President Harrald

[Crazy Hawk]

Business background.

How can he see this and think this basketball program is in good hands?

How can he see this athletic department and think this department is in good hands?

 

[SWIowahawks]

Business background.

How can he see this and think this basketball program is in good hands?

How can he see this athletic department and think this department is in good hands?

You said it. Business. Iowa athletics is making money.

 

[BlackNGoldBleeder]

Assuming Fran is head coach next year, and he will be, Carver should be a ghost town when the men play.

 

[Crazy Hawk]

You said it. Business. Iowa athletics is making money.

I'm starting to think Harrald needs to be gone as well.

 

[fezzador]

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

 

[83Hawk]

I have said this before and I’ll say it again.....the powers-that-be at the University of Iowa DO NOT CARE ABOUT ATHLETICS. Period!

The money will roll in whether they win or lose. Harrald supports Barta. Barta is incompetent. Fran needs to be shown the door, but because Barta is incompetent, we will be stuck with Fran for another 4-5 years minimum.

 

[hawkeye54545]

I have said this before and I’ll say it again.....the powers-that-be at the University of Iowa DO NOT CARE ABOUT ATHLETICS. Period!

The money will roll in whether they win or lose. Harrald supports Barta. Barta is incompetent. Fran needs to be shown the door, but because Barta is incompetent, we will be stuck with Fran for another 4-5 years minimum.

I will say this again. Nobody should be shown the door before Barta. He shouldn't ever get the chance to make another hire.

 

[HaydenHawk8]

You said it. Business. Iowa athletics is making money.

Thanks to the BTN $$$.

If carver starts getting empty it will start to show.

 

[GhostAppendage]

Business background.

How can he see this and think this basketball program is in good hands?

How can he see this athletic department and think this department is in good hands?

He sees the revenue.

 

[Crazy Hawk]

He sees the revenue.

Ignores the potential revenue?

 

[Rustys Dad]

Business background.

How can he see this and think this basketball program is in good hands?

How can he see this athletic department and think this department is in good hands?

He has no ties to Iowa athletics outside of his obligatory appearances... Iowa athletics makes money because of the Big 10 tv contract and some fans who will continue to donate no matter who is the AD.. Iowa football carries the athletic department and our Gomer Pyle AD has ridden the coat tails of Captain Kirk from Day 1.

 

[Crazy Hawk]

He has no ties to Iowa athletics outside of his obligatory appearances... Iowa athletics makes money because of the Big 10 tv contract and some fans who will continue to donate know matter who is the AD.. Iowa football carries the athletic department and our Gomer Pyle AD has ridden the coat tails of Captain Kirk from Day 1.

When someone reports to another individual on any major decision they have ties to that department.

I said when this all went down with Fran and his secret extension...that I hoped that Harrald signed off on it with the stipulation that if it doesn't work out Barta's ass is on the line.

Maybe Harrald likes "yes men" and Barta fits that to a "T"?

 

[r448chlpo]

I am an out of stater and do not know much about Harrald. He is an IBM guy by background and I view that as a plus. Barta is at the heart of the problem with Iowa athletic performance, which is truly second-rate... just look at the results across the board! Thank God for Kirk, Bluder, Heller and Brands or things would be totally dismal! ( Barta, gets credit for Heller only.) Hopefully, Harrald is clear eyed and is developing and exit strategy for getting Barta out the door ASAP.

 

[iowa surfer]

You said it. Business. Iowa athletics is making money.

Only business. Ranked 18th per a podcast I heard for amount of money generated. Barta a Raise? Maybe. Nothing Personal.Iowa sports is to earn $$$$ Us fans want a win every now and then.Who knows? Power and Money Rule! Hawk Players Tough...

 

[hexumhawk]

You said it. Business. Iowa athletics is making money.

Yes despite of itself. Reminds me of the Cubs before Theo. They made money even though they knew they were putting out an inferior product; didnt matter since fans were showing up.

