time in a major way. Do you think you're writing that check without knowing in exact detail what went down? From there you are under no obligation to keep it to yourself. It needs to be discussed with wives, board of directors, etc... people talk.
That is why despite the people like GhostofBTT who insist that everything is bulls***, 9 times out of 10 these rumors have legs behind them.
