Tucker gets another Public Intox.

by WaterlooChazz on Dec 20, 2009 12:50 PM CST

(Edited to make the link clickable. -- RossWB)

You can find the article at the Press-Citizen link below:

http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20091220/HAWKS0102/91220001

Basically, it sounds like another hissy-fit with a cab driver, not sure it is Tucker's fault. A 911 call was made. Tucker makes a cryptic facebook status change that said "I am outta here."

While I think we can get by without Tucker (because it seems to me like he might be retarded), it is still not good if Lickliter keeps losing his most talented players. Of course, with Tucker, nothing has been Lick's fault.

Paging Dr. Bawinkel. Dr. Bawinkel to the spot just behind the three point line, please.

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I think the Gods have it in for Mr. Lickliter

where Iowa is concerned. Although, this could be addition by subtraction. I was a Tucker fan last year but he is slow, diffident, and seemingly unable to keep it together.

"I think it's safe to say our concerns are many." -- Kirk Ferentz

by StoopsMyAss on Dec 20, 2009 1:18 PM CST reply actions

And so the Nick Neari Era begins, I guess.

Or maybe we just see a lot more of The Moose.

by RossWB on Dec 20, 2009 1:44 PM CST reply actions

If lil' Lick plays more I'

by NorseHawk on Dec 20, 2009 6:06 PM CST up reply actions

*I'm out

by NorseHawk on Dec 20, 2009 6:06 PM CST up reply actions

If he plays more, it should be grounds for a refund to all season ticket-holders.

by RossWB on Dec 21, 2009 3:11 PM CST up reply actions

I don't even know

what to say. I feel bad for Coach Lickliter.

OK I don't know shit about basketball.

by SoulEater7 on Nov. 5, 2009 9:51 PM CST

by sue369 on Dec 20, 2009 1:54 PM CST reply actions

This is clearly a young man who needs some help

From the reports emerging it sounds like Mr. Tucker continues to have no idea how to have a few drinks without the night ending very, very badly. You’d think the whole passed-out, could have died, hospital incident last year might have been a wake up call. I guess not.

I hope he gets his act together and has a productive life, but it sounds like that life won’t include any more time as a member of the Hawkeye basketball team.

It would be almost funny at this point were it not so sad (the state of the program as a whole, that is). And yes, hard to point the finger at coach on this one.

by DonnyDonovan on Dec 20, 2009 6:03 PM CST reply actions

And yes, it was only a four-point win over Drake...

…but I watched the game last night, and really thought it might be a mini turning point. The team put up 70+ (for the second game in a row!), Fuller looked decent, Tucker actually had some nice moments, Gatens seemed to be emerging from his shooting funk, and the team had stretches where they actually looked like a Divison 1 basketball team.

sighs

by DonnyDonovan on Dec 20, 2009 6:06 PM CST reply actions

Drake sucks

I do what I can.

by Anonymous Hero on Dec 20, 2009 10:59 PM CST up reply actions

Although I can understand a little bit

Watching this team makes me want to get totally shit-faced drunk as well. Even when we win.

by HawkeyePapyrus on Dec 20, 2009 6:14 PM CST reply actions

Especially when we win!

by HawkeyePapyrus on Dec 20, 2009 6:15 PM CST up reply actions

You don't need to use basketball as an excuse to get shit-faced drunk dude.

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

by Leftcoast Hawk on Dec 20, 2009 11:09 PM CST up reply actions

Tucker said something similar...

I think it was “You don’t need to use basketball as an excuse NOT to get shit-faced drunk, dude.”

I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them.

-- Judge Smails

by WaterlooChazz on Dec 22, 2009 1:31 AM CST up reply actions

Please.

I can’t read stories about teenagers who threaten cab drivers, drunk, at 2 a.m.

Get a dorm room and walk home, for god’s sake.

This is a spectacular meltdown that is underway with Iowa basketball. They are going to have to have an open audition soon for the intramural guys. There is something entirely weird going on here. We’re approaching 100% attrition.

Mr. Boh Knows ...

by Bellanca on Dec 20, 2009 6:39 PM CST reply actions

Think about this

when these alcohol related arrests happened with the football team Ferentz seemed to be on the ropes…and think of all the good will and credibility he had built up. Whereas Lickliter is, to put it mildly, been embattled since the end of year one. He has 12 guys to look after (not 105 like Ferentz) and he is having a miserable time keeping them, and keeping them out of trouble. I just don’t know what to say…I think Lickliter is going to ship out Tucker to save his own skin. It will be interesting to see how he handles this. It might be a no-win.

"I think it's safe to say our concerns are many." -- Kirk Ferentz

by StoopsMyAss on Dec 20, 2009 7:24 PM CST up reply actions

By on the ropes

I mean in a defensive posture. I don’t wwant anyone reading this as me saying he was out of here…or close to it.

"I think it's safe to say our concerns are many." -- Kirk Ferentz

by StoopsMyAss on Dec 20, 2009 7:25 PM CST up reply actions

Are their other players besides Tucker who've run afoul of the law?

Bohall, I guess? Or was that Alford’s last year — I can’t recall.

Lickliter’s definitely had a lot of attrition issues, but I don’t recall a lot of disciplinary issues unless I’m blanking on some stuff.

by RossWB on Dec 20, 2009 8:04 PM CST up reply actions

Bohall was Lick's first year

Also having hung out with Bohall a couple times, it was the least surprising arrest ever.

by NorseHawk on Dec 20, 2009 8:28 PM CST up reply actions

I should have said keeping "him" out of trouble

He hasn’t had a lot of discipline issues. He’s had a Tucker issue and a keeping player issue…whether it is keeping them out of trouble or keeping their interests in Iowa.

"I think it's safe to say our concerns are many." -- Kirk Ferentz

by StoopsMyAss on Dec 21, 2009 6:39 AM CST up reply actions

That's probably fair to say.

I’m more concerned about the overall player retention issue than the Tucker issue, although obviously the loss of a single player hurts a lot more in basketball than it does in football.

by RossWB on Dec 21, 2009 8:29 AM CST up reply actions