John Raymon to Iowa Western

That is... interesting. I guess I hadn't been following the Raymon story too closely, but wasn't homesickness supposedly a big part of his leaving?

Or was this just another parting gift from Rick Kaczenski?
 
IIRC it also had something to do with a child back home and he had an interesting comment after he left Iowa and found out coach K went to NEB. Article was by Howe on TOS. I'm on phone or would link
 
So...it's established. Western Iowa is the new feeder/fallback program. Ellsworth, NIACC, Central... a fine lineage
 
Interesting development. I wonder if he finished his semester before transferring..if so our D line could be back to beast mode in '13.
 
MoseSchrute said:
Yes, this is very interesting indeed. I think it means he'll be back here, eventually.
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I'd have to agree. There's little reason for a move to Iowa Western unless that was the intention. There are certainly plenty of institutions of the same or higher caliber out east that could facilitate a return to the D1 level if that was the only goal.
 
Raymon would have 3 years to play if he came to Iowa next January with Coe,who would have two years....nice. Throw in Jaleel,Darrian Cooper,Faith, ect...we have the makings of a solid d-line down the road.
 
HawkinGoferLand said:
IIRC it also had something to do with a child back home and he had an interesting comment after he left Iowa and found out coach K went to NEB. Article was by Howe on TOS. I'm on phone or would link
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I will help you out.
Scout.com: Raymon Not Coach K Fan

Sounds to me like he was running out of options. I dont know but if I just had a kid and was in his situation, I would do everything possible to get back to Iowa and then do everything possible to try and go pro (I hear Iowa is pretty good for that :) ). Make some bank for your kid and give him bragging rights that his daddy played pro ball.
 
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That would be very nice to have him and Coe come to Iowa when you add them to the young guys Iowa has the DL would be back pretty quickly.
 
He wanted to go closer to home though, right? He was having trouble adjusting (And also hated K) and additionally was gonna have a kid, right?

..There has to be something to this.
 
my guess is he didn't like coach K so he left, once K left Raymon talked to the coaches about coming back to Iowa and this was what they recommended.
 
He left for two reasons, he wanted to be closer to home because his girlfriend had a child and he also was not a fan of Coach K at all. I've read that he is still close friends with many of the guys on the team and they still talk constantly. In fact, I remember reading somewhere right after Coach K left he had a FB conversation with Darian Cooper and John said had he of known Coach K was leaving he wouldn't have left.

At this point I'm trying to figure out eligibility. Since he left October 2011 did that count as one full year? I know he redshirted his first year. So if he joins Iowa with the 2013 class he's either going to have two or three years depending on how they treat the 2011-2012 season.
 
Hawkfromnorwalk said:
He left for two reasons, he wanted to be closer to home because his girlfriend had a child and he also was not a fan of Coach K at all. I've read that he is still close friends with many of the guys on the team and they still talk constantly. In fact, I remember reading somewhere right after Coach K left he had a FB conversation with Darian Cooper and John said had he of known Coach K was leaving he wouldn't have left.

At this point I'm trying to figure out eligibility. Since he left October 2011 did that count as one full year? I know he redshirted his first year. So if he joins Iowa with the 2013 class he's either going to have two or three years depending on how they treat the 2011-2012 season.
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I'm not sure on eligibility but if he did RS 11-12, and was able to finish his degree by spring of 2013 I think he would still have 3 years to play right?
 
hawkfarmer said:
I'm not sure on eligibility but if he did RS 11-12, and was able to finish his degree by spring of 2013 I think he would still have 3 years to play right?
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Unlike Rodney Coe, Raymon was academically eligible coming out of HS so he does not have to get a two year degree to be eligible to come back to Iowa. Which means in theory Raymon could join the team for 2013 spring ball and have three years of eligibility.
 
PJHawk said:
Unlike Rodney Coe, Raymon was academically eligible coming out of HS so he does not have to get a two year degree to be eligible to come back to Iowa. Which means in theory Raymon could join the team for 2013 spring ball and have three years of eligibility.
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You're right. For some reason I was thinking he was a part of the 2010 recruiting class. So techincally the 11-12 season could be considered a redshirt season and then this coming year (12-13) he would be a freshman. And like you said, he wasn't forced to go to JC for academic reasons so he will be eligible to transfer back to Iowa as a part of the 2013 recruiting class thus he has three years left.
 
PJHawk said:
Unlike Rodney Coe, Raymon was academically eligible coming out of HS so he does not have to get a two year degree to be eligible to come back to Iowa. Which means in theory Raymon could join the team for 2013 spring ball and have three years of eligibility.
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Ah thanks for the clarification. That would be great.
 
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