He's probably worried he'll lose his offense after reading the development thread.
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You know who stalks Twitter accounts? Coaches and guys from other teams. It's how communication is done these days whether we old guys like it or not. Social media is where news breaks. Iowa doesn't have a very large footprint on Twitter. Our wrestlers post, but for the most part, our coaches do not except for M* from time to time. Cael follows Teasdale...I bet Tom Ryan does too...You know who doesn't? Tom or Terry Brands. That might not sound like a big deal to us but put yourself into the mind of a 15-18 year old kid.
I used to think the same thing but you get a crap load of wrestling news on Twitter and you usually find out who is going where pretty quickly.
Gavin...you suck. Lol. Still waiting on my pic of Gable.
The least Gavin can do is give Chief a follow on Twitter!
As far as coaches go on Twitter, Brands and Ryan are polar opposites. Ryan tweets almost as much as a 16 year old girl; Brands tweets about as much as huge asteroids pass within 100,000 miles of the earth. Cael is on about a 2 tweet per month limit with half of them talking trash about dodgeball.
They've recently relaxed the rules on retweeting stuff from recruits and Tom Ryan can't help himself. I compare him to the Jack Lemmon character in Glengarry Glen Ross - he's got a bit of desperation in his selling.
Teasdale's nickname should be Teasedale.
Either that or he was innocently like "You know what? I'm bored and going to make some changes to my twitter account. Let's see, everybody knows I'm going to Iowa...delete pinned area. Oh yea, need to change my profile stuff...delete...put highlight stuff up." Messes around online for awhile. "Oh shoot, deleted #GoHawks...better put that back up, might give some folks the wrong idea."
Of course there's always this conspiracy theory I just thought up (or did I?)...
Nick Nevills talked to Cael and told him that his brother is going the footballl route instead of wrestling. With Seth out of the picture and Cael no longer having to double recruit the HWT spot, he got on the phone with Gable Steveson. After Gable got done talking to Cael, he called his buddy Gavin up (you know the one that was rumored to commit with him as a package deal...) and then it was settled.
Gavin then started to deconstruct his twitter account to remove all Iowa mentions. Upon doing so, he found this tweet from his buddy -
He then decided to cover his tracks for the time being until he can make his new joint commit video with Gable to announce on FLO that they're headed to PSU together!!!
I decided to do my own twitter stalking and give my take, doubt this post will get many likes though...
Nick Nevills talked to Cael and told him that his brother is going the footballl route instead of wrestling. With Seth out of the picture and Cael no longer having to double recruit the HWT spot, he got on the phone with Gable Steveson. After Gable got done talking to Cael, he called his buddy Gavin up (you know the one that was rumored to commit with him as a package deal...) and then it was settled.
Gavin then started to deconstruct his twitter account to remove all Iowa mentions. Upon doing so, he found this tweet from his buddy -
He then decided to cover his tracks for the time being until he can make his new joint commit video with Gable to announce on FLO that they're headed to PSU together!!!
I decided to do my own twitter stalking and give my take, doubt this post will get many likes though...
Delete this thread. Put the twitter down..
It works I guess, he gets some great guys. I think TR is a very political guy...I kind of get that vibe from him when he talks. It kind of makes me wonder who Lee was talking about when it comes to negative recruiting. IIRC, he said it was a coach of a team he was looking at hard and I got the feeling it turned him off. Not saying it's Ryan but I don't see Tom or Cael doing it. Would be a shame if it were him...he has a lot to sell with Streibler and Snyder's success. tOSU had three guys on Olympic/World teams this year...2 of 3 won it.
I think Tom and Terry vaguely know what Twitter is, know its on the interwebs, but don't have much use for it and leave it up to M*...still, getting a follow from Cael or Brands would be pretty cool for a recruit. Let's them know that a coach is looking at them even when they can't directly contact them.
Lee seemed to almost tell us it was Ryan. He raved about Brands and spoke very highly of Cael's effort, but then talked about the other program anonymously but it was clear from the context of the conversation that tOSU was the other school that made the top 3.
