POLL: Should this season be Tom Brands last as HC at Iowa?

Should this season be Tom Brands last as HC at Iowa?


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chipackhawk

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Not sure how that response has anything to do with the post I was responding to or the point of my post. The guy literally insinuated that the revenue sharing holdback was to remove the oxygen from the candle that is Brands.

There have been plenty of posts on here from people that would know, detailing a slew of obstacles that Iowa itself has put in place that have negatively affected the Iowa wrestling program. But, there is such a drive to blame and remove Brands to the point that NO ONE wants to even begin to acknowledge these things. Instead the guy literally twisted one of these into one of the most ridiculous things I have ever read...
Is it not entirely possible that wrestling simply isn't as important to her as many of you want it to be? This statement is what I responded to and it seems to be fair in return.
 
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98lberEating2Lunches

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Real question. What is Iowa doing different from other schools with rev share $? Is Iowa not doing revenue sharing as a whole? Or just none for wrestling?
HE DOES NOT KNOW, because he doesn't know exactly what all any of PSU, OKSt, tOSU, or Iowa are doing or plan to do. He just presents assumptions without justifications.

Evidence will be the lack of a direct answer to your question, if he answers at all.

I would be shocked if he ever answers I don't know. Perhaps a deep dive for that phrase could've revealed, except Corby1 is no more.

Shockingly a quick survey only includes IDKs from other posters to which Corby responds. Fascinating.
 

Corby2

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Real question. What is Iowa doing different from other schools with rev share $? Is Iowa not doing revenue sharing as a whole? Or just none for wrestling?
Hopefully Beth gives wrestling a good amount of rev share $. Yes Iowa opted into revenue sharing as a whole. This was the first year of rev share so what other programs are doing with the $ hasn't been revealed yet. I know Iowa st received 1 million and are using it since NIL Go isn't allowing big $ to wrestlers . ADs from other universities have commented on what programs would receive rev share and in wrestling Ohio St and Michigan ADs didn't mention wrestling. But Iowa did mention wrestling would receive rev share.
 

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HE DOES NOT KNOW, because he doesn't know exactly what all any of PSU, OKSt, tOSU, or Iowa are doing or plan to do. He just presents assumptions without justifications.

Evidence will be the lack of a direct answer to your question, if he answers at all.

I would be shocked if he ever answers I don't know. Perhaps a deep dive for that phrase could've revealed, except Corby1 is no more.

Shockingly a quick survey only includes IDKs from other posters to which Corby responds. Fascinating.
Says the guy who doesn't know his a*s from a hole in the ground. Imagine your dog doesn't even like you . Maybe give your dog some food and stop stealing all the lunches
 
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kingstown

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Nobody cares yet you took the time to make that. Seems like somebody cares. Welcome to the fan club



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InTheCircle

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Hopefully Beth gives wrestling a good amount of rev share $. Yes Iowa opted into revenue sharing as a whole. This was the first year of rev share so what other programs are doing with the $ hasn't been revealed yet. I know Iowa st received 1 million and are using it since NIL Go isn't allowing big $ to wrestlers . ADs from other universities have commented on what programs would receive rev share and in wrestling Ohio St and Michigan ADs didn't mention wrestling. But Iowa did mention wrestling would receive rev share.
I am not calling you out, when did Beth say wrestling would get rev. share?
On another point, Liestkow did say we shouldn’t expect seeing a breakdown of where the Rev sharing dollars were allocated.
 
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Anon1751369530

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Hopefully Beth gives wrestling a good amount of rev share $. Yes Iowa opted into revenue sharing as a whole. This was the first year of rev share so what other programs are doing with the $ hasn't been revealed yet. I know Iowa st received 1 million and are using it since NIL Go isn't allowing big $ to wrestlers . ADs from other universities have commented on what programs would receive rev share and in wrestling Ohio St and Michigan ADs didn't mention wrestling. But Iowa did mention wrestling would receive rev share.
So you don’t know after saying the Iowa AD was holding Iowa back on it. Lame answer.
 
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Trapper85

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Now this one is downright comical. So, Beth is so forward thinking that she held back money from the program to squeeze Brands out of it? Is that really the take you are going with????

Is it not entirely possible that wrestling simply isn't as important to her as many of you want it to be?
Seems to me nobody here has any clue why Beth apparently didn't provide rev share $ to wrestling. Could have been as simple as the U had yet to develop a clear plan, so easy to just initially give to fb and bb. Now, if I knew she gave a bunch to the rowing team and none to wrestling, that would seemingly say alot about her wrestling/Brands priority, no offense to rowing enthusiasts. But alas, we have no details here.
 

blcoach80

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Seems to me nobody here has any clue why Beth apparently didn't provide rev share $ to wrestling. Could have been as simple as the U had yet to develop a clear plan, so easy to just initially give to fb and bb. Now, if I knew she gave a bunch to the rowing team and none to wrestling, that would seemingly say alot about her wrestling/Brands priority, no offense to rowing enthusiasts. But alas, we have no details here.
Correct, but it undoubtedly put Iowa wrestling at a pretty sizeable disadvantage when all money paid to the wrestlers has to come through donations instead of a sizeable chunk from revenue sharing. Go ahead and tell me I'm just making exuses for Brands now (not you Trapper). Maybe Bob and Corby do know a little factual information?!
 
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HugoHugo

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Correct, but it undoubtedly put Iowa wrestling at a pretty sizeable disadvantage when all money paid to the wrestlers has to come through donations instead of a sizeable chunk from revenue sharing. Go ahead and tell me I'm just making exuses for Brands now (not you Trapper). Maybe Bob and Corby do know a little factual information?!

So, does this mean that the field is not actually level when we were told that it was?
 
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Stick Kitty

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Tom will not be fired at the end of this season.
I have a very high level of confidence in saying that.

I understand the reason it will not be at the end of this season as it makes a lot of sense for Beth to punt for 1 more year, but how confident are you at the end of next season? I believe its an absolute certainty.
 
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kingstown

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Iowa will still be pretty good next year. They will finish 3-6 and have a decent dual meets record. This is the new normal and it isn't changing anytime soon without drastic changes in leadership. It is a two horse race until Iowa decides it is time to engage for real. tOSU could sneak a 2/ND place in this year but DT is going to pass them and everyone who isn't PSU. The old ways are just that. Old.
 
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Tiltman

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I’m thinking Corby is VHS. I’m only going off two things.
1. I don’t hardly ever remember Corby posting much while VHS was on here but once the ban hammer came down Corby is posting about as frequently as VHS was.
2. Trying to validate himself by claiming all these coaches call him to ask advice 🤣 is like claiming you wrestled for a team you never did to try and validate yourself.
im no Sherlock Holmes but that’s enough clues for me to link the two together lol
 

Random4598375

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I’m thinking Corby is VHS. I’m only going off two things.
1. I don’t hardly ever remember Corby posting much while VHS was on here but once the ban hammer came down Corby is posting about as frequently as VHS was.
2. Trying to validate himself by claiming all these coaches call him to ask advice 🤣 is like claiming you wrestled for a team you never did to try and validate yourself.
im no Sherlock Holmes but that’s enough clues for me to link the two together lol
Remember, the VHS handle had multiple people posting to it. Corby could be one.
 
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