Black boycott at Iowa....blast from the past

[Lone Clone]

SIAP, but the Missouri situation reminded me of what happened the year I graduated from UI, 1969. One of a series of things that plagued the Ray Nagle tenure at Iowa City.

I don't recall whether Harry Edwards was directly involved or not, but I would bet that he was.

Again, SIAP, but I didn't see a reference in the Mizzou thread.

 

[JRHawk2003]

This and Evy did Nagle in. Nagle was so close to turning the corner. Great offensive teams.

 

[revkev73]

One can attend Grambling/Alcorn State or Bob Jones University/Liberty Baptist...

Great to live in a free country where a person can go to be with "his" people full time if he wants, or not...

The real world has challenges and blessings...and it isn't fair, just like life in general...

 

[Lone Clone]

This and Evy did Nagle in. Nagle was so close to turning the corner. Great offensive teams.

True. Some of it probably was Nagle's fault, of course. But Evy was not a good AD; should have stayed as football coach, IMHO. Another disaster for Nagle was when star quarterback Larry Lawrence and the starting fullback, whose name slips my mind -- Tom Smith? -- bailed out on the program and went to Miami. IIRC, that followed the resignation of Lawrence's father, Ted, from the Nagle staff in a particularly bitter parting of the ways.

Prior to the boycott and subsequent dismissal of a number of players, Nagle was supposed to have a really good team in '69. I think they ended up missing about a dozen players who were supposed to be in the two-deeps. Still went around .500, I think.

 

[JRHawk2003]

Well, Evy wanted to be coach again badly and undermined Nagle at every turn. A plot to reinstate yourself as coach? It was Machiavellian crazy and cost him his job. Its funny how all events like that start another chain of events. Evy gets fired, Bump comes in and fails with FXL and Commings....but hires Fry, who hires Ferentz and the rest is history.

 

[AuroraHawk]

One can attend Grambling/Alcorn State or Bob Jones University/Liberty Baptist...

Great to live in a free country where a person can go to be with "his" people full time if he wants, or not...

The real world has challenges and blessings...and it isn't fair, just like life in general...

It seems to me that "those" people with whom you apparently have a problem are exercising one of the rights that is provided by this "free" country. You may not like what they are saying or you may not agree with what they are saying . . . but, as you put it, life isn't necessarily fair and you'll just have to deal with dissenting viewpoints.

 

[revkev73]

I don't have a problem with them at all...whoever they are...point is...if you don't like something you can go somewhere else...or stay in your bedroom...

If anyone is treated unfairly, they have a right to protest...sue, complain, quit, pout, blame...or move on.

I like it when people are treated fairly...but all races are imperfect in terms of bias, stereotyping, blaming, racism...we just don't hear much about that, do we?

 

[Birky]

I believe Denny Green was a big part after that.