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

[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?

the fact that he hates Dolph?

So you think he was listening and started this? Or that a complaint was filed and Learfield went to Fran?

 

[Dr. Zaius]

What is connecting Fran to this?

the fact that he hates Dolph?

So you think he was listening and started this? Or that a complaint was filed and Learfield went to Fran?

I don't seriously think he instigated this, but I would bet that he was consulted in how to handle it or at least Barta discussed this with him before it went public

 

[L. Wade Childress]

I just spoke to a well-known, very tenured broadcaster with no history of mistakes and asked him a simple question:

“would you have got suspended for this?”

“Probably”

 

[L. Wade Childress]

I’m listening to the radio and these people are referring to Dolph as the utmost professional LOL. Listen, I love Dolph, but he is a borderline train wreck at times. Particularly on the iClub circuit.

 

[Dr. Zaius]

I just spoke to a well-known, very tenured broadcaster with no history of mistakes and asked him a simple question:

“would you have got suspended for this?”

“Probably”

@KWWL?

 

[L. Wade Childress]

WGFY

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

I love how the people working the "comparing someone to King Kong is a compliment!" angle and list how he's strong and there's nothing racial about it omit the wildly pervasive metaphorically racial stuff.

- imperialism/colonialism white people literally kidnap a Superape for the service and amusement of wealthy white people
- King Kong falls in love with a white woman. This is the death of him.

I’m listening to the radio and these people are referring to Dolph as the utmost professional LOL. Listen, I love Dolph, but he is a borderline train wreck at times. Particularly on the iClub circuit.

 

[Dr. Zaius]

Dolph is a professional on the air. I've had drinks with him off the air and he likes to have a good time. WGAF

 

[douglasbader]

I love how the people working the "comparing someone to King Kong is a compliment!" angle and list how he's strong and there's nothing racial about it omit the wildly pervasive metaphorically racial stuff.

- imperialism/colonialism white people literally kidnap a Superape for the service and amusement of wealthy white people
- King Kong falls in love with a white woman. This is the death of him.

I’m listening to the radio and these people are referring to Dolph as the utmost professional LOL. Listen, I love Dolph, but he is a borderline train wreck at times. Particularly on the iClub circuit.

There is a difference in there being something potentially racial about King Kong and if saying what Dolph said in any fucking way had something to do with race.

This is like the Oklahoma City announcer that said "he's out of his cotton pickin' mind!"

Is the term racial in origin? Yes. Did the announcer mean anything racial by it? Fuck no.

 

[Grandma]

Look at the history of King Kong, when it was produced and what was happening in America at that time. You'd be pretty hard pressed to say it wasn't a racial allegory.

Whether a white guy in Oelwein is offended is not the issue here. Whether Dolph had malice in his heart is not the issue. Dolph was a guy who couldn't afford to make a mistake and he made one. Take a few plays off, Buddy Boy.

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

I love how the people working the "comparing someone to King Kong is a compliment!" angle and list how he's strong and there's nothing racial about it omit the wildly pervasive metaphorically racial stuff.

- imperialism/colonialism white people literally kidnap a Superape for the service and amusement of wealthy white people
- King Kong falls in love with a white woman. This is the death of him.

I’m listening to the radio and these people are referring to Dolph as the utmost professional LOL. Listen, I love Dolph, but he is a borderline train wreck at times. Particularly on the iClub circuit.

There is a difference in there being something potentially racial about King Kong and if saying what Dolph said in any fucking way had something to do with race.

This is like the Oklahoma City announcer that said "he's out of his cotton pickin' mind!"

Is the term racial in origin? Yes. Did the announcer mean anything racial by it? Fuck no.

No shit sherlock. Still doesn't mean there are consequences for that kind of slip up.

There are people trying to claim there is nothing inherently racial about comparing a black man to king kong.

 

[douglasbader]

Dolph was saying Fernando was a monster at the end of the game. He happened to pick the wrong monster and was innocent in doing so.

This should have been a simple apology press release by Dolph saying he of course in no way meant anything by the comment and they move on. Nope, totally have to drag the guys reputation and ruin it for the rest of his life and fire him.

Makes sense.

 

[Tugboat]

Barta needs to go for doing a shitty job, and for being a giant pussy. Just fire Dolphin or tell Fran he has to deal with Dolphin. Such a puss move avoiding the press.

