**Official 2020 Iowa Hawkeye Football Offseason Thread**

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And he couldn't park in the hospital employee parking lots on the east and north sides of the stadium, in which there are approximately 1,000 parking spots which are right next to the practice facility.
The spots east of the facility are metered and where the majority of the players park when they’re at the facility. The coaches spots are probably closer to the weight room on the west side but we’re talking about saving maybe 90 seconds parking over there.

At that point you’re not late because of your parking spot, you’re late because you didn’t get up early enough.
 

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Adrian Clayborn really did put everyone to shame in all of this. I would say Desmond King to a lesser degree as well.

Both of them said, yeah, there was shit by Doyle that likely shouldn't have been said. The rest was football coaches being dickheads and the solution was to work harder and don't be a pussy or even be a dickhead back. Some players got it pretty hard, but overall if you did your job Iowa was a great place.

95% of this stuff at this point is whining or flat out lying. Bitching about under cooked steaks and getting in trouble for parking in the wrong spot, wondering why a coach would question where a self-described kid from the "ghetto" suddenly got a brand new BMW as a sophomore, being forced to eat for safety reasons, etc....
 

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It is even funnier reading it back. Who in the world would ever belive this?



Lol. His meal card is declined and he doesn't have even $10 to get a burrito from Pancheros. Not even $5 for some gas station food. Nope, his choices were either call mommy in New Jersey or go eat at a fan's house.
Sounds like a booster violation...
 

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I do have to correct here and say that Adrian Clayborn did specifically say he didn't think the players were whining, but they were telling their truth.

I get why some have gone with this to lean on the side of giving the voiceless a voice and chance to be heard without being questioned, but in reality what a dumb fucking thing. It is basically letting people create their own alternate reality to comfort themselves based on any number of reasons / factors / excuses. It's childish.
 

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I do have to correct here and say that Adrian Clayborn did specifically say he didn't think the players were whining, but they were telling their truth.

I get why some have gone with this to lean on the side of giving the voiceless a voice and chance to be heard without being questioned, but in reality what a dumb fucking thing. It is basically letting people create their own alternate reality to comfort themselves based on any number of reasons / factors / excuses. It's childish.
That's what I was trying to say- each story about medium rare steak, calling home to mom for a 20.00 domino's, having to drink free made for you protein shakes to make weight - takes away from the racial disparities that KF has admitted and has made a commitment to change- with the help and guidance of those who have a real collective interest at improving the program from their perspective.
 

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I wouldn't discount his uncle being as crazy as his mom and turning off every team he talked to.
it’s usually a red flag for teams when players start surrounding themselves with poorly qualified “yes men” rather than professionals that can help them navigate the transition.

And it appears in Akrum’s case this was a harbinger of really really poor decision making
 

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It alone discredits his story and anything else he’ll ever do in his life.
It should be the first thing that shows up on any background check.
 

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I was looking a Bobby greens Facebook page, looks like he has letters from Malik Rucker, Andre Harris, and Gerald Leonard.

The thing that gets me is when they say shit like it wasn't the Iowa way to have dreads, but immediately I can think of several guys who did have them. The difference? They weren't beat out by others in the same class at their position.
 
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I was looking a Bobby greens Facebook page, looks like he has letters from Malik Rucker, Andre Harris, and Gerald Leonard.

The thing that gets me is when they say shit like it wasn't the Iowa way to have dreads, but immediately I can think of several guys who did have them. The difference? They weren't beat out by others in the same class at their position.
Dreads weren't allowed!!!





 

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I was looking a Bobby greens Facebook page, looks like he has letters from Malik Rucker, Andre Harris, and Gerald Leonard.

The thing that gets me is when they say shit like it wasn't the Iowa way to have dreads, but immediately I can think of several guys who did have them. The difference? They weren't beat out by others in the same class at their position.
A who’s who of who?
 

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I was looking a Bobby greens Facebook page, looks like he has letters from Malik Rucker, Andre Harris, and Gerald Leonard.

