Football Tidbits

[jerbob36]

Talked to some people who went to a clinic over the weekend. Will pass on a few tidbits.

They watched a couple practices. Here are their comments:
*impressed with RBs. Daniels is a tank. Another new RB looked good, but they weren't sure who.
*CJ throwing lasers. Deep passes didn't have a lot of air under them. Really impressed with his arm strength.
*O-line looked bad. "I mean, bad," was the quote.
*Greg Davis got all over a WR. Not a name we would know. They couldn't believe how angry he got.
*Kennedy also went off on somebody. They thought it was a DB, which sounds strange, but that's what he thought.
*Reid is the most encouraging coach, very vocal, high-fives, chest-bumps. They told me this was needed, because there was a lot of... well, the coaches were being very tough on the players. Said it was nice to have a coach encouraging guys.
*Not a lot of playmakers on the field. Smith was not practicing or practicing very little. Hillyer was blowing up DBs on Saturday.

Got a tour of the new site:
*training room is amazing. Pools can go from hot tubs to ice in 30 minutes if needed.
*position rooms are cool. Instead of having a white board in a room, entire walls are white boards.
*weight room is unreal. 26K square feet, with about 6 lanes of artificial grass inside it, so players can do conditioning within the weight room.
*very impressed with the place.

The practices were very tough and intense. Very impressed with the pace and physicality of the practice, even in half-shells.

Bottom line:

*QB/RB very solid. WR similar to last year--need more playmakers. O-line a work in progress.
*D-Line okay, Ott possibly the only player with NFL potential.
*LBs not very big and didn't look like B1G LBs.
*IF the Hawks win 8 or 9, it will be because they worked their tails off.

 

[hawkeyesports92]

Thanks for the report. It would have been nice to have CJ last year with that schedule and line. This years schedule is cream puff but the line may not give him a chance to operate.

 

[HAWK-N-402 (4)]

The one thing I still have faith in is that the o-line will be salvageable under kf.

This post was edited on 3/30 8:02 PM by HAWK-N-402 (4)

 

[nu2u]

jerbob, not to criticize or doubt your sources opinions, would only add that impressions made on the 1st week of Spring practice rarely match what is generated in practice the last week of August. I do very much appreciate that you shared the info here.

The C, RG, LG positions on Iowa's OL should be solid, or at least not a big concern since those positions will be manned by returning players with game experience. Walsh and Blythe are multi-year starters . The big question mark is the LT and RT positions - those are some big shoes to fill. .

 

[J_Heater]

Really cool to hear stories like this. My only question would be what credentials did the people who visited the practices hold? I mean saying Ott is the only one on the DL with NFL potential makes them sound like they are experts.

Lord knows you could write a novel on all the players that made the NFL that people on this board were convinced had no shot.

Again, thanks, nice hearing tidbits like this.

 

[Pepperman]

I'm waiting for the next great WR to emerge in the next few weeks. Cam Wilson, Derek Willies, etc. Who will it be and why will he leave the program in 5-7 months' time?

 

[BuddyRydell]

Originally posted by jerbob36:
Talked to some people who went to a clinic over the weekend. Will pass on a few tidbits.

They watched a couple practices. Here are their comments:
*impressed with RBs. Daniels is a tank. Another new RB looked good, but they weren't sure who.
*CJ throwing lasers. Deep passes didn't have a lot of air under them. Really impressed with his arm strength.
*O-line looked bad. "I mean, bad," was the quote.
*Greg Davis got all over a WR. Not a name we would know. They couldn't believe how angry he got.
*Kennedy also went off on somebody. They thought it was a DB, which sounds strange, but that's what he thought.
*Reid is the most encouraging coach, very vocal, high-fives, chest-bumps. They told me this was needed, because there was a lot of... well, the coaches were being very tough on the players. Said it was nice to have a coach encouraging guys.
*Not a lot of playmakers on the field. Smith was not practicing or practicing very little. Hillyer was blowing up DBs on Saturday.

Got a tour of the new site:
*training room is amazing. Pools can go from hot tubs to ice in 30 minutes if needed.
*position rooms are cool. Instead of having a white board in a room, entire walls are white boards.
*weight room is unreal. 26K square feet, with about 6 lanes of artificial grass inside it, so players can do conditioning within the weight room.
*very impressed with the place.

The practices were very tough and intense. Very impressed with the pace and physicality of the practice, even in half-shells.

Bottom line:

*QB/RB very solid. WR similar to last year--need more playmakers. O-line a work in progress.
*D-Line okay, Ott possibly the only player with NFL potential.
*LBs not very big and didn't look like B1G LBs.
*IF the Hawks win 8 or 9, it will be because they worked their tails off.


