This thread is a good example of one of the reasons why I've basically quit posting on this board. I'm done wasting time in pissing matches with insecure, Iowa-hating, Iowa-obsessed fools taking pot shots.
The above summary of yesterday's practice was for Iowa fans -- nobody else. Really don't give a crap what anyone else thinks or what kind of garbage they want to post, and I won't dignify any of that nonsense with a reply. Any non-Iowa fans taking cheap shots in this thread would be well-served by some self-examination. Maybe do some thinking about why they're obsessing with what Iowa fans have to say about an Iowa wrestling practice on a Sunday morning two months before wrestling season. Surely there must be more constructive things to be doing with their time and energy than dwelling on what happened in the Iowa room and anonymously hurling insults at someone they don't know from Adam. That's some messed up stuff right there.
To clarify about our coaches, for my fellow Iowa fans (and you internet tough guys can stick this in your ear for all I care): I fully understand that our coaches are just as imperfect as the rest of us. We all have our quirks and flaws. They'd be the first to admit that. But they do stand out in their sincerity and their commitment to being honest and only positive with recruits and their families. I recognize that our staff isn't the only one comprised of good guys. The sport is full of quality people, and I don't mean to imply that this isn't the case. That said, recruiting is a nasty, dirty business in which coaches flat-out lie to recruits and their families, and it pisses me off. I've heard story after story of this crap happening, and I'm sick of it. For the keyboard warriors, that crap doesn't come out of thin air -- it comes from other coaches.
Sadly, virtually every coaching staff that recruits against us uses negative recruiting tactics. Our coaches don't. That sets them apart, and I think that needs to be understood and appreciated by our fans. This isn't my opinion. Ask the parents of any top recruit looking at Iowa, and I can almost guarantee that other staffs have at least used negative tactics against us and that our staff has stayed above that. Based on frustration with this dynamic in recruiting, I included that positive plug for our coaches, because I thought it needed to be said.
I don't worship our coaches. I do admire them, and that admiration has been earned by their conduct and their dedication to doing things the right way. Of course I'm a biased fan and I'll always go to bat for my Hawks. Shoot -- I've been a fan for almost half a century and Iowa wrestling is a passion my dad and I have shared all of my life. Like many of you, it's a way of life for our family. Of course it means a lot to me. Of course there will be some emotion in that. Of course I'll praise our guys when they earn it. If some idiot behind a keyboard wants to call me creepy, cult-like, etc., that's his/her problem. And I do think he/she does have issues, which is sad.
Had to get that off my chest for my fellow Iowa fans. Good luck putting up with the idiots. I'm out.
