The Undefeated on ESPN - Iowa Football PR Nightmare

[jdoggivjc]

How many times are we going to say this? Nobody outside of Iowa State fans care. Iowa recruiting will not fall off and they will continue to beat us every year.

Front and center on espn.com says otherwise.

 

[cycloner29]

Front and center on espn.com says otherwise.

Yep!

 

[inCyteful]

KF is laughing all the way to the bank. Gotta hand it to the guy, he parlayed a 'good' season into an extension that easily gets him to retirement and greatly improves BFs chances of taking over. He could care less about what happens with this story now. If someone does like it, buy out his contract, make BF HC and he is gone. Otherwise, sit down, shut up and enjoy 10 more years of mediocrity and embarrassment.

 

[Trice]

Front and center on espn.com says otherwise.

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down the page. It's not even the top Iowa story on the front page of ESPN.com.

 

[MJ29]

Because it is a big deal to throw that out there when it has never been reported on lol.

Just because it was never reported on doesn't mean it didn't happen. There are probably lots of things that you don't personally know about that have happened.

 

[20eyes]

His parliament will be called spearmint.

Spearment.

 

[JM4CY]

Just because it was never reported on doesn't mean it didn't happen. There are probably lots of things that you don't personally know about that have happened.

He’s a Hawk fan. He’s probably a flat earther too.

 

[RedDog]

Because it is a big deal to throw that out there when it has never been reported on lol.

Keep the hawk cleansing shtick where it belongs.

 

[20eyes]

Front and center on espn.com says otherwise.

Not really. This will be a nothing-burger by Monday morning.

 

[Statefan10]

You guys cannot be serious right now can you? Like honestly I am beginning to worry

You were one of the guys emailing the author who wrote this article weren’t you

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

I get what you are saying, but U of I strength coach would not have been fired if there was nothing to the allegations.

#blindspot

 

[Cyclones1969]

That article/writer calls KF out for what he is: a dictator, a control freak, a stuck in the mud old timer who refuses to change, and a master of nepotism. It says what every journalist in Iowa SHOULD be saying, but is too coward to write.

I’m always fascinated how Iowa fan manages to simultaneously think that Kirk is a control freak, and totally responsible for his program, but has no idea what happens inside the walls.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

Only older people listen to local news and radio man.

Recruits do not.

The news and other media forms are tools that schools are using to recruit against Iowa and it's been working..

 

[jcyclonee]

What coach said the N word and what coach said Dumb*** Black player?

BF used the second term. He also asked players if they were going to rob a liquor store and if they were going to rob a gas station.

 

[AuH2O]

It just amazes me how the Iowa media just continues to give Kirk a free pass on all of this because he's a "good guy". They are part of the problem IMO. Kirk never should have gotten the chance to "fix" this, he had his chance. This is basic HR stuff, there are no do overs.

The media, and it's not just those covering Iowa Football, go to this well over and over again. The Satterfield and Everson case should've ended Ferentz and Barta, but they got off on the "I'm not perfect, looking back we should've handled it differently," crap, when it was very obvious what was happening. Well, more accurately, if you were a coach trying to cover up a sexual assault, you would've taken the exact steps that Ferentz took. But he's a good guy, so he deserves the benefit of the doubt.

The "Here's what I think of your Rhabdo story, coach of the year award" story was the same thing. Media said this is bad, but Ferentz deserves the benefit of the doubt. He donates money to the hospital.

Racism scandal, same thing.

Kirk's duped all these clueless dolts.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

It's pretty damn ironic because when Penn St was going through the whole Sandusky/Joe Pa debacle local media here tore that apart. I specifically remember Murph and Andy railing on the whole "total control of the program" regarding Joe Pa and here we are. It's the same damn thing and the local media has just been like aw shucks that's classic Kirk. I'm sure if anyone can correct it he can.

 

[knowlesjam]

He’s a Hawk fan. He’s probably a flat earther too.

Hey...take that back...the earth is shaped like a frisbee.

 

[JM4CY]

Hey...take that back...the earth is shaped like a frisbee.

Get out of here, you yellow chicken fan!!!!

 

[AuH2O]

It's pretty damn ironic because when Penn St was going through the whole Sandusky/Joe Pa debacle local media here tore that apart. I specifically remember Murph and Andy railing on the whole "total control of the program" regarding Joe Pa and here we are. It's the same damn thing and the local media has just been like aw shucks that's classic Kirk. I'm sure if anyone can correct it he can.

Murphy's takes on this were as clueless as his COVID takes.

Reality - not very many former players were actually calling for Ferentz to be fired.

Murphy's interpretation - Not only do players not want Ferentz fired, overwhelmingly former players think Kirk is the right guy to fix this problem.

Well, I guess he's right in a sense that when you are the problem, you probably are best suited to fix it.

 

[cytor]

They secured the #1 recruit in the state, who just so happens to be AA. Much to the chagrin of every Cyclone fan on this site.

$75K goes a long way with a top recruit.