 

[Crazy Hawk]

I am an out of stater and do not know much about Harrald. He is an IBM guy by background and I view that as a plus. Barta is at the heart of the problem with Iowa athletic performance, which is truly second-rate... just look at the results across the board! Thank God for Kirk, Bluder, Heller and Brands or things would be totally dismal! ( Barta, gets credit for Heller only.) Hopefully, Harrald is clear eyed and is developing and exit strategy for getting Barta out the door ASAP.

Barta got lucky with Heller. I have heard the committee that Barta appointed to do the hiring wanted a southern assistant coach (heard Texas?) but they turned it down and Barta & company played it off in getting Heller.

 

[fezzador]

Having top-notch athletics can really raise a university's overall profile. Iowa is the epitome of a "safety school" - it takes tons of kids that would otherwise be Badgers, Illini, or Wolverines, but don't quite have the academic chops. Wisconsin and Michigan simultaneously have strong academics and athletics; and Illinois at least is an in-state school. Iowa's athletics and academics are decent, but are definitely a tier below UW and Mich on both counts.

Iowa is competitive most years, but lacks consistency. If it can at least make the B1G championship game 3 times a decade, and gets NCAA bids 80% of the time, a lot of those kids might put Iowa higher up on their "wish list". That means more Iowa applicants, a lower acceptance rate (to me a 75% acceptance rate isn't much better than a community college. Most decent academic institutions reject at least 35% of their applicants) and therefore, a higher academic profile (selectivity and funding are killing the U of I's academic rep lately).

Kids want to be a part of something big. If you build it, they will come.

 

[Bearhawk0505]

Our swim team just hosted the big ten meet in the newer facility and finished a distant 8th out of 10. The coach has been there since 2004 and has a new facility to work with. Barta will certainly not make any moves, I would not be surprised to see him extend the contract. Not that anyone cares about swimming(I don’t), but I just saw the results and figured it would be a good example of our inept AD being afraid to make any moves to makes our athletics better, just being OK with terrible results. Plenty of hungry young coaches out there for all the sports. If your not good for a decade, why not make changes?

 

[JRHawk2003]

He is much more worried about state support for the UI than this.

 

[fezzador]

Having top-notch athletics can really raise a university's overall profile. Iowa is the epitome of a "safety school" - it takes tons of kids that would otherwise be Badgers, Illini, or Wolverines, but don't quite have the academic chops. Wisconsin and Michigan simultaneously have strong academics and athletics; and Illinois at least is an in-state school. Iowa's athletics and academics are decent, but are definitely a tier below UW and Mich on both counts.

Iowa is competitive most years, but lacks consistency. If it can at least make the B1G championship game 3 times a decade, and gets NCAA bids 80% of the time, a lot of those kids might put Iowa higher up on their "wish list". That means more Iowa applicants, a lower acceptance rate (to me a 75% acceptance rate isn't much better than a community college. Most decent academic institutions reject at least 35% of their applicants) and therefore, a higher academic profile (selectivity and funding are killing the U of I's academic rep lately).

Kids want to be a part of something big. If you build it, they will come.

To piggy-back off this, the BOR needs to seriously reconsider creating a UI satellite campus somewhere in the state. An "overflow" school if you will. The U of Iowa needs to be the gold standard for public education, and take in only the best of the best. Des Moines would ordinarily make the most sense as there's really no excuse for a metro of its size not to house a moderate-sized public university (akin to UNI), but ISU (and to a lesser extend UNI) already cried foul. The only other two places that would be prime candidates would be Sioux City (as the western portion of the state is seriously underserved) and Mason City (would serve the far northern part of the state and southern Minnesota).

Cities like Carroll, Spencer, and Ottumwa would be in consideration but all lack interstate access (in fact, none of them are particularly close to an interstate). Kids that live 2 or more hours away and plan to go home on the weekends are going to want to get home as quickly as possible, and long stretches of 2-lane highway just isn't going to cut it.

