2014 season ticket sales
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People who voted "no impact" are high. 17,000 tickets @ $65 per ticket is roughly $1.1M per game in lost revenue. Add in miscellaneous revenue streams like food and parking and you're talking $1.5M per game of lost revenue. Now they were probably able to make some of that up, but that revenue produced by consistent season ticket holders is a gimme every year. You'd be a fool to think Ferentz wasn't shown what the door looks like with him walking through it.
Which begs the question- Will Ferentz revert back now that he will get what is essentially a life time contact?
He certainly did the past few games. That being said, he's a much better coach than I gave him credit for in the past, I didn't appreciate him as a representative for Iowa. Sure there are things that irritated me and still do, such as sticking with Daniels when he obviously can't get the job done. However I'll never question him again. It goes far beyond coaching, when you think of the character of the person you want as your CEO, it's someone with exactly his qualities. You could see it in the segment about Greenwood.
I think 7-6 with a butt kicking in the bowl game had way more impact than $1.5 million did.
Everyday is a learning experience. KF has 16 years here at Iowa, and more elsewhere, and he isn't that old. So, with all that has happened, I think he has a wealth of experience to learn and draw from. That can only help going forward. Despite all the time I advocated his firing, I still fondly remembered Clinton Solomon's "The Catch", beating Florida, and of course, the 2010 Orange Bowl win.
As of last year, all the losing seasons weren't worth keeping him (to me). But after showing his fierce loyalty to Iowa despite how many people wanted him gone, I now view him as a martyr. I know it sounds radical, but I don't know that many coaches could accomplish what he has here at Iowa, while simultaneously teaching valuable life lessons and discipline, and allowing the program and his players to enjoy a long duration of stability.
Even if we lose the Rose Bowl, I'll still fondly remember the season, just as I do 2002. And I have Coach Ferentz to thank for my fond memories.
As of last year, all the losing seasons weren't worth keeping him (to me). But after showing his fierce loyalty to Iowa despite how many people wanted him gone, I now view him as a martyr. I know it sounds radical, but I don't know that many coaches could accomplish what he has here at Iowa, while simultaneously teaching valuable life lessons and discipline, and allowing the program and his players to enjoy a long duration of stability.
Even if we lose the Rose Bowl, I'll still fondly remember the season, just as I do 2002. And I have Coach Ferentz to thank for my fond memories.
