The Fanco guy made a video that Spencer Lee didn't turn Iowa around, but in fact it was Kemerer that was the turning point in recruiting. I went back and found articles about the commitment or transfer (in or out) for the current starting lineup and select members of the non-startling lineup. While I don't argue with the Fanco guy's point, but it seems like it might have been Tom that changed things.
Brands is wired differently
That Monday, once Brands learned of Kemerer's unease, action was swift — and bold.
“I looked at (assistant Ryan) Morningstar and Terry, and I said, ‘I’ve gotta go,’” Brands recalls. “… This was something I had to own.”
So, he did. He drove through the night, with only a brief stop for sleep — covering 10½ hours of highway between Carver-Hawkeye Arena and the Kemerers’ home in western Pennsylvania.
“It was kind of crazy to me,” Kemerer says. “But I understand now. That’s just how he’s wired.”
https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/s...ld-tom-brands-iowa-wrestling-coach/362703001/
Time line of commitments and random articles that I found on the commitment.
Sep 23, 2014 - Kaleb Young (Punxsutawney Area)
https://www.papowerwrestling.com/jordan-wood-picks-lehigh-kaleb-young-to-iowa/
Oct 8, 2014 - Franklin Regional senior Michael Kemerer
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...ling-michael-kemerer-picks-hawkeyes/16948109/
Oct 21, 2014 - Alex Marinelli
https://www.daytondailynews.com/spo...r-home-state-buckeyes/C56eyQeeo1QHT8NtGFJ1EK/
https://www.blackheartgoldpants.com...restling-recruiting-alex-marinelli-ohio-state
Apr 20, 2016 - Spencer Lee and Gavin Teasdale
https://www.blackheartgoldpants.com...estling-recruiting-spencer-lee-gavin-teasdale
Aug 27, 2016 - Max Murin
https://www.papowerwrestling.com/6-max-murin-commits-iowa-hawkeyes/
https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/5055088-7-max-murin-verbals-to-iowa
Nov 9, 2016 - Jacob Warner
https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/5057601-no-1-jacob-warner-commits
Mar 21, 2017 Gavin Teasdale to PSU
https://www.flowrestling.org/articl...commits-from-iowa-will-wrestle-for-penn-state
Jul 4, 2017 - Pat Lugo
https://www.blackheartgoldpants.com...-to-the-show-pat-lugo-iowa-wrestling-hawkeyes
Jul 5, 2017 - Tony Cassioppi
https://www.flowrestling.org/articl...i-decommits-from-northwestern-verbals-to-iowa
Jun 27, 2018 - Zach Glazier
https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/6215814-4-zach-glazier-verbally-commits-to-iowa
Aug 7, 2018 - Abe Assad
https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/6237443-just-like-that-assad-commits
Apr 29, 2018 - Austin DeSanto
https://www.app.com/story/sports/co...santo-iowa-hawkeyes-iowa-wrestling/567834002/
Jul 3, 2019 - Gavin Teasdale
https://www.centredaily.com/sports/college/penn-state-university/psu-wrestling/article232227687.html
Nov 7, 2019 - Jaydin Eierman
https://www.thegazette.com/subject/...rican-transferring-to-iowa-wrestling-20191107
Brands is wired differently
That Monday, once Brands learned of Kemerer's unease, action was swift — and bold.
“I looked at (assistant Ryan) Morningstar and Terry, and I said, ‘I’ve gotta go,’” Brands recalls. “… This was something I had to own.”
So, he did. He drove through the night, with only a brief stop for sleep — covering 10½ hours of highway between Carver-Hawkeye Arena and the Kemerers’ home in western Pennsylvania.
“It was kind of crazy to me,” Kemerer says. “But I understand now. That’s just how he’s wired.”
https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/s...ld-tom-brands-iowa-wrestling-coach/362703001/
Time line of commitments and random articles that I found on the commitment.
Sep 23, 2014 - Kaleb Young (Punxsutawney Area)
https://www.papowerwrestling.com/jordan-wood-picks-lehigh-kaleb-young-to-iowa/
Oct 8, 2014 - Franklin Regional senior Michael Kemerer
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...ling-michael-kemerer-picks-hawkeyes/16948109/
Oct 21, 2014 - Alex Marinelli
https://www.daytondailynews.com/spo...r-home-state-buckeyes/C56eyQeeo1QHT8NtGFJ1EK/
https://www.blackheartgoldpants.com...restling-recruiting-alex-marinelli-ohio-state
Apr 20, 2016 - Spencer Lee and Gavin Teasdale
https://www.blackheartgoldpants.com...estling-recruiting-spencer-lee-gavin-teasdale
Aug 27, 2016 - Max Murin
https://www.papowerwrestling.com/6-max-murin-commits-iowa-hawkeyes/
https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/5055088-7-max-murin-verbals-to-iowa
Nov 9, 2016 - Jacob Warner
https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/5057601-no-1-jacob-warner-commits
Mar 21, 2017 Gavin Teasdale to PSU
https://www.flowrestling.org/articl...commits-from-iowa-will-wrestle-for-penn-state
Jul 4, 2017 - Pat Lugo
https://www.blackheartgoldpants.com...-to-the-show-pat-lugo-iowa-wrestling-hawkeyes
Jul 5, 2017 - Tony Cassioppi
https://www.flowrestling.org/articl...i-decommits-from-northwestern-verbals-to-iowa
Jun 27, 2018 - Zach Glazier
https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/6215814-4-zach-glazier-verbally-commits-to-iowa
Aug 7, 2018 - Abe Assad
https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/6237443-just-like-that-assad-commits
Apr 29, 2018 - Austin DeSanto
https://www.app.com/story/sports/co...santo-iowa-hawkeyes-iowa-wrestling/567834002/
Jul 3, 2019 - Gavin Teasdale
https://www.centredaily.com/sports/college/penn-state-university/psu-wrestling/article232227687.html
Nov 7, 2019 - Jaydin Eierman
https://www.thegazette.com/subject/...rican-transferring-to-iowa-wrestling-20191107
