**2018-2019 Iowa Hawkeyes Basketball Season Thread**

[Match34]

There is no way this doesn’t happen without a specific complaint to Learfield, not Iowa.

Zero percent chance iowa does this in their own for a mistake like this. It’s trivial.

You must be listening to KXNO too. Hassel called in and said this was a specific email complaint to Barta. There was zero noise anywhere on social media.

Did Hassel report that or guess that?

 

[HiawathaHawk]

There is no way this doesn’t happen without a specific complaint to Learfield, not Iowa.

Zero percent chance iowa does this in their own for a mistake like this. It’s trivial.

Then Iowa should terminate their contract with Learfield and make this right

Is he your dad?

 

[Dr. Zaius]

There is no way this doesn’t happen without a specific complaint to Learfield, not Iowa.

Zero percent chance iowa does this in their own for a mistake like this. It’s trivial.

Then Iowa should terminate their contract with Learfield and make this right

Is he your dad?

Are you my dad?

 

[HiawathaHawk]

There is nothing wrong with what Dolph said, there is something wrong with what people want what he said to mean

I don't agree with that first part but I also don't think Dolph meant anything by it.

Right. But that also hasn't mattered for 30+ years in professional broadcasting.

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

There is no way this doesn’t happen without a specific complaint to Learfield, not Iowa.

Zero percent chance iowa does this in their own for a mistake like this. It’s trivial.

Then Iowa should terminate their contract with Learfield and make this right

Is he your dad?

Let’s terminate a large contract in defense of this semi-retarded person who only does his job right half the time.

 

[HiawathaHawk]

I’m on 2 very different text strings with very different participants where buddies are speculating about Fran’s hand being at work here.

And? Your buddies probably don't like Fran very much so they're being creative.

 

[Dr. Zaius]

Fran hates Dolph. He has since he’s been here. It’s not unreasonable to think that Fran was consulted on how this should be dealt with.

 

[Gushawk]

I’m on 2 very different text strings with very different participants where buddies are speculating about Fran’s hand being at work here.

And? Your buddies probably don't like Fran very much so they're being creative.

Probably. I thought it was a little tin foil hat, but I’m sure Fran is pleased with the outcome.

It seems to have been handled horribly whoever was involved.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

No I wasn’t listening. What was said?

 

[Dr. Zaius]

Then Iowa should terminate their contract with Learfield and make this right

Is he your dad?

Let’s terminate a large contract in defense of this semi-retarded person who only does his job right half the time.

There is no way the Learfield contract is more than peanuts to the University. WhoTF even listens to the radio regularly anymore? I would guess the BTN contract dwarfs the radio contract >100x over

 

[The Game]

Just give the job to Hassel and let's move on.

 

[MikeyJoe]

If Fran really wanted to get rid of him for the Dailey thing they should have done it quietly after the season. Now they've ruined his reputation.

 

[Geese]

Fucking dumb

 

[MikeyJoe]

By the way, as with the last incident, I'd like to reiterate that Dolphin is bad and I don't care if he's gone. Just think the whole thing has been stupid.

 

[JD720]

Is he your dad?

Let’s terminate a large contract in defense of this semi-retarded person who only does his job right half the time.

There is no way the Learfield contract is more than peanuts to the University. WhoTF even listens to the radio regularly anymore? I would guess the BTN contract dwarfs the radio contract >100x over

I think they do all of the in game advertising/stadium signage too. Burrito Lift, Mediacom Court, etc. I agree that it is nothing compared to the BTN deal, but it's not insignificant.

 

[Match34]

Wait a second... Matt Vandeberg works at Learfield now. Laura's going to graduate and need a job soon...

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

Is he your dad?

Let’s terminate a large contract in defense of this semi-retarded person who only does his job right half the time.

There is no way the Learfield contract is more than peanuts to the University. WhoTF even listens to the radio regularly anymore? I would guess the BTN contract dwarfs the radio contract >100x over

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/6917479/firm-gets-iowa-hawkeyes-sports-rights-worth-114-million-2026

114 million over 15 years. For Dolph.

 

[Dr. Zaius]

So 10x less than the BTN deal, but still. I’m sure they could find another partner that’s not based in Misery

 

[TurdBurgler]

As far as I know -- there is overwhelming agreement amongst Iowa fans that Dolph sucks at basketball, and has always sucked at basketball. Do we care what causes him to retire? If Hassel is really interested they should give him the job, he'd be great at it and checks every single box.

