lightning1
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I can think of 3 in the 18 class.
Wyatt Lohaus
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SpecialKHawk
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I would not disagree with some of the attributes you list but at the level that Iowa competes at on a regular basis those characteristics by themselves are not going to get it done consistently. Many players at this level possess both the things you mention as well as the athleticism to make the 'off-the-script' plays that decide close contests. It's too easy to take away the strengths of a player who is just gritty/smart/heady.
I am not anti-Lohaus. He could probably do an adequate job for us but I do not see him as a difference maker at the PG at Iowa's level. If he had that kind of ability he'd be at another power 5/6 school even if Iowa did not offer.
RobHowe
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Please name them.
Lohaus sounds like a guy that loves to shoot and does it quite readily. Like it has been stated, he hasn't been put on any all conference teams, and he isn't the next great guard to come out of Iowa. He is good enough to get a division one scholarship at a lower level division which is pretty good.
We don't have 2 top 50 players coming, just one in Weiskamp
lightning1
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I'll keep the names to myself. I have my reasons.
You can go out and watch the games yourself. Or wait to see who signs at other D-1 colleges from that class.
lightning1
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You just described Maish Dailey, Christian Williams, Ahmad Wagner, etc. None of them had another P5 offer other than Iowa. They all had mid- major offers only. If it's good enough for Fran to reach on them, why isn't it good enough to reach on Lohas?
He evaluated all of them so maybe he thinks more of them than he thought of Lohas at the time. Since they came from different classes that doesn't matter though. What matters is if he thought more of the players from the same class as Lohas.
The only reason you could possibly have is to keep from looking dumb. I think you're past worrying about that.
deanvogs
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Why do you constantly lie? Wagner had offers from Minnesota and Texas Tech. Dailey had an offer from and was committed to Rutgers
lightning1
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Rutgers is the same thing as a mid major. I couldn't find those offers on Wagner. I take it back on him. I stand by the other 2.
We were pretty good friends in HS and now and we talked about it a little but I do not believe his dad was involved with anything like that
Interesting. Seems like his dad would have really liked for him to play in Iowa City. I suppose it is good that he let Wyatt make his own choice. Perhaps he just didn't want to play in his dad's shadow. That is quite a shadow (at many levels of meaning)!
lightning1
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As I said, I've got my reasons. Part of those reasons are that I have no intention of educating you idiots. Rob has access. If he believes he knows what a good basketball player looks like, he can judge for himself. I don't owe Rob Howe anything. He withholds information from the board when he believes he has good reason. I shall do the same.
I have no problem admitting when I'm wrong about a player. I think a LOT more of Maish Dailey after seeing him in person at the PTL than I did when I saw his recruiting video. I was wrong about him when I spoke up and I admitted that. If the three players in question don't end up amounting to anything in college, you guys can bring it up in a few years. It shouldn't be hard to figure out.
deanvogs
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LOL, pretty typical, when you are clearly wrong on something, you just stake your flag in the ground and say you are right. Sorry man but Rutgers is a P5 team, no matter what lie you are telling now.
deanvogs
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You have no knowledge. You clearly didn't know Dailey was committed to Rutgers, you had no clue that Wagner had other P5 options, and you have no clue what you are talking about with Lohaus. Kid would have been sitting on the bench at Iowa for the past 2 years, but according to you Fran should have offered. Oh, and if you think that knowing about Green somehow puts you in the know, it doesn't. Kid had a really good summer evaluation period, it ain't like that isn't common knowledge.
Rob has called you out several times to name names, and you can't do it. There are clearly no PG outside of Green (who no body else has offered, because his dad coaches at UNI) that you can possibly be talking about. You won't name names, because you will look like a fool when nobody else offers them either.
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He is pretty involved with helping him improve and maybe he knew that'd be easier at a small school too I think Brad has been a consultant of sorts-not for sure tho
RobHowe
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I watch a lot of games and know a lot of the AAU and HS coaches in the state. What are your reasons for keeping the names to yourself?
Here are the only possible reasons
1 he has no names
2 he is afraid those names will make him look stupid
