Coacheshotseat.com . . .

First off, I don't know a thing about this site. No idea where it comes from or who produces it.

I do find it interesting that three of the top six on the college football coaches hotseat come from the Hayden Fry tree (Ferentz No. 3, Mike Stoops No. 4 and Chuck Long No. 6).

http://www.coacheshotseat.com/CoachesHotSeatRanking.htm

FWIW, I think that Kirk Ferentz has himself on the hotseat. He's more PO'd than anyone about the 19-18 and the 17 arrests. When asked after signing day about coaching another son, James, he joked that it was a good deal as long as he has the job. Yes, some of that was typical Ferentz self-deprecation, but not all of it. A few years ago, nothing like this or even close to this bubbles to the surface.

AD Gary Barta's opinion is the one that counts. But your opinion counts, too. Your opinion = your seat in Kinnick, of course.

This from a story I wrote last fall:

"The Kinnick renovation debt service is guarded from on-field disaster.

The financial model was built on 80-percent occupancy in the suites and indoor and outdoor

club seats, according to senior associate athletics director Jane Meyer, one of the athletics

department's players in the renovation.

What staves off a year-to-year worry about debt service (about $6 million annually) is the

staggering of the luxury seating contracts, the three, five and seven years. This is Year 2 of the three-year deals, which comprise about one-third of the luxury-seating contracts. (This fall is year 3, by the way.)

So, if the losing continues, could next season be a test for Kinnick financing? If the

losing continues and demand goes down for luxury seating, what happens?

Doug True, UI vice president for finance and operations, said a reserve fund exists "so

we don't fall short."

"Our fans continue to come out, and that's what we're anticipating even with

this, in regards to the suites and club seating," Meyer said. "I think part of that

is our fans support our program. It's our hope that they continue to do that."

The goodwill bank is open."

The only value in coacheshotseat.com is discussion. It's an interesting discussion. Is it fair discussion?