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Where these 'people' coaches at the clinic? You don't say, just call them people.
Agree with some of what they say but let me add a few things.
Agree about Daniels. Derrick Mitchell was the one I saw who 'looks' the part at RB. Raw, but huge potential, hard to tell until full contact..
CJ looked good at times. Needs a lot more consistency, but it's early. Thought the TE's looked good. Hard to tell 4 of them apart to be honest.
You list no 'tidbits' about LB's but then say they are not very big and don't look like B1G LB's. Did you make up that part? I think so, or your sources don't know what they are talking about. They have all gotten bigger and Neimann looks like a stud (6'3 has to be 230 now) and Jewell and Perry look like a tanks. What do B1G LB's look like? They are the same size as any B1G LB's. Jewell is taller than Morris was and only about 5 lbs lighter now then when Morris was a SR . Bower and Mends are the same size as Hitchens and Neimann is way bigger than Kirksey, so what the hell are you talking about. Biggest thing they need is confidence and agree Reid is trying to instill it.
Talked to coach Morgan (he's always very approachable), and he likes this bunch. Johnson could be as good as Davis. Bazata as LTP. Need experience, but doesn't expect a drop off and wont' tolerate one. Which NFL scouts did your buddys talk to about their NFL potential? I think Johnson will start attracting lost of attention in this his JR year. Ott is more vocal and trying to be a leader. The young DE's need to get stronger (another summer in the weight room will do wonders!) and reps, but their technique is looking good and Nelson is HUGE! Has to be all of 6'8. Hope that one develops. Whether he can get to the QB or not, he will be hell to throw over or around!
The intensity was twice what it was last year with the O-line taking the brunt of it. BF was relentless. The standard is rising, my friends, regardless of experience. They are not taking excuses?
Rotating lots of combos at safety. Too early to tell? Don't think SS will be decided until late August.
Kennedy is always intense. You should have heard him and Hernandez last year.
Last year KF 'hobknobbed' with Bill O'brien and others. Was much more 'engaged' this year.
You don't see a lot of 'playmaker' activity the 3rd and 4th practices of spring ball while in half-shells, so I don't know what that means. Lots of quick whistles.
The first spring practices always look pretty sloppy, but I like the different intensity level. Let's see how they respond to it.

 

[Hawks2405]

Thanks for the report.

We will probably struggle against Illinois State and Iowa State given the fact that we always struggle in the early portion of the season.

 

[SLarew]

Buddy,

Thanks for report and additional info. sounds like your report firsthand and appreciate you sharing your thoughts.

Sounds like intensity and teaching levels are increased this year. All reports were that OL did not look good but I have good "gut" feelings about Myers and Boettger. They will make mistakes but look forward to their progress.

 

[HawkeyeDenny]

Thanks MattFoley, I mean Buddy, for the update...I think they can go 9 - 3, maybe 10 -2, this year if they just can do some of the intangibles at the end of a game that they couldn't get done last year when the game was on the line and they needed to make a play... (ex: ISU, Neb, Wisc)

 

[Aegon_Targaryen]

Originally posted by SLarew:

Buddy,

Thanks for report and additional info. sounds like your report firsthand and appreciate you sharing your thoughts.

Sounds like intensity and teaching levels are increased this year. All reports were that OL did not look good but I have good "gut" feelings about Myers and Boettger. They will make mistakes but look forward to their progress.

According to what I read in the lounge the intensity was through the roof. Apparently Parker IS in fact a somewhat scary individual. As said before, a lot of the coaches were being tough, with a few exceptions who were using the more positive, encourage style of coaching.

A poster mentioned being impressed with the flow of the practice, and how quickly each part of it got moving.

 

[BuddyRydell]

Originally posted by Hawks2405:
Thanks for the report.

We will probably struggle against Illinois State and Iowa State given the fact that we always struggle in the early portion of the season.

You could be right. They are an enigma at times that keeps a lot of fans up in arms.
In the 2009 yr. when they went 11-2 and won the orange bowl they only beat UNI by 1 and Ark. St. by 3, so who the heck knows.

 

[BigHawk]

I was at both practices this past weekend. IMO, the hawks have way too many question marks to be looking at an 8-9 win season. CJ is far from a finished product. He really hangs on to the ball way too long. This may be more of a reflection of the receivers as they still can't get any separation. I didn't think the oline looked very good at all but I know that is the group that has the most room for growth through the spring. I will say Ike boetger looked huge. The running backs did not impress but that is due to the growing pains of the oline. None of the TE's left an impression.

We have question marks in every area offensively, and that just doesn't make for a lot of success. I fear the only rout we will see completed this fall is the check down to the back for two yards.

