Now this is hilarious. Thankfully most of us have actually seen his social media and know that he doesn't regret anything, hasn't taken any responsibility, and further, has made up lies about others to divert attention.
AJ Ferrari in the house last night
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And that’s all that matters isn’t it.
There isn’t a way to look so far, that I would need to look away from. Plenty of idiots have wrestled DI and plenty of those have been Hawkeyes. I am sorry if I don’t see flipping off a hostile crowd to be as big of a deal as others do. Even the very weak slap isn’t that big of a deal to me. So far, it has kept him from the team this year, so the punishment has been more than sufficient so far.
With that said, if you can get a national champ on your team, I think you do your best to make that happen. You have more than half a year to work with him through the HWC and see if you can make it fit. So far, this appears to be exactly what the staff is doing. If he does what is needed, great. You are adding a national champ. If he doesn’t, to me it was more than worth it to try….
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Plenty of idiots lost their wrestling career because they couldn't follow the rules too. It isn't just the Soldier Salute stuff. It's his whole history of awful behavior. At this point, I see no signs of his genuine contrition other than one statement. The ends seldom justify the means, and character over time matters. If Carl, John Smith, Tan Tom, or Brian Smith won't recruit him, why should we?
Maybe he could atone in some other significant way. How about a million dollars from his NIL money to Wrestling for Life, which is a non profit. GG or Cowboy up could verify that donation. At least our sport would get something useful before he screws up again.
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I’m not sure which part was unintelligible to you but I’ll break it down for the sake of clarity. Actions having consequences was my take and the bit about Iowa fans being racist was the excuse AJ used to defend flipping off the crowd.
Unfortunately, to the Brands, yes, it is clear that is all that matters. Throwing all morals, values and leadership qualities out the window just for a really desperate chance to win what is essentially "a game". It's sad to see what the new level of acceptable behavior is. Iowa needs to be better than this.
You must be too young to remember the things your coach (Carl) has done for points.
He already lost this season due to his actions at the Soldier Salute. He had already been essentially ostracized from basically the entire wrestling community for his actions prior to coming to Iowa. He now has a chance to wrestle for the HWC and prove he can keep his nose clean and stay in good standing academically.
Make no mistake, I am not saying add him with no accountability. I would give him absolute zero tolerance for any legal transgressions. If he gets ticketed for J walking, he is gone. If he falls even slightly behind in his class work, he is gone. But, if he does something that makes people dislike him, that isn’t as big of a deal to me. It is already the case for most, simply by looking at him.
Finally, by all accounts, the Brands seem to be guys that truly do try to help people “fix” themselves. They worked wonders with DeSanto. I am willing to give them some leeway to see what they can do here.
He lost a season by his choice and i think a big part was to avoid A brooks. It helped him not hurt him
Honestly that take is even dumber than some of your takes used to fully defend Trump. Out of everything he has done I would be surprised if he has even thought about Aaron Brooks when someone mentioned the name in his presence.
Then he also did a good deed that day if 50% goes to the military, because him entering the event sold many more tickets to more casual wrestling fans.
Both my assessments are spot on. Hes not within 8 of AB. On anything…..class, character, and certainly ability. Im a hawk fan but not of this current leadership or adding this clown
Brooks may very well be better than AJ. Hell, I am not even trying to argue otherwise. But, you have to realize how incredibly stupid it sounds to say AJ slapped at Glazier, did the splits and flipped off the crowd because he didn’t want to wrestle Brooks.
Sort of like calling Trump a true Republican and most of the others RINOs, when Trump is actually the one that wasn’t a Republican ever until he decided to run for President..
I was sitting in that section, just in the nose bleeds. I didn’t even know they were there until intermission when I saw AJ taking pictures and doing autographs on top. After that, I did see a small group of 6 kids walk over to those seats to get an autograph, and they barely got up the steps when staff ran over and kicked their asses out fast. Would have taken maybe a minute to get quick autograph, kids walked away sad. I understand if the athlete tells them to keep people away, which is probably the case with Spencer. I agree about changing seats, I was tempted to move closer, like I’ve done before, security never checks tickets unless you’re in someone’s seat and won’t move for them. Anthony has used these seats before AJ arrived, and didn’t get hastled. They employees are probably just as big of haters as some of our posters, and they’re going to try to push his buttons like some of the SS fans to see if he retaliates. That’s being a bully, which people accuse him of being. I think that’s what he was getting at with that short lived scar face video he posted the night of the SS.
