The difference is we kicked Downey off the team because he wasn't following our program and the criteria the coaches set for him, which had a higher emphasis on making him a better person over better athlete, as we have always done. We gave him a chance to be a better person and turn things around with a very short leash, and when he showed that he didn't want to clean his act up, we cut him loose. Carl would've gladly wrestled Downey with all his issues and gathered those team points from him, as he did with Long.
Personally, I've said a thousand times that whatever school wants suriano can have him, but I wouldn't take him in a million years. I wouldn't be surprised if the coaches at Iowa don't want suriano either. There's a huge emphasis on culture and team aspect, and suriano would definitely put a dent in that.
Make no mistake that if eierman had an attitude issue or big problems off the mat, we wouldn't have taken him regardless of how badly we needed him. Or we would've at least had him on a very short leash, just like Downey.