no, I’m sorry the radical loony bin won’t rest until KF is run off and we become Nebraska. If they get their way this football program will go back to pre Hayden
Ferentz hasnt decided to return next year?
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wtf does Her gender have to do with whether She can or cannot make a football hire, Your attempt and need to throw that in there is worse than what You are accusing of , She probably does not know the difference between a kick out block and a hail mary , most execs are absolutely clueless on the workings of the machine but they can if They are a good execs manage the machine or delegate to People who can to produce a positive outcome, I think She can do this and if She listens to the Football Complex and at least takes that into account it is a smart move . To Me the next HC is staring Her in the face in Lester, He is young , smart has done the impossible and made Iowa's offense respectable and has HC experience and is absolutely a slam dunk on Pressers and would be great in Recruits living Rooms and the Donor Circuit, Wallace could be elevated to DC and the Iowa train keeps rolling
I would bet she knows more about football than some guys on here think she does.
In the portal era his age becomes less and less significant IMO. But to his credit, we have less portal issues and opt outs than damn near anybody out there, if not everybody out there.
It's the culture, and that will definitely be a key to whomever ultimately takes over. Iowa is not gonna hand out bags of cash or be held hostage by the Kadyn Proctor's of the world.
Not saying She does or does not but Her gender has zero to do with how much football intellect She has . She comes from a different sport background , so to Me is would be a smart play to listen to advice from inside the football facility Good Leaders/Execs take advisement from the Specialists in the field and factor them into decisions . Her credibility in the end is on the line unless the new Coach is force fed to Her via Big Boosters and the University BORs/President . Iowa's Culture is so good I have a hard time believing Iowa will go off script much when the time comes
She's light years better than Barta.
Why do smart, accomplished women frighten you? Lol.
Extensions are fine with a cheap buyout. Time catches up with everyone.
So, here's the thing. Assuming she's still the AD, when the time comes she WILL be hiring the football coach, because that's what AD's do. Also, like any good AD, she won't be operating alone or in a vacuum. It's likely that she will be soliciting the advice and direction of others who are familiar with the college coaching landscape, and then it will be her that makes the final decision, because again, that's what AD's do and she's done nothing so far that should elicit anything but confidence from the fanbase in whatever choice she makes.
Ultimately Kirk ain't working out his entire contract. He will retire with years left on it. He won't get those years paid out.
Now tell this to the guy he was responding to in the first place.
Dude, you’re trying to reason with him, which is futile. His view is that she is a DEI hire trying to do a man’s job which she obviously can’t do. Just need to write him off as a meat-head and nothing more.
We know Kirk isn't getting fired. He goes out when he wants to go out. So they could give him a 10 year extension and it won't mean squat. He retires at some point and what is left on the contract will not be paid out.
This. An extension is perfectly fine but only if there is a large reduction in the buyout and that can be done over time. If Kirk plans on working 10 more years but his results go to crap, he doesn’t own the program and can’t hang on and force a buyout. Beth is plenty capable to play it the right way.
I'd trust her to change yours. Sounds like you're the one with the weird fetish.
This. If she's still here she'll absolutely make the hire, it'll be the flagship hire in her AD career. I can't imagine her leaving before that because it could be a huge mark in her career. The dorks complaining about her or saying she doesn't know football or saying that she'll be told who to hire are just bigots who can't get their tiny brains around the fact that a woman is in charge. Lol.
Beth won't be giving KF an extension.
He has no leverage. He's 70, hasn't elevated Iowa to a CFP berth, proved he cares more about himself and his family than the Iowa program (see BF hire), so on and so forth.
I don't think he's Beth's favorite person, actually. She has been complimentary but certainly not overly reverent or promissory.
I think she personally can't wait to hire his replacement.
He has no leverage. He's 70, hasn't elevated Iowa to a CFP berth, proved he cares more about himself and his family than the Iowa program (see BF hire), so on and so forth.
I don't think he's Beth's favorite person, actually. She has been complimentary but certainly not overly reverent or promissory.
I think she personally can't wait to hire his replacement.
Based on her extremely impressive hire of Ben, I am inclined to say, Beth is more than qualified to hire an excellent football coach if called on to do so. She has my full support moving forward.
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No idea what their relationship is like. I assume that it was pretty rocky in the immediate aftermath of the Brian situation, and that wound was pretty deep.
With that said an extension with a reduction in the buyout wouldn't surprise me. It's one of those situations where you have to fish or cut bait. If he's going to stay for now, the contract needs at least 4 years for recruitment. Otherwise you'd have to part ways and I don't see that happening this year unless Kirk wants it to.
This is a bullsheet story.
I know it is early in her tenure, but Beth is the best AD at Iowa since Bob Bowlsby.She did pretty well in both mens and women's basketball
Ahh got to love when clowns come out to spew their BS
Wow talk about all time stupid clown comment here. She more qualified to hire a coach than you are to wipe your own butt!