Defensively, I think the secondary will be a strength.. I think the interior of the defensive line will be solid by mid season, we are very undersized at the DE position. in a year or two, the big kid from Cedar Rapids could be a player, but he needs to add a lot of lower body strength. I never got a feel for the backers, nothing left an impression on me. The kicking looked very average in Kinnick on Saturday.

I fear this fall will be a 5-7 win type team that will struggle to score points while the defense plays adequately in most games. The one bonus is that I don't think we play a dominant team.

 

[h-hawk]

Thanks for all the insights. Fun to be talking football again.

 

[BuddyRydell]

Originally posted by BigHawk:
I was at both practices this past weekend. IMO, the hawks have way too many question marks to be looking at an 8-9 win season. CJ is far from a finished product. He really hangs on to the ball way too long. This may be more of a reflection of the receivers as they still can't get any separation. I didn't think the oline looked very good at all but I know that is the group that has the most room for growth through the spring. I will say Ike boetger looked huge. The running backs did not impress but that is due to the growing pains of the oline. None of the TE's left an impression.

We have question marks in every area offensively, and that just doesn't make for a lot of success. I fear the only rout we will see completed this fall is the check down to the back for two yards.

Defensively, I think the secondary will be a strength.. I think the interior of the defensive line will be solid by mid season, we are very undersized at the DE position. in a year or two, the big kid from Cedar Rapids could be a player, but he needs to add a lot of lower body strength. I never got a feel for the backers, nothing left an impression on me. The kicking looked very average in Kinnick on Saturday.

I fear this fall will be a 5-7 win type team that will struggle to score points while the defense plays adequately in most games. The one bonus is that I don't think we play a dominant team.

You don't talk like a coach, so are you just a fan who signed up for the clinic so you could see the new facilities?
Is this the first time you've been to early spring practices, because no offense ever looks good 4 days into spring practices? None! They were in half-shells, going half-speed most of the time, so what were you able ascertain?
Nine returning starters on Offense, so where are all the question marks and what are the questions?
Ott is undersized? You saw Nelson doing squats or on the leverage sled? How did you determine his lower body strength?Thank you for you input, but maybe you should have just stuck with describing the facilities, because you offer no details to support your 'impressions'. You have to understand what you're looking for to know what you see.

 

[iahawkeyes17]

Originally posted by BuddyRydell:

Originally posted by BigHawk:
I was at both practices this past weekend. IMO, the hawks have way too many question marks to be looking at an 8-9 win season. CJ is far from a finished product. He really hangs on to the ball way too long. This may be more of a reflection of the receivers as they still can't get any separation. I didn't think the oline looked very good at all but I know that is the group that has the most room for growth through the spring. I will say Ike boetger looked huge. The running backs did not impress but that is due to the growing pains of the oline. None of the TE's left an impression.

We have question marks in every area offensively, and that just doesn't make for a lot of success. I fear the only rout we will see completed this fall is the check down to the back for two yards.

Defensively, I think the secondary will be a strength.. I think the interior of the defensive line will be solid by mid season, we are very undersized at the DE position. in a year or two, the big kid from Cedar Rapids could be a player, but he needs to add a lot of lower body strength. I never got a feel for the backers, nothing left an impression on me. The kicking looked very average in Kinnick on Saturday.

I fear this fall will be a 5-7 win type team that will struggle to score points while the defense plays adequately in most games. The one bonus is that I don't think we play a dominant team.

You don't talk like a coach, so are you just a fan who signed up for the clinic so you could see the new facilities?
Is this the first time you've been to early spring practices, because no offense ever looks good 4 days into spring practices? None! They were in half-shells, going half-speed most of the time, so what were you able ascertain?
Nine returning starters on Offense, so where are all the question marks and what are the questions?
Ott is undersized? You saw Nelson doing squats or on the leverage sled? How did you determine his lower body strength?Thank you for you input, but maybe you should have just stuck with describing the facilities, because you offer no details to support your 'impressions'. You have to understand what you're looking for to know what you see.

Please inform us on how coaches talk? Or how they post? He posted his opinion of you don't like so be it. Maybe it was referring to Meier not Ott as DE or the group as a whole.

Also we don't return 9 starters on offense (Scherff, Donnal, Hamilton, KMM, Wesiman & Rudock) Maybe you should have left or got a clue when you finally got the ban hammer mattyfoley.

 

[nu2u]

Originally posted by BigHawk:
I was at both practices this past weekend. IMO, the hawks have way too many question marks to be looking at an 8-9 win season. CJ is far from a finished product. He really hangs on to the ball way too long. This may be more of a reflection of the receivers as they still can't get any separation. I didn't think the oline looked very good at all but I know that is the group that has the most room for growth through the spring. I will say Ike boetger looked huge. The running backs did not impress but that is due to the growing pains of the oline. None of the TE's left an impression.

