Okay then. PLease explain just HOW Iowa "pissed that one away"? We've been recruiting her since she was 12 years old, and still are. I'm going to love sitting back and waiting for you to cobble together some BS how we botched her recruitment. Not opinions either, facts....
Maddyn Greenway and NIL
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He's talking out his ass........We've been recruited MG for 5 years and still have an offer waiting for her...
She just might prefer a warmer climate or a different school. Options are the best part of being young.
Maybe I'm reading into this one moment too much but the last opportunity MG would have had to hang with the team, the coaches, and some high level recruits was the Washington football weekend. MG was at the game with her family so we know she was in town. We had Hays, Fernandez, and Wolickzo in for official visits along with commits Houston and Deal in town with those recruits. From all the pictures we saw, those 5 were seen together. Why wasn't MG invited to hang with them, I don't know the answer, but my feeling was, if we felt good about her chances and she felt good about Iowa, MG would have been building relationships with those girls.
She has an open invite. She's just not coming here. From what I understand, she just wants to pave her own way. Good for Jen and Chad to let her do her own thing with no pressure. Some kids like the Epenesas want to go and love being a part of the family legacy....some kids want to make their own path. Brad from Swarm touches on this topic on his podcast appearance. You would hate to make your kids go to you alma mater if they don't feel like its the place for them.
That's what I mean, it's why you would eliminate them before the final list if you weren't interested at all rather than string it out. A final list isn't about being courteous anymore, you'd cut the cord before that point IMO. She doesn't need to impress her parents by leaving Iowa in the mix, they would already know she isn't coming here. I'm old enough to remember three months ago when Iose Epenesa was going anywhere but Iowa too out of his finals list, but ended up picking Iowa.
The implication here is that Greenway is seriously considering other schools because she fears public scrutiny.
I see no indication whatsoever that Greenway is overly sensative to public scrutiny. That she has kept her recruiting interests mostly private does not contradict this.
Moreover, other finalist fan bases are equally and arguably even more rabid. UCLA, Kentucky, and Duke are traditional BB schools where the fans and media know how to wield a pretty powerful microscope when it comes to their BB programs.
Not buying the microscope argument.
Sounds like an awful lot of meaningless speculation totally void of facts.
That's all it's been! It very well may end up being true and we'll find out soon. It doesn't sound good but we all did the exact same thing with Iose too. People were dead set that he wasn't coming. I'm ready for it to come to a conclusion and hope she chooses us. If not, it is what it is and it'll be the end of my concern in this regard. Who knows, she may end up here later anyway.
Exactly. I firmly believe Chad would've asked her to do exactly this. He, as a parent that's used to media attention, went through the recruiting process, and proud alum...I can't believe he would allow her to string Iowa along if she didn't have any interest at all.
I firmly believe she's at least still interested or she would've not included us as a courtesy. Her not including us would've been fine and message would've been received. I just don't see that family stringing Iowa fans along because they are us!
I think we're still in it.
It’s recruiting. That’s all there ever is. You need to be able to read the smoke signals.
I think the flaw in your question was, "why wasn't MG invited". Do you actually think if we are still offering her, that she wasn't "invited". All these recruits who visit on their own (in all the sports) hang with the team. Now its possible she did spend time with the team over the weekend and just not during he game, but I assure you she has access to hang with the team should SHE choose to do so.
Maybe she goes elsewhere, becomes homesick, and enters the portal one day.
As mentioned, it looks like JJ is sitting reasonably well at the 1/2 in recruiting.
As mentioned, it looks like JJ is sitting reasonably well at the 1/2 in recruiting.
she should make all the money while she can. any collective or booster money to simply play basketball would be burning money.
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Does the family get to keep their Clemson gear? 
I no longer care about what's her name unless she changes allegiance later on to Iowa.
Never would've guessed it would be UK that she chose over us. Many other programs, sure, but never did I expect UK to be the team winning her services.
It does not make a lot of sense. I am guessing there is an obstacle fans do not know about with Iowa.
I don't think that's true as she told schools early on her dream school was Iowa. I'm just confused how we make back to back titles and that made us fall out of her plans.
It's been known for a while....she just wants to make her own name and way. Simple as that.
All logical rules never seem to work for Iowa.
Yep, poor Iowa. Only 2 back to back NCAA tournament games.
It's about sustaining success and building on recruiting.
We have hit on some major pieces that were maybe not expected. That's awesome...
The problem is the ones that need to be slam dunks (Lewis being in state, Crooks being in state, Greenway being a legacy) need to all hit. They haven't.
Kenny made an offer she liked over all the others.
Now, let's talk about how we're going to deliver a solid steel-toe grip boot kick to the face of Kenny Brooks and the girls HS recruiting insiders on this message board that said months ago that Greenway was out on Iowa.
I am petty enough to shoot messengers when the source is unavailable, because a message still needs to be delivered regardless.............................
Yeah but I want a national championship. Kentucky doesn't need one.........
Perhaps she wanted to play for Bluder and when she retired, that changed her mind on Iowa.
It’s never going to be the case that all in-state or legacy kids are going to pick the Hawks. That’s just not a realistic expectation.
I would say that's probably not likely with the timeline of events. Seems the staff was shocked and they had to scramble to keep the current players and '25 commits after Lisa's retirement. At least, that's what they tell us. I think the AJ Guyton tweet confirmed that they had no prior knowledge of Jan's retirement. All the players seemed shocked with no prior knowledge as well.
Timeline of events:
There was a poll back on May 1, '24, "Will Maddyn end up a Hawk?"
~76% said yes she will be a Hawk.
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To get the Greenway discussion out of the 2025 recruiting thread, here you go
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Shikreto post this on May 2, '24:
hawkbuck post this on May 2, '24:
Lisa Retired on May 13, '24:
Lisa Bluder Announces Retirement
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This timeline would tell us hawkbuck stated Greenway was not coming on or before May 1, '24.
While I understand that, what is hard is that we have been a legit top 10 team, producing good talent, on TV quite a bit, have good coaching and a rabid fanbase starving for success that has your back.
Negatives: cold weather, could find better academics, NIL.
Yeah, right, those guys...........hire someone to kick them all in the face.I would say that's probably not likely with the timeline of events. Seems the staff was shocked and they had to scramble to keep the current players and '25 commits after Lisa's retirement. At least, that's what they tell us. I think the AJ Guyton tweet confirmed that they had no prior knowledge of Jan's retirement. All the players seemed shocked with no prior knowledge as well.
Timeline of events:
There was a poll back on May 1, '24, "Will Maddyn end up a Hawk?"
~76% said yes she will be a Hawk.
Maddyn Greenway
To get the Greenway discussion out of the 2025 recruiting thread, here you go
Shikreto post this on May 2, '24:
hawkbuck post this on May 2, '24:
Lisa Retired on May 13, '24:
Lisa Bluder Announces Retirement
This timeline would tell us hawkbuck stated Greenway was not coming on or before May 1, '24.
Still possible players don't want to always be compared to, or have to live up to the fan's love affair with Caitlin Clark. We will never know if that could be true, and it could always be something non-basketball and mundane.
Doesn't matter. Iowa will get players-- and they will beat Kentucky sometime along the way.
Doesn't matter. Iowa will get players-- and they will beat Kentucky sometime along the way.
The plethora of talent Jan is bringing in. Gonna be a crowded backcourt.
They’re not getting one.
