Barta Extended!

So just hiring coaches. No titles, final fours, etc. Just dudes he hired. He hired Chizik too you know and Rhoads. Facilities I give him A+ for. If you can't sell it the money won't come in and he has done that.
Wow you are not smart, is this dine and dash hok? Big 12 tournament titles are just a start not to mention the SEZ and was named AD of the year. Need we go on?
 
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Barta? Money shuffler; BTN benefactor; cadaver, milque-toast, underachiever

Pollard? Innovator, creator, motivator, money-maker, fanbase expander.

~ I read a couple years ago--in a TEN-YEAR stretch, the U of Iowa didn't win (1) Big Ten title

ZERO

Correct me if I'm wrong

* U of Iowa has 24 D1 sports programs
* That is 48 Big 10 title possibilities/year (Regular season + Big 10 Tourney)
* 480 Big 10 title possibilities, in a 10-yr stretch

For 10 straight seasons during the Barta regime, the U of Iowa went:
.........drum roll please.......

0-480

Great job Gary!! give yourself another raise$$ !!!
 
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So just hiring coaches. No titles, final fours, etc. Just dudes he hired. He hired Chizik too you know and Rhoads. Facilities I give him A+ for. If you can't sell it the money won't come in and he has done that.
Well, he actually has 4 Big 12 tournament titles, and two sweet 16 appearances. Iowa hasn't won a big 10 tournament title since 2006 and is 3-12 since then in that tournament. Iowa also hasn't made a sweet 16 since 1999. So as far as basketball goes, we're doing pretty well. So far, we've exceeded expectations in football and continuing to rise.
 
How many out of the last 10 years? Or the last 4 years? Football is the money sport. It is what drives everything else and we all know this.
In the last 10 years, Iowa State has won 7/10 in mens basketball. Iowa has won 7/10 in football.
 
Losing to Iowa four years in a row and not being ranked at seasons end makes isu football better? Rock solid logic.
Beating the snot out of Iowa this year and the foreseeable future is one thing that makes us a better program. We have more excitement, better coaching, and more talent on the roster. We are just positioned better. We have a better AD and not some stale program with a washed up coach and his soon to be new head coach dbag of a son.
 
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So just hiring coaches. No titles, final fours, etc. Just dudes he hired. He hired Chizik too you know and Rhoads. Facilities I give him A+ for. If you can't sell it the money won't come in and he has done that.

Hiring coaches is important. Barta has really struggled with it
 
My (educated) Hawk friends think Barta executes the WORST coaching contracts ever. LOL

What has Pollard done? Football @ Trice attracts nearly 60,000/game, opposed to 35,000 the season prior to his arrival.

The run-of-the-mill Iowa fan is ignorant about their own adopted school, and certainly clueless about anything ISU
 
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What has Pollard done?


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In the past 20 years, Iowa has beaten Iowa State 11 times in football. Iowa State has beaten Iowa 11 times in mens basketball. Iowa State has beaten Iowa 11 times in women's basketball. Iowa has not lost to Iowa State in wrestling since 2004. This series in all sports (besides wrestling) has been extremely close at the turn of the century.

Thought we were just
What has Pollard done?



What were the numbers for 2004 the year before he became the AD?
 
Barta has done what any of us would do. Take money that comes in from what has been established and TV contracts....not sure he's had to do much to change anything.
 
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Every program with the exception of wrestling is in a better place now than when JP got the job. I don't believe the same can be said for Barta.

When opposing fans cheer a move it typically isn't the right thing to be doing. You would think Iowa fans would know this from all the 4th and 1 punts Kirk makes happen from the opponents 40.
 

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