Long leash at Iowa

[Irvin 88]

I'm not in the know on the Booster situation from a historical standpoint, but why was there such a short leash on Raveling given all the athletes he brought in? I am waaaaaaay too lazy to do the research, but I would love to see how Iowa fares on HC tenures vs the rest of the Big 10. There really seems to be ZERO booster pressure to do anything.....when did they quit caring about winning...and I mean winning big.....not play in games, and Alamo Bowls. And there also is obviously fear on the part of the school to "look bad" to the outside world, but not giving our HC's 2 and 3x longer to prove themselves as failures before cutting bait. I even see posters now stating, "how would we get someone decent after he sees how so and so was treated"....huh? When I think think about what Hayden Fry said once when asked about a moral victory after losing to OU, it makes me sad to see how far the bar has fallen in regard to Iowa athletics. The sooner we lose our game next week and play in game, the sooner we can raise another Participation Banner.

Speaking of bars being lowered, I just read where Fran said,
“In this league, it’s tremendous,” McCaffery said of that .500 mark.

 

[doughawk]

Iowa had no leash on George. He left on his own. Not enough black women in Iowa City for him or so he said.

 

[Irvin 88]

I thought it was a mutual thing to save face from a firing....wasn't it a Jerry and Jimmy type thing???

 

[IllQChawk]

Iowa had no leash on George. He left on his own. Not enough black women in Iowa City for him or so he said.

Yes, this was official reason given for his departure.