We have question marks in every area offensively, and that just doesn't make for a lot of success. I fear the only rout we will see completed this fall is the check down to the back for two yards.

Defensively, I think the secondary will be a strength.. I think the interior of the defensive line will be solid by mid season, we are very undersized at the DE position. in a year or two, the big kid from Cedar Rapids could be a player, but he needs to add a lot of lower body strength. I never got a feel for the backers, nothing left an impression on me. The kicking looked very average in Kinnick on Saturday.

I fear this fall will be a 5-7 win type team that will struggle to score points while the defense plays adequately in most games. The one bonus is that I don't think we play a dominant team.

That is perhaps the most pessimistic comment I've read on this site all year.

What makes that statement especially strange is that CJ Beathard is touted as having one of the strongest arms of any Iowa QB in the last 25 years. His accuracy is generally not questioned.

Is it the WRs & TEs? Tevaun Smith has shown pretty good play making skills. Matt VanDeberg has excellent hands. Both Henry K-C and Jake Duzey are veteran pass catching TEs

If that statement was meant to be humorous, my fault and I apologize.

 

[J_Heater]

Originally posted by nu2u:

That is perhaps the most pessimistic comment I've read on this site all year.

What makes that statement especially strange is that CJ Beathard is touted as having one of the strongest arms of any Iowa QB in the last 25 years. His accuracy is generally not questioned.

Is it the WRs & TEs? Tevaun Smith has shown pretty good play making skills. Matt VanDeberg has excellent hands. Both Henry K-C and Jake Duzey are veteran pass catching TEs

If that statement was meant to be humorous, my fault and I apologize.

The reason he is touted for having one of the strongest arms of any Iowa QB in the last 25 years is the same reason his accuracy is generally not questioned.

He was the back up last year.

He's starting this year so his arm strength won't be what was anticpated and his accuracy will always be in question.

That isn't an indictment on CJ's skills either, it's an indictment on our fans general lack of understanding at what they are looking at and sure of what they saw from the backup in practice.

Most here are coaches that could have easily landed multi-million dollar gigs but there was just too much work left to be done on the Internet. Thank God for that I might add.

 

[BuddyRydell]

Originally posted by iahawkeyes17:

Originally posted by BuddyRydell:

Originally posted by BigHawk:
I was at both practices this past weekend. IMO, the hawks have way too many question marks to be looking at an 8-9 win season. CJ is far from a finished product. He really hangs on to the ball way too long. This may be more of a reflection of the receivers as they still can't get any separation. I didn't think the oline looked very good at all but I know that is the group that has the most room for growth through the spring. I will say Ike boetger looked huge. The running backs did not impress but that is due to the growing pains of the oline. None of the TE's left an impression.

We have question marks in every area offensively, and that just doesn't make for a lot of success. I fear the only rout we will see completed this fall is the check down to the back for two yards.

Defensively, I think the secondary will be a strength.. I think the interior of the defensive line will be solid by mid season, we are very undersized at the DE position. in a year or two, the big kid from Cedar Rapids could be a player, but he needs to add a lot of lower body strength. I never got a feel for the backers, nothing left an impression on me. The kicking looked very average in Kinnick on Saturday.

I fear this fall will be a 5-7 win type team that will struggle to score points while the defense plays adequately in most games. The one bonus is that I don't think we play a dominant team.

You don't talk like a coach, so are you just a fan who signed up for the clinic so you could see the new facilities?
Is this the first time you've been to early spring practices, because no offense ever looks good 4 days into spring practices? None! They were in half-shells, going half-speed most of the time, so what were you able ascertain?
Nine returning starters on Offense, so where are all the question marks and what are the questions?
Ott is undersized? You saw Nelson doing squats or on the leverage sled? How did you determine his lower body strength?Thank you for you input, but maybe you should have just stuck with describing the facilities, because you offer no details to support your 'impressions'. You have to understand what you're looking for to know what you see.

Please inform us on how coaches talk? Or how they post? He posted his opinion of you don't like so be it. Maybe it was referring to Meier not Ott as DE or the group as a whole.

Also we don't return 9 starters on offense (Scherff, Donnal, Hamilton, KMM, Wesiman & Rudock) Maybe you should have left or got a clue when you finally got the ban hammer mattyfoley.

1. CJ- 1 start
2. Canzeri- 2 starts
3. Cox - 3 starts
4. Plewa- 2 starts
5. Kenny- 2 starts
6 Smith - 14 starts
7 Duzey- 13 starts
8 Welsh- 7 starts
9 Walsh- 24 starts
10 Blyth- 35 starts
11 Vandenburg- 1 start
12 Kreiger-Coble- 3 starts
13 Hillyer - 4 starts

You are correct. I was wrong. They have 13 starters returning on offense. But the only positions that don't return a starter is the OT's, thus 9 returning starters.
Any other questions?

