Until both sides of the story come out, I have no comments about CJ. Best not to open mouth and insert foot. There could be justifiable reason for the transfer.
Here is last Wednesday's HawkCentral radio show, which you can now listen to as a podcast. The link to the entire thing is at the end of this post.
After you read this and hear for yourself, if I were you, I would go with what Chad Leistikow (a Hawkeye beat writer) stated on air last Wednesday night.
Go to the very middle, bottom of the web page for the timer. At the 13:20 mark Chad said the following:
(1) Iowa hasn't even issued an official press release; instead they issued a 1 sentence statement on social media after his name went into the portal.
(2)
based on his sources, Chad said the team felt confident that CJ would be returning. The rumors were addressed within the team and by CJ. Chad stated that he does believe the decision CJ made on Sunday April 18 where he told Coach McCaffery and his teammates that he was leaving (and entering the transfer portal) did catch them ALL off guard.
Mark Emmert said he started hearing the rumors of CJ to Kentucky
from more than 1 source as soon as the season ended (on March 22 Iowa lost to Oregon).
Mark reveals in this podcast that he is also Facebook friends with Joe Fredrick so Mark saw the same Joe Fredrick Facebook posts that have been posted in this thread. Mark concluded last month, based on the Joe Fredrick Facebook posts, that it was highly probable CJ was moving on.
Chad said CJ's exit has been very tense, where it's a relationship that
ended really badly and really suddenly. Mark then wondered what was left of the relationship between Fran and Joe. Mark said CJ was going to Iowa games as a child; Joe would take him.
The entire podcast:
The Hawk Central Podcast from The Des Moines Register and 1460 KXnO
www.iheart.com