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15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - What's your sports fan... · 0 replies · +2 points

I want to spend a week in Cooperstown with one day being the induction ceremony.

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Uthoff says Wisconsin ... · 0 replies · +1 points

The Linn-Mar kid won the 6th man award and played on a Big Ten championship team. He was Iowa's to lose and that's what Alford did...lose him.

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Go Daddy locating new ... · 1 reply · +9 points

I agree. Hiawatha and Marion bent over backwards to help CR during the flood. Corbett is a typical pol. Looks out for his own self-interest.

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Iowa State women's bas... · 0 replies · +2 points

I'm assuming your source is Coach Fennelly. He got $70K to take the ISU job, $21k more than his predecessor. Hard to believe he got more than $70 at Toledo. Then add in the stuff the Gazette article didn't have. Camps, Cyclone Network appearances, etc.

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Iowa State women's bas... · 0 replies · +3 points

Good for Coach Fennelly.

But you strayed from the point. Coach Fennelly is preaching one standard for institutions and a different standard for coaches. His success on the court doesn't mask his hypocisy in this matter.

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Iowa State women's bas... · 4 replies · +3 points

Just curious. When Coach Fennelly left Toledo for ISU was he still employed by the Rockets? Or did he break his contract to make more money in a more prestigious conference? Also, I don't recall his indignation when Greg McDermott left Ames for Omaha.

16 years ago @ KCRG - How Far Would You Go t... · 0 replies · +1 points

I knew Jan a long time ago and he was a good guy. He was working at KQCR-FM when I knew him. It's hard to be an independent business person these days, and advertising is a fickle mistress.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - City Manager Jim Pross... · 0 replies · -2 points

The minute you let the ALOT group influence city politics you (Cedar Rapids) were screwed. You got what you asked (voted) for. Too bad you can't go back in time to fix that.

Good luck.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Tucker now 10th player... · 3 replies · +2 points

Coach Ferentz, Coach Alford, Coach Davis all had players they recruited leave their programs. Facts of life in today's college sports scene.
Jermain went to two different jucos, Iowa and now Minn. St. I think the answer to his travels can be seen in his mirror.

Bohall had a severe alcohol incident, didn't he? And the fact that Bohall and Wessel saw significant court time is a testament to the end of the Alford era. Usually walk ons only in case of emergency (see Bauer, Moore, Bohall, Lickliter.) Crawford only averages 12.8 minutes a game for Indy State.

As for Coach Lickliter's charisma, it is off the charts compared to his predecessor. Coach Alford had the presence of a POed wet noodle. I've had considerable face time with both men and it ain't close. He isn't Bruce Pearl, but he's not as bad as you paint him.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Tucker now 10th player... · 5 replies · +3 points

I've been able to spend time with each coach from Olson to present. Lute was aloof. Alford was self-righteous. Lickliter is very engaging in person.

The list is misleading.

Crawford barely made it to Iowa the first time. Rumors had him leaving before Alford split. Bohall and Wessels were walk-ons. Palmer is at his third school and Davis at is fourth school, so their track record prior to Iowa was not all that impressive.

Smith and Kelly were motivated by personal tragedies, though I think when Neal left Smith was going anyway.

Only Freeman and Peterson seemed to be driven by something else.

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