 

[ThatsFootball]

Originally posted by BuddyRydell:

Originally posted by iahawkeyes17:

Originally posted by BuddyRydell:

Originally posted by BigHawk:
I was at both practices this past weekend. IMO, the hawks have way too many question marks to be looking at an 8-9 win season. CJ is far from a finished product. He really hangs on to the ball way too long. This may be more of a reflection of the receivers as they still can't get any separation. I didn't think the oline looked very good at all but I know that is the group that has the most room for growth through the spring. I will say Ike boetger looked huge. The running backs did not impress but that is due to the growing pains of the oline. None of the TE's left an impression.

We have question marks in every area offensively, and that just doesn't make for a lot of success. I fear the only rout we will see completed this fall is the check down to the back for two yards.

Defensively, I think the secondary will be a strength.. I think the interior of the defensive line will be solid by mid season, we are very undersized at the DE position. in a year or two, the big kid from Cedar Rapids could be a player, but he needs to add a lot of lower body strength. I never got a feel for the backers, nothing left an impression on me. The kicking looked very average in Kinnick on Saturday.

I fear this fall will be a 5-7 win type team that will struggle to score points while the defense plays adequately in most games. The one bonus is that I don't think we play a dominant team.

You don't talk like a coach, so are you just a fan who signed up for the clinic so you could see the new facilities?
Is this the first time you've been to early spring practices, because no offense ever looks good 4 days into spring practices? None! They were in half-shells, going half-speed most of the time, so what were you able ascertain?
Nine returning starters on Offense, so where are all the question marks and what are the questions?
Ott is undersized? You saw Nelson doing squats or on the leverage sled? How did you determine his lower body strength?Thank you for you input, but maybe you should have just stuck with describing the facilities, because you offer no details to support your 'impressions'. You have to understand what you're looking for to know what you see.

Please inform us on how coaches talk? Or how they post? He posted his opinion of you don't like so be it. Maybe it was referring to Meier not Ott as DE or the group as a whole.

Also we don't return 9 starters on offense (Scherff, Donnal, Hamilton, KMM, Wesiman & Rudock) Maybe you should have left or got a clue when you finally got the ban hammer mattyfoley.

1. CJ- 1 start
2. Canzeri- 2 starts
3. Cox - 3 starts
4. Plewa- 2 starts
5. Kenny- 2 starts
6 Smith - 14 starts
7 Duzey- 13 starts
8 Welsh- 7 starts
9 Walsh- 24 starts
10 Blyth- 35 starts
11 Vandenburg- 1 start
12 Kreiger-Coble- 3 starts
13 Hillyer - 4 starts

You are correct. I was wrong. They have 13 starters returning on offense. But the only positions that don't return a starter is the OT's, thus 9 returning starters.
Any other questions?

So in your world Matt, Iowa actually retuned their starting quarterback in 2011 since JVB started against tOSU in 2009?

 

[jerbob36]

Didn't mean to get BuddyRydell riled up.

Yes, I talked directly to high school football coaches who were there and who know the game.

LBs--they just didn't think our LBs seemed as quick, big, or explosive as other B1G LBs. Not sure how else to phrase that.

They know playmakers when they see them. I understand it was half-shell on Friday and there were quick whistles. They have seen that before and recognized playmakers in that setting. They didn't see that in this practice. Disagree if you want, I'm just passing along info.

Talked to another coach who was there. Said they were coaching "with an edge" and didn't know if that was a good or bad thing. Can be good as long as the players respond and there is encouragement mixed in. Not talking about sitting around and having a feel good session, but there are times when even D-1 football players need a pat on the back. I'm guessing there is a need to establish tempo, effort, and attitude early, and that is the focus of the first few practices.

 

[BuddyRydell]

Originally posted by jerbob36:
Didn't mean to get BuddyRydell riled up.

Yes, I talked directly to high school football coaches who were there and who know the game.

LBs--they just didn't think our LBs seemed as quick, big, or explosive as other B1G LBs. Not sure how else to phrase that.

They know playmakers when they see them. I understand it was half-shell on Friday and there were quick whistles. They have seen that before and recognized playmakers in that setting. They didn't see that in this practice. Disagree if you want, I'm just passing along info.

Talked to another coach who was there. Said they were coaching "with an edge" and didn't know if that was a good or bad thing. Can be good as long as the players respond and there is encouragement mixed in. Not talking about sitting around and having a feel good session, but there are times when even D-1 football players need a pat on the back. I'm guessing there is a need to establish tempo, effort, and attitude early, and that is the focus of the first few practices.

