Bob Bowlsby
Bob Bowlsby
Robert Addison "Bob" Bowlsbyis the fourth commissioner of the Big 12 Conference replacing Dan Beebe. Prior to that position, he served as the athletic director at the University of Northern Iowa, University of Iowa, and Stanford University...
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Everyone has jumped to the conclusion that he was somehow engaged with Missouri, and I don't know that he was. And I don't know if anyone else knows that, either.
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The best we can do now is improve on the process for selection of officiating crews to make sure we are doing what we can to avoid these situations in the future.
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They called and notified me they'd like to talk with Steve and I noted their interest. That's all there was to it.
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What makes anyone jump to the conclusion that he is going anyplace? We have people calling all the time, every week wanting to talk with our coaches. If you have good people, that happens.
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When you see a crew that was obviously over their head in our game and obviously over their head in Michigan-Nebraska game, it will stimulate a lot of discussion.
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There are certainly more teams that are in the pool for consideration than any year I've been involved, ... I'm sure given some of the upsets and the things that have gone on already this year, there will be many people who are making a case for themselves that they should be in the tournament field where they might have been left out in the past.
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What it means is they have a chance to call him and he can decide whether he wants to go and interview.
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We are in the very embryonic stages of investigating this.
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As we do each year with every sport, we have completed an evaluation of all aspects of our wrestling program. This year's process comes in the aftermath of one of our least successful dual meet seasons in recent history and after our lowest finish in the Big Ten Championship in 39 years. Regretfully, we have come to the conclusion that it is time for new leadership within our wrestling program.
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There were a lot of elements to this. It wasn't just recent results. I've been contemplating looking at this situation real seriously for the last three, four months.
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This has been a very difficult last 10?12 days. I have been involved in wrestling a long time. I had a short list of coaches. There were a lot of people with Iowa backgrounds and some who didn't have any ties to Iowa. It all came down to one candidate and that candidate is Tom Brands. He did a terrific job at Virginia Tech. He has a fierce, competitive spirit and that's what we are looking for.
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This has been a very difficult 10 or 12 days. Yet having said that, it culminates in an event we're very excited about.
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It is more likely that Des Moines would be rated low for the first and second rounds (in basketball) due to limited air access and limited hotel space. It would very likely be too small for regional round games.
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He has exactly the kind of fierce competitive spirit that we're looking for. I think he's exactly the right guy to put Iowa back on the traditional pedestal that we've enjoyed over so many years.