For lying to his teammates and his coaches, to their faces? For being a two-faced snake? I'd say that's pretty fair. Again, it has nothing to do with actual basketball, since it's not like we miss him all that badly.
I said before the season we probably wouldn't miss him much. People leave jobs like this every day. You're only hearing one side of the story. Hate is way too strong a word.
I have this story on good authority.
So you haven't heard both sides. I'm not defending him. I really have no idea why he left. I'm guessing you really don't either, but a player with a good relationship with his coaches and teammates who feels good about his situation doesn't leave like this. He obviously didn't want to continue his career at Iowa and maybe his relationship with Fran was more strained than anyone, including Fran realized. If so that leads to a breakdown in communication. That's when people leave like he did. Best for all parties that he left, regardless of how it went down.
If you have no idea, why even weigh in then?
Thank you Tom and Mike - has to be a pain in the ass to stay on top of stuff like this. Really appreciate your efforts, we wouldn’t have a board if it weren’t for you guys So thanks for what you do and thanks for dropping the hammer on that yahoo. .
I don't hate anyone. I don't wish injury upon others. I don't believe in karma doling out injuries to people who decide they want out of a basketball relationship. People who do take this shit way too seriously. Just my opinion.
Well there will be 4 in camp in the fall between Petras, Padilla, Labas, and the freshman, and everyone knows that they aren't out there aggressively seeking an upgrade that frankly wouldn't play anyway. Kirk doesn't work that way. He can barely bring himself to insert a 3rd year replacement when the starter has an injury to his throwing shoulder. Better hope instead that one of the 3 on the roster from last year takes a huge step forward because that's what we're working with.
That's why I'm a fan of Padilla staying and think that his taking over the starting position would be the best situation for Iowa. We have seen Petras' ceiling, and the freshmen may be talented but I don't see either of them suddenly taking over the QB spot. Padilla has some experience and has shown enough that I think he has a chance to make this huge step forward we need.
Well I guess you're just saintlier than me. If you have lived your entire life and not found someone you hate you've lived a naive life.
While Padilla has not had a lot of game time yet, I'm not convinced from what we've seen that he's the answer. I am convinced that Petras is not. However, I fully expect that Spencer will be the starter come fall after having "won" an "open competition" for the job.
It means he’s not going to ever get better than he has already shown. If he turns into another Tom Brady or Josh Allen, I will be happy to eat crow, but we both know I’m right.
May yes. It has been 22 years since Beutjer started as a true freshman on a 3 win team. However, the claim that KF won't let younger better QBs jump upper classmen is an urban myth.
Just stop. These Josh Allen comparisons are just silly and making you look foolish.
I had to finally put that ignorant fool on ignore. Don't waste your breath...
The situation with Rudock and Beathard may have been even more interesting. Beathard still played as a RS FR in 2013 ... despite the fact that Rudock was the unquestioned starter. That one was quite the eyebrow raiser. It's worth noting that Rudock was a redshirt SO in 2013 who had received ZERO prior game reps. Hawk fans were a little livid about that ... but they were too busy throwing poor Vandenburg under the buss for the 2012 season. I frankly agree with the coaches on that one ... why ruin a young QB by playing behind a complete shit OL ... or at least it was crappy once BOTH Scherff and Donnal went down. Of course, what was the worst thing about that season was how our WRs were completely on a different page than the QB (that one was on Soup Campbell).
This lack of transfers kind of seems like the type of thing a good reporter would mention in articles about Iowa football and David Porter's claims that KF wasn't doing enough..
Love your tag line Mike, and while true, not as fun to experiment with......
This exactly. For all the bitchin on here you'd think Iowa was a 2-10 team every year.....Can someone say Bob Commings?
The very height of ignorance right there. Yes Iowa is SO unathletic. Try telling the almost 50 teams we've beaten in the last 4 seasons that. The ranked teams we've beaten at Kinnick, like 5 in a row, or all the players that go on to the league.
Our linebackers and linemen ( both sides of the ball) might have something to say about that. Why don't you stop in and tell them this?