 

[Tugboat]

Dolph was saying Fernando was a monster at the end of the game. He happened to pick the wrong monster and was innocent in doing so.

This should have been a simple apology press release by Dolph saying he of course in no way meant anything by the comment and they move on. Nope, totally have to drag the guys reputation and ruin it for the rest of his life and fire him.

Makes sense.

Any guy who makes Tyler Cook look small is a monster.

Godzilla is a bad comparison due to the short arms and tiny vertical.

 

[Dr. Zaius]

There is no need to overanalyze the symbolism of King Kong and take this for anything more than face value of an innocent comment

No apology was needed. Somebody is trying to assassinate Dolph's character by sending in an email about a minuscule quote that raised no eyebrows in the moment. Whoever sent that email deserves all the bad things that come to them

 

[brantshawks]

I'd like to get @xr4ticlone's take on this.

 

[BBK]

Gary is 67 or 68 years old. Just have him retire and move on. He sucks.

Who gives a fuck.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Dolph was saying Fernando was a monster at the end of the game. He happened to pick the wrong monster and was innocent in doing so.

This should have been a simple apology press release by Dolph saying he of course in no way meant anything by the comment and they move on. Nope, totally have to drag the guys reputation and ruin it for the rest of his life and fire him.

Makes sense.

I’m sure it’s just this one incident and Dolph has no repeated history of using off color commentary at various events.

They have protected him to this point.

 

[BBK]

Dolph was saying Fernando was a monster at the end of the game. He happened to pick the wrong monster and was innocent in doing so.

This should have been a simple apology press release by Dolph saying he of course in no way meant anything by the comment and they move on. Nope, totally have to drag the guys reputation and ruin it for the rest of his life and fire him.

Makes sense.

I’m sure it’s just this one incident and Dolph has no repeated history of using off color commentary at various events.

They have protected him to this point.

Double entendre.

 

[BBK]

This shit fuckin kills me every time. lolz

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

Honestly that rolled of his tongue a little too easily.

 

[BBK]

Absolutely.

 

[BBK]

I like to put it on repeat from the :10 to :13 second marks and just giggle.

 

[Greg Obrecht]

There is no need to overanalyze the symbolism of King Kong and take this for anything more than face value of an innocent comment

No apology was needed. Somebody is trying to assassinate Dolph's character by sending in an email about a minuscule quote that raised no eyebrows in the moment. Whoever sent that email deserves all the bad things that come to them

Most likely a pink haired, intersectional feminist professor of gender studies at the U of I.

Narrowed down to these...uhhhh...people

I’m out of the loop and didn’t know this but one can obtain a BA in Social Justice from the U of I. That seems.....useful.

 

[Dr. Zaius]

There is no need to overanalyze the symbolism of King Kong and take this for anything more than face value of an innocent comment

No apology was needed. Somebody is trying to assassinate Dolph's character by sending in an email about a minuscule quote that raised no eyebrows in the moment. Whoever sent that email deserves all the bad things that come to them

Most likely a pink haired, intersectional feminist professor of gender studies at the U of I.

Narrowed down to these...uhhhh...people

I’m out of the loop and didn’t know this but one can obtain a BA in Social Justice from the U of I. That seems.....useful.

Is that how you get woke?

 

[Greg Obrecht]

There is no need to overanalyze the symbolism of King Kong and take this for anything more than face value of an innocent comment

No apology was needed. Somebody is trying to assassinate Dolph's character by sending in an email about a minuscule quote that raised no eyebrows in the moment. Whoever sent that email deserves all the bad things that come to them

Most likely a pink haired, intersectional feminist professor of gender studies at the U of I.

Narrowed down to these...uhhhh...people

I’m out of the loop and didn’t know this but one can obtain a BA in Social Justice from the U of I. That seems.....useful.

Is that how you get woke?

 

[gohawkeyes811]

I'm guessing the majority of people commenting on this are 30 - 60 year old white males. Generally we have great ability to judge what may offend others.

It obviously was a silly comment and innocent, but it's not hard to figure out that something was going to happen. Why is everyone acting surprised?

 

[BBK]

I'm guessing the majority of people commenting on this are 30 - 60 year old white males. Generally we have great ability to judge what may offend others.

