No, they have teams and fan bases that want them to fail so they can become more relevant than them.
Heck I love all this. Former player who Kirk hand picks to chair a committee calls for Kirk's and Barta's head. Kirk disbands the group without telling any reason why. A news outlet which has been very friendly towards U of I athletics in the past runs a story about the group being disbanded. Kirk, who now wants to talk about the disbandment says it was all part of the plan because the current members wanted off and he wanted to bring in other people with fresh ideas Iowa fans rip on the news outlet for their "one-sided" biased coverage.
You can't write a soap opera series with this much drama and craziness