 

[MepoDawg#]

To piggy-back off this, the BOR needs to seriously reconsider creating a UI satellite campus somewhere in the state. An "overflow" school if you will. The U of Iowa needs to be the gold standard for public education, and take in only the best of the best. Des Moines would ordinarily make the most sense as there's really no excuse for a metro of its size not to house a moderate-sized public university (akin to UNI), but ISU (and to a lesser extend UNI) already cried foul. The only other two places that would be prime candidates would be Sioux City (as the western portion of the state is seriously underserved) and Mason City (would serve the far northern part of the state and southern Minnesota).

Cities like Carroll, Spencer, and Ottumwa would be in consideration but all lack interstate access (in fact, none of them are particularly close to an interstate). Kids that live 2 or more hours away and plan to go home on the weekends are going to want to get home as quickly as possible, and long stretches of 2-lane highway just isn't going to cut it.

Iowa took over the AIB campus then closed it in December. They have the Center for Higher Education in Des Moines already.

 

[83Hawk]

Having top-notch athletics can really raise a university's overall profile.

Kids want to be a part of something big. If you build it, they will come.

^^^This.^^^

The numbskulls at the University do not seem to understand that athletic success helps them in the long run. Higher visibility/recognition, higher revenue, higher quality students. Also, you can have BOTH great academics and successful athletics.

But no.....athletics are a necessary evil that brings in money no matter how bad the athletic teams are.

 

[anon_gjzkhykcp9iuj]

I have said this before and I’ll say it again.....the powers-that-be at the University of Iowa DO NOT CARE ABOUT ATHLETICS. Period!

The money will roll in whether they win or lose. Harrald supports Barta. Barta is incompetent. Fran needs to be shown the door, but because Barta is incompetent, we will be stuck with Fran for another 4-5 years minimum.

This, oh so much this, and it goes back more than a half century. Academics and administrators have a long history of jealousy and attempts to sabotage athletic success. As I get older, I have less and less tolerance for mediocrity and even less tolerance for acceptance of mediocrity.

 

[BeepBeepInMyJeep]

I was quite critical of his hire because I was afraid (perhaps unnecessarily) that he was more of a trojan horse, but I think he's done a pretty good job overall. I'd like to see him have the opportunity to hire an athletic director. There's just a general staleness around Iowa athletics at the moment.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Thanks to the BTN $$$.

If carver starts getting empty it will start to show.

Lol

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Athletics is like .00001% of the university budget. No one above Barta gives a shit about sports.

 

[fezzador]

Iowa took over the AIB campus then closed it in December. They have the Center for Higher Education in Des Moines already.

Yes, but it's not really a UI campus. It's some sort of UI, UNI, and ISU chimaera.

 

[HaydenHawk8]

Athletics is like .00001% of the university budget. No one above Barta gives a shit about sports.

While true, if the athletic department starts to lose $$( which it won’t) the atmosphere will diminish and I’m sure it will take a Gatens type player to go to the AD or president and complain. Wasn’t that how Lick got canned?

 

[Mich_hawk]

Athletics is like .00001% of the university budget. No one above Barta gives a shit about sports.

If Gary Barta cared about Iowa sports he wouldn't run the most pathetic Athletic Program in the Big Ten Second only to Rutgers. Check the Learfied Directors Cup Standings

 

[fezzador]

If Gary Barta cared about Iowa sports he wouldn't run the most pathetic Athletic Program in the Big Ten Second only to Rutgers. Check the Learfied Directors Cup Standings

The only people on the UI payroll that care about sports are Ferentz, Bluder, Brand, and Heller.

 

[icwesthawk]

The only people on the UI payroll that care about sports are Ferentz, Bluder, Brand, and Heller.

Well with all the craziness posted on this board today, this might just be the topper.

 

[SnootHawk]

The U of Iowa needs to be the gold standard for public education, and take in only the best of the best.

Students in Iowa are guaranteed admission to regent institutions if they meet the minimum score on the Regent Admissions Index, which is a very low standard. The university does not have control over admission of in-state students. Some students are admitted when predictive analytics say they have a 90% chance of failing out because the RAI guarantees their admission.

 

[fezzador]

Well with all the craziness posted on this board today, this might just be the topper.

I was being facetious.

 

[icwesthawk]

I was being facetious.

Sorry, been reading all the crap today and I didn't catch it