 

[Dr. Zaius]

Sure, Dolph isn’t a great PBP guy but he’s a great guy and doesn’t deserve to be shit on like this. He’s a longtime member of the Hawkeye community. The University needs to step up here. Just sweep everything under the rug and let him retire with all of this handled out of the public’s view

 

[L. Wade Childress]

LOL at blowing off the Learfield partnership.

Come the fuck on people

 

[L. Wade Childress]

If Fran really wanted to get rid of him for the Dailey thing they should have done it quietly after the season. Now they've ruined his reputation.

I love Dolph, but this is his own fault.

 

[Gushawk]

“The University” actively wants to do this, most likely. I don’t think it’s being jammed down their throat by Learfield.

 

[BuffettHawk]

 

[Herky823]

As far as I know -- there is overwhelming agreement amongst Iowa fans that Dolph sucks at basketball, and has always sucked at basketball. Do we care what causes him to retire? If Hassel is really interested they should give him the job, he'd be great at it and checks every single box.

Just because I think he's a bad PBP announcer doesn't mean I'm ok with basically dragging his name through the mud. It was a dumb thing to say but he clearly didn't mean it racially, and to insinuate that he did is awful, whether it gets rid of him or not.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

“The University” actively wants to do this, most likely. I don’t think it’s being jammed down their throat by Learfield.

That’s not what their press release said.

 

[Gushawk]

“The University” actively wants to do this, most likely. I don’t think it’s being jammed down their throat by Learfield.

That’s not what their press release said.

Oh

 

[L. Wade Childress]

As far as I know -- there is overwhelming agreement amongst Iowa fans that Dolph sucks at basketball, and has always sucked at basketball. Do we care what causes him to retire? If Hassel is really interested they should give him the job, he'd be great at it and checks every single box.

Just because I think he's a bad PBP announcer doesn't mean I'm ok with basically dragging his name through the mud. It was a dumb thing to say but he clearly didn't mean it racially, and to insinuate that he did is awful, whether it gets rid of him or not.

Of course he didn’t mean it. Are we really going to pretend that matters?

 

[Herky823]

As far as I know -- there is overwhelming agreement amongst Iowa fans that Dolph sucks at basketball, and has always sucked at basketball. Do we care what causes him to retire? If Hassel is really interested they should give him the job, he'd be great at it and checks every single box.

Just because I think he's a bad PBP announcer doesn't mean I'm ok with basically dragging his name through the mud. It was a dumb thing to say but he clearly didn't mean it racially, and to insinuate that he did is awful, whether it gets rid of him or not.

Of course he didn’t mean it. Are we really going to pretend that matters?

What? Of course it matters. It might warrant a suspension of some length regardless of what he intended to say, but it would pretty clearly matter more if he meant it to be racist.

And Turd is basically saying 'who cares what happens to him as long as he's gone, right?' I disagree with that. I don't think he's good, but him sucking at his job doesn't mean I want unwarranted bad things to happen to him. That's pretty simple.

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

jON mILLER LOST HIS SHIT


The People's Republic!

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

Internet tough guy mode

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

Jon Miller

Tagline: Had King Kong Lunchboxes

 

[Verbal]

Dolph should sue Barta and Learfield for every last bitcoin they have!

 

[Gushawk]

LOL. Way to grab that third rail with both hands Iowa! Everyone is SO PISSED!

 

[ISUFan98]

Good grief. Obviously he wasn't making a racist comment.

It was so innocuous nobody knew he said it until today.

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

Can't help but picture Shawnee's avatar

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Just because I think he's a bad PBP announcer doesn't mean I'm ok with basically dragging his name through the mud. It was a dumb thing to say but he clearly didn't mean it racially, and to insinuate that he did is awful, whether it gets rid of him or not.

Of course he didn’t mean it. Are we really going to pretend that matters?

What? Of course it matters. It might warrant a suspension of some length regardless of what he intended to say, but it would pretty clearly matter more if he meant it to be racist.

And Turd is basically saying 'who cares what happens to him as long as he's gone, right?' I disagree with that. I don't think he's good, but him sucking at his job doesn't mean I want unwarranted bad things to happen to him. That's pretty simple.

I’m sorry, do you live in a cave or something? Or perhaps traer?

