Him saying Western Iowa instead of Ames doesn’t leave me optimistic, but who knows.
Kirk Ferentz getting sued for being racist
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Him saying Western Iowa instead of Ames doesn’t leave me optimistic, but who knows.
My guess is that Capt. Kirk will survive but this is a major hit for Jr.
With Jr. being called out along with Doyle, he can kiss the head coaching spot good-bye. Even the anger management class that he'll end up taking won't bring that job back.
Agreed and while it is serious and those players do no deserve in the slightest to be treated that way, I hope it can be taken as a learning experience for everyone and a launching pad to a better future. There will be consequences but I hope it's done not just for the optics and the PR/cover your ass side of it. I hope it's because institutions actually want to have change and be better.
Holy ****
After her comments about going live on Wednesday, I'm more firmly in the "Ferentz is done" camp. This is just going to keep mushrooming.
Also...I wanted to jump through my screen with a battery and find whatever smoke alarm was chirping
Guess it's Howe's fault now.
https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/welp-who-is-the-next-coach.318460/
https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/welp-who-is-the-next-coach.318460/
Absolutely. First and foremost, my heart goes out to the players who had to deal with that garbage. That being said, it seemed like 99% of the aftermath of the BF issues ranged from complete support for him all the way to "he was a tough SOB and I didn't like him but he didn't have a racist bone in my body." Seems to be a ton of former U of I players here from multiple years coming out on this issue.
She states that there are big problems in the program.
She is writing a book about Akrum’s experience.
She is going live on Wednesday with other Former Hok players and their families to talk about their experiences.
She also states she likes the people of Iowa and the fans, most of the video is vague while stating there are A LOT of issues within the program.
There's a zero percent chance KF isn't in the know on this and looking the other way.
Honestly, it doesn't. I've been really disappointed with the people of Iowa through all of this (basically all of 2020).
Anyone remember the ISU fans were hurling epithets? Our black players being arrested? Anyone here think we're the model for racial diversity at ISU? What happens if black student or past student athletes let THEIR personal experiences be known while at ISU and they weren't all great?
This is a national racial inequality / injustice issue not a football rivalry issue. Again - nothing I know of has immunized Ames other than nobody has unearthed our hidden secrets yet.
This stuff seems to go well beyond insensitivity and lack of awareness types of issues among otherwise well-meaning people into a culture of blatant racism. And to have what, dozens?, of these complains explode in about a day's time, it's like a dam bursting.
Imagine something being so bad one of your player's moms is actually writing a book about it.
He’s painted himself into a very small corner with his “I wish I had known about this” statement. That could come back to bite him.
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