Holy crap, really, its not even close?....do any of you guys ever get tired of grandiose statements. Whatever, its your opinion, not an educated one but certainly one that lets us know where you stand. Often times I wonder why some of you are Iowa fans at all, but honestly the team wouldn't matter, only your character and you'd be the same regardless of the team you followed.
Ok here we go.....1st off I think PJ Fleck is a decent coach and will continue to be, with that said, here are the things I have heard on here by the same guys STILL COMPLAINING after 15 years....
Man...... Mark Mangino, Tim Brewster, Gene Chizik, Fat Charlie, Ron Zook, Paul Rhodes, Brett Bielema, Bryan Kelley, Jerry Kill, etc, etc, etc, etc....are going to kill us, we will never compete....hmmmmmmmm. When do you think these guys will remind themselves they have been wrong EVERY single time...and here we are again.
2nd...I also am in the school that doesn't think it makes sense to rattle cages, but as David said, I get the sense it is a very calculated decision. I think Brian is very, very cagey and purposely tries to get you out of your comfort zone. I doubt he is surprised or worried...
3rd....there are a whole bunch of critics who have whined incessantly that Iowa doesn't act like this enough.
4th...I don't care if Minn signed 10 straight top 15 classes, it doesn't change much for us, we are still going to be who we are. They have had plenty of talent and decent coaching before.
Finally I have ran this recruiting thing down before and what I have found is, Nobody, or excuse me, I mean the critic doesn't care to hear it because then it limits his ability to bitch. Its not a "number" of offers its a "commitment" and a "honoring" commit thing...
So here is what happens, Iowa decides they will take 2 Rbers, they offer, 8, they let everyone know up front, they will take 2, and when they have their 2 only very special circumstances will change that...If you commit yet visit elsewhere you haven't really committed, they are counting on you, they aren't going to pull your offer as long as "you" up hold everything on your end....They aren't going to offer 80-Rbers, they are going to be very selective and very thorough and very professional.
That is NOT what 90% of the staffs do...its cut and dried and easy to understand IF you care too.
Now I'll say this as well, if you liked Hayden, you'd pretty much have to like KF and if you hate KF you'd have to hate Hayden....let that sink in. I've poured over their records and stats and draft picks, etc, etc...remember, Hayden had plenty of stinkers and if the "message" boards had been around back then, we'd have had a mob of people complaining about Sed Shaw playing over Tavian Banks.....people aren't fair or honest with themselves and message boards make it easy for them.
