I think it has to do with you tip toeing around the whole thing. I realize you were responding to a direct question on what was happening but a lot of Iowa fans on here have given off a "we'll just have to wait and see if things get better" attitude from the beginning of all of this.
What essentially is said by them is: Nothing bad probably ever happened and if it did it was handled appropriately. Which, considering former players suing them among a multitude of other crap in all of this, can’t really be the case.
And that the people that actually perpetrated the acts for 20 years deserve the chance to change it
I get that but I don't know what type of answer you expect from a person who has no real connection to the team behind closed doors. You can call it tip toeing but I call it not knowing. Obviously the culture was unhealthy to many in the program but I can't really give you much more behind the scenes. It seemed like from what I read the committee may of been window dressing from the start as Porter documented it wasn't taken seriously. Hopefully between players and staff though there is mutual respect and healthy relationships. I don't know though. I'll continue to comment on games here. I know a bad playcall when I see one
I asked this of you before, but how can you support a guy that you know is racist and treats his African American players differently?
We certainly don't know all the details and never will but it may not be a coincidence that the man leading the committee (and placed their by Kirk) came out and said we can't make true progress in all of this unless Kirk steps down.
That is the problem. It was window dressing from the start so instead of reforming it into something real he just does away with it. That's okay, he just put another bullet in the gun that is pointed at him and his program by the pending lawsuit.
That's a fair point that I don't feel comfortable disagreeing with it but for some here I think that's what they want, not all though.
The committee was window dressing to the staff members who didn't give a **** which include Kirk, Wallace and Brian. The shear fact that Porter was placed there by Kirk and thought Kirk needed to go should be eye opening.
The funny part was that Porter even framed it in a way that gave Kirk a pass, and blamed all of the others.
Actually, I think we would all settle for not treating black kids worse than white kids.
I'm beginning to think that Kirk, Wallace and Brian didn't change which is why Porter thought Kirk needed to go.
They have convinced themselves that it isn’t really about Iowa not only condoning, but encouraging racism in their football program, it’s about Iowa state wanting Iowa to fail.
Oh and remember that email the football program sent out the very day the story broke guaranteeing all of the recruits that the committee was going to be reformed?
Holy **** I forgot about that! The email that "Kirk" wrote and somehow got leaked to the Iowa press lol.
I want Iowa kids to be treated fairly. But I am to the point where I don't think that is possible under Ferentz so if it means Kirk has to step on his crank with golf shoes on a few more times to move the process along, so be it.
