JonDMiller
Publisher/Founder
I hear what is being said out there by the Hawkeye Nation. I see the tweets, I get the emails. Someone told me last night that they wanted to hear from me that things were going to be OK. I just don't have enough information on all of this, or information that I trust, to form an opinion right now.
The impression I get is very, very little of substance is being passed around and this thing is taking on our own version of the Salem Witch Hunt.
There could be other shoes to drop, then again, perhaps not. Most people are going on 300th hand info right now, IMO. That's not to say that some people might not wind up having something right here or there.
It's just that the amplification effect has already hit with this stuff, and its to the point of the worst game of telephone I have ever seen.
People that I am talking with at Iowa are hopeful this stuff is mostly isolated, hopeful being the key word.
I think some logical questions were raised shortly after the DJK arrest, but I think those logical hypotheses have mutated in unfair ways.
We all want to know about the future of this program, immediate and long term, and when hard news becomes available, or things I place a great deal of trust in, enough to report it, we'll do it and we'll talk about it.
But this rampant witch hunt stuff is not only disappointing, it's just not something that is fair to people that have done what they should be doing.
Right now, given all of the back chatter, telephone rumor spreading, etc, its tough to know who is what or what is who, which is the point in time to remind everyone of what we do and do not allow.
If a player makes a facebook or twitter post, and you are certain its their account, that can be posted.
But posting some random person's twitter page (as has been done numerous times in the last 12 hours) saying 'I am hearing x,y,z', its probably an 80% or higher chance that person is just playing telephone. Don't post it here.
I'm not trying to sit on anything, I am not trying to wave any university banner.
It's what seems most fair to me, because if past is prologue, there are a lot of these rumor posts that are going to be false, even if some are true...and I would rather see innocent people and their reputations protected at the risk of not allowing the rumors that may turn out to be true.
ADDITION: Here is an example of a post I just deleted, of what I find to be disgusting. I have redacted the specifically cited players and the town.
"Wouldn't surprise me about X and Y....they've been seen (TOWN) hanging with a dude who likes to hit the nose candy."
This sort of posting will not be allowed. There are several posts like this that I am removing as I see them. So for those that are saying I am too heavy handed, etc, most of you are not seeing some of the garbage that I am removing instantly. And stuff like this is pure garbage.
The impression I get is very, very little of substance is being passed around and this thing is taking on our own version of the Salem Witch Hunt.
There could be other shoes to drop, then again, perhaps not. Most people are going on 300th hand info right now, IMO. That's not to say that some people might not wind up having something right here or there.
It's just that the amplification effect has already hit with this stuff, and its to the point of the worst game of telephone I have ever seen.
People that I am talking with at Iowa are hopeful this stuff is mostly isolated, hopeful being the key word.
I think some logical questions were raised shortly after the DJK arrest, but I think those logical hypotheses have mutated in unfair ways.
We all want to know about the future of this program, immediate and long term, and when hard news becomes available, or things I place a great deal of trust in, enough to report it, we'll do it and we'll talk about it.
But this rampant witch hunt stuff is not only disappointing, it's just not something that is fair to people that have done what they should be doing.
Right now, given all of the back chatter, telephone rumor spreading, etc, its tough to know who is what or what is who, which is the point in time to remind everyone of what we do and do not allow.
If a player makes a facebook or twitter post, and you are certain its their account, that can be posted.
But posting some random person's twitter page (as has been done numerous times in the last 12 hours) saying 'I am hearing x,y,z', its probably an 80% or higher chance that person is just playing telephone. Don't post it here.
I'm not trying to sit on anything, I am not trying to wave any university banner.
It's what seems most fair to me, because if past is prologue, there are a lot of these rumor posts that are going to be false, even if some are true...and I would rather see innocent people and their reputations protected at the risk of not allowing the rumors that may turn out to be true.
ADDITION: Here is an example of a post I just deleted, of what I find to be disgusting. I have redacted the specifically cited players and the town.
"Wouldn't surprise me about X and Y....they've been seen (TOWN) hanging with a dude who likes to hit the nose candy."
This sort of posting will not be allowed. There are several posts like this that I am removing as I see them. So for those that are saying I am too heavy handed, etc, most of you are not seeing some of the garbage that I am removing instantly. And stuff like this is pure garbage.
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