Sorry. Did I make you feel left out? You have plenty of laughable qualities, also. No need to feel envious. You’re special in your own way.
Our portal game is downright pathetic. Only team worse in the conf is Purdue. Our AD must get big corporate donors or add NIL fee to tickets.
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Not at all, I simply evaluated your posts and came to the conclusion that you are a simpleton.
I'm pretty sure you're an idiot and have no idea how this stuff works. Or you wouldn't say stupid sh!t like this.
Okay I’ll take a crack at this. What are the roots of the offensive struggles? Also can you elaborate on said struggles?
I think that there a couple of different factors at play here:
(1) This portal window is all about opportunity. Nobody that Iowa is going after (or that you want Iowa to go after) in the portal now is looking to transfer to be a depth piece at their new school. They are looking to transfer to a place where they will be a starter; or at a bare minimum have a serious opportunity to be a starter. If they don't have a clear window to start at Iowa, that is going to move Iowa down on their list of schools.
(2) With respect to WR, I also think that Iowa is going to have to show improvement in the passing game before it will be an attractive opportunity to high level transfer WRs.
(3) Iowa seems like it is being selective on the lines. It has offers out to Pace at DT and Onianwa at LT. It seems like Iowa is waiting on those decisions before making further offers at those positions. I think that there are a couple of reasons for this. (a) Iowa has a good number of scholarships and roster spots allocated to the lines already, so (b) if Iowa is taking a portal transfer at these positions the player has to be a clear upgrade over what the staff believes it already has on the roster.
(4) This may be controversial, but I don't think that a school like Iowa is going to go all-in on the portal every year. 2025 is going to be a year where Iowa has a lot of new faces on defense, so I don't think that Iowa is going to max out its NIL on high impact transfers to make a run at the playoff this year. With the extra COVID year of eligibility almost done, I think that Iowa is going to be "fair" to the players who stayed and worked behind 6th year seniors to see how they do in 2025 as first year starters. If they do well defensively in 2025, then I expect 2026 may be a year where you see Iowa be more aggressive in the portal. Offensively, Iowa went after Hank Brown (and Beau Pribula) as QBs with multiple years of eligibility. I think that they ideally want a QB that will be a multi-year starter, who gets experience in 2025 and enters 2026 as a returning starter with almost all of the other skill position players also returning.
(5) Depending on attrition after the spring, you will see Iowa fill up its roster with late window transfers as it did with Sullivan, Stratton and Gill last year.
(1) This portal window is all about opportunity. Nobody that Iowa is going after (or that you want Iowa to go after) in the portal now is looking to transfer to be a depth piece at their new school. They are looking to transfer to a place where they will be a starter; or at a bare minimum have a serious opportunity to be a starter. If they don't have a clear window to start at Iowa, that is going to move Iowa down on their list of schools.
(2) With respect to WR, I also think that Iowa is going to have to show improvement in the passing game before it will be an attractive opportunity to high level transfer WRs.
(3) Iowa seems like it is being selective on the lines. It has offers out to Pace at DT and Onianwa at LT. It seems like Iowa is waiting on those decisions before making further offers at those positions. I think that there are a couple of reasons for this. (a) Iowa has a good number of scholarships and roster spots allocated to the lines already, so (b) if Iowa is taking a portal transfer at these positions the player has to be a clear upgrade over what the staff believes it already has on the roster.
(4) This may be controversial, but I don't think that a school like Iowa is going to go all-in on the portal every year. 2025 is going to be a year where Iowa has a lot of new faces on defense, so I don't think that Iowa is going to max out its NIL on high impact transfers to make a run at the playoff this year. With the extra COVID year of eligibility almost done, I think that Iowa is going to be "fair" to the players who stayed and worked behind 6th year seniors to see how they do in 2025 as first year starters. If they do well defensively in 2025, then I expect 2026 may be a year where you see Iowa be more aggressive in the portal. Offensively, Iowa went after Hank Brown (and Beau Pribula) as QBs with multiple years of eligibility. I think that they ideally want a QB that will be a multi-year starter, who gets experience in 2025 and enters 2026 as a returning starter with almost all of the other skill position players also returning.
(5) Depending on attrition after the spring, you will see Iowa fill up its roster with late window transfers as it did with Sullivan, Stratton and Gill last year.
If success in the portal is predicated on how much money fans are willing to spend, then yeah, I’m out.
Winning games is fun. But not if that’s the cost. It’s not worth it to me to swim in those waters.
Winning games is fun. But not if that’s the cost. It’s not worth it to me to swim in those waters.
Holy shit. Yes, we’re all exaggerating 26 years of mostly mediocre to dogshit offense. You guys who tell the rest of us to ignore our eyes, not to mention stats, are ridiculous. Not to mention experts who know way more about football than you or I do. Defending the indefensible. Lol.
My version of Iowa is what we are. A new AD won’t change it. Our football team is cool. A good quarterback would be nice. Win a NC in wresting would make me jizz.
Do you contribute to SWARM, my guess is you don't and would rather sit back and bitch about the Athletic Department?
I support America and returning to greatness, you however would rather see it continue to burn.
The OP reminds me of what I said when everyone was in love with the AD for firing Brian Ferentz. Then and now, the real crucial test is Goetz's ability to raise a lot more money. Iowa needs new funding sources to replace the old. Has she done that?
