Payton34Mase13
Active Member
Just a question to all of you out there...are you satisfied with Kirk's statement that we have to know WHO we can recruit and that Little Old Iowa (my statement, not his) can't get the **** and ***** guys. My question...
Does he even try?
I looked at the ESPN.com top 300 recruits (don't know how this particular list matches up with Rivals, for example), but he has only offered five of the remaining 50 recruits (so, 10% of the remaining players to sign are on the Hawkeyes' "radar"). They are a WR from Texas (#57), a RB from Texas (#102), a TE from Connecticut (#111), a S from D.C. (#159), and a OT from Maryland (#223). NONE of them have taken visits or appear to be scheduled to visit, so it appears that he is taking the proverbial pickle off the sandwich, throwing it against the window, and hoping a couple stick. Let's say this IS his approach, why not offer more? Why not offer, offer, offer, hoping that several of the players MIGHT give Iowa a second or third look? I know scholarships are limited and offers are dictated by how your teams shape up from year to year, but don't you have to ask in order to hope? Ain't like these kids are just going to look at Iowa and say, "Wow, I want to be a Hawkeye."
Just wondering out loud...I would hate to think that he doesn't go after any of those types of players just because he doesn't think he can get them. Never know if you don't try. Maybe I don't understand everything surrounding recruiting, such as the impact of test scores, academic requirements, relationships with various HS coaches in different regions, etc. But, as I see it, the more shots you take, the more chances of hitting a target.
Does he even try?
I looked at the ESPN.com top 300 recruits (don't know how this particular list matches up with Rivals, for example), but he has only offered five of the remaining 50 recruits (so, 10% of the remaining players to sign are on the Hawkeyes' "radar"). They are a WR from Texas (#57), a RB from Texas (#102), a TE from Connecticut (#111), a S from D.C. (#159), and a OT from Maryland (#223). NONE of them have taken visits or appear to be scheduled to visit, so it appears that he is taking the proverbial pickle off the sandwich, throwing it against the window, and hoping a couple stick. Let's say this IS his approach, why not offer more? Why not offer, offer, offer, hoping that several of the players MIGHT give Iowa a second or third look? I know scholarships are limited and offers are dictated by how your teams shape up from year to year, but don't you have to ask in order to hope? Ain't like these kids are just going to look at Iowa and say, "Wow, I want to be a Hawkeye."
Just wondering out loud...I would hate to think that he doesn't go after any of those types of players just because he doesn't think he can get them. Never know if you don't try. Maybe I don't understand everything surrounding recruiting, such as the impact of test scores, academic requirements, relationships with various HS coaches in different regions, etc. But, as I see it, the more shots you take, the more chances of hitting a target.