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And Today's Dumbest Question Award Goes To...

...whoever asked this during Todd Lickliter's weekly teleconference:

On if he sees the Big Ten being a league where four or five losses could win it: "I haven’t evaluated it to that extent. I’m a little overwhelmed with our situation. I just know that there are some really good teams.’’

Since it was a teleconference, there wasn't a camera on Lickliter to catch his reaction to such a question. We imagine, however, it looked an awful lot like this:

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Well that makes it so much better.
The teams we have played are 50-11 right now. We have challenged ourselves with a good schedule.

Well, if it was good UT-San Antonio and Duquesne teams we’re losing to, that sure takes the sting out of it. Whew.

by RossWB on Dec 14, 2009 3:24 PM CST reply actions  

by my calculations our opponents have 22 losses

Not including (snicker) losses to Iowa.

Not sure what Lick gains from lying about this.

I do what I can.

by Anonymous Hero on Dec 14, 2009 6:05 PM CST up reply actions  

Teams we've lost to

I have not researched it, but didn’t he say that is the record of the teams we have lost to?

by JimJF on Dec 14, 2009 10:00 PM CST up reply actions  

that would make sense

i only read the comment above mine where it said “teams we have played”

I do what I can.

by Anonymous Hero on Dec 14, 2009 10:13 PM CST up reply actions  

For the record this is the full quote from the link in OPS' post:
On the Hawkeyes’ 3-7 start: "We never sell ourselves short. We always want to compete at a high level. We have done that, but just not consistently enough. The teams we have played are 50-11 right now. We have challenged ourselves with a good schedule.’’

UTSA: 7-2
Duquesne: 7-3
B Green: 5-3
Texas: 8-0
Wichita State: 9-1
NC Central: 2-7
Va Tech: 8-1
PV A&M: 4-5
UNI: 7-1
ISU: 7-3

Not totally sure where the 50-11 mark is coming from. 53-11 is the mark of the teams that have beaten Iowa. Maybe Lick was misquoted or something.

by RossWB on Dec 14, 2009 10:59 PM CST up reply actions  

Indeed

Horseshit performance in that second half. Horseshit.

"Andrew Jones....SEND IT IN, BIG FELLA!" - Bill Raftery, 4/2/09

by ReadingRambler on Dec 14, 2009 4:55 PM CST up reply actions  

Playoffs?

Playoffs?

Before you respond, let me remind you: Brian Cook called me smug, which makes me the Obama of smugness. I'm basically Smugbama.

by Hawkeye State on Dec 14, 2009 4:01 PM CST reply actions  

Actually that's Lick's strategy.

He’s lulling the Big Ten to sleep by losing to every team in the state, and then we’ll win the Big Ten with 4 or 5 losses in conference. He is intentionally underwhelming our future opponents and then he’ll unleash Gatens.
He is doing this because Iowa basketball’s biggest secret is that Coach Lick is actually Ken O’Keefe, post-Faceoff style surgery (thank you UIHC), and as I’ve said before he is smarter than all of us (his “nobody rebound” offense is actually 10 steps ahead of everyone else, and will be the impetus for our 2012 final four appearance).

by Eyeheartfreedumb on Dec 14, 2009 4:09 PM CST reply actions  

What I want to know is

When is basketball season over so we can fire him?

"Wow. You know you have problems when even the cheerleaders know you suck." ~ Pain in the Sash

by Leftcoast Hawk on Dec 14, 2009 6:40 PM CST reply actions  

It is a league where four losses could win it

But that’s kind of an odd question to ask of the coach of a team who may not hit four wins in conference.

by SpartanDan on Dec 14, 2009 11:41 PM CST reply actions  

Four or five wins?

“Four or five wins could win the conference?” Said Lickliter, straightening up for a second. “We could do that!”

“Losses”, said the reporter.

“Losses. Oh yeah. Losses…. Fuck.” As Lickliter, unshaven and unshowered, pulls a flask from his vest pocket and takes a swig.

by Angle's Dangle on Dec 15, 2009 8:42 AM CST reply actions  

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