Everyone likes to talk about Campbell leaving, and justifiable so, BUT Is it possible Hawk fans have been lulled into false sense of security with Fry and Ferentz? How do other coaches see the Iowa Job? if the next Iowa Coach isn’t Brian Ferentz, does that coach use Iowa as a stepping stone job? There are a lot of jobs out there with as good or better history and where it is easier to get highly rated recruits.
Jirehl Brock Talks About Final Five, Visits, Upcoming Decision
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In your "hyperbole," you described a scenario in which OSU would actually want him. If that is hyperbole, it is bad hyperbole. And I called you on it. That's all.
Adam
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I'm sorry, you must not know what hyperbole means.
ArvadaHawk
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THE most sincere apology EVER!
Adam
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Lol it wasn't an apology. It was a condolence.
I try my hardest to disagree respectfully.
ArvadaHawk
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and so I used hyperbole to describe your sarcasm.
hey, now we need both a sarcasm button AND a hyperbole button.
Adam
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and so I used hyperbole to describe your sarcasm.
Lol! Now I know why so many resort to name calling and swearing. It doesn't get lost in translation.
ArvadaHawk
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rofl. you just might be right!
tksirius
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http://www.whig.com/20180728/following-his-heart-brock-recounts-year-long-recruitment-process#
"I was talking to (Iowa tight ends coach LeVar) Woods, who is the recruiting coordinator for this area. He told me they really wanted me, but they had to take the commitment from the kid from Georgia," Brock said. "He said he didn't know they were taking a junior college back. I think the new running backs coach (Derrick Foster) was more high on the guy from Georgia, and I was kind of Coach Woods' guy.
"They still wanted me to come there, but they didn't want me to be in the same position."
Little said an offer received from the University of Notre Dame on the Tuesday before Father's Day "changed the game" with Iowa.
"Jirehl waited a while and said he wanted to go through the whole process, and he was very up front about that," Little said. "Some schools thought he was waiting for an offer from the big three in the Midwest -- Ohio State, Michigan or Notre Dame.
"When he got the Notre Dame (offer), what was happening was they were trying to get another guy to move. It was like, 'This guy won't make a decision, so now we're going to offer Jirehl Brock.' And Iowa was like, 'We've got to go now.'"
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People are making a big deal about the word: "probably."
"It didn't really matter, because I'm really comfortable in my decision to go to Iowa State. I know some schools will try to get me to change my mind, but it probably won't happen."
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Another interesting tidbit:
Brock recounted high-pressure recruiting he received from Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck.
"When Coach Little says people were calling every hour, it was (Minnesota) calling," he said. "They would text every 30 minutes. It was a lot to take in. You don't want to be rude about it. You try to be as nice as possible. They were the hardest school to say no to.
"Before I took my visit, I heard they would put you in the office and lock the doors and put an hourglass upside down and say, 'You have this much time to commit.' Good thing they never did that to me. Talking to Coach Fleck in his office with my parents, it was really tempting to commit because of the approach he takes. He's a really good guy, don't get me wrong, but he knows how to make somebody intimidated."
"I was talking to (Iowa tight ends coach LeVar) Woods, who is the recruiting coordinator for this area. He told me they really wanted me, but they had to take the commitment from the kid from Georgia," Brock said. "He said he didn't know they were taking a junior college back. I think the new running backs coach (Derrick Foster) was more high on the guy from Georgia, and I was kind of Coach Woods' guy.
"They still wanted me to come there, but they didn't want me to be in the same position."
Little said an offer received from the University of Notre Dame on the Tuesday before Father's Day "changed the game" with Iowa.
"Jirehl waited a while and said he wanted to go through the whole process, and he was very up front about that," Little said. "Some schools thought he was waiting for an offer from the big three in the Midwest -- Ohio State, Michigan or Notre Dame.
"When he got the Notre Dame (offer), what was happening was they were trying to get another guy to move. It was like, 'This guy won't make a decision, so now we're going to offer Jirehl Brock.' And Iowa was like, 'We've got to go now.'"
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People are making a big deal about the word: "probably."
"It didn't really matter, because I'm really comfortable in my decision to go to Iowa State. I know some schools will try to get me to change my mind, but it probably won't happen."
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Another interesting tidbit:
Brock recounted high-pressure recruiting he received from Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck.
"When Coach Little says people were calling every hour, it was (Minnesota) calling," he said. "They would text every 30 minutes. It was a lot to take in. You don't want to be rude about it. You try to be as nice as possible. They were the hardest school to say no to.
"Before I took my visit, I heard they would put you in the office and lock the doors and put an hourglass upside down and say, 'You have this much time to commit.' Good thing they never did that to me. Talking to Coach Fleck in his office with my parents, it was really tempting to commit because of the approach he takes. He's a really good guy, don't get me wrong, but he knows how to make somebody intimidated."
A lot to digest there. First how Woods wasn't in the loop on Iowa wanting Sargent seems surprising.. But is what it is..
I can see if he has a monster senior year that ND and others may poke him some more to just see how bad he wants to go to ISU. We are just too full. Unless someone gets hurt or transfers every RB we have now will be there the next yr too.
Not one thing about what he says about Fleck surprises me.. It takes a certain type of personality to really jive with him I think. Which means he will probably have the above average amount of kids committing and then changing their minds at some point on him and also transfers... That style can work at the smaller schools and maybe on a great established D1 one for awhile. But at a MN or middle of the pack or lower D1... I guess we'll see but I doubt it.
