REFUTED: Travis Hines: A look into the ISU BBall program and the Athletic Dept
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Apparently we should all be paid by the Ames Tribune since they appear to publish articles composed of untruths, misleading exaggerations, and middle school gossip.
I agree with Curt here too. I don't think many are questioning Hines on whether he made up this stuff. I truly believe he is writing exactly what he heard. Most of us just wish he did his needed due diligence in the background to check the verifiable facts of the source's statements that he is writing. If you are writing something, especially something with big consequences like costing people their jobs, it is straight up wrong and irresponsible to not do everything possible in the background to verify what is factually true and what isn't. I also recognize that not everything is verifiable, but that doesn't mean you don't make every attempt at it, and you document in the article your attempts at doing so. I just don't see any of that unfortunately.
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Hopefully there is a part two on the way for Hines' sake. Still can't fathom how this took months to work on, but there was no fact checking done?
He was a pretty solid journalist before all of this so it seems off. Maybe his sources were pushing him.
He was a pretty solid journalist before all of this so it seems off. Maybe his sources were pushing him.
It has to be donors trying to get the masses thinking if they want Pollard to be the one doing the next football coach search.
I think the scenario of ISU offering Fred some huge contract to stay is equally ridiculous as the Hines article.
I think it was in the radio interview, Jamie said Hoiberg made it clear to Leath and Pollard that Duke could offer him $7mil/year to succeed Coach K at Duke, he would still take the Bulls job.
So ISU offering Hoiberg what, $5mil per year, $10mil per year to stay here? That's a political move, not honesty. In a way, I think it was more honorable that Pollard did not try to do some political deal to offer a huge contract to stay at ISU and make him turn it down. Coach Fred made it clear to his employers, before everyone else (particularly the fans) that his dream was to coach in the NBA. He has TRIED to make that clear to Cyclones fans, but some of them still can't seem to let that go.
There was nothing that ISU or Jamie could have done to keep Fred as our coach when the Bulls offered him the position. NOTHING. We need to accept that and thank Fred for what he did for us and for ISU basketball in 5 years, and enjoy the future fruits of that (relative) success. I hope Coach Prohm builds on that foundation and takes us to new heights.
Jamie, Fred and Leath's side of the story
Actually I think that the drama is just starting. There will be repercussions for the Ames Tribune for allowing this drivel to be published. The Ames Tribune should stick to obituaries and wedding announcements and advertising. There could be legal ramifications to this whole thing and I'm sure that there are lawyers looking into it as we speak.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0TwWs93K5w&feature=youtu.be
Actually I think that the drama is just starting. There will be repercussions for the Ames Tribune for allowing this drivel to be published. The Ames Tribune should stick to obituaries and wedding announcements and advertising. There could be legal ramifications to this whole thing and I'm sure that there are lawyers looking into it as we speak.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0TwWs93K5w&feature=youtu.be
This is a really dumb comment. Your comparison of wanting $50 software to better perform your job does not equate checking out of a hotel at noon for a 6:00 p.m flight. Nor does it equate to asking AC's to pay for their families travels to the NCAA tournament. The first may have been an inconvenience, but as CFH said, "Big deal." The second is a perk that you were denied. I don't really see how either of those equate to your hypothetical situation. It's not like JP was saying that the Sukup center was now only going to run on scheduled hours or that the athletic department was going to cease covering flights to Chicago for recruiting when they could simply drive. No part of the "nickel and diming" directly affected CFH's ability to perform his job at a high level.
I am not missing the point. Is there some truth there? Maybe, but definitely not the truth that Hines was trying to tell. This article was meant as a tear-down, you can't get any other feel from it. And it was flat out stupid in a lot of areas. This calls the whole thing into question, and makes you wonder what the heck happened with Hines and Pollard?
Why does it make you wonder that? That's what I don't get, this isn't Hines vs. Pollard. It should make you wonder what the heck happened to the people Hines was talking to and Pollard.
Travis Hines Incompetence
He was OK writing about recruiting, etc., but his stab at investigative journalism was a failure. It's obvious that by trying to be an investigative journalist that he is over his head and has risen to his highest level of incompetence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0TwWs93K5w&feature=youtu.be
He was OK writing about recruiting, etc., but his stab at investigative journalism was a failure. It's obvious that by trying to be an investigative journalist that he is over his head and has risen to his highest level of incompetence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0TwWs93K5w&feature=youtu.be
If your assertion depends upon both Fred Hoiberg and Jamie Pollard to be bald-faced liars....well I guess if someone chooses to stake out that ground then they are entitled to that position.
I really feel bad for Prohm in all of this mess. True or not, recruiting didn't get any easier because of this.
