Overrated? If Settles hadn't injured his back as a Sophomore IMO he would have been All-American by the time he left. He had some unreal moves around the basket, could shoot the mid-range jumper, and rebounded like a maniac.
Yea but we coulda shoulda lost Indiana, Michigan, and possibly the first Rutgers. Things have a way of evening out.
MY wife is a trophy, LOL.
What a douche canoe narcissist! He's not sorry he got in Dave's way and he will do it again. He's basically patting himself on the back for saving Iowa athletics and creating the B1G network. And if Iowa athletics mean THAT much to a grown adult professional that he has to fly with the team as well, then either he needs to develop other hobbies or his elevator doesn't stop at every floor.. in fact the name Greg Stephen even briefly danced through my head.
I pointed out about a week ago that he isn't even on the all time top ten Iowa rebounding list, and he was a starter from the moment he arrived on campus. So he didnt always rebound like a maniac.. He was a stat stuffer, but Iowa made the NCAA's only three of the six years he was here and he had Andre Woolridge and Chris Kingsbury on some of those teams. He was a great physical specimen, but a mental midget late in close games. Unreal moves around the basket? Only if you cherish the degree of difficulty of the quintuple pump fake around the basket. I do agree the back injury was unfortunate. It ended Al Lorenzen's career as well. Settles was much better than Lorenzen though.
I do think he’s the best (TV) color commentator for Iowa basketball, though.
Read the entire post. I think it would be fun, and doable, if @Fryowa agrees. Hell, throw in pictures of you and your wife as well.
True. Sports in a nutshell
A few fair points. I still think his myth has outgrown his play over the years
Oh his legend has definitely grown, but when he was good, he was a force. I can be convinced of anything and I have an open mind. I mean, I could pick random mistakes to hang guys on as well. He wasn't perfect by any means but I don't think he had more mental issues or lapses than anyone else. I don't remember people being like "OMG Jess, you can't make those types of plays in this situation" but I am sure there were some, but that happens to a lot of players. He was the B1G freshman of the year, and he was wildly considered an NBA prospect until he was hurt.
Lots of guys stepped up and had their moments on that team. McCausland like you mentioned. Familiar names like Settles, Dean Oliver, JR Koch. More obscure names like Ryan Luehrsman, Jason Bauer, Guy Rucker, Joey Range, Jacob Jaacks. Duez Henderson was a freshman on that team.
Doesn't matter to me if folks send pictures in of themselves, as long as they have clothes on. I ain't gonna, but you guys are more than welcome.
Bobby Hansen's pretty good.
Wasn't Ruckers freshman yr with Andre Woolridge? I seem to remember those two doing damage together.
