The coaching staff knows what Iowa has in the QB & WR rooms this year. It's no secret. While most agree Iowa had no excuse not to land a QB out of the portal immediately following Deacon Hill's record breaking season...Kirk appeared distracted "focusing on bowl prep" and ensuring his son was comfortable in his $4,000,000 home.
There's a new staff is in place on the offensive side of the ball. No more excuses. The transfer portal is wide open and there are hundreds of talented skill position players available. It's safe to say every QB in the portal is better than Hill and the vast majority of the WRs would instantly be in Iowa's two deeps.
The clock is ticking. The transfer portal has been open for a week and it closes for good on April 30th. To fail to bring in a single QBs and WR prospect from the portal to watch the spring game shows one of three things:
1. The staff is perfectly ok with Deacon Hill starting games at Iowa this year and is fine with another year like last year.
2. The staff still lacks foresight by putting all of their eggs in the gimpy Cade McNamara basket.
3. Kirk, along with the new OC and newly promoted WR coach simply cannot recruit.
How hard would it be to get a MAC qb on campus this spring to compete for a starting spot on a Top 25 football team with ZERO talent at QB? I believe 3 of the 4 WRs in Iowa's two deeps have less than 5 catches in their entire career...wouldn't that be a great reason for a portal WR to give Iowa a look?
The sad truth is even though Iowa had the nation's worst WR corp last year, this year's group is even worse. After all, Iowa's top WR last year graduated (Ragaini) and its other starter transferred out (Vines). A third WR, presumed to be in the two deeps, just announced he's jumping ship as well. So to even break even Iowa would have to bring in 3 new WRs at or above the level of the guys they lost. They brought in zero.
The portal closes on April 30 and if the staff fails to bring in at least one QB and one WR, they have done the rest of the team and its fans a huge disservice.
There's a new staff is in place on the offensive side of the ball. No more excuses. The transfer portal is wide open and there are hundreds of talented skill position players available. It's safe to say every QB in the portal is better than Hill and the vast majority of the WRs would instantly be in Iowa's two deeps.
The clock is ticking. The transfer portal has been open for a week and it closes for good on April 30th. To fail to bring in a single QBs and WR prospect from the portal to watch the spring game shows one of three things:
1. The staff is perfectly ok with Deacon Hill starting games at Iowa this year and is fine with another year like last year.
2. The staff still lacks foresight by putting all of their eggs in the gimpy Cade McNamara basket.
3. Kirk, along with the new OC and newly promoted WR coach simply cannot recruit.
How hard would it be to get a MAC qb on campus this spring to compete for a starting spot on a Top 25 football team with ZERO talent at QB? I believe 3 of the 4 WRs in Iowa's two deeps have less than 5 catches in their entire career...wouldn't that be a great reason for a portal WR to give Iowa a look?
The sad truth is even though Iowa had the nation's worst WR corp last year, this year's group is even worse. After all, Iowa's top WR last year graduated (Ragaini) and its other starter transferred out (Vines). A third WR, presumed to be in the two deeps, just announced he's jumping ship as well. So to even break even Iowa would have to bring in 3 new WRs at or above the level of the guys they lost. They brought in zero.
The portal closes on April 30 and if the staff fails to bring in at least one QB and one WR, they have done the rest of the team and its fans a huge disservice.
