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The necessity of sport specialization depends on the sport. If you want to be an elite gymnast or hockey player, you better start playing pretty intensely by age 5 or 6, preferably 4. For baseball, you have to start young, but don't need to specialize until much later. If you want to be...

Nice post Jon. A few thoughts: 1) The poor play this season mostly can be traced to the 2008 and 2009 recruiting classes, which were an indirect result of poor 2006 and 2007 seasons. So it is concerning what kind of impact this season will have on recruiting in, say, 2014. 2) You could...

I agree. We would be a minimum of 6-2 with any of the 3 qbs on your lists playing healthy in their two best seasons.

I would say that is only assured with 2005's version of Drew Tate. This team is 2 plays away from being 6-2 and 2 plays away from being 2-6. We are what our record says we are.

Good article, long thread. A few points: 1) The 2006 and 2007 seasons stunk. That is a big reason why the 2008 and 2009 classes stunk. The unfortunate truth is that losing or winning at Iowa turns into either a negative or positive feedback loop for future success. It looks like the last...

Prater was 1st team All Big ten from the coaches. HM from the media. Last year's team also could easily have lost to Pitt. Michigan and Northwestern could have turned out differently if a couple plays go differently, etc. Yes we should have beat ISU, but they were probably a better team...

The 2012 Iowa team loses 11 of its best 13 players from the previous season when they went 7-6.* That same 7-6 team may have as many as 6 or 7 players drafted (which is a TON). Minimum of 4. What does that say about the contributions made last year from the returning players? In reality...

That is a solid post, and the point is well taken. I didn't mean to minimize the complexity of basketball. My point is that Marble, Oglesby and McCabe can all shoot the 3. White's percentage was low but I believe he will improve from long range. May can shoot the 3. Gessell should be...

Great article, but you wrote, "Next year's team looks to be weak beyond the arc". Really? Last year from 3 pt. range, McCabe shot 45%, Marble shot 39.3%, Oglesby shot 37% and White shot 27%. All these guys come back, and there is no reason to think that these four can't collectively...

We need to give Parker and the the other new defensive coaches at least two years, maybe 3. Bill Belichick could be our defensive coordinator next year and they would still struggle. We just don't/won't have the horses in 2012.

Starting next year, Iowa basketball under Fran will go on 20 year a run very similar to Iowa wrestling under Dan Gable. Probably a little better, actually.

For those who say the Nebraska program success in the 60's through the 90's is not relevant. You all realize kids go through a comprehensive recruiting process, right? When recruits go to visits at Nebraska, when they hear about Nebraska from their parents, coaches, etc. they see a program...

I realize this isn't the discussion you are having, but I don't define expectations in terms of wins and losses. I define it more in terms of whether Iowa football give me hope, excitement, and pride. I want to see the coaching staff run the program the right way, bring in the right...

A coach can't rebuild a program 3 times? What if I told you there was once a coach who was hired by a program that hadn't been ranked by the AP in 20 years. In his third year he led them to the Rose Bowl, and they won consistently for 6 more years, including another Rose Bowl trip and...