For Iowa, the Ferrari’s are a gift that keeps giving (to all the other programs lol).
The pat answer when you have no good retort to a point made. I expected that.
Sort of like herpes
AJ giving the crowd the double middle fingers would have been a great picture to get autographed. The dude has an edge about him, a swagger and just gets it, honestly. I look forward to many more double birds after a win at Iowa. I just hope he can save them for the road trips.
I witnessed this whole scene as well. I sit directly behind the "security" guy (bald guy). He sits at the scorers table in front of a monitor with 12-14 video feeds of the entire arena, including some outside shots. He simply sits there and scans the video feeds. He has an earpiece. he got up and went up to AJ and started harassing him for no reason. After a few minutes, another staffer came down from up above and told the "security guy" to get his ass back down to the mat side table. It was bizzare.
they dony block views spencer hangs out in the tunnel and adjacent. We had an Iowa alum sitting next to us in OUR seat, security didn't come and harass him like they did AJ. It was bizarre. AJ just sits there quietly and signs autographs.
Nope grandpappy taught us if you argue with a fool others cant tell who the fool is so i want it evident your the fool…pretty easy
Well, it was certainly not anybody else’s gear because no one else in the country wanted them which says a lot about the brands
"Grandpappy" raised a fool apparently there, magaman the russia lover. Did Meemaw teach you the same?
Just as an aside, the degree of self-righteousness on this board with regard to the Ferrari family is about as pathetic as it is ridiculous. Lots of morally superior Hawk fans around here. It’s not a good look.
It is so easy to judge when you can’t be judged in return. The funny thing is there is usually a ton of hypocrisy when you look closely at those that are most vocal in their negative judgement.
One of the best examples ever was when a really good buddy of mine got a DUI over 25 years ago. The judge absolutely laced into him so hard she had his mother in tears. She basically called him the equivalent to the Devil himself. Needless to say, a few months later his mom was watching the news. That same judge got pulled over with a BAC nearly double what his was and was even recorded pulling the “Don’t you know who I am” line.
It isn’t always the case, but such self righteous indignation is often masking the problems the person judging is trying to ignore or project.
One of the best examples ever was when a really good buddy of mine got a DUI over 25 years ago. The judge absolutely laced into him so hard she had his mother in tears. She basically called him the equivalent to the Devil himself. Needless to say, a few months later his mom was watching the news. That same judge got pulled over with a BAC nearly double what his was and was even recorded pulling the “Don’t you know who I am” line.
It isn’t always the case, but such self righteous indignation is often masking the problems the person judging is trying to ignore or project.
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Its not self righteousness to call out behavior so rediculous over and over. I know a ton of kids, wrestlers for yrs. Never seen such a display as this clown and his folks who support it.
Never attended a maga rally huh?
I don’t know, man. I wrestled with and around plenty of guys that were no more morally sound than AJ. There just wasn’t the Internet to make everything you do 100% visible and apparent to everyone that even glances that way.
Now, I am not condoning many of his actions. The guy needs to grow up and clean his act up. I am just not as bothered by his antics, because I was around plenty of similar things over the years…
No more pathetic than your posts and your love affair for Ferrari.
Your usual disclaimer of not condoning his actions does not absolve you of your repeated defenses of this POS. So you aren’t so bothered by his “antics.” Funny word to describe driving well over the speed limit with a passenger to attempt to pass three cars blindly towards the crest of a hill nearly killing a few innocents.
Some may recall that I was posting warnings about this guy in the first threads about Iowa’s interest in him. As I stated back then, as a PSU fan, nothing would please me more than watching Iowa self destruct by getting involved with AJ, but if I was an Iowa guy I would be absolutely bewildered by Iowa’s benefit/cost analysis.
