And the more I think about the whole not visiting Berge thing. Maybe it was calculated. Give him a good offer. Don't show him a ton of attention. See if he really wants to come here and he is actually different than his brother. Than again maybe they thought he was a lock and just missed on him.
I never had to wait 2-3 days. I always sealed the deal night #one
Well maybe you need to apply to be our recruiting coordinator. You sure seem to know what it takes... Lol....
They sound like they got their feelings hurt. They didn't want to be Hawkeyes too bad or they would have signed.
Since you have the inside scoop would you mind sharing how much money each kid demanded? It's obvious either they didn't really want to be Hawkeyes or they wanted more than our staff was willing to pay, which means they didn't want to be Hawkeyes bad enough.
And Lugo and Marinelli and Cass and Kemerer all guys that at one point were committed somewhere else, wrestled somewhere else or about to not come here. Can you explain how we got them here?
Well, you guessed wrong. They were both recruited hard, which probably had a decent amount of salesmanship of the program. Spencer was basically a tossup between going to Iowa or PSU, he has said so himself in many interviews. Warner, in a recent interview, stated that he was VERY close to going to Illinois, he grew up around the program and was very close with coach Heffernan and the rest of the illini coaching staff. I truly think the salesmanship of the program has picked up the past few years. In a podcast interview with Terry this off season he talked about the 2017 recruiting class.. "We got everybody we wanted." Also said they were going to work their asses off to get everyone they wanted in the 2018 class. Don't fool yourself, the staff knows how critical a strong 2018 class is to getting back to title contention. Brands and Cassioppi are a great start, Brands for probably nothing (in-state and Terry will cover it
). Cass is a smart guy, obviously. I guarantee you he is getting academic money of some sort. He was committed to Northwestern for crying out loud. Don't know if he necessarily got accepted there or not, but you don't commit to an academically prestigious school like that without having good grades.). But all is well, Fargo finalist is nothing to scoff at, and I'd like to see him and Brooks go at it in Folkstyle. PA Guys are some of the toughest folkstylers there are in the country. He will either beat Wilcke out as a SR for the 184 spot or not and be a 3 year starter. I think if Wilcke didn't improve then we would see Hidlay, but I think many are hoping that Wilcke will be a 2x returning AA at that point, and don't think Hidlay would beat out the 2x AA SR going for 3rd. But if he makes the lineup as a RS FR that would only be good news, and if he doesn't, still good news because Wilcke has improved enough to hold down the spot and is likely a high AA contender at that point.No offense intended but I don't believe you know 3 studs that wanted to come to Iowa for free. Including a possible national champ that the coaches ignored.
Don't waste your time with Mike. That dude's transmission went out and he is stuck in negative. The worst part is these nancies can't keep their panties up until signing day. Come back and bitch in November if you don't like the class. Most will be gone at that time because we will get a couple more studs.
I'll bite. TNT have landed great wrestlers. Statistics already prove they haven't landed enough....ergo they ain't selling enough. Others have said it's a business now.....and they are correct.
2 is industry standard, but 3 is kinda money................6 days.
And I think one of the big reasons the Brands brought Mark Perry on-board was to get a fresh recruiting perspective. Things are moving in the right direction in a big way.
So then the question is, would they answer your call 3 days later when you called?
Well, you guessed wrong. They were both recruited hard, which probably had a decent amount of salesmanship of the program. Spencer was basically a tossup between going to Iowa or PSU, he has said so himself in many interviews. Warner, in a recent interview, stated that he was VERY close to going to Illinois, he grew up around the program and was very close with coach Heffernan and the rest of the illini coaching staff. I truly think the salesmanship of the program has picked up the past few years. In a podcast interview with Terry this off season he talked about the 2017 recruiting class.. "We got everybody we wanted." Also said they were going to work their asses off to get everyone they wanted in the 2018 class. Don't fool yourself, the staff knows how critical a strong 2018 class is to getting back to title contention. Brands and Cassioppi are a great start, Brands for probably nothing (in-state and Terry will cover it
That is a great start, and I would be pretty dang happy if we could get Teske and Hidlay. Anything else would just be icing on the cake for this class IMO (Sasso/Rider/Jordan/Duggan). We need a potential 133, and I think Teske could fill that role. Some have questioned his size, and it could be a valid concern as we don't want to recruit someone of his caliber to ride the bench for 3 years behind Spencer Lee. But, 133 is a weight for some smaller guys can flourish if they have the motor, and elite coaching (Iowa guys always have a motor, and definite elite lightweight coaching). Look at Tony Ramos, he was considered by many to be a pretty small 133, at least towards the beginning of his career. Many thought he and McD should switch spots. Clark was definitely considered a small 133 for his first season after moving up.. Brewer dwarfed him in the finals, but he still made the finals. Teske's motor, and aggressiveness would flourish in the Iowa room, even if he were a little small for 133 towards the start of his career. All he would have to focus on is getting stronger, and better, while training with the best lightweights in the nation... Lee, Gilman, Clark, McD, Dennis, Delgado, Tom, and Terry. As well as the slew of other lightweights on roster that are worthy in their own right... Wagner, Rathbun, Mejia, Stickley. I'm of the opinion that the transition from college 125 to 133 is not that difficult at all.
We also need a potential 184, and I think Hidlay could fill that as well. Definitely think he could fill out to 184 no problem. He wrestled 170 at Fargo going into his SR year. I believe Sammy Brooks wrestled 171 his JR year of HS. Also really like his style, he actually reminds me a lot of Brooks except hes a little more smooth/fluid in his movements IMO. Great with underhooks, and hes not afraid at all to go upperbody (even if he ends up getting tossed multiple times
The greatest part will be overlapping all of that talent with guys who I didn't mention like Murin, Marinelli, Young, Lugo, Stoll. Man these next 4-6 years are going to be a lot of F**!
