Experts Say Trust the Coaches

[jameskalina]

In regard to 13 Hawkeye football players who were hospitalized following an intense work out, here's what two national recruiting experts, as interviewed by the Des Moines Register, said about the event.

Tom Lemming: "In cases like this, you trust the coaches and the way they've done things in the past." "You either trust the coaches or you don't trust the coaches, and in this instance, I suspect the coaches already have done a good job making themselves available to answer questions if recruits have any." "I suggest trusting the coaches."

Allen Wallace: "I would be very surprised if kids who have been planning for months to go to Iowa would back off on their commitment." "What happened doesn't demostrate any kind of wrongful pattern." "The strength and conditioning people - if there are things that need to be corrected - then I'm sure they will get it corrected."

As for the national sports people, their job is to get exposure for them and for their company, and to sell themselves and their company to the public ($$$$). I think some of these sports media folks would sell their mother to make a big splash.

Who would you rather put your beliefs in, the media or the experts?

 

[Hawkeye101]

Spot on. As for the media, there isn't much they wouldn't do to make a big splash, that's what they get paid to do.

Too much of the so called media has turned "National Inquirer" over the past years.

In regard to 13 Hawkeye football players who were hospitalized following an intense work out, here's what two national recruiting experts, as interviewed by the Des Moines Register, said about the event.

Tom Lemming: "In cases like this, you trust the coaches and the way they've done things in the past." "You either trust the coaches or you don't trust the coaches, and in this instance, I suspect the coaches already have done a good job making themselves available to answer questions if recruits have any." "I suggest trusting the coaches."

Allen Wallace: "I would be very surprised if kids who have been planning for months to go to Iowa would back off on their commitment." "What happened doesn't demostrate any kind of wrongful pattern." "The strength and conditioning people - if there are things that need to be corrected - then I'm sure they will get it corrected."

As for the national sports people, their job is to get exposure for them and for their company, and to sell themselves and their company to the public ($$$$). I think some of these sports media folks would sell their mother to make a big splash.

Who would you rather put your beliefs in, the media or the experts?

 

[AHawk1]

I have plenty of faith in the staff identifying the problem and rectifying it. If I had a kid that was pursuing a football dream, I would have all the faith in KF and Doyle.

 

[big10fan]

sensationalism sells. just like the ferentz/DJK stuff, there will be much that we'll never know. and, we aren't entitled to that info. we sure as heck would be if we were a parent of a current player or recruit though. so, if they screw up on that, then i don't know what to say.

 

[DexterMorgan]

sensationalism sells. just like the ferentz/DJK stuff, there will be much that we'll never know. and, we aren't entitled to that info. we sure as heck would be if we were a parent of a current player or recruit though. so, if they screw up on that, then i don't know what to say.

And yet people never learn to let things play out.

 

[Iowafarmgirl]

Why are people so convinced that the media is interested in going after Iowa for exposure. No body goes after Iowa for exposure. Iowa is not a program that is going to draw a ton of attention. You people who think that nailing Iowa to the wall is a way to increase your national exposure are completely ignorant of how the media works.

 

[PatrickAdamovicz]

The media wants the STORY. No doubt about that, however in this situation they don't deserve the story because it's a medical matter. The only people that have the right to know is the players, coaches and parents. The media attempts to build this firestorm of stories and innuendos in attempt that the pressure gets so tight that the folks at the U of I have to give them some info to satisfy them.

 

[HawkeyeShane]

The media isn't "going after Iowa"...they demand answers and when there aren't any, they're going to turn their attention to things like "why is there a freaking press conference and no one in charge is here?" which is a valid question, whether we like it or not. Granted, some seem to be more appalled that there are no coaches or ADs around than the fact that we need to find out what caused this to avoid it in the future, but wondering why there was a presser that makes Iowa and Kirk Ferentz look this bad, which as I said, is valid.

 

[Iowafarmgirl]

The media wants the STORY. No doubt about that, however in this situation they don't deserve the story because it's a medical matter. The only people that have the right to know is the players, coaches and parents. The media attempts to build this firestorm of stories and innuendos in attempt that the pressure gets so tight that the folks at the U of I have to give them some info to satisfy them.

You realize this is a board that lives on dissecting the minutiae of the football program? Now we are saying that others (outsiders) don't have a right to get the story?

The media wants a story because people like us demand it. And there is no way to make everyone happy.

 

[hawkdrummer1]

Spot on. As for the media, there isn't much they wouldn't do to make a big splash, that's what they get paid to do.

Too much of the so called media has turned "National Inquirer" over the past years.

Amen. And further exacerbating the problem...a pretty large chunk of society is on the way to becoming complete idiots. Thanks to MTV, reality TV, etc etc many can't differentiate fact from innuendo or out and out fabrication.

Rational, analytical thought is fading in the populus general, and moral relativity has morphed into "truthiness". Who says the "dumbing down" of America is a myth? We're surrounded by evidence.

 

[knighthawk13]

You realize this is a board that lives on dissecting the minutiae of the football program? Now we are saying that others (outsiders) don't have a right to get the story?

The media wants a story because people like us demand it. And there is no way to make everyone happy.

Do you think the media and/or fans deserve to know every detail of what happened? Personally, I would love some answers.....but I also know that I'm not entitled to any answers.....and either is the media.

 

[MoseSchrute]

Amen. And further exacerbating the problem...a pretty large chunk of society is on the way to becoming complete idiots. Thanks to MTV, reality TV, etc etc many can't differentiate fact from innuendo or out and out fabrication.

Rational, analytical thought is fading in the populus general, and moral relativity has morphed into "truthiness". Who says the "dumbing down" of America is a myth? We're surrounded by evidence.

Man, you're spot on, there.

 

[muskienks]

Man, you're spot on, there.

Whether it is "hard news" or politics, it seems that everything gets reduced to sound bites and when facts aren't known, somebody will make what ever assumptions are necessary to fill the void.

 

[CAARHawk]

Man, you're spot on, there.

Throw biased news sites like Fox and MSNBC in there too. It has already been shown through several research studies that Fox News audiences do not test well with respect to correct views on factual data. As the MSNBC audience continues to grow, you know their audiences will start testing similarly.

When the primary goals of a news agency are market share and politics, facts end up being nothing more than things to spin.

 

[jameskalina]

Throw biased news sites like Fox and MSNBC in there too. It has already been shown through several research studies that Fox News audiences do not test well with respect to correct views on factual data. As the MSNBC audience continues to grow, you know their audiences will start testing similarly.

When the primary goals of a news agency are market share and politics, facts end up being nothing more than things to spin.

"Throw biased news sites like Fox and MSNBC in there too. It has already been shown through several research studies that Fox News audiences do not test well with respect to correct views on factual data."

Oh? Fox News keeps telling people they're "fair and balanced".