Reason for Holes on Roster: Tons of Unnecissary Dead Weight Scholarships
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HomerChampless
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Stanley Havili, the guy who went to USC (Iowa was supposedly the runner up school for his services) and tore up his knee, was recruited as an Iowa fullback. I imagine Iowa was planning on converting him to some other position. He had the size of Wiseman and was more athletic. He could catch the pass real well... period. Maybe he would've been Iowa's starting tailback or TE?
Iowa, IMO, blurs the line between tailback and fullback. How many fullbacks became tailbacks at Iowa? I can think of at least 6. You know, the Jerome Bettis and Earl Campbell types.
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So John Kenney was a wasted scholarship according to Iowalaw, but he isn't on the team anymore, and he switched to fullback because other guys got injured. Then he moved back to linebacker but was buried behind guys who had an extra year of practice, and now he is on his way to arizona. So is he still a wasted scholarship? Rich Rod uses a fullback, even Urban Meyer uses a fullback, Stanford has so many fullbacks you can't even count them all.
Which punter had the stepmother who did the weather for a television station in Texas. You know you would offer that womans kid a scholly, don't deny it.
Without knowing what the kid is doing during his year off, we just don't know the deal with the other punter.
Every d-1 team has about this many extra schollys at the end of the year, every team has kids get upset and leave. Sanctions that take away less than seven schollys are just for show, and they only hurt staffs when the athletic department overreacts and takes away recruiting tactics or hires a guy to do poorly while a scandal blows over.
Which punter had the stepmother who did the weather for a television station in Texas. You know you would offer that womans kid a scholly, don't deny it.
Without knowing what the kid is doing during his year off, we just don't know the deal with the other punter.
Every d-1 team has about this many extra schollys at the end of the year, every team has kids get upset and leave. Sanctions that take away less than seven schollys are just for show, and they only hurt staffs when the athletic department overreacts and takes away recruiting tactics or hires a guy to do poorly while a scandal blows over.
BILLYBOBSTEXAS
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Sgt. Joe Friday will get them!
Who said anything about John Kenney being a wasted scholarship, other than thetrza?? Kenney was the highest rated LB recruit we had...he received more offers than our 3 starting LBs, our three punters, and our two scholarship fullbacks combined. Kenney was poorly utilized and volunteered to help the team at fb and paid the price for it...as a couple undersized, underathleticized "hard workers" became locked into starting roles at his position by being the worst LB corp in the Big Ten last year. Kenney saw the writing on the wall, knew he was not going to get to play LB at Iowa given Kirk's loyalty to "experience," and did what anyone would do...bolted for a better school where he can actually play.
taffaej
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I don't know if your numbers are right, I am going to assume they are and it certainly sounds like Ferentz. I have to point out that those 7 scholarships would have gone to recruits that only Arkansas State of Zoology had interest in, so that's like picking between a long probe or fat probe for your colonoscopy.
deanvogs
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HAHA....he was a waste until he transfer to another Power5 school. Your schtick is more tired than a KF offensive game plan.
HomerChampless
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As is your schtick.. the KF apologist schtick. Too many HN posters, like you, seem to want to consider any negative discussion of KF to be a negative affront to their own masculinity. This same type of atmosphere exists in politics. Ask yourself once, what is the ultimate goal for Hawkeye football? The answer is: the betterment of Hawkeye football and not solely the betterment of KF.
DesMoinesHawki
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I think our roster is littered with guys who did not reach their potential or who were simply not good enough to play Big 10 football. Not only have we failed miserably in how we have handled scholarships in the kicking game, we continually try to fit the square peg into the round hole with all of the position changes that seem to happen at Iowa ... I used always trust Kirk and staff when it came to recruiting. I saw any 2-star as a potential All-Big Ten player. Now, I just see a 2-star who picked us over Toledo.
deanvogs
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So wanting a new head coach at Iowa is not being a KF apologist? Wow, who would have guessed it.
Just because Iowa should have a new head coach doesn't mean I going to assume every breathe KF takes is somehow harmful to the football program. KF had his shot of overhauling the program in 2012, and he flat out failed. He just tried to do the same thing with different coaches, and refused to realize that this is a different ERA of football now. Things that worked great for Lombardi in the 60's wouldn't work today, and the same goes for things that worked for Iowa from '00-'04 won't work a decade later either.
That all said, the alarmists that make a freaking mountain over a mole hill kill me as well. Since when did ANYONE think John Kenny (buried on the depth chart) was some AA type player. He leaves, and it is just an excuse for the useful idiots to start spouting.
Just heard confirmation on the "on Iowa" podcast by Dochterman that next year's squad will have THREE scholarship punters, TWO scholarship kickers, ONE scholarship backup long snapper (Sealby), and the starting long snapper is walkon Kluger. So many huge mistakes in recruiting over the past 4 years. These are guys that took schollies from the high risk high reward type of kids who might have 4.4 speed but are academic risks, or huge 6'7 project OL who could develop into the next Scherff.
Other updates, Cooper has not had contact in over a year, and he's likely out for this upcoming year...they will know more in July. He's probably done. =-/ Disappointing news on one of our highest touted recruits in the past 4 yrs.
Other updates, Cooper has not had contact in over a year, and he's likely out for this upcoming year...they will know more in July. He's probably done. =-/ Disappointing news on one of our highest touted recruits in the past 4 yrs.
hawkdrummer1
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Let me add to that another "preferred walk on" long snapper as well, a kid from my daughter's high school in Minnetonka. Talk about loading up on a position.
