Bruce in portal..
- Thread starter BigOHawk
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I'm perfectly fine with this. I wish him well....but he was absent nearly all year. I hope this signals that we have a couple of good WRs coming in.
Damn, hoping with the addition we could hang on to him. Hopefully this is the end of starters leaving.
Been really a gadget guy since he's been here. Hopefully Kansas State can unlock his potential.
Wipe the slate clean. Fresh starts for everyone after a dismal 2 years of offense. I’m more looking forward to staff changes at this point. Nobody on offense outside of Kaleb would really disappoint me by transferring at this point.
He could use a change of scenery. After the turf monster caught him vs isu he never was the same. The fumble vs nebby might have finalized his need for a change.
Offense was not good this year,.. Assuming we were putting the best talent on the field, some starters will need to move to second string or leave...
Not turning this thread into every other thread, but the WR had zero shot to be successful. Jones proved that this year.
To be fair he was absent because the offense was awful. However he had his fair share of drops and mistakes.
We have a great freshman RB and TE, I don’t want to leave.
His legacy will be falling down at the one against ISU and a fumbled punt against Nebraska.
I think most of the problem this year was with the offensive line,.. Improve that and everything else has a chance to actually show you what it can do,.. An offense without an effective line is like a car without tires. Could be a decent car or it could be a piece of shit, no way to know for sure until it you first make it driveable...
Yeah. it was his fault for being " absent " instead of the reality that he was obviously misused, under-utilized, mismanaged and coached by a completely clueless jackass of an OC. All his fault?? How are some FB fans this backwards?
Lol I built bonds, but peace! These drawn out statements are funny.
However who the hell is catching balls in the bowl game?
Nobody cares,.. this season is over.
Potential rather than performance.
Wish him well.
Wish him well.
Yeah, those "bonds" must not be too strong.
The sad thing is it does nothing to speak against the WRs we had. The QB play was subpar at best all year and our scheme is typically awful.
Brian, for all his faults, isn't a complete dummy when it comes to scheming guys open situationally. We've seen numerous occasions where we'd have guys wide open along the sidelines and Petras would either miss them by the length of the ocean, or throw it to the other team as an alternate option for completing a pass.............
However, structurally, more often than not, our WRs aren't getting open because our route trees are just too easy to defend or take to long to develop.
The other thing is you wonder what else is going on beyond just the inept offense and poor utilization and execution of our passing game that would make these guys (let's be realistic, Johnson and Bruce were our two best WRs) choose to rather transfer with plenty of eligibility left rather than stick it out in the hopes that Iowa will choose not to stay at the bottom of CFB offensively, especially with McNamara transferring in, and our next recruiting class coming in and the fact that Petras won't be back.
The difference being Jones - even when at Iowa - didn't drop the ball or make the kind of mistakes Bruce made this year. I wish Bruce would have stayed but it was disappointing to see how he handled being the "main guy" this year.
He dropped a lot of passes and was a negative in the return game.
Brian will be sporting a new fleece...
Bruce will be a solid WR. Was hoping he'd stay. I think he's a bit like Tracy in that their skillset seems to be a hybrid of RB and WR.
This is the future reality of portal/NIL: guys who don't think they got enough catches/carries leave, new lineups every year
I wonder if Brian will post anything on social media when he leaves, stating it was God's plan and "after much thought and prayer" etc etc etc........
Bruce caught 1.5 balls a game. KJ had 2 catches all year. It’s not like losing Jerry Rice.
KState would seem a good fit. Less hitting and defense in the "big" 12, more room to run.
Ragaini Brecht Vines Bostick. I actually like the thought of just getting the young guys more reps.
Am I the only one on here like extremely upset that iowa allowed all this to happen?
Bruce felt a lot like Tyrone Tracy’s trajectory. As noted, certainly not all (probably mostly not) his fault. But end arounds, super short passes, even some up the middle handoffs probably isn’t what he was hoping for. That’s ok. Honestly with our TEs patrolling the field over the middle, slot WR types might not be the best fit for Iowa offense anyway. Definitely wish him the best.
And that's only hurt CBB thanks to schools like Kentucky popularizing that bold strategy years ago (even if it was slightly less legal back then.......), so I don't foresee any problems whatsoever with this becoming the new norm in CFB!
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watched one KSU game this year. They had a little guy they used in a variety of ways. He was quicker than shit and just ran by defenders. But he appeared to be very thick for a guy of his stature. Looked like a Bob Sanders type. Maybe this is what they do to him. To me ,he was a major disapointment.
