I'm with you. I feel this year will be a pleasant surprise. The team will make giant strides.I may be the only person who is optimistic about the future of Iowa Basketball
I'm with you. I feel this year will be a pleasant surprise. The team will make giant strides.I may be the only person who is optimistic about the future of Iowa Basketball
Just admit it, you have no problem with mediocrity. Admitting it is a big step to fixing the problem.I didn't say 18 wins equal a good season. I said it wasn't a really bad one. In my opinion that's not a good season either, it's just not THAT bad either. Pretty mediocre. Last year was a bad season.
I think we have identical ideas of what it means to compete in sports. The difference between us is I know I have no control over it nor do I feel the need to post non stop about my displeasure about it til the point that I become troll level. I accept Iowa sports. It's not the best at everything. Anything really. I want it to be, but ultimately there isn't anything I can do about it. I also don't care enough to constantly talk about your threshold for success and why it's "wrong". You obviously do. Kudos. Enjoy that. I am glad that you have such a high bar. I'm happy for ya, let's see how it works out? But I imagine you're a real treat to be around.
meanwhile - I am just not gonna lose my shit over these facts you lay out. Who cares? So, yeah, I accept that Iowa isn't the best. I am ok with that. I still love being a Hawk. Can I still comment on the team or express my opinion or are you just gonna badger the hell out of me for it? Do I have to be upset about it all the time? Or do I need to hide behind a screen and talk trash about extremely successful men to get your approval?
Just admit it, you have no problem with mediocrity. Admitting it is a big step to fixing the problem.
AM OLD! Life is made of DREAMS...Let him dream.Agree with you just 99%Go Hawks...Just admit it, you have no problem with mediocrity. Admitting it is a big step to fixing the problem.
AM OLD! Life is made of DREAMS...Let him dream.Agree with you just 99%Go Hawks...
Ok, Marge.Iowa had its share of injuries last year, especially when one point guard was hurt for a good part of the season, another one redshirted because of injuries, and another point guard transferred out. Barring injury, they will be a lot better this coming year. Fran is a good coach, but sometimes things happen that you can't do anything about.
Do good coaches allow their team to not play any defense?Iowa had its share of injuries last year, especially when one point guard was hurt for a good part of the season, another one redshirted because of injuries, and another point guard transferred out. Barring injury, they will be a lot better this coming year. Fran is a good coach, but sometimes things happen that you can't do anything about.
You get Fran in front of me and I will tell him the same things I am saying right here. I'm not scared of Fran McCaffery. Why the f^&* would I be? What do you think Fran is going to do if I told him he coaches the worst defense I have ever seen? Is he gonna pull a gun out and shoot me? Is he gonna stab me? Get in my face and scream at me? What is it exactly, that I am afraid of? Now you're just taking shit out of your ass.Oh I dream. I want Iowa to be good so bad. I think Lightning1 and anyone else for that fact has the right to be upset and to voice their opinion. I think they should. I think he should stop telling ME how to fan. What's it matter to him if I love Iowa hoops win or lose? That's what a fanatic is. I've watched 40 years of Iowa sports and while I like to dream, I also have a pretty good understanding of how it works. I'm grounded in reality. The reality is, it's not perfect. It isn't anywhere. I don't really need to fire everyone all the time, cause it's not my job. I also believe continuity in the program's Iowa has is an asset. That's my opinion. I also have tremendous respect for my fellow man. I don't really say anything on the internet I wouldn't say to someone to their face. It's fun for some people to be miserable all the time or to constantly try to pull others in it with you. It's also human nature for someone to want to draw a line in the sand and have people on either side of it. I am not one of those. I am upset about Iowa hoops LAST year, the 6 previous seasons, I wasn't. It will take me another season before I really sink to the "ok it's time for a change" feeling. I accept mediocrity because it's not like I am gonna go pick another team that doesn't or something. It's ridiculous when you think about it.
18 wins is also followed by 12+ losses. 18 wins doesn't = a good season. Not in my opinion. You and I have very different ideas of what it means to compete in sports. 18 wins is perfectly acceptable to you. 1 conference title every century is a reasonable expectation for you. I don't subscribe to idea that those achievements are acceptable.
You can say gutless how many times it suits you. It suits me to include it each and every time I discuss Gary Barta. That's what the man is. Gutless. He thinks 18 win seasons are acceptable too.
Truly a doosh.You get Fran in front of me and I will tell him the same things I am saying right here. I'm not scared of Fran McCaffery. Why the f^&* would I be? What do you think Fran is going to do if I told him he coaches the worst defense I have ever seen? Is he gonna pull a gun out and shoot me? Is he gonna stab me? Get in my face and scream at me? What is it exactly, that I am afraid of? Now you're just taking shit out of your ass.
Maybe YOU are a coward but don't ever make the mistake of thinking I am!
I'll tell him straight to his face. I'll call you and Gutless Gary anything I want to your faces. If you or Gutless doesn't like it and you are feeling froggy...go ahead and jump.What is funny is how you think it is so cool for you to call Barta gutless on the internet when there is no way you would do that to his face. That actually makes you gutless. You talk really big on the message board.
Good for you, Gutless. And there is the difference. You see, based upon what I know about you, I would call you gutless to your face. How old are you, anyway? You sound like a fifth grader the way you call people names and try to tell everyone how they should feel and how you aren’t afraid to get in someone’s face and berate them, because they don’t have a gun they will use on you. Yup, fifth grade sounds about right.
You would know.Truly a doosh.
Do good coaches allow their team to not play any defense?
Did you Answer your Own Question?GoHawkBaseball....Do good coaches allow their team to not play any defense?
I know the answer.Did you Answer your Own Question?GoHawkBaseball....
The truly ironic thing is, that Gutless Gary hides behind email responses to try and tell lies to season ticket holders and you idiots are defending him. I find that hilarious.
Just don't send emails full of lies to your season ticket holders. And then refuse to respond when you are called out on those lies. That's not too much to ask, is it?Is Barta supposed to call everyone who sends him an angry email or set up a personal meeting with them to discuss their opinion on Iowa sports? That sounds like an inefficient use of time for an AD doesn't it?