I live in Eastern Iowa and I think Hawk fans are scared to death that
JP will succeed. Great point earlier in thread that none of them ever mentioned Bruce VV when he was in charge.
I think Barta was hired because he was not going to upset God ( aka Kirk Ferentz). I'm guessing he used up all his luck with the Alford situation. Alford left under his own accord and then Barta lands his 7th or 8th coaching choice and 2 days later he is named national coach of the year. Bolsby had a lot of projects and fundraising in the pipeline. So far Barta has not had to make any tough decisions. The jury is still out in my books.
