Why can't we recruit higher rated players?

[Chickenlounge]

I bolded the one attribute that they really need to nail when recruiting and I'm sure they do. They really need to drive home that Iowa will get the player to the NFL with hard work and it's not that they will get you to the NFL, it's that a lot of what Iowa does resembles NFL. Often the players from Iowa are NFL ready and ready to contribute right away. That is the selling point for Iowa. The midwest is a difficult sell, but this is Iowa's main recruiting point, that and Ferentz's contacts in the NFL.

Unfortunately it's mostly linemen and linebackers that we send to the NFL. We don't send skill players, and that's our most pressing need.

 

[hawkdrummer1]

Here you go drummer........maybe put the survey on the back of the shirt.....Run the Program the Right Way, Graduate Players, or Win??? Or, perhaps, list the infamous boneheaded play calls and personal decisions like Kneeling down at the Shoe in 09, Getting fake punt punked by Wisconsin in 10, Weisman...a fullback playing tailback running the stretch play over and over again, Greg Davis Horizonal Offense, playing McCann over Banks in 01, Jake over Stanzi in 08, Rudock over Beathard in 14, etc?

Dude, that would be fantastic! List those three with open check boxes and a note below (you may only choose 2 of the above) or something simliar.

 

[HaydenHawk56]

Dude, that would be fantastic! List those three with open check boxes and a note below (you may only choose 2 of the above) or something simliar.

That sounds good to me.

Gary Barta's U of I Suvery:

1. Run the Program the Right Way

2. Graduate Players

3. Win

(Can only choose 2 of the above)

 

[SCHawkeye2]

Unfortunately it's mostly linemen and linebackers that we send to the NFL. We don't send skill players, and that's our most pressing need.

If you were a talented QB or receiver would you go to Iowa to run 3-yd pass plays on 3rd & 7?
If you were a talented RB would you go to Iowa to run the same stretch play 35 times a game? To the short side of the field?