Whether or not any of us agree with JP, the coach, or Tommy I'm sure we can all agree ISU has the worst beat writers in collegiate sports history.
Matt Fannon (Iowa state womens soccer coach) accused of body shaming/ verbal abuse
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Sounds like Pollard going KF route. I guess Tommy in the doghouse.
I don't want to be a jerk but ISU has 11 wins in 3 years with him at the lead. They have a 4-19-1 conference record, with this most recent year being the worst with an 0-fer season. He now has allegations from former players hanging over his head. He's going to get negatively recruited in every possible way and it will be easy to do it.
I'm not saying he should have been fired or something but to extend him under those circumstances seems absurd.
What does Fannon make per year?
Curious if JP gave him a raise with the extension based on his on field record.
Agreed. So either Jamie is confident that the allegations are baseless AND that it would not benefit the program/AD to cut Fannon loose… OR he’s finally annoyed enough with Birch/The Register that he’s decided to play Big Swinging Director. I wouldn’t necessarily rule out either one of those, but I think the former is much more likely.
I didn't follow this story too closely, but I will say that after 17 years, I trust Pollard to handle this type of situation in the University's best interest. That's not to say that he can't make a mistake, but I just don't see him risking anything for the woman's soccer coach.
Yeah this is SO in the face of both the allegations of impropriety AND the win-loss results, it makes you almost have to assume that what really is happening is completely opposite of what we all thought.
Either that or Barta and JP are doing a Freaky Friday type switch...
The #5 men's team started at the same time on the same broadcast platform.
Apparently this is a great record for women’s volleyball so we signed up for more of the same?
I think Tommy really believes he’s winning here when in reality he’s taking a massive L.
Not exactly professional responses from the AD here. Doesn't bode well for "they made an informed decision" and instead smells more like stubbornness and digging their heels in, even if it meant retaining a coach whose record certainly didn't justify an extension.
The only reason someone from our AD should respond that way to a reporter is if we feel they were recklessly reporting on the school. I don’t know enough information on what exactly did or did not happen, but on the surface this is not a good look for us regardless of how right we think we are. If you feel strongly about your decision to extend a coach, go on record and answer questions. Don’t say leave me alone. If Birch truly doesn’t deserve a response from you because you think he caused unnecessary harm to your school by recklessly reporting on things, then the guy shouldn’t have a job. There’s not a lot of middle ground here in my opinion.
or they don't want to answer Tommy's stupid questions
Tommy definitely is losing his press pass.
Yeah, I don’t think Tommy looks terrible here. I think the ad’s office looks worse
Tough ****. That's their job. And his to ask them. They certainly aren't "stupid" questions here when legitimate allegations exist.
And you know the details that they are "legitimate" allegations? Maybe the AD investigated and found they weren't.
Tommy should have had his press credentials pulled a long time ago.