 

[Geese]

What a fucking joke

 

[Herky823]

Of course he didn’t mean it. Are we really going to pretend that matters?

What? Of course it matters. It might warrant a suspension of some length regardless of what he intended to say, but it would pretty clearly matter more if he meant it to be racist.

And Turd is basically saying 'who cares what happens to him as long as he's gone, right?' I disagree with that. I don't think he's good, but him sucking at his job doesn't mean I want unwarranted bad things to happen to him. That's pretty simple.

I’m sorry, do you live in a cave or something? Or perhaps traer?

Pretend I do an expand on this, Wade. Of course intent matters. It's not the only thing that matters. Tell me why I'm wrong.

 

[Silky Johnson]

If Fran wants Dolph gone bad enough (and it seems like he does) that’s what will happen. He wasn’t a good basketball announcer but he also didn’t deserve this. Hopefully they keep him for football and get someone like Hassel for basketball but I’m sure it’s an all or nothing deal.

Oh well but this is just one of many examples of how Barta is an idiot.

 

[ISUFan98]

The seemingly endless total incompetence of a major conference athletic program at managing even the most minor PR issues continues to confound and amaze me.

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

What? Of course it matters. It might warrant a suspension of some length regardless of what he intended to say, but it would pretty clearly matter more if he meant it to be racist.

And Turd is basically saying 'who cares what happens to him as long as he's gone, right?' I disagree with that. I don't think he's good, but him sucking at his job doesn't mean I want unwarranted bad things to happen to him. That's pretty simple.

I’m sorry, do you live in a cave or something? Or perhaps traer?

Pretend I do an expand on this, Wade. Of course intent matters. It's not the only thing that matters. Tell me why I'm wrong.

Because he is broadcasting for a public (political) institution?

 

[Match34]

If they wanted him gone, he'd be gone. It would take a phone call, "Hey Gary, it's Gary. Don't show up to games anymore. Byeeeeee!"

It's not like he's going to have a complicated contract to maneuver around.

 

[Geese]

Listening to that clip I just can't imagine anyone taking offense.

 

[MikeyJoe]

“The University” actively wants to do this, most likely. I don’t think it’s being jammed down their throat by Learfield.

That’s not what their press release said.

Oh well okay then.

 

[CamelTones]

Lol, Frans nickname is White Magic.

 

[Herky823]

I’m sorry, do you live in a cave or something? Or perhaps traer?

Pretend I do an expand on this, Wade. Of course intent matters. It's not the only thing that matters. Tell me why I'm wrong.

Because he is broadcasting for a public (political) institution?

Still doesn't refute anything I said. Intent isn't the only thing that matters, but it matters.

Let me put it this way - if he meant it to be racist he should be fired immediately and never allowed to work in broadcasting again

If he didn't mean it to be racist you could still warrant a 2-3 game suspension because no matter what you mean by it you can't use that term to describe a black person.

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

Pretend I do an expand on this, Wade. Of course intent matters. It's not the only thing that matters. Tell me why I'm wrong.

Because he is broadcasting for a public (political) institution?

Still doesn't refute anything I said. Intent isn't the only thing that matters, but it matters.

Let me put it this way - if he meant it to be racist he should be fired immediately and never allowed to work in broadcasting again

If he didn't mean it to be racist you could still warrant a 2-3 game suspension because no matter what you mean by it you can't use that term to describe a black person.

It matters in how you treat him, sure. I don’t think he should be suspended indefinitely, but this isn’t the first time he said something dumb on air. I think they should have been smarter about PR, maybe find him a job at the foundation, and get him tfo the radio starting next year.

 

[HiawathaHawk]

If Fran wants Dolph gone bad enough (and it seems like he does) that’s what will happen. He wasn’t a good basketball announcer but he also didn’t deserve this. Hopefully they keep him for football and get someone like Hassel for basketball but I’m sure it’s an all or nothing deal.

Oh well but this is just one of many examples of how Barta is an idiot.

What is connecting Fran to this?

 

[Dr. Zaius]

If Fran wants Dolph gone bad enough (and it seems like he does) that’s what will happen. He wasn’t a good basketball announcer but he also didn’t deserve this. Hopefully they keep him for football and get someone like Hassel for basketball but I’m sure it’s an all or nothing deal.

Oh well but this is just one of many examples of how Barta is an idiot.

What is connecting Fran to this?

the fact that he hates Dolph?