**Official 2020 Iowa Hawkeye Football Offseason Thread**

BngHawk

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Will Howe actually be there? He has to be, but man what a fucking dildo.
 

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No he doesn't. Why do we all think Howe is capable of any sort of introspection or self-evaluation? Howe reads this report and sees what he wants to see. He made up his mind on this 5 years ago or whenever it was Kirk got mad at him.
Well IIII know he’s eating ass with a big ol spoon.
 

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Funny how the conclusion of a thorough investigation seems to barely trend on Twitter compared to unverified accusations
the actual real/important allegations haven't even been discussed much for like six weeks. Howe, PHarty, etc decided to make it about Wadley and DJK, probably because guys like James Daniels wanted their criticism to be constructive.
 

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Howe doesn't even know the release happened because those accounts liked the wrong tweet and he has them blocked.
 

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He probably was suspended by his editor. This is the second offense after the ridiculous Vox interview a month ago.
Something has to be up with him. His tweets are still protected, as pointed out he hasn't tweeted or written anything in a week and he was just coming back from vacation when this happened.
 

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As of almost 11am, there isn't much of anything from any of them except maybe Liestikow. The rest either the tweet of the press release or a re-tweet or nothing.

Shocking.
 

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I think one of the biggest issues was the sink or swim approach with incoming freshmen. Especially minority players who already feel like a fish out of water. If you're told you're coming into a family atmosphere and instead you arrive at bootcamp there will be feelings of mistrust from the start. The idea that you have to do something or prove something to the program before they start to care about you is bound to create high turnover.

Iowa can be disciplined without the whole militaristic breakdown and rebuild.
 

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I think one of the biggest issues was the sink or swim approach with incoming freshmen. Especially minority players who already feel like a fish out of water. If you're told you're coming into a family atmosphere and instead you arrive at bootcamp there will be feelings of mistrust from the start. The idea that you have to do something or prove something to the program before they start to care about you is bound to create high turnover.

Iowa can be disciplined without the whole militaristic breakdown and rebuild.
I get why they were doing it essentially as a military boot camp, but that would be weird and unsettling to be thrown into college with only Doyle and some other strength coaches you never likely met and having no contact with your position coach or Ferentz.
 

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I get why they were doing it essentially as a military boot camp, but that would be weird and unsettling to be thrown into college with only Doyle and some other strength coaches you never likely met and having no contact with your position coach or Ferentz.
Right. Every college team does this to some extent, but it sounds like Iowa was/is throwing a real bait and switch. Find a way to talk to the players and make them feel at home. Let them know it's going to be hard from the start but the program is 100% behind them and there for them from the beginning.
 

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I'm seeing some obvious SJW dejection on Twitter, but some are still clinging to some hope of firings with the four personnel reports.
 

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I get why they were doing it essentially as a military boot camp, but that would be weird and unsettling to be thrown into college with only Doyle and some other strength coaches you never likely met and having no contact with your position coach or Ferentz.
As others have mentioned, that's why it would have been crucial to have other coaches around whose main role was to keep an eye out for players who seem like they're struggling with the "culture" or whatever and support them.
 

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Now jade is “Kyle”? Who by the name of Kyle has any significance here?
 

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Right. Every college team does this to some extent, but it sounds like Iowa was/is throwing a real bait and switch. Find a way to talk to the players and make them feel at home. Let them know it's going to be hard from the start but the program is 100% behind them and there for them from the beginning.
I think what you’re asking for is akin to describing what it’s like to be a parent to a 25 year old single guy. You can say the words, but you really need to go through it to understand. Hopefully veteran players can lead the way a little more and talk to their journey through it.
 

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DJK slid into my twitter DMs. Basically said stanzi introduced him to cocaine, that he was the one who started it. Also sent a screenshot of a former coach who told Iowa coaches he won't send his athletes there.
 

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Now jade is “Kyle”? Who by the name of Kyle has any significance here?
Jade is obviously this guy, the reporters finally have it figured out:

 

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DJK slid into my twitter DMs. Basically said stanzi introduced him to cocaine, that he was the one who started it. Also sent a screenshot of a former coach who told Iowa coaches he won't send his athletes there.
You know the rules. Pics or it didn't happen.
 
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