Kirk Ferentz getting sued for being racist
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Yes those players are still fully supportive of him, however Kirk's seat is not ice cold right now. That's just what I'm being told. They're trying to get more information and being that this is one of the hottest topics in sports right now, Iowa has to be very careful with how they handle this.
I have no idea if what he says is true or untrue. I will say in reading what he prepared I found it odd he led with "Ohio State was recruiting me." Just kind of an odd way to set the scene for what he was getting ready to say. Get the impression he's pretty high on himself.
I remember seeing an interview with him several years ago and he referred to himself in the third person the whole time.
I do think DJK thinks highly of himself, but I read that as he was setting the stage of why he believed he was initially mistreated the moment he walked through the doors there. He thought him being a highly touted recruit led KF and Doyle to believe he was spoiled and "born with a silver spoon in his mouth".
LOL lost in all of this is the fact that Gary Barta is the Playoff Selection Committee Chair this year.
It reminds me of the dress code the NBA put in place to specifically target Allen iverson
Even if so, even if DJK was an entitled full-of-himself ass... the brute force methods KF and CD used to try to pop his ego were outdated and vindictive.
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
How many times have you heard Iowa fans questioning
"why didn't our best guys play?"
"why does so-and-so start over the other guy?"
"why didn't we give/throw the ball more to X?"
To some extent that is every team everywhere, but maybe Kirk's iron fist approach is part of those answers? Even if not racism per se, but just being vindictive and vengeful? If the fanbase starts to think that then watch out.
Nah, that would never happen. If the cops were that corrupt there would be protests around the country demanding change. Maybe even riots! That'll be the day....
If anyone recalls when Steve Deace was on KXNO, but he said multiple times something along these lines. When he started covering Hawkeye/Cyclones he went to IC and the good 'ol boy culture was really pervasive. No one reporter ever dared to ask the Head Iowa Football coach a tough question. No one dared asked for anything other than what Fry/Ferentz spouted. Never. As a reporter in IC your job was to turn on the tape recorder sit back and admire the HC. One of the reasons he began cheering for ISU is because ISU was very open and honest with reporters (with the few that paid any attention to ISU at the time).
DJK probably is/was messed up, but that doesn't mean KF or anyone else is innocent on that alone. It's worth hearing him out (especially when it's not just him making claims of issues).
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