I don't know the guy and neither do You! So be a good person and set a good example for everyone!
What BT record would it take for Barta to axe Fran?
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I know that he has lied to me, personally. So, be a good person and don't tell me what I do and don't know.
First off...to the poster above that listed volleyball as a disaster...it is not. That program is actually on the rise and they have a solid head coach.
Secondly, I get a kick out of people who use Fran's second round exit as proof of a job well done when, I believe it was the first or second week of February his team was sitting in position for a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Because of that collapse I'm not sure how anyone can classify that season as a "success". Especially in that second round matchup the game was over 10 minutes into the game.
Secondly, I get a kick out of people who use Fran's second round exit as proof of a job well done when, I believe it was the first or second week of February his team was sitting in position for a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Because of that collapse I'm not sure how anyone can classify that season as a "success". Especially in that second round matchup the game was over 10 minutes into the game.
Lol. I know for a 100% fact that Gary Barta lied directly to me. All of your outrage and exclamation points won't change that fact to fiction.
Man everyone calm down. I am as unhappy about the current state of affairs as anybody, but I am not gonna get bent at Fran or Barta. It is what it is. I agree to a point about not firing after one bad season. The question for me is; How bad will this season get? Saturday was a bad bad beatdown at home. No way to sugar coat it. I also do not see a clear way forward. No ball handler coming in, etc. I am just perplexed that we can't seem to field a consistently competitive basketball team. Years of this crap and various other issues have eroded the fan base away a great deal from where it was in 1988. It started at the end of the Davis era and really has not recovered. I can remember the excitement in 79-82 and what great years those were. It seems like another universe now.
Then state your NAME and the lie in detail. Otherwise, keep it off the boards. I know, I know, you wont!
Why do I need to prove anything to you? Who do you think you are? State YOUR NAME and explain why you think you get to make demands! I know, I know, you wont!
What?
What school in the country not named Iowa would this be acceptable?
8 years in and 2 first round wins...my expectations are higher than that and our fanbases' expectations should be higher than that. I know we arent Kentucky or Duke but we do have a good tradition here, facilities, fans, money. No reason we shouldnt be a regular top 25 team.
3 appearances in 5 years with two wins isn’t acceptable? Because we were in the gutter when he took over so I didn’t exactly have high expectations in years 1 and 2. Year 3 was a minor disappointment.
You're the one claiming Fran's 5 year coaching record and I'm the retarded one? Fran was introduced as the head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes on March 30, 2010.
Dude, he’s made three of the last five including this year. That was obvious to any non-idiot.
How is all that working out for Iowa in the Director’s Cup? How does Iowa stack up to the other Big 10 teams?
I don’t know. I don’t care about some arbitrary scoring system that helps non revenue sports feel relevant.
Holy shit we need to screen the signup process for this board.
Indeed few of the critical fans know that Barta posseses some of the wickedest uppercuts among all AD's in the nation that can put to rest any tete-a-tete arguments by the daring critic.
Not to mention his outstanding conference
Not to mention his outstanding conference tourney record. Sign this man up for life!
Nice to see such rational thought.
I’m not even sold on Fran right now, but much of this board is convincing me to keep him just tonpiss everyone off.
I’m not even sold on Fran right now, but much of this board is convincing me to keep him just tonpiss everyone off.
What's obvious to any non-idiot is that you cherry picked his record to make him look better....or your math sucks. If we are cherry picking numbers, how about 0 for the last 2 years - including this year? That's not so good, is it? If your math sucks, well...math is hard for some people. No shame in that. Probably less shame in shitty math than cherry pickers of stats.
Did Fran get paid for his first 2 years? If he was working for free, then NO. I don't fault him for that.
To be fair, FM’s BTT record looks pretty good compared to any Iowa coach not named Steve Alford.
Barta?, no he will be gone before that,.... Fran?, yeah, I think 7-8 years sounds about right....
Barta won't be gone unless he leaves voluntarily. If Fran is still here in 7-8 years posting similar results as this year....there won't be an Iowa basketball fan left.
And yet, you are touting Barta's "good to great" hires....for the non-revenue sports.
Just so you know: Iowa's athletics as a whole are one of the worst in the country, and consistently towards the bottom of the Big 10.
Only 2x to the field of 64.....losing the "play-in" game means you didnt get in, right? The way that team choked they shouldnt be considered an NCAA team other than by a technicality.
Volleyball is much better, in the toughest conference imaginable. Shymansky hire was lauded.
Kirk’s contract doesn’t ****ing matter unless he starts sucking and then he would retire. Just a straw man reason to bitch.
Heller, Hankins, Woody, Stith have been good to great hires. Tennis and rowing are also better.
It’s ridiculous to assume that he can’t make a good hire
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