Re: Travis Hines: A look into the ISU BBall program and the Athletic Dept
It doesn't really matter what the actual deal was with the hotel rooms/ball room......so for everyone trying to make it out like it was not such a big deal, or is exaggerated in the story......it doesn't matter. People outside ISU will read a whole lot more into than even ISU fans, and won't analyze it or try to justify it to the degree that we might. They will just see the ISU administration as being cheap.....even with one of the most successful programs they have had in years....case in point, look at this re-tweet by Andy Katz.....probably one of the most respected journalists involved with MBB.....then try an convince us this is no big deal.
Exactly. From my perspective, the problem with this story is that people will only read the headline, or another reporter's brief tweet of a "key fact" of the story, and misconstrue it. The article didn't make it clear that the Cyclones stayed another night in the hotel. Rather, I'm guessing, they probably flew out of Hawaii at 11 p.m. (I've had two flights out of Hawaii before late at night - Lihue and Maui), while check out time is at 12 p.m. or something like that. Thus, the guys sat around in the hotel ballroom while waiting for their flight. At least, this is my hope.
Again, it's not clear from the article and the multiple levels of interpretation and hearsay (like what Katz is tweeting about) will simplify the story and condense it into a tiny little tweet or point which will hurt ISU. Exhibit A: his tweet that the players had to sleep in a hotel ballroom. It's not clear that they actually spent an overnight in the hotel ballroom. What if they left at 1 a.m.?
Still, interesting story regardless. Hope it doesn't hurt recruiting by blowing into a national story.