AJ Derby

homerHAWKeye777 said:
Hopefully Howe is just making up crap about Norm leaving too. Maybe he's just trying to "break stories" without having all the info ... thereby leading to more hits to his site.
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Howe says he still believes his sources per a tweet. Says he could be wrong, only time will tell.
 
homerHAWKeye777 said:
I'm sorry to pick nits, but Greenway played at the WILL LB spot ... which, within Iowa's scheme is an ILB spot.
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Lol you weren't kidding about picking nits. I predicted that Derby would play at a linebacker spot that is not middle linebacker. There we go
 
DFaceHawkeye said:
Both.

Edit: per Rob Howe tweet: Coach Fetentz shoots down my Derby and Norm news. We shall see. Pretty confident on sources here.
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Thanks for the word.

It makes sense that Ferentz would shoot down such news ... even if they were true. Iowa is still trying to land Ed Davis and/or Armonze Daniel ... and both of those guys project very well at the EXACT SAME positions as AJ Derby.

As for the news about Norm hurting recruiting, that pretty much goes without saying.

However, I'm pretty certain that Norm will be the one announcing his own retirement. And, if he does, it will invariably be health-related. Norm seems to love coaching and love coaching at Iowa too much to step aside without a very good reason.
 
JonDMiller said:
I know Rob, and he doesn't operate that way
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Agreed. I really don't feel Rob would do anything like that. If either of these things turn out to be false, I think it will be because Rob's source was misinformed. I don't think I've ever heard from a credible source that Rob is anything but a stand up guy.
 
homerHAWKeye777 said:
Reread my post. The implication wasn't that Rob completely manufactured anything. However, the suggestion was that he "didn't have all the info [or adequate info]."
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Actually, you talk about both scenarios in your original post by suggesting that "maybe Rob is just making up crap", then you go on to say that it's also possible that he was misinformed. You leave quite a bit up to the imagination as to what your true feelings on the subject are.
 
homerHAWKeye777 said:
I believe that my initial statement was "hopefully Rob is just making up crap" ... which was actually NOT pointing any blame at Rob, but rather poorly expressing my desire that Rob's tweet was wrong.
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I can live with that. I didn't mean to turn this into a pi$$ing match over word choice. I hate it when threads are hijacked over stuff like this and I've just participated in the hijacking. No harm no foul.
 
I think it makes sense for him to move if he wants to play this season. But I think he does have potential at the QB position. If he moves I think either LEO of DE. But if he wants to play DE a redshirt should be considered also.
 
homerHAWKeye777 said:
Hopefully Howe is just making up crap about Norm leaving too. Maybe he's just trying to "break stories" without having all the info ... thereby leading to more hits to his site.
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WTF are you talking about?

Just because KF says he hasn't heard about AJ moving doesn't mean it's not happening... especially if it's the players choice (as is this one).

If AJ ends up at LB, then what? Rob just guessed right?

Come on, man.
 
troy said:
I really like guys like Derby who want to go Iowa, no matter what, and help the team win. Marvin Cook was a very good high school QB who eventually made a great collegiate and pro tight end. Marvin McNutt, former high school QB, will also be a pro as an Antonio Gates type receiver, in my opinion. Tim Dwight, all-everything at City High, made the move to the flanker position at Iowa. I also remember a QB from Davenport Central, I think his name was Mike Burke. He got solid minutes as a defensive end at Iowa. You got to appreciate unselfish guys who just want to be Hawkeyes. There have also been a few guys, like John Alt, who just outgrew their position. Alt came to Iowa as a tight end, and wound up being an All-Pro NFL tackle. Derby maybe would have been a good QB in a Tim Tebow style offense, but Derby is a physically punishing football player. That guy smashes people. I remember when Norm Parker was in Des Moines last spring, he talked to a big crowd at 7 Flags about trying to coax Derby to play defense. Of course, Norm said it tongue in cheek, but Derby's dad was an awesome linebacker, and you know that Norm saw some of the same qualities in AJ. Also, someone in this thread mentioned Chad Greenway. He did alright for himself. Good for AJ, and good for the Iowa defense.
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Well said.
 
homerHAWKeye777 said:
stormin -

Reread the post. The implication is that perhaps Rob jumped the gun without verifying his facts. Note the comment .... "having all the facts."

Also, by the "tone" of my post, I was simply hoping that what Rob was tweeting was wrong. Besides, its not like guys like Rob, Jon, Blair, or Tom have never "broke news" that turned out to not be accurate.

Anyhow, I'm sorry that I didn't articulate myself adequately clearly.
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I got that, but you threw in something about "getting hits to his site".

If you knew Rob, he's not like that at all.
 
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