 

[LutherBlue89]

regardless of the context, referring to a black athlete as a giant gorilla is a pretty clear no-go zone. after all, it's been over 30 years since howard cosell called joe morris "a little monkey" and got fired for it.

if you're a professional, you should be aware of sedimented meanings....

Hey Davidukenpas, it was Alvin Garett, not Joe Morris.

 

[CurdMan]

Barta can raise money but what a piece of shit leader he is. Come out and talk to the media and stand behind your decision and then be done with it. Nope. Let’s let this linger on until next week when Barta is available and keep this in the news for an additional week. Brilliant! I mean who the fuck signs off on this shit

 

[Dr. Zaius]

Barta can raise money but what a piece of shit leader he is. Come out and talk to the media and stand behind your decision and then be done with it. Nope. Let’s let this linger on until next week when Barta is available and keep this in the news for an additional week. Brilliant! I mean who the fuck signs off on this shit

Barta is hoping people just forget about this going into a somewhat big basketball game and off weekend. PEOPLE DON'T FORGET GARY!

 

[Berzerkenpas]

regardless of the context, referring to a black athlete as a giant gorilla is a pretty clear no-go zone. after all, it's been over 30 years since howard cosell called joe morris "a little monkey" and got fired for it.

if you're a professional, you should be aware of sedimented meanings....

Hey Davidukenpas, it was Alvin Garett, not Joe Morris.

"davidukenpas" is pretty fucking stupid. maybe you should read the post in the other thread in which I was a little more detailed about the problematic context of the remark.

I remembered it as a redskins-giants game...so I thought it was joe morris. anyway, I watched that game as a 15-year-old and thought "gee, that was dumb, howard."

 

[wondergrape]

There is no need to overanalyze the symbolism of King Kong and take this for anything more than face value of an innocent comment

No apology was needed. Somebody is trying to assassinate Dolph's character by sending in an email about a minuscule quote that raised no eyebrows in the moment. Whoever sent that email deserves all the bad things that come to them

Most likely a pink haired, intersectional feminist professor of gender studies at the U of I.

Narrowed down to these...uhhhh...people

I’m out of the loop and didn’t know this but one can obtain a BA in Social Justice from the U of I. That seems.....useful.

Fuck off, Greg Obrecht.

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

Oh great let's show the world that a good chunk of Iowa fans react to a harsh but logical / common sense result with an affirmative showing they don't give a fuck about racism

 

[Geese]

Oh great let's show the world that a good chunk of Iowa fans react to a harsh but logical / common sense result with an affirmative showing they don't give a fuck about racism

This is part of the problem with the way this shit was handled. Retarded response to dolphs remark is going to get a retarded response from the public.

 

[Geese]

Handling this so well

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Barta needs to be there.

Also some people are bitching about the timing. Based on dolphs twitter he obviously thought he was doing the game until today. They must not have heard about it for a couple days.

 

[douglasbader]

Hassell making sure he will never, ever be the play by play guy for the University of Iowa.

 

[Geese]

 

[Geese]

 

[BBK]

Barta needs to be there.

Also some people are bitching about the timing. Based on dolphs twitter he obviously thought he was doing the game until today. They must not have heard about it for a couple days.

So who is going to call the game tonight? Hansen going to be in a one man band?

 

[Creed]

I just spoke to a well-known, very tenured broadcaster with no history of mistakes and asked him a simple question:

“would you have got suspended for this?”

“Probably”

Was it newsy?

 

[wondergrape]

I just spoke to a well-known, very tenured broadcaster with no history of mistakes and asked him a simple question:

“would you have got suspended for this?”

“Probably”

Was it newsy?

Barry from Eastenders

 

[BBK]

BiggerTen?

 

[Geese]

Hassell making sure he will never, ever be the play by play guy for the University of Iowa.

Who would ever vote for Barta

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

Barta is a virtual shoo in to be the next Pac 12 commissioner.

 

[Geese]

 

[Grandma]

How is it so hard to understand that the following statements are not mutually exclusive?

1) Gary Dolphin made the comment without malicious intent in his heart.

2)Gary Dolphin deserves to be suspended.

Gary is paid to know better.

The Iowa beat reporters should write that column instead of embarrassing themselves over this one.

 

[Geese]

Hahaha

 

[The Game]

Shows how stupid Iowa fans are with Dolphin in the lead. You would rather have a horrible PBP guy over the best coach Iowa's had since Tom Davis basketball-wise.