Up Next: New Mexico

[Cannic88]

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my buddy's dad is an I Club member and whenever they had meetings and Ferentz or the AD would get up to speak they would cheer. But when Alford came up it was more of an awkward clap.

Another story that is told is that Alford had some work done on his house and he expected the guy who did it to do it for free because he was Steve Alford.

Alford is more of a prick than anything. He is a better coach than recruiter in my mind but did have a winning record.

[UNIpanther99]

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Sorry I brought up the whole "Northern" thing. I will say this, Alford was one of the few Iowa or ISU coaches in recent years to be fully supportive of the state's "Big 4" series. He said the road games at UNI, Drake, and Iowa State helped to prepare his teams for life on the road in the Big Ten.

[SteinPizza]

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Did someone above claim that Iowa is one of basketball's most storied programs? What an effen' joke. Football would be more accurate, but still a joke because thye're playing against Big Ten competition.

[r54uni]

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PantherNation can turn any thread into a "we hate U of I" thread. It's quite a talent we have!!! The real trick would be to turn one of SpanishMoon's threads into a hawkeye bash session!

[TH1974]

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No, I don't think anyone did. Marc Wigim said something, apologizing to a Lobo's poster, so I thought he was referring to New Mexico, which I questioned. Maybe he was referring to Indiana, or maybe he was referring to Iowa after all. You'll have to ask him. The only one that is storied is Indiana.

Yeah, I'm still wondering about this.

[panther2317]

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[QUOTE=Cannic88;256096]
Another story that is told is that Alford had some work done on his house and he expected the guy who did it to do it for free because he was Steve Alford.
QUOTE]This is an urban legend passed around by all Hawkeye fans to give them a reason to not like a coach that they think stolethe job of a beloved old man who was more interested in his golf game than recruiting the last 4 years in Iowa City.

[Panther789]

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[QUOTE=panther2317;256211]

Another story that is told is that Alford had some work done on his house and he expected the guy who did it to do it for free because he was Steve Alford.
QUOTE]

This is an urban legend passed around by all Hawkeye fans to give them a reason to not like a coach that they think stolethe job of a beloved old man who was more interested in his golf game than recruiting the last 4 years in Iowa City.

Tom Davis shouldn't have been fired, but that's not Alford's fault.

For the most part, Hawk fans were absolutely thrilled to get Alford, and absolutely thrilled to get rid of him a few years later. Now, they'd be thrilled to go .500 one of these years.

[williebat]

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[QUOTE=panther2317;256211]

Another story that is told is that Alford had some work done on his house and he expected the guy who did it to do it for free because he was Steve Alford.
QUOTE]This is an urban legend passed around by all Hawkeye fans to give them a reason to not like a coach that they think stolethe job of a beloved old man who was more interested in his golf game than recruiting the last 4 years in Iowa City.

I did not like him because of his handling of the pierce case. I think a lot of other Iowa City residents thought the same. Locally that turned a lot of this town against him, sports fans or not.

[9YRPLAN]

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Dr. Tom had mailed it in. he sealed his own fate.

Alford has made some public mistakes but is a good guy at heart. I really like him. I personally believe that the dude had been so successful at everything his entire life that he really didnt know how to handle failure. remember, he was only 34 when he was hired at Iowa.

[UNIpanther99]

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Ugh, I can't beleive this is being discussed here...

Back on topic, Rick Brown had a nice write-up about the Panthers and Vegas, including a slight by the Orleans that Jake used as a motivator for the team:

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20101227/SPORTS020704/101227025/A-Courtside-Seat-Northern-Iowa-men-s-basketball-still-seeks-national-respect

[blien]

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That article is right on. Was at the tournament, we roll up to the Orleans and no UNI love on the marquee. The announcer did get Kwadzo's name pretty bad. He was saying KAHJO.
The article also references an Indy Star reporter Terry H. I played in a Holdem Tourney the night before the first game and took him out with four 6's...that was fun
Me and a friend that went contacted the arena and are hoping that they send us the UNI banners that were on display.
A great trip!

[Panther'73]

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Not only did the PA guy mess of UNI and players' names - he's originally from Cedar Rapids! Duh....

[Blue42]

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All of these things...

- the marquee
- the "University of Iowa Northern" reference
- the mispronunciation of player names...

...simply represent incompetence on the part of certain individuals involved in running the tournament.

None of these are a reflection on UNI hoops. They are reflective of people who approach their jobs like amatuers and are not up to the task.

[Big Cats]

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All of these things...

- the marquee
- the "University of Iowa Northern" reference
- the mispronunciation of player names...

...simply represent incompetence on the part of certain individuals involved in running the tournament.

None of these are a reflection on UNI hoops. They are reflective of people who approach their jobs like amatuers and are not up to the task.

This is dead on. All the people associated with this tournament had to do was pick up a copy of the Men's Basketball Media Guide. It has all the information they need to do their jobs. There's even a phonetic spelling of the names included with the roster so there's never any excuse for mispronouncing a name-except laziness.

[jnutt]

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This is dead on. All the people associated with this tournament had to do was pick up a copy of the Men's Basketball Media Guide. It has all the information they need to do their jobs. There's even a phonetic spelling of the names included with the roster so there's never any excuse for mispronouncing a name-except laziness.

yeah, its a very in depth guide but the pronunciation guide is REALLY easy to find. Then again when its on local tv, local announcers screw it up too.