Look at Nebraska and Troy Dannen. He's basically a Jamie clone. There's your answer.
Fran vs Media
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It's just blindingly obvious at this point. Where greed is the rule of the day, it is simply a matter of time before the Ohio States and Michigans of the world tire of Purdue and Rutgers getting these massive checks simply for being there.
And maybe she just really likes Iowa City and becomes a Pollard-esque figure.
I have no idea what her ambitions are.
In defense of the local media on this:
The coaches vs. cancer event was a fundraiser, not a game. Keith didn't want this to be a story because it makes the news story more about him instead of focusing on the event, which was a cancer fundraiser.
Even Iowa State stories about players and coaches didn't come out until after they were gone. There is a thread on this site that is about stories that enough time has passed that they could be told. I'm sure there are many stories of coaches or players that CW or Blum could tell, that many consider "newsworthy", but they keep it to themselves. I'm sure many of the local sports media knew about Larry's drinking problems that didn't make the news.
Most of these "incidents" are tied more to Fran's wife and Connor. Marge was the one heckling and the one likely making a lot of these "decisions". Media going after wives and family of coaches is usually considered a big no-no in sports media.
The coaches vs. cancer event was a fundraiser, not a game. Keith didn't want this to be a story because it makes the news story more about him instead of focusing on the event, which was a cancer fundraiser.
Even Iowa State stories about players and coaches didn't come out until after they were gone. There is a thread on this site that is about stories that enough time has passed that they could be told. I'm sure there are many stories of coaches or players that CW or Blum could tell, that many consider "newsworthy", but they keep it to themselves. I'm sure many of the local sports media knew about Larry's drinking problems that didn't make the news.
Most of these "incidents" are tied more to Fran's wife and Connor. Marge was the one heckling and the one likely making a lot of these "decisions". Media going after wives and family of coaches is usually considered a big no-no in sports media.
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I think she'll hang around at least long enough to hire KF's replacement, after that who knows but I don't see her ending her career at Iowa. Barta had no choice, I doubt any other quality school was interested. BG will have opportunities.
I caught some kxno this AM. I heard the absolute tail end of Busse talking but he mentioned Marg at Iowa practices. Anyone hear what that was about?
I’m not going to defend Jamie but that’s not fair to him in my opinion.
She will hang around until a much better job comes around, as far as I know she has no ties to Iowa or the EIU. So she can wait it out and get in line for the next time an Ohio State, Michigan or some job like that opens up.
Ill take that bet. Devries would have been lucky to go .500 with Iowa's roster last year. Ill even go so far to say Devries will only last at IU 2 more seasons.
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She doesn't, she's from Missouri originally but went to school and played soccer at Brevard and Clemson. If she hits another homerun with the football HC hire I agree she'll probably move on to that level of school next.
Me too. Hypothetical Darian is a WAY better coach than actual Darian.
It would be easy to do. IC is an awesome college town and that metro is a great place to live.
Says a lot about ADs and revenue generation. They’ve historically been more middle management than CEO, with balance sheet largely determined.
Does the BIG money let him survive bad hires and not expect having a say
100%, and this goes back to my post the other day where these guys are nothing but just fans with press passes and they're afraid to lose their front row access because they feel like they're apart of it. In their minds, being a fan blogger>being a journalist. Hell, the only reason why Hlas was able to stick around for so long, despite being the only one there who was remotely objective, was because Ferentz actually liked him.
Which is too bad for CC. She had a brother walk on to the ISU football team so you know her current personality isn't an exact indication of how she might've been raised, but rather could have been strongly influenced by her time in Iowa City. Would make for an interesting nature vs nurture case study someday.
I used to work with Blake. Really nice guy, super humble and pretty kept to himself.