Didn't know I was riled up, your assesment just didn't sound like 'coach speak' to me.
The LB thing is a strange judgement to me, unless you've seen a lot of other B1G teams LB's practice, and most HS coaches don't have that opportunity. And I disagree.
They have plenty of people that can make plays, in my opinion, but if what they mean by 'playmaker', is that one superstar who looks like they can take it to the house at anytime. Then probably not. But I'm not sure Iowa has had that person since Banks and Dwight?
I think the coaching with an edge thing is a good thing and I'll tell you why. Iowa teams have become too 'nice'. I talked about this all last year. Where is the attitude? If Iowa is going to get back to being the 'bullies of the Big10' it's not going to happen by patting them on the back and telling them how special the are, if you know what I mean? The kids are going to have to respond to it, because if they don't, and they don't get that attitude back, than KF may as well hang it up and retire in my opinion. I kinda think he knows that.

 

[hawkeyesports92]

Originally posted by BuddyRydell:

The intensity was twice what it was last year with the O-line taking the brunt of it. BF was relentless. The standard is rising, my friends, regardless of experience. They are not taking excuses?
Rotating lots of combos at safety. Too early to tell? Don't think SS will be decided until late August.
Kennedy is always intense. You should have heard him and Hernandez last year.
Last year KF 'hobknobbed' with Bill O'brien and others. Was much more 'engaged' this year.
You don't see a lot of 'playmaker' activity the 3rd and 4th practices of spring ball while in half-shells, so I don't know what that means. Lots of quick whistles.
The first spring practices always look pretty sloppy, but I like the different intensity level. Let's see how they respond to it.

The standards should have always been high but we have a fat cat who doesn't know what he is doing leading the program. Maybe the heat is finally getting to him and the assistants will bail him out.

 

[hawkeyesports92]

Originally posted by jerbob36:


Talked to another coach who was there. Said they were coaching "with an edge" and didn't know if that was a good or bad thing. Can be good as long as the players respond and there is encouragement mixed in. Not talking about sitting around and having a feel good session, but there are times when even D-1 football players need a pat on the back. I'm guessing there is a need to establish tempo, effort, and attitude early, and that is the focus of the first few practices.

Don't worry about the bum matt foley. The coaches are coaching out of desperation. We won't know if the players respond until the season starts but they are smart enough to know when the ship is taking on water which has been the case for several years.

 

[Ladell-hawk]

Originally posted by hawkeyesports92:
Thanks for the report. It would have been nice to have CJ last year with that schedule and line. This years schedule is cream puff but the line may not give him a chance to operate.

You had C.J. last year.

 

[BuddyRydell]

Originally posted by hawkeyesports92:

Originally posted by BuddyRydell:

The intensity was twice what it was last year with the O-line taking the brunt of it. BF was relentless. The standard is rising, my friends, regardless of experience. They are not taking excuses?
Rotating lots of combos at safety. Too early to tell? Don't think SS will be decided until late August.
Kennedy is always intense. You should have heard him and Hernandez last year.
Last year KF 'hobknobbed' with Bill O'brien and others. Was much more 'engaged' this year.
You don't see a lot of 'playmaker' activity the 3rd and 4th practices of spring ball while in half-shells, so I don't know what that means. Lots of quick whistles.
The first spring practices always look pretty sloppy, but I like the different intensity level. Let's see how they respond to it.

The standards should have always been high but we have a fat cat who doesn't know what he is doing leading the program. Maybe the heat is finally getting to him and the assistants will bail him out.

We should worry about hawkeyesports92. He's the type that would threaten to rape Ashley Judd if she disagreed with him. He gets thrown out of Little League games, gets in fights at youth football games, just one the truly discontented parasites infecting our society.
But if you went to school with him, you were fortunate, as he was the one who really lowered the grading curve for you.

 

[delmond]

You Foley/Rydell are a complete FRICKIN d bag for saying anything about a person raping someone. I would encourage the mods to ban you for life. That just isn't even funny.
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[BuddyRydell]

Originally posted by delmond:
You Foley/Rydell are a complete FRICKIN d bag for saying anything about a person raping someone. I would encourage the mods to ban you for life. That just isn't even funny.

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It wasn't meant to be funny. Have you read this guys posts? He is a seriously sick person. You should direct your anger at the right people.

 

[4th & 9 inches]

Making a joke about someone raping another-this is the DEFINITION of a DB-hands down.

"It wasn't meant to be funny" - you're the only person that believes that.
This post was edited on 4/1 9:50 AM by 4th & 9 inches

 

[clickhere 01]

Originally posted by BuddyRydell:

Originally posted by hawkeyesports92:

Originally posted by BuddyRydell:

The intensity was twice what it was last year with the O-line taking the brunt of it. BF was relentless. The standard is rising, my friends, regardless of experience. They are not taking excuses?
Rotating lots of combos at safety. Too early to tell? Don't think SS will be decided until late August.
Kennedy is always intense. You should have heard him and Hernandez last year.
Last year KF 'hobknobbed' with Bill O'brien and others. Was much more 'engaged' this year.
You don't see a lot of 'playmaker' activity the 3rd and 4th practices of spring ball while in half-shells, so I don't know what that means. Lots of quick whistles.
The first spring practices always look pretty sloppy, but I like the different intensity level. Let's see how they respond to it.