The whole Buckeye/Ohio RTC apparatus is selling hard on social media - hell, look at the fatwa they put on Frank Molinaro. We joke about how Buckeyes came out in droves attempting to question the Olympic selection process in favor of the "better" choice in their mind. Iowa fans were rightfully very disappointed that Metcalf got defeated at the Trials, but pretty much accepted the result. Not the cadre of very active Buckeyes on social media. They do the same thing with the RTC - they don't let the successes speak for themselves, but bludgeon you with it. It's like the PSU homer on TheMat, TBar1977. He's the same way about the Penn State program. You may think many Penn State fans are insufferable with their success, but hold onto your hats if tOSU goes on a run. There is no triumphalism like Buckeye triumphalism.
I don't disagree about the power of social media. Heck, our last election was heavily influenced by social media. Even Rogue One, the latest Star Wars movie was heavily influenced by some jack hole who said the movie is anti-Trump (it's not by the way...best Star Wars movie to date!). Hawk coaches need to be wise as a serpent, but that doesn't mean fans need to panic every time a 16 or 17 year old young man posts (or doesn't post) something on twitter.
He doesn't read this thread, unless you count people who post here taking a screen shot then tweeting at him to be reading the thread. Maybe it's just me but I vote no next time someone gets the urge to do this
After this was tweeted at him he put the #gohawks in his bio
After this was tweeted at him he put the #gohawks in his bio
Holy shit.... Reading this thread is like staring at the sun.
I wouldn't spend a seconds more time worrying about Gavins level of commitment to Iowa.
I wouldn't spend a seconds more time worrying about Gavins level of commitment to Iowa.
Here's another perspective. It makes grown men suddenly act like 7th grade girls.
The very LAST thing I want to do when I wake up every day is put myself in the mind of a 15-18 year old kid, star recruit or otherwise.
Seriously, media source of the day or not, when one's recruitment comes down to how many Twitter "followers" one has, and who those "followers" are, and that somehow determines where athletes go to school, it's a damn sad day IMO. These kids have parents I hope, and I'm going to assume those parents are smart enough to understand the real reasons you'd attend School A,B or C, and I would hope like hell Twitter activity isn't in the top 1 million items to factor in.
I love it that a some teenager changing his twitter account throws half of Iowa in despair overnight. Now I hope I can encourage Gavin and Lee to change there account weekly, imagine the impact to Iowa's economic productivity if that happens
This is disturbing that someone would do that kind of thing.
I don't do twitter so I am not aware of all of the stuff that might go on there.
I don't do heroin or cocaine either, but that doesn't mean that others doing them isn't disturbing also.
This just seems really crazy.
Might have to blame it on the lack of wrestling schedule. There is a countdown until the season starts and then........thud. It's 12/19 and we have yet to have a significant meet, tournament, etc. Midlands will help if a bunch of buses don't breakdown. Maybe our season countdown should coincide with Midlands. Until then, it's just preseason. The biggest, most passionate (crazy can be part of passion) fan base doesn't want to wait until after Christmas to watch good wrestling. Cold ass weather, holiday season and no good wrestling can make a bunch bat sh*t crazy. 
I find this thread frightening. My wife found me in the in the corner of the closet in the fetal position blowing spit bubbles a minute ago. The iPad inches from my face. Stop This Madness NOW!
I feel like there was some heavy drinking going on here last night. I enjoy twitter but this is why its bad. Please delete this thread.
Before one of these other clowns tweets at him telling him they named their new pet goldfish Gavin after him....
Chief. I am not on here nor post anywhere as much as most of you, but I about shat my pants this morning as I started reading this thread. Long term not worse than a heart attack, short term?....I am wearing a suit in a hospital.
Go hawks and can't wait to see you in black and gold Gavin!!!!!
The ridiculous Grothus thread set a BAD PRESIDENT for this forum. Please take this no further.
Yes, please delete this thread before it gets mentioned on FRL!