The thing that gets me is when they say shit like it wasn't the Iowa way to have dreads, but immediately I can think of several guys who did have them. The difference? They weren't beat out by others in the same class at their position.
I have to continue to remind myself that absolutely nobody gives a shit about any of this at this point except for Iowa fans caught up in the minutia of it and Iowa State fans wanting to scream about it.

Robert Green has almost no followers on twitter. His posts on facebook might get a single like. The rest of the sports world is concentrated on other stuff. Nobody on a national level that means anything even talked about this.

It is all pretty much Iowa media and fans fighting among themselves.
 

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I was looking a Bobby greens Facebook page, looks like he has letters from Malik Rucker, Andre Harris, and Gerald Leonard.

The thing that gets me is when they say shit like it wasn't the Iowa way to have dreads, but immediately I can think of several guys who did have them. The difference? They weren't beat out by others in the same class at their position.
Who the fuck is Gerald Leonard?
 

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Who the hell is Gerald Leonard?

The only national article outside of ESPN running the Wadley story was someone saying coaches just need to understand what they’re saying in an article about Pat Chambers and just references Iowa, Oklahoma State, Utah, Pitt etc.
 

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I have to continue to remind myself that absolutely nobody gives a shit about any of this at this point except for Iowa fans caught up in the minutia of it and Iowa State fans wanting to scream about it.

Robert Green has almost no followers on twitter. His posts on facebook might get a single like. The rest of the sports world is concentrated on other stuff. Nobody on a national level that means anything even talked about this.

It is all pretty much Iowa media and fans fighting among themselves.
Living outside the state, this is a complete non-story.
 

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Did Rob Howe ever disclose his conflict of interest with any of the players he is going out of his way to promote? I distinctly remember him having a side gig where players, once their eligibility was used up, going to his house to sign memorabilia that I believe was for resale by Rob. This isn't the first time he has latched onto Iowa Football players for his own benefit.
 

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Ol’ Robert T. Green is flailing, and there is zero chance those dudes are getting paid. And no one else cares.
 

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We have to remind ourselves sometimes that online culture is incredibly insular. We curate our own timelines and then forget that we haven't exactly created a cross-section of the general public.


 

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I agree that it isn’t a big media deal, but isn’t Green contacting our recruiting targets with this nonsense? Combine that with other programs using it as a wedge in recruiting, and it’s still a problem to some degree.
 

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I agree that it isn’t a big media deal, but isn’t Green contacting our recruiting targets with this nonsense? Combine that with other programs using it as a wedge in recruiting, and it’s still a problem to some degree.
This. It doesn't matter if it's being talked about in what state. Recruits will hear about it. Iowa has always been negativity recruited against with race as an issue. They now have a public examples to use now. This is not a good thing.
 

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I agree that it isn’t a big media deal, but isn’t Green contacting our recruiting targets with this nonsense? Combine that with other programs using it as a wedge in recruiting, and it’s still a problem to some degree.
Any time a recruit doesn't come to Iowa because of this Green dork is a blessing for Iowa.
 

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This. It doesn't matter if it's being talked about in what state. Recruits will hear about it. Iowa has always been negativity recruited against with race as an issue. They now have a public examples to use now. This is not a good thing.
For sure. And right now it’s totally punitive at this point. How many more stories do we need to hear?

it could possibly hurt in the short term but it very well could end up being a positive. Especially if the current players start openly talking about the improvements.
 

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This. It doesn't matter if it's being talked about in what state. Recruits will hear about it. Iowa has always been negativity recruited against with race as an issue. They now have a public examples to use now. This is not a good thing.
The parents of a major recruit I know were pretty upset about all of this recently. The Akrum story. I hope I was able to talk them down.
 

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B12 can’t play 10 conference game schedule and you know they aren’t going to play less games than the douche
 

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If Iowa can add a Big Ten game and avoid playing fucking UNI and Iowa State, that is an incredible trade off.
Michigan State, plz.

Disregard that. They are already on the schedule.

Rutgers, plz.
 
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