The standards should have always been high but we have a fat cat who doesn't know what he is doing leading the program. Maybe the heat is finally getting to him and the assistants will bail him out.

We should worry about hawkeyesports92. He's the type that would threaten to rape Ashley Judd if she disagreed with him. He gets thrown out of Little League games, gets in fights at youth football games, just one the truly discontented parasites infecting our society.
But if you went to school with him, you were fortunate, as he was the one who really lowered the grading curve for you.

Wow. That's a new low for you, foley. You're a freaking scumbag.

 

[BuddyRydell]

Originally posted by clickhere 01:

Originally posted by BuddyRydell:

Originally posted by hawkeyesports92:

Originally posted by BuddyRydell:

The intensity was twice what it was last year with the O-line taking the brunt of it. BF was relentless. The standard is rising, my friends, regardless of experience. They are not taking excuses?
Rotating lots of combos at safety. Too early to tell? Don't think SS will be decided until late August.
Kennedy is always intense. You should have heard him and Hernandez last year.
Last year KF 'hobknobbed' with Bill O'brien and others. Was much more 'engaged' this year.
You don't see a lot of 'playmaker' activity the 3rd and 4th practices of spring ball while in half-shells, so I don't know what that means. Lots of quick whistles.
The first spring practices always look pretty sloppy, but I like the different intensity level. Let's see how they respond to it.

The standards should have always been high but we have a fat cat who doesn't know what he is doing leading the program. Maybe the heat is finally getting to him and the assistants will bail him out.

We should worry about hawkeyesports92. He's the type that would threaten to rape Ashley Judd if she disagreed with him. He gets thrown out of Little League games, gets in fights at youth football games, just one the truly discontented parasites infecting our society.
But if you went to school with him, you were fortunate, as he was the one who really lowered the grading curve for you.

Wow. That's a new low for you, foley. You're a freaking scumbag.

You do realize that some people of hs92's caliber actually did threaten Ashley Judd and there is legal proceedings going on over it. Don't you? I wasn't trying to be funny at all. I truly believe that 92 is that type of person from his posts and simply refered to the level that these twisted people will stoop under the cloak of anonymity. Nothing funny about it, or about him. Truly a sick individual. Sorry some of you are not keen enough to discern the difference.

 

[4th & 9 inches]

Nice try at the spin, but it's a little late, Buddy. You're not gonna prove that you are not a DB.

 

[Pepperman]

Just put Buddy on ignore and a lot of problems are solved that way.

 

[HAWK-N-402 (4)]

Folley, get a hobby, you failed miserably as an Internet tough guy and your lack of intelligence is now on full display. Walk away man.

 

[iahawkeyes17]

Originally posted by BuddyRydell:

Originally posted by iahawkeyes17:

Originally posted by BuddyRydell:

Originally posted by BigHawk:
I was at both practices this past weekend. IMO, the hawks have way too many question marks to be looking at an 8-9 win season. CJ is far from a finished product. He really hangs on to the ball way too long. This may be more of a reflection of the receivers as they still can't get any separation. I didn't think the oline looked very good at all but I know that is the group that has the most room for growth through the spring. I will say Ike boetger looked huge. The running backs did not impress but that is due to the growing pains of the oline. None of the TE's left an impression.

We have question marks in every area offensively, and that just doesn't make for a lot of success. I fear the only rout we will see completed this fall is the check down to the back for two yards.

Defensively, I think the secondary will be a strength.. I think the interior of the defensive line will be solid by mid season, we are very undersized at the DE position. in a year or two, the big kid from Cedar Rapids could be a player, but he needs to add a lot of lower body strength. I never got a feel for the backers, nothing left an impression on me. The kicking looked very average in Kinnick on Saturday.

I fear this fall will be a 5-7 win type team that will struggle to score points while the defense plays adequately in most games. The one bonus is that I don't think we play a dominant team.

You don't talk like a coach, so are you just a fan who signed up for the clinic so you could see the new facilities?
Is this the first time you've been to early spring practices, because no offense ever looks good 4 days into spring practices? None! They were in half-shells, going half-speed most of the time, so what were you able ascertain?
Nine returning starters on Offense, so where are all the question marks and what are the questions?
Ott is undersized? You saw Nelson doing squats or on the leverage sled? How did you determine his lower body strength?Thank you for you input, but maybe you should have just stuck with describing the facilities, because you offer no details to support your 'impressions'. You have to understand what you're looking for to know what you see.

