We don't need any of that fancy spread offenses and WRs with speed. Don't you all know we won ten games last year.
The Cavalry is Not On Its Way: ZERO WR Recruits Coming In Next Year?
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I'm not trying to bag on our guys, I hope they get here and blow up. One is a mid/low 3 star and the other doesn't have a rating. Couple that with our inability to coach up talent, and you see the concerns. We have proven we don't know how to turn projects into products at WR.
That is the not rated guy I mentioned. Big frame. Can't complain about a guy like that's potential but not likely polished enough would be my guess.
What the hell do I know though, kid might be a vicious down field blocker and play every snap for 4 years.
I saw him say that was his position somewhere when he signed. That's another top tier 3* WR recruit (5.7, highest level of 3*) in the upcoming class. That is not a bad room.
It's hard to get consistency out of your receivers when a team gets down to one schollie WR.
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We got some good ones. Need a little more experience and stay healthy.
Howard, Buie, and possibly Teslaa who is proven. Thats 2 commots and a third thats a highly probable. I really believe we get a qb in the portal and have a decent offense next year.
Not sure why everyone is willing to sell both Joe and Carson. Really none of us have seen either play much. We aren't in desperate need of a QB. There are reasons, although not necessarily good ones, that Joe didn't play this season. Major coaching error. One or both of those guys is going to be good.
Brad Banks, Nate Chandler, Drew Tate, Ricky Stanzi, James Vanderburg, Jake Rudock, CJ Beathard and Nate Stanley all say these three years of bad QB play is an anomaly and has reached an end. The odds favor the emergence of a good QB.
Yikes. If anyone was wondering just how bad WR recruiting is going this year and how important having talented WRs is to a team, look no further than what comparable Big 10 schools have been able to accomplish in WR recruiting this past month (we won't even get into what Michigan, Penn State, or Ohio State have done):
Wisconsin - despite a brand new staff, they have already signed FOUR Power 5 WRs out of the portal, from schools like USC, Oklahoma State, and Cincinnati. They also signed a 4**** WR out of high school, who picked them over Oregon.
Nebraska - they have a brand new coach, yet have already signed TWO Power 5 WRs out of the portal, from Baylor and Virginia. They also signed four stud WRs out of high school, including a 4**** who picked them over Georgia, Michigan, USC, etc.
Michigan State - they had an awful year last year but have already signed THREE WRs out of the portal, including from Wisconsin and Boise State. They also beat out most of the PAC 12 for a high school WR recruit.
Minnesota - landed TWO WRs out of the portal, including a 4 star and a kid from Boise State. They also signed FIVE 3*** WRs out of high school.
Iowa had a better season than all of the above and kept their head coach. Shouldn't the program be reaping the benefits in recruiting? You would think. Instead, the Hawks lost their top two WRs on the roster then went out and failed to upgrade at WR through the portal.
Less quality WRs is a recipe for an even worse offense than this year's 130th ranked offense. The Hawks have no one to blame but Kirk for not making a change at offensive coordinator & WR coach sooner. Instead, the Hawks have just 1 WR from the portal, a 0 star out of a D2 school, and a group of low rated high schoolers with few, if any, other options.
Wisconsin - despite a brand new staff, they have already signed FOUR Power 5 WRs out of the portal, from schools like USC, Oklahoma State, and Cincinnati. They also signed a 4**** WR out of high school, who picked them over Oregon.
Nebraska - they have a brand new coach, yet have already signed TWO Power 5 WRs out of the portal, from Baylor and Virginia. They also signed four stud WRs out of high school, including a 4**** who picked them over Georgia, Michigan, USC, etc.
Michigan State - they had an awful year last year but have already signed THREE WRs out of the portal, including from Wisconsin and Boise State. They also beat out most of the PAC 12 for a high school WR recruit.
Minnesota - landed TWO WRs out of the portal, including a 4 star and a kid from Boise State. They also signed FIVE 3*** WRs out of high school.
Iowa had a better season than all of the above and kept their head coach. Shouldn't the program be reaping the benefits in recruiting? You would think. Instead, the Hawks lost their top two WRs on the roster then went out and failed to upgrade at WR through the portal.
Less quality WRs is a recipe for an even worse offense than this year's 130th ranked offense. The Hawks have no one to blame but Kirk for not making a change at offensive coordinator & WR coach sooner. Instead, the Hawks have just 1 WR from the portal, a 0 star out of a D2 school, and a group of low rated high schoolers with few, if any, other options.
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Yea. After the last two seasons it was going to be tough to recruit wide receivers and we are seeing that now. I didn’t expect us to have this much trouble recruiting oline but that’s been an issue as well.
I propose all our women’s basketball NIL money go towards getting one quality WR
It's like we don't have any WRs and none coming in. I guess we can line up some 2nd string defensive tackles out there as WRs.
You have a point.
I think the uncertainty of Brian’s future is creating a dark cloud over the Iowa program. It’s not that hard for other schools competing with Iowa for transfers to throw shade at Iowa’s 130th ranked offense and the lack of changes to the staff as not boding well for the future.
If Brian remains at OC in 2023, then I will have no problem saying nepotism is more important at Iowa than doing what’s best for the Iowa program.
Why did such a good QB want to come here and one of the best TEs available? Are they stupid?
How about we all just stop pretending and acknowledge that blood is thicker than water.
I really hope things change. I’m sorry if I’m a little skeptical, but I am.
Hey, they wouldn't get benched for not blocking. I think that you are on to something. I bet they will be lining up for tryouts
CadeM might have known TEnd ALL would follow him and the hawks would want ALL. So CadeM will have two really good TEnds to throw to. Watching some of Cade at Mich and some other film he is really good at leading running backs out of the backfield with passes so maybe the hawks talked with Cade about using that type of play more.
Maybe Cade thought the hawks would get a couple of portal WRs but that doesnt seem to be happening. I just hope Brecht, Vines, and a couple of others pan out to be above avg and they run a lot of double TEnd and maybe only two WRs.
I think so also and I just watched some tape on Seth Anderson which showed some good moves off the LOS to get open early, looked like good speed, and the best thing was he really can leap and high point a pass and bring it in.
Anyone else with thoughts about Seth?
lol based on what?
Brecht has 9 catches in 2 years at Iowa (for a total of 0 yards after catch) and seems to injure himself almost every week in practice. Who knows if he will even suit up next year if he has a good baseball season.
Vines has been on campus as long as Tory Taylor, yet has shown nothing thus far to get excited about other than being one of the few scholarship WRs on the roster. He picked Iowa over Holy Cross so it would be quite a stretch for him to suddenly become a legit Big 10 WR.
Take a look at the Top 100 WRs in the Big 10 last year. Most were Brecht's age or younger. WRs don't typically see a great improvement through development like OLs do. If Iowa is going to improve at WR, it needs to bring in transfers because development isn't going to happen.
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Yea. I think at receiver and running back, it’s just recruiting guys. Iowa didn’t develop Kaleb Johnson, he came in a stud. ISM, Greene, Wadley, Brandon Smith same thing.
Seth is a stud. He catches with his hands, high points the ball, and beats guys on 50/50 balls. We haven't had a guy with all of those traits in awhile.
Would disagree. ISM. Greene, Wadley and Brandon Smith all needed a lot of development when they arrived. It took all of them several years to hit their stride. They all did, with excellent coaching. Go Hawks !
Cue the........should have been playing earlier, seniority is the only way at Iowa.......except when its repeatedly proven otherwise.
Kirkwood must have had some great college football coaches in 2007.
