Recent content by ottoman89

IIRC Amani Jones is built a bit like former Michigan stud Brandon Graham? Could be a solid below the radar move.

I absolutely agree. But quite frankly, our bigs have to set the softest screens.. it seems like Iowa has to work so extremely hard to get a good look, but other teams have open looks all the time. It seems like every shot is contested or forced up with the shot clock running down. If this team...

Ah, yeah. Absolutely. They’re a team that constantly gets pushed around. It seems like they’re easily intimidated. Rutgers said after the last game to “wait until next time we play” and they came out swinging.. Iowa just bent right over for them and showed no heart/fight. The team is way too...

Well, this is bad, real bad.

And they kept playing bleeping IKM when in my opinion it should’ve been Torren Young starting all along with Sargent giving him a breather here and there.

We all hope they did learn something, but we all know they didn’t.. or won’t implement it.

Yeah, we’re so far away from that kind of competitiveness that it’s sickening and frustrating. We have MAYBE a starter or two that would be 3rd string on one of those teams, but that’s it. Frankly, it all comes down to recruiting. And you’re not going to win with walk ons that become starters...

Really surprised by this. He was real nice for us but didn’t think he was Top Tier. Was a pleasure watching him. Iowa could go 0-4 for Early Entrees, that hurts a lot.

Someone said that players from that HS who make it to the NFL always shoutout that HS the rookie season, and then they start saying the college.

It’s a good argument but we’ve seen Iowa have successful QBs. I would agree that scheme plays a part. It’s a scheme that doesn’t get receivers open constantly, and a scheme that doesn’t appeal to some of the better receivers in recruiting, which then creates the situation we've had for...

A point my buddy made with running backs is that if you’re playing 3 RBs, you don’t have 1 RB. And that’s too accurate. Frankly, IKM just isn’t it, he hasn’t showed much in the snaps he’s taken. Of the 3, I like Torren Young the most. A bruiser who can run out and inside and goes through...

Quite frankly, it’s not hard to know that we’re going to run to the strong side about 90% of the time. The playbook lacks creativity not only in the passing game, but also running game.

It doesn’t matter if he has those skilled players if he can’t comstantly find the open target, and constantly make the throws. The thing with Stanley for me will always be consistency, Football IQ and vision. He misses a lot of easy throws and wide open targets that would end up in TDs or...

Help, be my friend?

Bummer, I was hoping for a fun Hawkeye season next year. Guess I can look forward to horrible interceptions and overthrown wide open receivers and tight ends and a whole lot of dumpoffs and checkdowns to pad the stats. With that being said, obviously I hope he improves and does good for Hawkeye...