Please inform us on how coaches talk? Or how they post? He posted his opinion of you don't like so be it. Maybe it was referring to Meier not Ott as DE or the group as a whole.

Also we don't return 9 starters on offense (Scherff, Donnal, Hamilton, KMM, Wesiman & Rudock) Maybe you should have left or got a clue when you finally got the ban hammer mattyfoley.

1. CJ- 1 start
2. Canzeri- 2 starts
3. Cox - 3 starts
4. Plewa- 2 starts
5. Kenny- 2 starts
6 Smith - 14 starts
7 Duzey- 13 starts
8 Welsh- 7 starts
9 Walsh- 24 starts
10 Blyth- 35 starts
11 Vandenburg- 1 start
12 Kreiger-Coble- 3 starts
13 Hillyer - 4 starts

You are correct. I was wrong. They have 13 starters returning on offense. But the only positions that don't return a starter is the OT's, thus 9 returning starters.
Any other questions?

For being a coach and football genius you are the only one I've ever seen use this logic when discussing starters returning. Amazing every magazine, newspaper article, website or network I've seen doesn't go by your logic. Funny thing is if someone else tried to use this excuse for posting wrong info (9 starters and just admit they were wrong) you'd rip them apart and go off on how they know nothing about football and how wrong they are.

Then again you make your ashley judd "joke" and pull it off on how another poster would be like those who sent Judd the tweets. Ironically from your past abusive profanity laced post you come across more likely as someone who'd do that.

 

[BuddyRydell]

Originally posted by HAWK-N-402 (4):
Folley, get a hobby, you failed miserably as an Internet tough guy and your lack of intelligence is now on full display. Walk away man.

No, the problem is the mentality and low IQ of some of the people who read my post. This site is full of some of the worst malcontents walking among us. They know by experience that no one pays any credence to their feeble blathering in real life social circles, so they come on here and inflict their ignorance on people, and actually find others like them.

The only people who are showing a lack of intelligence and of simple comprehension, are the ones who read my post and somehow thought I either disrespected AJ or was making fun of her situation. The hundreds of intelligent people on this site know what I was doing. There's no use in talking to the handful of you that are simply deranged and basically out of touch. The world is too complex for you Troglodytes to assimilate.

I have already recieved 2 text from readers who absolutely agree what kind of person hawkeyesports92 is, and agree with my disparagement of him.

If my posts are too convoluted for you, I suggest you stop reading them.

 

[hawkssox1]

Originally posted by BuddyRydell:

Originally posted by HAWK-N-402 (4):
Folley, get a hobby, you failed miserably as an Internet tough guy and your lack of intelligence is now on full display. Walk away man.

No, the problem is the mentality and low IQ of some of the people who read my post. This site is full of some of the worst malcontents walking among us. They know by experience that no one pays any credence to their feeble blathering in real life social circles, so they come on here and inflict their ignorance on people, and actually find others like them.

The only people who are showing a lack of intelligence and of simple comprehension, are the ones who read my post and somehow thought I either disrespected AJ or was making fun of her situation. The hundreds of intelligent people on this site know what I was doing. There's no use in talking to the handful of you that are simply deranged and basically out of touch. The world is too complex for you Troglodytes to assimilate.

I have already recieved 2 text from readers who absolutely agree what kind of person hawkeyesports92 is, and agree with my disparagement of him.

If my posts are too convoluted for you, I suggest you stop reading them.

You related to Bobby because he couldn't sing either.

 

[4th & 9 inches]

My phone caught fire with all the texts I got from posters agreeing with me that you're a DB.

 

[bouma1415]

A lot of good football tidbits here.

 

[clickhere 01]

Originally posted by BuddyRydell:

Originally posted by HAWK-N-402 (4):
Folley, get a hobby, you failed miserably as an Internet tough guy and your lack of intelligence is now on full display. Walk away man.

No, the problem is the mentality and low IQ of some of the people who read my post. This site is full of some of the worst malcontents walking among us. They know by experience that no one pays any credence to their feeble blathering in real life social circles, so they come on here and inflict their ignorance on people, and actually find others like them.

The only people who are showing a lack of intelligence and of simple comprehension, are the ones who read my post and somehow thought I either disrespected AJ or was making fun of her situation. The hundreds of intelligent people on this site know what I was doing. There's no use in talking to the handful of you that are simply deranged and basically out of touch. The world is too complex for you Troglodytes to assimilate.

I have already recieved 2 text from readers who absolutely agree what kind of person hawkeyesports92 is, and agree with my disparagement of him.

If my posts are too convoluted for you, I suggest you stop reading them.

I'm sure Kilroy texted you. Who was the other one?