Try harder, Kirk...

MoseSchrute

MoseSchrute

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Why Iowa Is Having Its Problems in College Football Recruiting | Bleacher Report

"Still, Iowa's not exactly aggressive when it comes to offering top-level talent. Per 247Sports.com's list of Iowa offers, the Hawkeyes offered 45 prospects that were a 4-star or better on either 247Sports.com's service or its composite scores (which average in Rivals, Scout, and ESPN ratings for the same players). Forty-five sounds decent on its own, but then consider that Nebraska offered 129 such players. Ohio State offered 115 of them. Heck, Illinois offered 91."
 
MoseSchrute said:
Why Iowa Is Having Its Problems in College Football Recruiting | Bleacher Report

"Still, Iowa's not exactly aggressive when it comes to offering top-level talent. Per 247Sports.com's list of Iowa offers, the Hawkeyes offered 45 prospects that were a 4-star or better on either 247Sports.com's service or its composite scores (which average in Rivals, Scout, and ESPN ratings for the same players). Forty-five sounds decent on its own, but then consider that Nebraska offered 129 such players. Ohio State offered 115 of them. Heck, Illinois offered 91."
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Did you link to bleacherreport? Isn't that grounds for stoning?
 
*sigh*
what do we have, at least eight more years of this *********? utterly demoralizing
 
Oh, it's only Bleacher Report as some would be quick to point out. What would they know along with ESPN, 247 Sports, Rivals, or Scout who all think our class is .......well you know. The fact that few, if any, other Top 25 programs extend offers means nothing.

I've learned to follow some Hawk fans on message boards where the real recruiting experts live. That's where you get the real unbiased approach.
 
MoseSchrute said:
Feel free to point out any falsehoods in that terrible, terrible piece of writing.
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I gots one.

1. Kirk is a good guy

B. Kirk doesnt need top talent to run his offense

IV. Illinois is in a recruiting hot spot and Kirk is frickin Ioway.

Lastly Article doesnt list how many 5star recruits that wouldnt even return Kirk phone call and he cant do nothin bout that.
 
^Wrong answer. You failed to find any flaw in his argument, which makes your first post rather meaningless.
 
Wow, we got every negative nancy working this post at once. I just love surrounding myself in negativity for fun! If we have another bad season next year do you guys really intend on putting yourselves thru this for the next 16 months minimum? Kirk aint goin no where weather anyone likes it or not
 
Article is right on the money. That being said, to me, KF is addressing the issue. Bringing in a younger staff, one with NFL experience or coaching on their resume, should help us in the recruiting area. There is no doubt 4-8, with one of the most anemic offenses in CFB, is hurting us. Man, that was an awful offensive product. The good news is that we already have the talent in the trenches, and I would say on both sides of the ball. We should be deep in the OL and talented. We have a ton of running backs and WR, although the WR talent still has to show it can play at this level. The defense will be much better, and honestly, the defense wasn't the reason we were 4-8. We could have beat ISU, Nebraska, Indiana, and Purdue if our offense could have fought it's way out of a wet paper sack. It was our offensive ineptitude of biblical proportions that cost us a winning season...not the defense.

With the changes in the coaching staff (and there must be a reason why KF hasn't announced the receivers coach), and what I believe will be a bounce back year with a bowl game, our recruiting should improve by a significant margin. We already have the two top players in Iowa for 2014 in the fold...and they aren't your everyday Iowa players...they had legitimate offers from top teams in the Big Ten and across the country. Whether you can see it through the negative lenses some people incessantly wear, there is a definite change in our recruiting strategy from a recruiter standpoint and they are changes for the better.
 
WinOneThisCentury said:
Article is right on the money. That being said, to me, KF is addressing the issue. Bringing in a younger staff, one with NFL experience or coaching on their resume, should help us in the recruiting area. There is no doubt 4-8, with one of the most anemic offenses in CFB, is hurting us. Man, that was an awful offensive product. The good news is that we already have the talent in the trenches, and I would say on both sides of the ball. We should be deep in the OL and talented. We have a ton of running backs and WR, although the WR talent still has to show it can play at this level. The defense will be much better, and honestly, the defense wasn't the reason we were 4-8. We could have beat ISU, Nebraska, Indiana, and Purdue if our offense could have fought it's way out of a wet paper sack. It was our offensive ineptitude of biblical proportions that cost us a winning season...not the defense.

With the changes in the coaching staff (and there must be a reason why KF hasn't announced the receivers coach), and what I believe will be a bounce back year with a bowl game, our recruiting should improve by a significant margin. We already have the two top players in Iowa for 2014 in the fold...and they aren't your everyday Iowa players...they had legitimate offers from top teams in the Big Ten and across the country. Whether you can see it through the negative lenses some people incessantly wear, there is a definite change in our recruiting strategy from a recruiter standpoint and they are changes for the better.
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Want to know why we don't get top recruits? Have you been in Iowa City the last couple of days? And this winter hasn't even been that bad...it's weather like the weather of the last few days that makes me amazed Kirk can get ANYONE to come here if they have other offers.

Heck, -10 degrees makes me wonder what I'm still doing here...and I've lived here my entire life.
 
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