I take off my hat to the Hawks for going after this young man but I have zero confidence he'll be a Hawk. I was surprised he took an unofficial visit late in the season though. My money's on Penn State unfortunately.
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Certainly some coaches, (yes even some in the BIG), navigate these problem kids by either caving in or covering up whatever mess they create. Fortunately, this has not been, nor will it be in the foreseeable future, an issue at Iowa.
And he may not need the development at all, something Iowa obviously wants to provide for their recruits.
A lot of guys are immediately ready to perform (David Bell!) and seek out the program/coach that will cut them loose right away so they can be the star player that they're born to be.
Man, you sure graduated to "problem kid" and "mess they create" rather quickly.
This was not intended to have any implication on the character of young Theo, so sorry if it was taken that way. I was simple commenting on Humble Pies post that some coaches are OK dealing with players who are problems, so this was a generalization, nothing more.....
Yes...or coaching them into better men.
I read an article once about the then St. Louis Rams. They had just had Steve Spagnulo as head coach, and a big piece of his leadership was in drafting/signing "good character people" only. He went 10-38... When Jeff Fisher took over, he took wild chances on guys with questionable backgrounds to raise the talent level. They instantly became a .500 team, and I don't remember any guys having trouble with the law or anything. In fact, he educated them with finance courses before offering them contracts, so they wouldn't lose this money as 70% of NFL players do. Fisher wasn't a great head coach, but he made better men out of guys instead of asking for good character guys to begin with and then claiming to have accomplished something.
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Watch Kittle's heart on that last play today; Noah's breakaways and touchdowns; TJ's pure power and competitiveness. If Theo does not choose Iowa, it's because he does not choose the greatest preparation for Tight Ends in the world; with an offensive coach who coached Gronk and Hernandez at the same time; and a team that uses two or three tight ends more than almost any other P5 team. It would mean that he doesn't really want it. The challenge would be too much. Or, with great courage (and wisdom), he becomes a Hawkeye. We will learn a lot about Mr. Theo tomorrow.
Everyone needs to please shut up with these ridiculously idiotic posts. Theo committing to a different school doesn’t make him a prima donna or bring into question his character or work ethic. It means he likes a different school better than Iowa. JFC people, get a grip.
Conference Titles since PSU joined the Big Ten(1990)
PSU: 4
Iowa: 3
Georgia: 3
National Titles
PSU: 0
Iowa: 0
Georgia: 0
Let’s be real.
Read this one again. Nothing about prima donna, character or work ethic. You've mixed me up with some other posters.
Maybe not in those exact words, but you claimed he “doesn’t really want it” and that the challenge would be “too much” for him. That’s just as silly of a post as the others I was calling out.
Time to learn today. Come on Theo it’s TE U for crying out loud.
Hahahahahaha "Ok boomer"?? That's good stuff, can't say I've heard that one before!
Guess I should've telegraphed my sarcasm a little more...
Yeah but see.......f*** Penn State. That's why.
Original ... Haven't seen or read that anywhere before ... The guy just shared his opinion.
1:45 Eastern.
There are way too many factors going into this than people realize. Theo seems to be a good kid regardless ... Hope he picks Iowa, but he probably won't. He'll do well anywhere I think ... Iowa has a great track record with TEs for sure. He likely would be a shoe in for the NFL if he came to Iowa and worked hard, but there are other factors as I have said.
There are way too many factors going into this than people realize. Theo seems to be a good kid regardless ... Hope he picks Iowa, but he probably won't. He'll do well anywhere I think ... Iowa has a great track record with TEs for sure. He likely would be a shoe in for the NFL if he came to Iowa and worked hard, but there are other factors as I have said.
Indeed. Franky douche has that under the table money stashed up from his Vanderbilt coaching days....
If he picks Iowa ... great ... If he doesn't ... TE is the position I worry least about as we have some good ones in the fold ...
Stupid meme. Ok generation living in mom's basement.
Lol what a stupid response. Let's just talk about football dude, not "get off my lawn".
We live in a world that is constantly using social media to say, “look at me!” Look at what I’m eating, doing, drinking, pushing their business, political views and everything else.
This isn’t him being a prima dona as much as the way our culture is and you being old
