Gavin Holmes Talks to HN About Decision to Decommit from Iowa
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seepig
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Kirk doesn't like to recruit and from my understanding, and I heard this from a Mother of a kid here in KC that was recruited by Iowa and went to Nebraska, that the guy waxes poetic to kids about life story dribble that they don't relate to. Frankly, he needs to get a stud recruiter or two on staff and HE needs to stay away from them. He doesn't sell the program. He's probably a great Dad but an awful recruiter.
seepig
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We've gained 250 yards on offense?! I must have missed some games!
ssckelley
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So you believe we are getting the full story? You do realize that there have been verbal recruits that have visited other schools that did not get their scholarship revoked, right?
seepig
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I have no idea ssckelley but I would guess that there are a ton of unofficials etc. that the staff never knows or hears about and I think you are probably correct. If that's the case, and I just don't know what the data shows, that other kids have visited after commiting then his story in the presser about discipline is BS. He does use a weasel phrase like, "each situation is individual..."
HawkU
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One can ask - is it the actual policy or the hypocrisy surrounding said policy that has rubbed Holmes the wrong way the most?
“The whole situation that happened with my brother, Eno, and Iowa’s policy and how they went out and offered a committed prospect and tried getting him to visit when their recruits were not allowed to take visits at all just didn’t sit very well with me and I think it was handled completely wrong,” Holmes said.
You know I was trying to defend it, right? How I'd probably do it - break into position groups. Work individual technique - things we saw on film. backs and qb vs scout team. Identify blitzes. Identify coverages. Practice each audible response ten times vs the stuff we had on film. Oline vs scout line same drill. 1s versus scout defense full scrimmage.
Same with D against scout Offense.
Finally ones versus ones for one drive. O Twos versus ones one drive. O ones versus d twos.
Thurs night special teams and walk through gameplan, first fifteen play script and two minute drill script. Walk through disguising coverages and late line shifts on d after audibles.
Fri team meal, hotel, gamefilm, speaker. Saturday gameday.
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STILLBUSTER
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So, GarBar ... ya know that shackling you did to Iowa football, TWICE, in the last 6 years? Wasn't that supposed to yield even more stability and continuity in every facet of the program? I believe you said,
"There is strong momentum surrounding the Hawkeye football program. Whether it's on the field, recruiting, academics, facilities, or with his staff, we're achieving at a high level today, and are well positioned for continued success for years to come."
How's all that payin' off fer ya?
"There is strong momentum surrounding the Hawkeye football program. Whether it's on the field, recruiting, academics, facilities, or with his staff, we're achieving at a high level today, and are well positioned for continued success for years to come."
How's all that payin' off fer ya?
I should probably mention that I haven't seen a Hawkeye practice in a long time (my freshman year of college, and, yes, Kirk was there) and that I'm generalizing. But yes, there is more than enough to work on on the field, and off, as a coach during the season.
MelroseHawkins
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No shit. We always hear how Kirk Ferentz does more with less. Just once, I'd like to see him do more with more!
alabamahawkeye
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If Kirk continues to stay with his outdated recruiting policies, Iowa State will be beating us every year. Do you think Iowa State has a policy that recruits can't visit another school after a verbal commit? I doubt it. When you have a chance to get 4-star recruits from Texas, you need to do everything you can to keep them. Screw your recruiting policy!!!
I would like to know this as well.
SpiderRico
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Every school, with the exception of Alabama and OSU, discourages recruits from continuing to visit other schools after committing to them. We're the only ones dumb enough to publicize it, though!
seepig
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Problem is 12-0 last year and he's going to point to a toilet bowl appearance this year at 7-5 as success
alabamahawkeye
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Every school, with the exception of Alabama and OSU, discourages recruits from continuing to visit other schools after committing to them. We're the only ones dumb enough to publicize it, though!
Discourages it, doesn't pull scholarships if they do!!
skinnykilmer17
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The only power or control a college athlete has is where they attend college. They have NONE once they arrive on campus. Why wouldn't they want to exercise that last bit of control and find the best fit for them?
KF's policy is outdated. He needs to really sell the positives of the program and keep reminding these kids this EVEN AS THEY TAKE OTHER VISITS. He comes across as so controlling and insecure. His stubbornness and overall attitude has backfired too often. In all areas. Truly gifted skill players don't want to come play in this shitcan offense, or if they do they are totally marginalized. Can you quit chiding Akrum's weight in public for chrissakes? The kid just quite possibly single-handedly saved your season against Michigan. Would Ronnie Harmon have existed in a KF regime? Pretty much the same size.
Since HE isn't going anywhere, unfortunately, Davis and Kennedy need to hit the road. He needs to modernize his offense and stay far enough away from it that it it doesn't look and sound like a sucking chest wound most of the time.
He needs to roll up his sleeves and really recruit the hell out of players. Keep recruiting them even after their verbal. He can't treat recruiting like it's NFL draft day. A one day event where he has all the power.
And if I hear one more time that "we will reevaluate at the end of the season" I'm gonna puke. EVERYTHING with him is an end of season reeval. And we wonder why our abysmal game planning never changes from game to game??
End of rant.
KF's policy is outdated. He needs to really sell the positives of the program and keep reminding these kids this EVEN AS THEY TAKE OTHER VISITS. He comes across as so controlling and insecure. His stubbornness and overall attitude has backfired too often. In all areas. Truly gifted skill players don't want to come play in this shitcan offense, or if they do they are totally marginalized. Can you quit chiding Akrum's weight in public for chrissakes? The kid just quite possibly single-handedly saved your season against Michigan. Would Ronnie Harmon have existed in a KF regime? Pretty much the same size.
Since HE isn't going anywhere, unfortunately, Davis and Kennedy need to hit the road. He needs to modernize his offense and stay far enough away from it that it it doesn't look and sound like a sucking chest wound most of the time.
He needs to roll up his sleeves and really recruit the hell out of players. Keep recruiting them even after their verbal. He can't treat recruiting like it's NFL draft day. A one day event where he has all the power.
And if I hear one more time that "we will reevaluate at the end of the season" I'm gonna puke. EVERYTHING with him is an end of season reeval. And we wonder why our abysmal game planning never changes from game to game??
End of rant.
hawkeyebob62
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WTF would I watch Brian Kelly's pressers? And if he REALLY said he doesn't care about vacating wins, he better be updating his resume.
tksirius
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Very very few remember or care that a team had to vacate wins. Not agreeing with it, but it's true.
